The Southern Campaign, Dec 1778 - Aug 1780

The American victory at Saratoga, New York, in October 1777, and France’s subsequent entry into the Revolutionary War as an American ally, forced British officials to abandon their effort to achieve victory in the northern colonies. Instead, they decided to ...

White Oak United Methodist Church

(Front):

First Known as white Oak Chapel this church was dedicated on October, 18, 1859 by Rev. Issac L Tatum of the Alabama Conference Methodist Episcopal Church South. The Society was organized by Rev. John J. Cassady who served as pastor ...

Knowledge Totem

Carved by Master Carver Cicero August and his sons Darrell and Doug August for the Cowichan Tribes, on the occasion of the closing of the XIV Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand and the beginning of Victoria’s role as host ...

Beauregard's Headquarters

This house, "Ten Oaks", was headquarters for Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard, Oct. 15-23, 1864, when he coordinated the movement of Gen. J.B. Hood's army, then marching across northeast Alabama enroute to Nashville. He and his retinue, including Gov. I.G. Harris of ...

Jones Chapel Methodist Church

Site of

Jones Chapel

Methodist Church

Organized 1777 – Closed 1926

The 16th Virginia Annual Conference

was held here in 1799. The Reverend

Jesse Lee presided due to the

illness of Bishop Asbury.

A great revival was held here in

1787 at which time approximately

Three hundred persons professed

faith in ...

First Bridge over Pawcatuck River

Near this spot was the ford or Indian trail used until the building of the first bridge over Pawcatuck River about 1712.

Marker is on Broad Street (U.S. 1), on the right when traveling east.

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Sussex County Confederate Monument

(front)

Our Confederate Soldiers

“The principles for which they fought live eternally.”

(rear)

List of companies organized in

and sent out from Sussex County:

Co.A, 41st Va. Reg’t, Infantry,

“Sussex Sharp Shooters”;

Co.D, 13th Va. Reg’t, Cavalry;

Co.E, 16th Va. Reg’t, Infantry;

Co.F, 41st Va. Reg’t, Artillery,

Wise’s Legion;

Co.H, 13th Va. ...

The Mackenzie Papineau Battalion of the International Brigades

Spanish Civil War 1936-1939

This monument commemorates the gallant men and women of British Columbia and Canada who offered their lives to defend the principles of democracy and served as the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion of the International Brigades in defence of the ...

Navigation of the Colorado River

Because overland travel in early Texas was an enterprise often fraught with hardship, frustration, and danger, many individuals looked to rivers for a solution to the problem. From 1829 to the Civil War, optimistic Texans attempted to ply the area's ...

Old Spanish Trail Zero Milestone

Old Spanish Trail Zero Milestone

St Augustine Fla to San Diego Calif

Marker is on San Marco Avenue 0.1 miles south of San Marco Avenue (State Route A1A), on the left when traveling north.

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