Captain Jefferson Hunt, Soldier, Pioneer, Churchman

Born January 20, 1804 in Kentucky - Died May 11, 1879 in Idaho

Charles Jefferson Hunt served in the Mormon Battalion as Captain of Company “A” and as assistant executive officer. In it’s historic march from Council Bluffs, Iowa to San ...

The Concord Minute Man of 1776

By Daniel Chester French

Donated by

Ben and Marie Birillo

on the occasion of

the 125th charter

anniversary of

the town of Highlands

August 17, 1997

Marker is on U.S. 9W, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Loyalist American Regiments / Loyalists of the Indian Nations /

[ Front of Monument ]

Loyalists American Regiments 1775-84

This monument has been erected by a grateful province to commemorate the services of His Majesty's Forces in North America, 1775-84 In particular the following which were disbanded as units and settled along ...

Madison County

This County, created by Act of the Legislature December 5, 1811, is named for James Madison, Virginia Democrat, fourth President of the United States, 1809-‘17. The site for Danielsville was given by Gen. Allen Daniel of Revolutionary fame. In this ...

Fraunces Tavern Block Historic District

Exploring Downtown

Samuel Fraunces in 1762 named his Queen’s Head tavern after Queen Charlotte, wife of King George III. His politics, however, were strictly patriotic, and his tavern hosted meetings of the radical Sons of Liberty and, later, the New ...

Loyal Sons and Daughters

of the Town of Plymouth, Connecticut

1917-1918

1941-1945

Dedicated to the loyal sons and daughters of Plymouth, Connecticut, who served their country during World Wars I and II. Erected though the generosity of Judge Andrew W. Granniss, 1953

Marker is on North Main Street, ...

Corner of Highland and Law Street

The three story building on the corner of Law and Highland was built by the Gleason family in 1910. The third floor was the Masonic temple. The building was built on some of the highest ground in the area and ...

Lt. Col. Lemuel Penn and the Civil Rights Act

On the night of July 11, 1964 three African-American World War II veterans returning home following training at Ft. Benning, Georgia were noticed in Athens by local members of the Ku Klux Klan. The officers were followed to the nearby ...

The Defenders of the Union

1861 — 1865

[Front Side of Monument]

Rich Mountain

Antietam, Gettysburg,

Vicksburg, Cloyd Mountain

Opequan, Appomattox.

[Back Side of Monument]

They counted not their

lives dear unto them.

Marker can be reached from Wheeling Park Drive east of National Road (U.S. 40).

Courtesy hmdb.org

Site of the B-24 Crash During W.W. II

On the night of March 26, 1944, three B-24 aircraft were flying loose formation from Chatham field in Savannah, Georgia on a training flight. Somewhere over the Atlantic ocean, two of the planes went down without even giving a distress ...