First Christian Church of Lufkin

A Christian church was organized in Angelina County about 1884 in Homer, the county seat. When the railroad line from Houston to Shreveport was built about 5 miles from Homer, the town of Lufkin was built around the depot. Many ...

Old Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Home

1893-1938

(Front text)

Confederate Plot Section Six is the final resting place for the Confederate Veterans who resided at the Old Soldiers and Sailors Home, a refuge for aged and disabled Veterans. The Florida Soldiers Home Association was formed in ...

The Earliest Inhabitants: Native Americans

Based on artifacts excavated in and around Port Royal, archaeologists estimate that the area was inhabited as early as 11,000 years ago. At the time the English arrived, the area was occupied by tribes united in a confederacy ruled by ...

September 11th Patriots Day

...Lest We Forget

8:45 AM American Airlines Flight 11

9:03 AM United Airlines Flight 175

9:43 AM American Airlines Flight 77

10:00 AM United Airlines Flight 93

The Loss of Lives That Touched All Americans

September 11, 2001

Marker can be reached from the intersection of West ...

The Fox Tavern: A Colonial Landmark

Until the coming of the railroads in the 19th century, the Rappahannock River town of Port Royal was the commercial center of what is now Caroline County, Virginia. Like many ports, it was a raucous place and boasted a disproportionate ...

Second Seminole War

1835-1842

The Second Seminole War was the most costly war, in lives and money, ever fought by the United States government against Native Americans. This second of three wars resulted from the Treaty of Payne's Landing in 1832 which required ...

Kansas Korean War Memorial

1950 - 1953

This memorial is dedicated as a lasting tribute to all the service men and women of the United States Armed Forces from the State of Kansas and in memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice with their ...

Dorothy Roy

One of America's Earliest Business Women

The daughter of Richard and Elizabeth Buckner and the widow of Charles Smith, Dorothy Smith married John Roy in 1719. John Roy was the owner of a tobacco warehouse at Port Royal, Virginia - a ...

Bournedale's Yesterdays

You are standing in the center of the Old Nye Estate. Before construction of the canal, this was the finest home in Bournedale, a sleepy Cape Cod village complete with post office, village hall, general store, and its own industry ...

Two Rivers War Memorial

World War I

World War II

Korean War

Vietnam War

Dedicated in honor and loving memory of

Army Spc. Shaun A. Novak

Killed Aug. 27, 2006

Taji, Iraq

Operation Iraqi Freedom

Marker is at the intersection of Mishicot Road (Wisconsin Route 147) and 39th Street, on the right when ...