The Philadelphia Zoo

“America’s First Zoo.”

Chartered 1859 as the Zoological Society of Philadelphia. A wildlife refuge and a zoological garden, the zoo has long been committed to fulfilling its public mission: conservation, research, education, recreation.

Marker is on Zoological Street, on the ...

Warren County Patriots

This monument is dedicated to those

Patriots laid to rest in Warren County

Indiana whose Service and Sacrifice

helped form our Nation during the

American Revolution

[ Row One ]

Humphrey Beckett ? Richard Biddlecomb ? George Dixon ? Peter Dixon ? ...

The Nations Capital Begins Here 1791-1793

Jones Point Park

After the Revolutionary War, the new nation searched fora permanent seat of government. President George Washington favored a 10-mile square territory along the Potomac River that encompassed the economically important ports of Georgetown and Alexandria. In 1791, the ...

Abraham Lincoln - As - A - Boy Statue

The sculpture of Abraham Lincoln – as – A – Boy was created by the Daub Firmin Hendrickson Sculpture Group, and dedicated May 31, 2008. The Group designed the granite bearing the Gettysburg Address and excerpts from Lincoln’s Second Inaugural ...

Box Canyon Ruins

The Box Canyon ruins are typical of many pueblos found in this region. Early inhabitants constructed walls of nearby sandstone and limestone, and used local soils to cement the stones together. The flat roofs were built of timbers laid side-by-side, ...

A Village/Abandonment

A Village

You are entering the “Citadel,” a ruin from the late 1100s. Research has not been completed so it is important that we leave things as they are. Will there be extra storage spaces found, possible evidence for the defense ...

The Citadel / Natural Features

The Citadel

It was a remarkable achievement, to use primitive mortar and local stones to build the walls above you straight up from the edge of the top of the rock. “The Citadel” is the modern name given to this ruin ...

The Main Plaza

This is Castillo San Felipe del Morro’s main plaza, called the plaza de armas. Completed around 1780, it looked then much as you see it now. This plaza witnessed the activities of daily life in a Spanish fortress for more ...

A Defense of the 1st Order

Spain built Castillo San Felipe del Morro, the massive fortification in front of you to guard San Juan harbor. To control the harbor was to control the entrance to the Caribbean Sea and access to the riches of the New ...

La maison Lignon

[The Lignon house]

La bâtisse actuelle est la version villageoise de cháteau pinardier. Ce bel exemple de maision bourgeoise de l’Age d’or de la viticulture de masse : toit d’ardoises, tourelle (1888) été restauré avec soin par Roger LILLLE.

Sur cet emplacement ...