Native Americans in the Lower Platte Valley

The Lower Platte River valley landscape is dotted with villages affiliated with the Central Plains Tradition—the term used by archaeologists to define the vast prehistoric Native American population that lived in Nebraska from A.D. 1000 to 1400. These people built ...

The Manassas Museum

Defending the Junction

During the 1850s two railroad lines, the Orange & Alexandria and the Manassas Gap, intersected at a small Prince William County village that became known as Manassas Junction. In 1861 more than 20,000 Confederate troops from across the ...

United States Department of the Treasury

Has been designated a

Registered National

Historic Landmark

Under the provisions of the

Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935

This site possesses exceptional value

in commemorating or illustrating

the history of the United States

U.S. Department of the Interior

The Chicamacomico Races / Exodus from Chicamacomico

The Chicamacomico Races

Soon after the capture of Hatteras Inlet, Union Colonel Rush C. Hawkins anticipated an assault to dislodge his troops from their new foothold on Hatteras Island. He dispatched 600 troops of the 20th Indiana Regiment from Fort Hatteras ...

The Philadelphia Korean War Memorial at Penn's Landing

for Philadelphia, Delaware, Chester, Bucks, and Montgomery Counties

Major U.S. Combat Unit Casualties in Korea

The units listed below account for 96% of the Americans killed by hostile actions in Korea. Wounded in action include only those actually hospitalized

2nd ...

The Leesburg Lime Company

The arrival of the railroad in the 1860s spawned new businesses. One such enterprise was the Leesburg Lime Company, which operated at the site where you are now located. In 1868 a local newspaper announced:

New Lime Kiln— Messrs. Orr ...

The Patowmack Canal

1785–1828

This canal, skirting the 76-foot drop of the Great Falls of the Potomac, was the most demanding and complex of the five canals built by the Patowmack Company.

The company was founded by George Washington on May 17, 1785 to ...

Johnston’s Army Crossed the River

July 5-9, 1864. Johnston Army of Tenn. [CS] held a fortified line N. of the Chattahoochee from Nickajack Cr. to one mile above Peachtree Cr.

Federal crossings several miles upriver July 8, making the line untenable, Johnston crossed his forces July ...

State Police and the Benjamin Franklin School

Ridgefield, Connecticut

Looking Towards East Ridge from Governor Street, the four buildings on the hill have been an important part of Ridgefield's landscape for the last 100 years. On the left is the George Rockwell home, which, with the house ...

More of the Great Fire

Ridgefield, Connecticut

On the Night of December 8, 1895 a fire broke out in the undertaking and furniture store of Bedient & Mead at the northeast corner of Main St. and Bailey Ave. The fire spread rapidly to the adjoining ...