Concordia Cemetery

Known as Concordia during the 1840s, this area was the home of Chihuahua trader Hugh Stephenson. In 1856 his wife, Juana (Ascarate), was buried in what is now part of Concordia Cemetery. The graveyard gained widespread use in the 1880s ...

The Observatory Mound

The form of this mound is unique among all the known Hopewellian mounds. Some 19th century archaeologists thought that the builders had planned to extend a set of parallel walls from the circle, bu thene changed their minds and blocked ...

Perry County Indiana Honor Roll Memorial

In memory of Perry County Veterans who gave their lives for their Country

* * * Spanish American * * *

Albert Hemphill

* * * World War I * * *

[ Row One ]

Albert Bauer • Eugene Bolin • James Bolin • ...

Union and League of Romanian Societies / United Romanian Societi

Union and League

of Romanian Societies

The Union and League of Romanian Societies, Incorporated was formed in 1928 from a unification of two separate fraternal organizations, the Union and the League. The Union, founded on July 4, 1906, was originally ...

Dr. Robert H. Goddard Park

First liquid propellant rocket launched in Auburn Mass. Mar. 16, 1926 by R.H. Goddard

This park dedicated to his memory by the Rotary Club of Auburn 1970

Marker can be reached from Auburn Street 0.1 miles south of Southbridge Street (Massachusetts Route ...

Prelude to History

History Now

When news of the British invasion reached the farmers who tilled these fields, some went north to join the Crown Forces. Such a loyalist was John Freeman.

On a hot summer afternoon in 1777, one of Freeman’s neighbors ...

Dexter Edgar Converse

In Memorium

[Front Inscription]:

Founder of this College

Born in Swanton, Vermont

April 21, 1829

Died in Spartanburg, South Carolina

October 4, 1899

[Reverse Inscription]:

"Oh, it is great -- and there

is no other greatness -- to make

one nook of God's creation more

fruitful. Better. More worthy

of God; to ...

Colonel Jacob Stroud

Colonel Jacob Stroud is buried in this graveyard,

originally the cemetery of the Mission of Dansbury.

Begun by the Monrovian Brethren in 1743, the chapel destroyed in the Indian uprising of 1755 was erected in 1753 under the leadership of Daniel Brodhead ...

McGlamery Stand

In this locality was a tavern and blacksmith shop which served travelers on the Natchez Trace from early 19th century days. Its early proprietor who came here in 1818, is buried in the cemetery to the northeast along with members ...

The Old State House

“ . . . there the child Independence was born.”

Built in 1713, the Old State House was the seat of government of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. In this building the Royal Governors, the Colonial Courts, and the Provincial Assembly ...