Army of the Potomac

Major Gen. George B. McClellan, Commanding.

(September 15, 1862.)

On the morning of September 15, 1862, the Army of the Potomac pursued the retreating Confederates from South Mountain: Pleasonton's cavalry, the Second, First, and Twelfth Corps by Turner's Pass, Boonsboro and Keedysville; ...

The Winter Farmhouse

C. 1844

Thomas Winter (b. 1820) built this home on family land c. 1844. The style is “vernacular” with some Greek Revival influences, common to the era. Winter married twice and had ten children from 1844 to 1874. This rare, 970 ...

The Gamble House

1850

Home of James Gamble

founder of Proctor and Gamble

Re-Dedicated in 1992

Marker is on Clark Street, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

A Tribute to Joe Rumpza - The Vegetable King

1922 - 2002

Potatoes, tomatoes, pumpkins and greens,

sumptuous sweet-corn, all sorts of beans,

cantaloupe, honeydew, name any melon,

planted then ripened, soon ready for sellin’.

What sort of hard-workin’ son-of-gun

could get things to market, get the job done?

Joe Rumpza! Joe Rumpza! A name known ...

“Spirit of the American Doughboy”

Fort Smith, Arkansas

Dedicated to the memory of our comrades who entered the service of their country from Fort Smith, Arkansas and who gave their lives in the World War.

Marker is at the intersection of Midland Blvd (U.S. 64) and N. ...

Battle of Rutherford's Farm

Union Victory

Confederate Gen. Jubal A. Early attacked the defenses of Washington, D.C., in July 1864, then retreated to the Shenandoah Valley. Union Gen. Horatio G. Wright pursued him, and after a sharp fight and Confederate victory at Cool Spring on ...

To Commemorate The Wabash and Erie Canal

Which Operated 1841 - - 1872

Between Toledo, Ohio, and Evansville, Indiana.

And which, through Lafayette

paralleled the Wabash River,

crossing Main Street at

the East end of the bridge.

Marker is on Main Street west of North 4th Street, on the left when ...

The (John) Penn's Creek Massacre

In commemoration of The (John) Penn's Creek Massacre, which occurred along this stream on October 16, 1755 when the settlers were attacked by the Indians and about 26 were killed, wounded or carried into captivity. This was the first Indian ...

Battle of the Lacolle Mill

Here, on 30 March 1814, Major R.B. Handcock and a British garrison of 500 men of the 13th Regiment Royal Marines, Canadian Fencibles, Voltigeurs and Indians withstood an attack by 4,000 American soldiers on the fortified mill. Daunted by their ...

The Spirit of the American Doughboy

Belmar World War I Memorial

Dedicated

in honor of those who

entered the service

of their country

from

Belmar, New Jersey

and

in memory of those

who gave their lives

in

the World War.

Presented by

The citizens of Belmar, ...