The Thomas Wilkins House

This, the second oldest home in

Medford, was built in 1732. The

Flemish Bond brick home

remained in the Wilkins family

until c. 1915, when it was sold

to the English Setter Club.

1847-1997

Marker is at the intersection of Medford/Mt Holly Road (County Route 541) and ...

The Lovely Lane Meeting House

Upon this site stood

from 1774 to 1786

The Lovely Lane Meeting House

in which was organized

December 1784

The Methodist Episcopal Church

in The United States of

America

Marker is on East Redwood Street, on the right when traveling ...

The Stoneman Raid

In July, 1864, Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman’s army [US] closed in on Atlanta. Finding its fortifications “too strong to assault and too extensive to invest,” he sought to force its fall by sending Maj. Gen. George Stoneman, with three ...

Bethel A.M.E. Church

Berks County's oldest Black church building. Erected 1837 by free African Americans; became an Underground Railroad station for escaped slaves seeking freedom. Rebuilt 1867; remodeled 1889. Congregation, dating from 1822, moved to Windsor Street in 1974.

Marker is at the intersection ...

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. ...

Battery 8 of the Dimmock Line

On June 15, 1864, after seizing Battery 5, Union troops swept southward along the Dimmock Line. Men of the 1st and 22nd Colored Troops captured Battery 8, overcoming heavy resistance from part of Brig. Gen. Henry A. Wise’s Virginia brigade. ...

The Mounds

Site of two Indian Burial Mounds built between 2,000 and 3,000 years ago by the Adena people. Late 19th century excavations found skeletons, pottery, copper implements, and other antiquities.

Marker can be reached from the intersection of Mound Street and Indiana ...

Battle of Griswoldville The Advance from East Macon

On Nov. 22, 1864, the 1st Division, Georgia Militia (less the 1st Brigade), with the 1st and 2nd Regiments, Georgia State Line, and Anderson’s Georgia Battery attached, Brig. Gen. Pleasant J. Phillips commanding, marched from East Macon about 8:00 A.M. ...

The Ohio Military Hall of Fame

Fairfield County Honorees

The purpose of the Ohio Military Hall of Fame is to recognize those Ohio individuals who served in the United State Military and distinguished themselves by displaying extraordinary heroism in action against an enemy of the United States ...

Matthew Alexander Henson

Co-discoverer of the North Pole

With

Admiral Robert Peary

April 6, 1909

Born:August 8, 1866 - Died: March 9, 1955

Son of Maryland

Exemplification of courage, fortitude and patriotism, whose valiant deeds of noble devotion under the command of admiral ...