The Surrender Ceremony

“As my decimated and ragged band with their bullet torn banner marched into its place, someone in the blue line…called for three cheers for the last brigade to surrender… [F]or us this soldierly generosity was more than we could bear. ...

Minerva Amusement Park / The Green Line

Side A:

Minerva Amusement Park

7-13-1895 to 7-27-1902

For seven glorious summers, from July 13, 1895 to July 27, 1902, laughter and gaiety rang forth from the first amusement park in Franklin County. With intoxicants banned, the Park was enjoyed by the ...

The General Assembly of Virginia

On the site of this

building

The General Assembly

of Virginia

met from 1780 to 1788

and

it was from here that the

Assembly was driven

in 1781

by the news of the approach

of the British Army

Placed in 1915 by the City of Richmond

at the request of the Commonwealth ...

Timothy and Katherine McCarthy House

Conover and Porter, Architects

This home is an exceptional example of the Free-Classic subtype of the Queen Anne style which was at the height of local popularity between 1880 and 1910. The Queen Anne style was derived from England and architects' ...

The New York Troops in Howard's Eleventh Corps of Hooker's Comma

11th and 12th Corps, Army of the Potomac, at Chattanooga and Missionary Ridge

[Front/East side of Marker]

To the New York Troops in Howard's Eleventh Corps of Hooker's Command, 11th and 12th Corps, Army of the Potomac, at Chattanooga and Missionary Ridge, ...

The Founding Documents of Mission San Juan Capistrano

With a Translation by Monsignor Vincent Lloyd-Russell

Va. Jhs Ma. Jph

The Mission of San Juan Capistrano which is about to be established in the valley of the same name or in its vicinity between the Missions of San Diego & San ...

The King's Highway ~ The Potomac Path

The King’s Highway was the first north-south route through Virginia. The road began in Boston and ended in Williamsburg. It may have followed one or more trails that American Indians used before European colonization.

The route was first cleared on ...

The English Meeting House

Erected by the

Rockland County Society

to commemorate the establishment of the

New Hempstead Presbyterian Church

as the second religious organization in the

present County of Rockland, New York.

This church was founded a few years after 1713, when New Hempstead was settled by people of ...

Not So Little A Farm On the Prairie...

The agricultural censuses for 1860, 1865, and 1870 make it clear that J.B. Mahaffie had one of the most valuable farming operations in the township.

In 1865, J.B. owned 570 acres of land, with 240 of them enclosed by fence. The ...

Post Rock Limestone and the Czechoslovakian Immigrant Experience

Innovative use of native Dakota sandstone, a unique geological formation found only in this region, by pioneer Czech settlers can still be seen in our fencelines, farmsteads, civic & vernacular architecture, bridges, backroads, & byways.

Marker is on Main Street near ...