Alma Woodsey Thomas

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Alma Thomas, nationally known African-American artist, was the eldest of four daughters born to John Maurice Thomas and Amelia Whitaker Cantey. Highly cultured and socially involved, the Thomas family owned this Victorian home in the Rose Hill district, where ...

Matthies' Brigade

John E. Smith's Division.

Matthies' Brigade

John E. Smith's Division - Smith's Corps.

Brig. Gen. Charles L. Matthies.

Col. Benjamin D. Dean.

Col. Jabez Banbury.

Nov. 25, 1863.

93d Illinois - Col. Holden Putnam (Killed).

93d Illinois - Lieut. Col. N.C. Buswell.

5th Iowa - Col. Jabez Banbury.

5th Iowa ...

Springfield Friends Meeting

Established in 1773 and organized as a Monthly Meeting, 1790. Building erected 1927 on original site is ½ mile east.

Marker is at the intersection of S Main Street (U.S. 311) and Fairfield Road, on the right when traveling west on ...

Boston Naval Shipyard

Boston Naval Shipyard has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark

Under the provisions of the historic sites act of August 21, 1935 this site possesses exceptional value in commemorating or illustrating the history of the United States

U.S. Department of ...

Kentish Guards Drill Field

1774-1974

Kentish Guards Drill Field

To those Kentish Guardsmen who in 1774 utilized this field to prepare themselves for the conflict that assured our independence. This tablet was dedicated on the 200th Anniversary of the Kentish Guards October 19, 1974

Marker can be ...

Tudor Wharves

In the 1830s, Frederick Tudor became known as Boston's Ice King. Since around 1805, he had ice cut from local ponds and shipped to far away places as Calcatta, Rio de Janeiro, the West Indies and the Far East. As ...

The Old North Church

The enduring fame of the Old North began on the evening of April 18, 1775, when the church sexton, Robert Newman, climbed the steeple and held high two lanterns as a signal from Paul Revere that the British were marching ...

The Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge

The Leonard P. Zakim

Bunker Hill Bridge

The Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge, part of The Big Dig Project in Boston, is the widest cable-stayed bridge in the world. The Bridge serves as the northern entrance to and exit from ...

Richmond-Andrus Mill Site

This site marks The Richmond Mill, constructed in 1822 as a sawmill. The Andrus family first became involved with the mill in 1872.

The 1915 History of Perry reports that the sawmill was operational. With 93 years in business, it ...

Astride the Road from Nowhere

"Our tents were pitched on a rocky point with a fine forest on every side and a magnificent view of the Alleghenies on front of us, a beautiful romantic, though desolate spot." - William Houghton, 14th Indiana Infantry, July 16, ...