9/11 Memorial

To The Heroes of 9/11

May we students in life

have such courage

to be leaders for peace

Sharon Reed

Class of 1893

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Carl Aaron Swensson

Born June 25, 1857

at Sugar Grove, Pa.

Died February 16, 1904

at Los Angeles, Cal.

Ordained as Minister

of the Lutheran Church

June 22, 1879

Founder of

Bethany College

1881

President

from 1889 to 1904

Marker is on 1st Street near Olsson Street, in the median.

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Suurgildi Hoone

[The Great Guild]

Estonian Text : …

English Text :

The Great Guild, which was an organisation for major merchants and dealt with international trade, had an official building built in 1407-17. The basements and walls of the dwelling ...

Grimsby 1812 Bicentennial Flagpole

We dedicate this flagpole to the

Grimsby 1812 Bicentennial peace garden

in honour of the "Encounter at the Forty"

at this site on June 8, 1813, a turning point in

the War of 1812 by the United States and the British.

Also, to celebrate 200 ...

Naval Battle, 1864

The Confederate ironclad ram Albemarle, led by Capt. J.W. Cooke, crossed Batchelor's Bay, May 5, 1864, and fought seven Union warships 15 mi. E.

Marker is at the intersection of North Carolina Route 45 and Batchelor Bay Drive, on the left ...

Stillwater World War I Memorial

1917       1918

Erected by the war chest of

The Town of Stillwater

to honor patriotic services in

The Great World War

A. Bache • G. W. Baker • H. B. Baker • J. R. Baker • C. ...

Thomas Child

Attorney-General of Colony, 1745-1761. Leader of faction which opposed Governor Dobbs. Secretary to Lord Granville. Home was 2 blocks S.

Marker is at the intersection of West Queen Street (Business U.S. 17) and South Granville Street, on the right when traveling ...

"Scotch Hall"

Plantation setting for the novel "Bertie," by George R. Throop (1851), tutor in the family of Geo. W. Capehart. House built 1838 is 8 mi. S.E.

Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 17 and North Carolina Route 45, on the ...

Dr. Hugh Williamson

Signer of the Federal Constitution, member of Congress, historian. Home was 4 blocks S.E.

Marker is at the intersection of South Broad Street (Business U.S. 17) and East Queen Street, on the right when traveling north on South Broad Street.

Courtesy ...

Maple Leaf

A Great Escape

Currituck County played a vital role in a prisoner-of-war escape in 1863. At 1:30 P.M. on June 10, the troop-transport steamer Maple Leaf sailed from Fort Monroe, Va., for Fort Delaware, carrying 97 captured Confederate officers bound for ...