Perryvile and the Emancipation Proclamation

In mid-1862, President Abraham Lincoln wrestled with the idea of issuing the Emancipation Proclamation. With Confederate armies pressing into Maryland and Kentucky, Lincoln realized that he could not issue the Proclamation until the Union secured a major military victory. In ...

Athens College Veteran's Memorial

Dedicated to those who gave their lives in defense of their country by the veteran students of Athens College

Marker can be reached from the intersection of East Pryor Street and Elkton Street, on the left when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Broughton Sheboygan Marsh Park & Wildlife Area

A Brief History

The Mission: Promote the Increased Use and Appreciation of the Unique Beauty of the Broughton Sheboygan Marsh Through Education and Recreation

The Marsh

The Broughton Sheboygan Marsh Park and Wildlife Area is the prominent feature in a ...

The March to the Sea

On Nov. 15, 1864, after destroying Atlanta and cutting his communications with the North, Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman, USA, began his destructive campaign for Savannah -- the March to the Sea. He divided his army [US] into two wings. ...

Steamboating on the Missouri

First Steamboats

Early steamboat trips on the Missouri River tested boats, crews and passengers. Between 1820 and 1900, several hundred steamboats on the Missouri were destroyed by fire or boiler explosions, crushed by ice, or sunk by snags. The first steamboat ...

The American Legion Tablet

The American Legion prays for peace

-- but peace with honor!

We pray that mankind will accept as a basis

for this peace the trinity of

religious, political and social freedom won in

the American Revolution,

preserved in the Civil War,

protected in the Spanish-American War, and

defended ...

The Vietnam Monument

Never to be Forgotten

[Marker on Monument's front]:

In memory of veterans who served in all wars

"Never to be Forgotten"

Donated to the City of Sandy, Oregon

and dedicated on November 11, 1987 by members

of the Veterans of ...

The Myth of the Mound Builders

Throughout the 19th Century scholars believed there were three great New World civilizations; Inca, Aztec, and Mound Builders. They believed that the American Indians had destroyed the Mound Builders. While early scholars could not accept the idea of Indians constructing ...

The Hill Academy

This tablet is placed to perpetuate the memory of

Aaron Sanford Hill

1800 – 1893

Interest in his native town and in public education inspired him to found

The Hill Academy

Erected on this site in 1883, this building, remodeled by ...

First People of the Potomac

Piscataway Park

When Europeans first arrived on the shores of North America, they found a continent inhabited by perhaps tens of millions of people! These people had arrived more than 10,000 years earlier, and through many generations had created complex societies, ...