LT John Philip Sousa Bandstand

This replica of the 1910 bandstand

upon which LT John Philip Sousa, USN

directed the Naval Training Center Band

was built from original plans in observance

of the Naval Training Center's

75th Anniversary.

Dedicated by NTC Commander

RADM Roberta Hazard, USN

July 2, 1985

Marker is on Decatur Avenue, ...

Blackwater Line - Joyner's Ford

Confederate forces guarded this Blackwater River crossing from 1862 to the end of the Civil War. On 12 Dec. 1862, Capt. J. H. Sikes and soldiers of Company D, 7th Confederate Cavalry, were captured during a dismounted skirmish with elements ...

Civil War Torpedo Boatmen Memorial

In Memory of

The Supreme Devotion of Those Heroic Men

Of the Confederate Army and Navy

First in Marine Warfare

To Employ Torpedo Board

1863 - 1865

Moved by

The Lofty Faith That With Them Died

Crew After Crew

Volunteered

For Enterprises of Extremest Peril

In the Defenses of Charleston Harbor

—————

Of ...

Ridge Spring Cemetery / W.H. Scarborough

[Front]

This cemetery, dating to the early 19th century, was originally the Watson and Boatwright family cemetery before it was enlarged to become the town cemetery. Many descendants of Capt. Michael Watson (1726-1782) are buried in the walled section, built ca. ...

Blackwater Line - Blackwater Bridge

During the Civil War, Confederate forces guarded this Blackwater River crossing as a part of the Blackwater defensive line. On 14 Nov. 1862, Col. Charles C. Dodge, 1st Battalion New York Mounted Rifles, led his troops in a skirmish against ...

The Cattle (Beefsteak) Raid

One mile southwest, on September 16, 1864, General Wade Hampton's Confederate Cavalry herded about 2500 head of captured cattle across the Nottoway River, while two miles northwest, at Belsches' Mill, Federal troops sent to recapture the cattle were intercepted and ...

The Golden Thirteen

In March, 1944, the first African-American naval officers in U.S. history were commissioned at Great Lakes Naval Training Center. Twelve ensigns and one warrant officer made American military history, and went on to serve with distinction in World War II. ...

Alexis de Tocqueville

The 25 year-old French aristocrat and author of Democracy in America visited this area during his 1831-1832 tour of America

Placed by C-SPAN and The Cable Television Industry while retracing the tour in 1997-1998

Marker is at the intersection of ...

Black and White

In the early months of World War II, the Navy Department designated Great Lakes as the only site for training African-American recruits. Since recruit training camps were named after naval heroes, it was thought fitting to do the same for ...

Redoubt

Here stood one of the strongest units of the American river fortifications. It was strengthened by the water batteries along the river.

Marker is on Park Tour Road, on the right when traveling south.

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