Romans’ Battery

Intended as the west curtain of the never-completed Fort Constitution, “the . . . battery is a straight line constructed by Mr. Romans, at very great expense; it has fifteen embrasures, which face the river at a right angle, ...

Marine Battery

Built in early 1776, Marine Battery was destroyed in October 1777. The following year the battery was partially reconstructed on the surviving rampart to protect the Great Chain, which was probably anchored in the cove below.

This 10 foot ...

Grice Marine Laboratory

The George D. Grice

Marine Biological

Laboratory

In grateful appreciation

of his forsight and tireless

efforts which resulted in the

establishment of this center

for the study of and research

in Marine Biology, the

Trustees of the College of

Charleston ...

Sigma Nu Fraternity

Founded at Virginia Military Institute January 1, 1869

on a rock ledge formerly located 65 yards north west of this spot

Cadet Founders

James Frank Hopkins

Greenfield Quarles

James McIlvaine Riley

Erected August 25, 1935 during the Twenty-seventh Biennial Grand Chapter

Marker is on Letcher Avenue, on ...

Battle of Philippi

Talbott's Hill

(Preface):In the spring of 1861, Union forces rushed into northwestern Virginia to secure the vital Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, protect important turnpikes, and support Unionists against Confederates. The two sides fought numerous engagements between June and December. They included ...

Honor Roll of Iraq and Afghanistan War Deaths from Indiana

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Iraq and Afghanistan War Deaths from Indiana

[ Row One ]

Steven Faulkenburg ? Jeffrey Corban ? Jason Profitt ? Christopher Monroe ? James Brown ? Richard Langenbrunner ? Michael Hiester ? Roy Lewsader, Jr. ? Raymond White ? ...

St Vincent's Seminary and Southeast Missouri State University

Terrace Park is located on the site where Father Odin of the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentian Fathers) established St. Vincent's Male Academy in 1838, which was followed shortly thereafter by St. Vincent's Seminary.

Often affectionately called "The Cape", St. Vincent's ...

Stony Batter

To Stony Batter

the birthplace of

James Buchanan

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James Buchanan

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Born April 23, 1791.Passed his school-boy days in Mercersburg, became a lawyer, member of legislature and of Congress, Minister to Russia, member of the United States Senate, Secretary of State, Minister to Great Britian ...

Stony Batter       Birthplace of a President

Imagine stepping back in time to April 23, 1791. Packhorses and wagons were pulling into a bustling trading post owned by Scotch-Irish immigrant James Buchanan. There was probably a spring chill to the air. Perhaps the sun shone brightly overhead, ...

White Memorial Foundation

In Memory Of

Margaret Whitlock White 1869-1941

Alain Campbell White 1880-1951

Through whose generosity and foresight the White Memorial Foundation was created to hold in trust for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations nature’s gifts and resources in the Bantam ...