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The Lititz Pharmacopoeia

For the use of Medical Department of the "Army of the Federated States of America," was compiled by Physician-General William Brown in Lititz, and published in Philadelphia, in 1778. It was the first American Formulary and a pioneer effort at ...

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In Memory of 110 Soldiers of the Continental Army

Who died in the Lititz Military Hospital between December 19, 1777 and August 28, 1778 and are buried here.

Marker is at the intersection of E. Main Street and Elm Street, on the right on E. Main Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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The E. & G. Brooke Iron Company World War II Memorial

 

To commemorate the patriotism and perpetuate

the names of those who served with honor

in World War II

[Died in service]

Albert Bryan

Lewis Kennedy

Nick Piergrossi

[Honor Roll follows]

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (Pennsylvania ...

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The Gas System

Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark

The Gas System

Gas produced in the furnace as a by-product of the ironmaking process was used in the plant as fuel. A large pipe called the downcomer carried gas from the top of the furnace to ...

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Why is the Washington Monument Temporarily Closed?

 

On August 23, 2011, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake centered in Virginia sent tremors throughout eastern North America. This seismic activity affected a number of Washington, D.C. landmarks, including the Washington Monument. National Park Service engineers and experts in historic ...

Birthplace of the Army Chemical Corps

Soon after the United States entered the First World War in 1917, the American University’s offer of its campus and buildings for war work was accepted.

The permanent buildings and part of campus were turned over to the Bureau of ...

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The Lee and Fairfax Family Cemetery

The Lee and Fairfax Family Cemetery is located on this ridge top overlooking the Occoquan Bay. The Lees established the cemetery with the death of Henry Lee II on August 15, 1787. His wife Lucy Lee, the only other member ...

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A Behemoth in the Field

240mm T1 Gun, Watervleit Arsenal, New York, c. 1950, serial number 1.

280mm T72 Gun Carriage, Watertown Arsenal, Massachusetts, c. 1952. WM 87.31.7 a,b

The 240mm gun provided a bridge between conventional cannons and atomic cannons. In November 1944 the U.S. Army ...

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The Lamar Cemetery

This burial ground originally served pioneer settlers of the Lamar community. Founded by James W. Byrne (d. 1865), a native of Ireland and a veteran of the Texas Revolution, it was named for his friend Mirabeau B. Lamar, former President ...

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The Simon Reid Curtis House

Constructed c. 1896, this graceful frame structure served as the home of Simon Reid and Nannie Cooke Curtis and their two children. The eldest son of Dr. Humphrey Harwood Curtis of Endview, S.R. Curtis was born in North Carolina on ...

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