Laurinburg

Burning Depot

Preface:

The Carolinas Campaign began on February 1, 1865, when Union Gen. William T. Sherman led his army north from Savannah, Georgia, after the March to the Sea. Sherman's objective was to join Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in Virginia to ...

El Miradero

"A high place overlooking a wide view"

Known as Brand's Castle

Home of L.C. Brand-Pioneer and

Prominent developer in Glendale

Design by Nathaniel Dryden

Historical "City of Glendale California" Landmark

Marker is on West Mountain Street, on the right when ...

Race Track – Airport – Golf Course

Once known as China Graveyard Ridge, by late August, 1871, Alex Love developed a racetrack on this site 550 yards in length. This popular quarter mile track saw the names of horses like “Hayfork Kitty” and “Hollywood” owned by John ...

Laurinburg-Maxton Air Base

U.S. Army Air Force glider base, 1942-45. Trained units active in D-Day assault, June 6, 1944. Field 3 mi. N.

Marker is at the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Highway (U.S. 74) and Airport Road on Martin Luther King Jr. ...

Fort D.A. Russell

Originally named Camp Marfa, this installation began as a supply post for U.S. Army border patrol stations in 1911. It was a cavalry camp during the years of the Mexican Revolution. Renamed for Civil War general David Allen Russell, it ...

Signers of the Declaration of Independence

Our Freedom Began When in 1776

These Courageous Men Signed

The Declaration of Independence

Father of Our County

George Washington

The Voice of Freedom

Patrick Henry

The Pen of Freedom

George Mason

[Signers of the Declaration are listed by State]

With utmost thanks to those who live and die to ...

Archeology, 1974

In 1974, archeologists from Temple University excavated this general area. They found evidence of a partially completed building, building supplies and traces of earlier walls, as well as smaller artifacts, including three cannon balls. The archeologists searched for a ...

McLean Historical Museum Building

Constructed in 1975 on top of a 1909 structure, the McLean Historical Museum Building was modeled after the Revolutionary War officer’s hut and “The Temple” located at the New Windsor Cantonment (12 miles north of West Point) and designed ...

Newnansville Methodist Church Site

On this site

the Newnansville

Methodist Church

was founded in 1822

Presented by

Alachua

Methodist Church

1972

Marker can be reached from Florida Route 235, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Statue of Liberty Replica

With the faith and courage of

their forefathers who made

possible the freedom of these

United States

The Boy Scouts of America

dedicate this replica of the

Statue of Liberty as a pledge

of everlasting fidelity and

loyalty

40th Anniversary Crusade to

strengthen the arm of liberty

Marker is at the ...