The Land Ethic

College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

The ideas of University of Wisconsin ecologist Aldo Leopold provided the intellectual and philosophical foundation for the discipline of wildlife ecology. His 1948 book of essays, A Sand County Almanac, gave form and voice to ...

The Battle of Craney Island

On the morning of June 22, 1813, during the War of 1812, British naval and marine forces under the command of Admiral Sir John Borlase Warren landed here at Hoffler Creek. American armed militia under the command of Gen. Robert ...

The Fenwick Island Lighthouse

The Fenwick Island Lighthouse

Erected 1858

In operation from 1859 to 1978

as an official aid to navigation

Transferred to Delaware, 1981

Restored, 1982 – 1983, by The Friends of

the Fenwick Island Lighthouse under the

leadership of W. Paul Pepper, President

With the assistance of:

The State ...

The Second Maryland Brigade

Morristown National Historical Park

Like all the brigades at Jockey Hollow, the Marylanders faced shortages of supplies and provisions. Baron von Steuben, the army’s inspector general, noted their condition in January 1780:

“The Cloathing is in very bad order for want of ...

The First Maryland Brigade

Morristown National Historical Park

The Marylanders were ordered south in April 1780 to reinforce the garrison at Charleston, South Carolina. The New Jersey Brigade, just back from guard posts near the British lines, moved into the Maryland huts for the next ...

Donated Land for the Agricultural College

(Colorado State University)

Erected By The

1877 • Pioneers • 1916

In memory of the men

who donated the land

for the

Agricultural College

A.H. Patterson

Joseph Mason

H.C. Peterson

J.C. Mathews

Robert Dalzell

Marker is on Old Main Drive near ...

National Historic Landmark - The Flag House and Star-Spangled Banner Museum

The Flag House was the home of Mary Pickersgill and the site where she sewed the Star-Spangled Banner.

Mary Pickersgill moved into the Flag House in 1807 with her mother, Rebecca Young, and her daughter Caroline, and set up a ...

The Arlington Woodlands

Arlington House, the Robert E. Lee Memorial

"Cherish these forest trees,"

Marquis de Lafayette, 1825.

William Howard Russell, a famous 19th century English correspondent, once described the forest before you as "some of the finest woods I have seen in America." Two centuries ...

The Woodland Opera House

The first opera house to serve the Sacramento Valley was built on this site in 1885. The present structure, built in 1895-96, continues to represent an important center for theatrical arts of that period. Erected by David N. Hershey and ...

The Battle of Long Island

22-29 August 1776

In the summer of 1776 this site saw both the first coast defense of the newborn United States & the opening of the largest battle of the Revolutionary War. On that original Fourth of July, a small American ...