Remembering Valley Forge

The People’s Park

The perseverance of the soldiers at Valley Forge is a beloved American story. Long-discussed ideas for commemoration of their sacrifices were implemented after the disruption of the Civil War, when the centennials of both the Declaration of Independence ...

Life and Death in Colonial Boston

Along the second row parallel to the front path are the stones of the three “Rebeccas”: Rebecca (Baker) Gerrish (d. 1743), Rebecca Smith Sanders (d. 1745/6), and Rebecca (Smith) Alexander Deal Sprague (ca. 1704-1746), who were related to each other ...

Hare's Brigade

McClernand's Division

U.S.

8th Ill., 18th Ill., 13th Iowa,

Hare's (1st) Brig., McClernand's (1st) Div.,

Army of the Tennessee.

These regiments were engaged here at about 11.30 a.m. April 6, 1862. They advanced with McClernand's forward movement at 12 m., then moved to right, and ...

Athens First Presbyterian Church

This church was organized in 1829 as a Cumberland Presbyterian church by the Revs. Robert Donnell, John Morgan and Allen Gipson.

After first using an interdenominational building, a church was built on West Washington street in 1852.

This was badly damaged ...

Gen. N.B. Forrest, C.S.A.

North Alabama Raid

Hemmed in by superior forces Forrest's fast~moving cavalry raided and destroyed Union supply lines and strong points, captured 2,360 men, valuable Stores.

By swift action, surprise and bluff Forrest disrupted Union military plans from Decatur to Columbia.

Marker is on ...

Welcome to King’s Chapel Burying Ground

Buried here are many notable people in Boston’s early history, from its first governor, John Winthrop, to Frederic Tudor, the “Ice King.” This is Boston’s oldest burying ground, established in 1630 on what were then the outskirts of the new ...

William Boyd Allison

United States Senator

MDCCCXXIX • MCMVIII

for forty-three years

A member of Congress from Iowa

Oldest in service

Wisest in council

A friend of all

Marker is on E. Walnut Street.

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Thomas Sigismund Stribling

In 1934, T.S. Stribling won the Pulitzer Prize for The Store, part of a trilogy set in Florence. His story "Birthright" was produced in Hollywood as a silent movie and, later, with sound.

Inducted 2007

Marker is on Hightower Place.

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Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus

Discoverer of America

Presented By

Stamford Chapter

Unico National

Dedicated October 12, 1960

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Stamford Chapter

Unico National

"A Service Club"

Unity

Neighborliness

Integrity

Charity

Opportunity

"Service Above Self"

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and Washington Boulevard, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.

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Banting House

Here, in the early morning hours of October 31, 1920, Dr. Frederick Banting conceived an idea for research that led to the discovery of insulin. He believed that diabetes, then a fatal disease, could be treated by a substance extracted ...