The American Red Cross - Harvard Field Hospital Unit

(September 1939 - July 1942)

This plaque acknowledges the public spirit of Harvard University and the dedication of the staff of the American Red Cross - Harvard Field Hospital Unit, who provided and staffed a pre-fabricated hospital sent to Salisbury, ...

The Village Ice Cream Parlor

Side A:

The building at 22 S. Broadway sits on lot No. 99 of the 1802 plat of Lebanon. In 1854, Henry C. Meloy ran a grocery store here while his family lived on the 2nd floor. After his death in ...

The Tenacious 20th Maine

July 2, 1863 - The Second Day

"At that crisis, I ordered the bayonet. The word was enough. It ran like fire along the line, from man to man, and rose into a shout...."

Col. Joshua L. Chamberlain, U.S.A.

Commander, 20th Maine Volunteers

Late ...

The Maurice Haines House

Maurice and Jeanette Haines

lived here from 1911 to 1974.

He served years on Township

Committee and as Mayor. She was

a Quaker minister, admired for

her service to the community.

Marker is on N Main Street (County Route 541) south of Marlton Pike (New Jersey ...

Site of Pump House - Peet Brothers/Colgate Palmolive

Berkeley History

In the early 20th century, a thriving manufacturing district grew up in southwest Berkeley. This is the site of a former saltwater pump house, located on what was once the east shoreline of San Francisco Bay. The pumps supplied ...

The Voyage of Captain George Waymouth

To commemorate the voyage of

Captain George Waymouth

to the Coast of Maine

in 1605

His discovery and exploration of the

St. Georges River

and planting a Cross on the

northerly shore of this harbor

where the river "trended westward"

The earliest known claim of

right of possession by Englishmen

on ...

Martin Luther King, Jr.

(1929-1968)

Minister & civil rights leader. Nobel Peace Prize laureate, 1964. At Crozer Theological Seminary here, earned his Bachelor of Divinity, 1951. King's three years at Crozer were a key period in shaping his philosophy of nonviolent social change.

Marker can be ...

The P.M. & M. Railroad

From 1881 to 1931 this former

railroad station served the

12-mile line to Haddonfield.

Milk, produce, passengers

and mail were carried until

the era of cars and trucks.

Marker is at the intersection of N Main Street (County Route 541) ...

Sherman’s March to the Sea

Near this site on November 7, 1864 General Sherman received orders from President Lincoln and General Grant to proceed with his plans to march his army from Atlanta to the sea. Thus, the infamous March to the Sea originated in ...

The Marines of '61

To support the advance into Virginia, the Navy Department detailed a battalion of U.S. Marines for temporary field service with Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell's Union army. The Marine Commandant, Col. John Harris, expressed misgivings about the inexperience of his available ...