Thirty-Four Star Flag (1861)

Bicentennial Flag Memorial

Between 1818 and 1861 no less than 13 changes were made in the Stars and Stripes as a result of the westward expansion. With the admission of Kansas in 1861, the [S]tars and [S]tripes became a thirty-four star ...

Stars and Stripes (1818)

There was considerable concern that the addition of a new stripe for each new state would create hopeless confusion. Therefore, Congress established the still current law that provided that after July 4, 1818 the flag would show thirteen stripes and ...

Flag of Fifteen Stripes

Bicentennial Flag Memorial

Like the new nation, the first Stars and Stripes would see fuller development with the passage of time. Under the much-debated Articles of Confederation of 1781, it was agreed that America would create self-governing States in the western ...

Edwin Franko Goldman

1878 – 1956

A Landmark of American Music

The Guggenheim Concerts by the world renowned Goldman Band were played here “on the mall” every summer from 1923 to 1969.

Presented by the

National Music Council and Exxon

[Seal of the ...

Ryerson's Blockhouse

Near here stood one of three blockhouses erected by Captain James Paul's company in 1792, during the State's last troubles with the Indians. On April 17, 1792, soldiers carrying supplies from the Thomas Ryerson mill clashed with an Indian war ...

Old Glassworks

On this site, the first glass factory west of the Monongahela River was established in 1805 through the stimulating influence of Albert Gallatin, Secretary of the Treasury under Thomas Jefferson. Glass was made here until 1849.

Marker is at the intersection ...

Belvedere Tower

Erected in 1869 as a lookout. It now houses the New York Meteorological Observatory which was founded in 1868 by Dr. Daniel Draper who was its director until his retirement in 1912. At which time the observatory came under the ...

Greene Academy

Established in 1810 by Act of Legislature. Was aided by State grant of $2000 and public subscriptions. Until 1860, a leading academy west of the mts. Old building, no longer used for a school, is northeast of here, on Market ...

The Church - "New Brick"

The Church

Unity Presbyterian Church, "Mother Presbyterian Church of Greene County, Pa." was organized August 27, 1814 at home of David Gray under direction of Rev. John Anderson and Rev. Joseph Stevenson, appointed by Presbytery of Washington, Pa. Elders selected and ...

Graysville, PA

Approximately 100 yards N.E. is former site of Fort Enoch built by Henry Enoch Sr. son of Enoch Enix ca. 1767 for protection against Indians.

Pioneer David Gray for whom this village is named, tomahawked a homestead of 2174 A. here ...