St. Benedict the Moor Catholic Church

Mother Church of Black Catholics in Georgia

In May 1874 two Benedictine priests arrived

in Savannah to work with the city's African-

American community, and constructed a

church four blocks north of here. In 1889

a new building was constructed at this site.

The Society of ...

Field Hospital of the 32nd Massachusetts Infantry

2nd Brigade, 1st Division

Behind this group of rocks, on the afternoon of July 2nd, 1863, Surgeon Z. Boylston Adams placed the Field Hospital of the 32nd Massachusetts Infantry, 2nd Brigade, 1st Div., 5th Army Corps. Established so near the line ...

Soldiers of the American Revolution

- 1776 –

(Front of Monument):

In commemoration of the Soldiers of the American Revolution - 1776 – Erected by the State of New Jersey under the auspices of the Fort Lee Revolutionary Monument Association - 1908 –

(Left of Monument):

“Rebelmen”

These ...

Lutheran Cemetery

In March of 1768, Colonel Joseph Chapline executed a deed to the Mount Cavalry Lutheran Church Vestrymen for a church and burial ground at this site. The cost was to be one peppercorn yearly. This graveyard is the oldest in ...

St. Mary's in the Mountains

The Cradle of Catholicism in Western Nevada

Known as the "Bonanza Church" because of the rich silver mines of the last century, this Mother Church of the Comstock Lode traces it history to 1858 when the Rev. Joseph Gallagher (1821-87) offered ...

The Amazon Army

The women’s march of 1921 epitomizes the spirit of the Kansas Balkans, an area known for its rich cultural heritage and turbulent strike-ridden history. On December 12 of that year, 3,000 (by some reports up to 6,000) women—wives and other ...

Where I Knew I Might Make the Best Fight

The high bluffs here on Little Sugar Creek were a scene of frantic activity on the morning of March 6, 1862 as Federal soldiers shoveled out rifle pits and cut down trees for hasty field fortifications.

With no hope of reinforcements ...

The Hamilton-Burr Duel

July 11, 1804

The most famous duel in American History took place on this date at the dueling grounds in Weehakken, between political rivals, General Alexander Hamilton and sitting Vice President of the United States, Colonel Aaron Burr. Hamilton fell mortally ...

In Memory of the Soldiers, Both Confederate and Union

In Memory of,

the soldiers, both Confederate

and Union, who died here

at the Exchange Hotel

used during the Civil War as the

General Receiving Hospital.

Gordonsville, VA

1861 –– 1865

Marker can be reached from South Main Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

First Coca-Cola Bottling Company In The United States

On July 21, 1899, two Chattanooga lawyers, Benjamin Franklin Thomas and Joseph Brown Whitehead, signed a contract with the Coca-Cola Company granting them the exclusive rights to bottle Coca-Cola in most of the United States. Another Chattanooga citizen, John Thomas ...