Grimsby 1812 Bicentennial Gazebo

We dedicate this gazebo to the Grimsby 1812 Bicentennial Peace Garden and to the residents of Grimsby, In commemoration of 200 years of peace between Canada and the United States.

The design of the gazebo was inspired by elements of Fort ...

Pioneering Bacterial Genetics

College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

Geneticist Joshua Lederberg was the first University of Wisconsin faculty member to receive the Nobel Prize. His discovery of conjugation in bacterial cells was a milestone in biology and ushered in the new field of ...

Lt. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson Memorial

1861 – Deo Vindice – 1865

(Front face)

In memory of

Lt. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson

21 Jan. 1824 - 10 May 1863

Com. 2d Corps. Army of Northern Va., CSAGraduated from West Point US Military Academy 1846 ? ...

English Oak

Quercus robur

The parent of this tree is the centuries old oak on the island of Chortitza near Zaparozhye, Ukraine, on the site of a Mennonite settlement dating from 1789. Acorns were gathered on the 1997 Mennonite Heritage Tour led by ...

Replica 6.4 inch Brooke Rifled Canon

Confederate Naval Canon from the CSS Albemarle

The Brooke Rifle is named after its developer, Commander John Mercer Brooke (CSA), who served as Chief, Dept. of Ordnance and Hydrography. While closely resembling the popular Parrott Gun used by the Union, the ...

Toompea Loss

[Toompea Castle]

Aerial photo of the castle and surroundings

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Toompea Castle is the seat of the Parliament of the Republic of Estonia – the Riigikogu

The castle complex is made up of several parts: the west wall ...

Bowser Family Cemetery

This marker recognizes the final resting place of Spencer Bowser, the patriarch of a prominent African American family in North Carolina. Also buried here are several other members of the Bowser family, including J.P. Bowser, Lloyd B. Bowser, Q.B. Bowser, ...

Siege of Plymouth, NC

Union Forces

Under the command of General Henry Walton Wessells

Engaged and captured April 17-20, 1864.

"Plymouth Pilgrims"

16th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry

2nd Massachusetts Heavy Artillery - Companies G & H

12th New York Cavalry - Companies A & F

24th Independent Battery B New York Veteran ...

The Glebe of Fairfax Parish

The glebe was a 500-acre farm provided for the rector of Fairfax Parish, which included both Christ Church, Alexandria, and the Falls Church. The Glebe House, built in 1775, stood here. It burned in 1808 and was rebuilt in 1820, ...

Attleborough's Tribute

"To The Memory of the boys who defended our Union"

Marker is on Dennis Street, on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org