"Espyd. a wolf"

"...towards the Evening a many Espyd. a wolf lying a Sleep with the Noise of the Oars Racing he awoke Stood to know what was a comeing..."

Sergeant Joseph Whitehouse

July 7, 1804

The Corps of Discovery, a United States Army expedition lead ...

East Falls Church Station

In August 1940, when this photograph was taken, passenger service on the Washington & Old Dominion was losing money and was being phased out. Passenger service stopped altogether in April 1941, but resumed two years later to support the national ...

Mount Pisgah African Methodist Episcopal Church

"From Bush Arbor to Brick and Mortar"

(Front):

In 1866 soon after the Civil War an interracial Methodist organization was formed. They worshiped under a Bush Arbor near the railroad in South Sumter. After a few years they grew discontented with the ...

East Falls Church

In the 1700s, Falls Church began along two Indian trails and included large farms anchored by an Anglican church. Several taverns and inns served as resting spots for travelers on their way to or from Leesburg, Virginia. By the 1840s, ...

Bullock Creek Revolutionary War Monument

This marker commemorates the men who participated in the American Revolution, and are interred in the Bullock’s Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery. These men, believing in the noble cause of liberty, gallantly fought for their home and country.

1776 ~ 1781

Jacob ...

Pinelawn Memory Gardens Veterans Monument

Dedicated to the Honor and Glory of all American Veterans who served in all wars in defense of our great country

Marker can be reached from U.S. 76, on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Emmanuel Baptist Church Veterans Monument

We Salute the Past

We Salute the Present

Marker is on Stone Station Road (South Carolina Route 215) near McAbee Road, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Sumter Vietnam Memorial

The men of Sumter County who gave their lives in Vietnam

Terry Lynn Anton; Robert Cain, Jr.; Herbert Hugo Cato, III; Charles Clark; Wyman Byrd Coleman; John Hughie Geddings; Charles Jack Girard; David Nathaniel Green. Jr.; Adherene Louis Haines; Leland Emanuel ...

Charles James Munnerlyn / “Refuge”

1822 ~ 1898

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Charles James Munnerlyn 1822 ~ 1898

As a delegate to the Georgia Convention at Milledgeville, he voted for secession. After the start of the Civil War, he volunteered as a private. When his health failed he returned home ...

Dyer County / Lauderdale County

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Dyer County

Established 1823; named in honor of

Colonel Robert Henry Dyer

who served valiantly under General Andrew Jackson in the Natchez Expedition, the Creek War, War of 1812, - including the decisive battle of New Orleans, - and the Seminole War, 1818.

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Lauderdale ...