Anabaptist - Mennonite Faith and Life

Anabaptism originated in Switzerland in 1525 during the Reformation under the leadership of Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, Georg Blaurock, and others. Most Anabaptists were later named "Mennonites" in recognition of the leadership of Menno Simons, Dutch priest who joined ...

Delaware Street Wharf Reconstruction

Nov. 1982 - May 1983

The original landing was started during the 17th century of stone filled wood cribs, being enlarged several times. The city acquired ownership from the New Castle Frenchtown Railroad Co. in 1914, and rebuilt the wharf with ...

Guilford Korean War Monument

In Memory Of The Members

Of The United States Armed Forces

Who Served In The

Korean War

June 25, 1950

July 27, 1953

“Freedom Is Not Free”

Marker is at the intersection of Park Street and Broad Street, on the right when traveling south on Park Street. ...

Andrew Leete Home Site

1643 • 1702

On this site lived Andrew Leete, principal preserver of the Charter of Conn. from usurper Sir Edmund Andross, 1687, member of the Conn. General Court granting charter to Yale College 1701

Marker is at the intersection of Broad Street ...

Guilford Vietnam Memorial

Vietnam

Each peaceful dawn in this place

we are reminded of these men

who died for their country

Stephen J. Brennan P.F.C.

Ara. Crosby Jr. W.O.

Frederick W. Dauten Jr. Maj.

Dedicated May 28, 1984

Town of Guilford Conn.

God – Duty – Honor – Country

Marker is at ...

Guilford World War I Monument

1917 1918

In Honor of Our Men and Women

Who Served in the World War

John R. Alcorn • Murrie Alcorn • Elmer Anderson • Elmore Ashman • Frank E. Barlow • David B. Beattie • John B. Beattie • Clyde G. Beckwith ...

Southwest No. 8 Boundary Marker

The U.S. Government erected 40 sandstone markers on the boundaries of the District of Columbia in 1791 and 1792. The boundary survey was initiated by President George Washington and executed by Andrew Ellicott, who became Surveyor General of the United ...

United Spanish American War Veterans Memorial

In Memory of United Spanish American War Veterans

1898 - 1902

Erected By

John M. Allison Camp No. 16

and

Auxillary Camp No. 13

Phillipine Islands

Cuba

Puerto Rico

U.S.A.

Marker is on Center Street, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Vitamin D Production Ends Rickets

College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

The discovery of how to produce vitamin D stands as a critical event in the history of vitamin research. In 1924, University of Wisconsin biochemist Harry Steenbock discovered that ultraviolet light converts an inactive material ...

Bryant Park Today

From a derelict park to an urban oasis

In 1974, the New York Landmarks Preservation Commission designated Bryant Park a Scenic Landmark, call it “...a prime example of a park designed in the French Classical tradition...an urban amenity worthy of ...