Athens Sacked and Plundered

On May 2, 1862, Union troops of the 19th and 24th Illinois and the 37th Indian Regiments commanded by Col. John Basil Turchin went on a rampage thought the town. They looted and plundered stores and homes, stealing clothing, jewelry ...

Jonathan Child House

Jonathan and Emily Child owned the house that once stood on this foundation. Along with partner John McCreight, Child bought Virginius Island from Abraham Herr after the Civil War and moved here with his family in 1867. Three years later, ...

Logan’s Corps Moves to Henderson’s Mill

July 18, 1864. Logan’s troops, having detoured from Shallow Fd. Rd. to Browning’s Court House (TUCKER), to co-operate with Garrard’s cav, in the destruction of the Georgia R.R. at Stone Mtn., remained in this vicinity while Lightburn’s brigade was sent ...

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 ...

Fort Adams

History you can Touch

Explore the casemates where the big guns once roared.

Discover how 8 soldiers worked together to load and fire each cannon.

Step into the quarters where the soldiers and their families lived.

Ascend to the scenic overlook for a breathtaking ...

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.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Lt. Col. R. Edward Yeilding

After flying more than 90 worldwide reconnaissance missions, in 1990 Lt. Col. Ed Yeilding set a coast to coast aircraft speed record of 67 minuets 54 seconds flying an SR-71 spy plane, which is now at the Smithsonian.

Inducted 2007

Marker ...

Edward A. Connell Heritage Park

Edward A. Connell

Heritage Park

This park dedicated May 19, 1984

As a Tribute to His Service

As Supertindent of Parks

From 1952 to 1974

Writer, Orator, Philosopher, Statesman

Teacher and Friend

He Brought Beauty to Stamford's Parks

and

Everlasting Pleasure to Stamford's People

Marker is at the intersection of ...

The Gaol and Courthouse, London, c.1843

Painting by George Russell Dartnell

“More change has been caused to the views around London by the cutting down of hills and the building of gullies.”

--Harriet Priddis, in her “Reminiscences” (1902)

In the 1840s George Russell Dartnell depicted the London District ...

The Ridout Street Complex

This streetscape includes several of London's earliest buildings and provides a capsule view of the appearance of mid-19th century Ontario cities. These buildings, the earliest of which was begun in 1835, include residential, industrial and commercial premises all intermingled on ...