The Alamo in 1836

The fortress known to history as “The Alamo” was originally built by the Spanish in the 18th Century. Named Mission San Antonio de Valero by Franciscan officials, the mission occupied this site from 1724 until it was closed in 1793. ...

Masonic Heroes of the Alamo

Honoring these Masons

James Bonham

James Bowie

David Crockett

Almaron Dickenson

William Barret Travis

and those unidentified Masons

who gave their lives in the

Battle of the Alamo, March 6, 1836.

Erected March 6, 1976

Marker is on Alamo Plaza, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Joseph Manigault House

An outstanding example of the Adam Style of

architecture in plan, interior detail, and decoration.

The house was designed by Gabriel Manigault,

Charleston's most famous amateur architect, for

his brother Joseph Manigault, who acquired the

lot in 1802 and built ...

The Magazine

[Top Inscription on Marker]

Dedicated to those militiamen who were

buried in the magazine and the surrounding battlefield

on OCTOBER 11, 1774

Col. Charles Lewis, Col. John Field, Capt. Thomas Buford,

Cpt. Robert McClenachan, Capt. John Murray, Cpt. James Ward,

Capt. Samuel Wilson, Lt. Hugh Allen, ...

Fishkill in the American Revolution

Fishkill was a center of civil and military operations during the American Revolution. New York State’s first governing body met in the village’s churches during 1776-77 and drew up the first state constitution.

South of Fishkill, centered in the Van Wyck ...

The Vicente Martinez Adobe - 1849

Vicente Martínez was born in Santa Barbara on August 18, 1818, the second son of Don Ygnacio and Martina de Arellano Martínez who were married in the Presidio Chapel at Santa Barbara 1802. Don Ygnacio Martínez was a Spanish officer ...

Black Creek Park, Five Mile Creek Greenway Partnership and the F

Black Creek Park, part of the Five Mile Creek Greenway Partnership, encompasses the Fultondale Coke Oven Park development. The Fultondale Coke Oven Park preserves the environment and history of the old mining communities of north Birmingham, including the beehive coke ...

The Douglas County Memorial of Honor

Recognizes the extraordinary sacrifices of ordinary citizens - men and women of Douglas County, Kansas who gave their lives to protect freedom, our community and our way of life. It stands as an eternal symbol of hope, renewal and the ...

The Market Square

The space you are standing in is historic Market Square. When Fredericksburg was created in 1728, seven leading landowners in Spotsylvania County were appointed to design the town. The men set aside this block for use by the Anglican Church ...

Nazareth on the Beaverdam Presbyterian Church / Townville Presby

Nazareth on the Beaverdam Presbyterian Church

This is the first known site of Townville Presbyterian Church, founded in this area in 1803 as Nazareth on the Beaverdam Presbyterian Church. The church held its services at members' homes until 1849, when the ...