Dedicated to You, A Free Citizen in a Free Land

This reproduction of the Liberty Bell was presented to the people of

Wyoming

by direction of

The Honorable John W. Snyder

Secretary of the Treasury

As the inspirational symbol of the

United States Savings Bonds Independence Drive

from May 16 to July 4,1950, ...

Nathan Dane

Dane County was created by the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature in 1836. Judge James Doty had convinced the Legislature to select Madison as the Capital and name the surrounding county in honor of Nathan Dane, a compiler of the Ordinance of ...

President Tyler's Home

Just to the south is Sherwood Forest, where President John Tyler lived after his retirement from the presidency until his death in 1862. He bought the place in 1842 and came to it as his home in March, 1845. Here ...

Confederate Battery Position

This battery was one of several cavalry outposts maintained by Wheeler`s Cavalry (CS) to watch the ferries and fords along the Chattahoochee River in 1864. The battery position consisted of a single piece of light artillery protected by strong earthworks. ...

Additional Area Civil War Sites

1. Sugarloaf Mountain - This was the site of a Union Signal Corps station that remained in operation throughout much of the war.

2. White's Ferry - Originally called Conrad's Ferry, this crossing was established in 1817 about four miles north ...

Dutchess County War Memorial

Dutchess County

War Memorial

Roll of Honor

World War I

Adams, George H. • Albertson, Nelson • Allen, Alonza D. • Baliszewski, Frank J. • Bedrosian, Kapriel D. • Bishop, Leon • Bogart, Raymond • Braddock, Benjamin • Brizzie, Charles ...

1974 Downtown National Historic District

Although Cheyenne was originally established in the 1857, much of the early town had been destroyed by fires over the years and it was not until the late 1800s that masonry structures were introduced. The current Downtown District of Cheyenne ...

Captain Peter DuBose

1755 - 1846

After serving in the militia under General Francis Marion during the Revolutionary War, this planter and patriot lived near here and operated a ferry, known as DuBose's Crossing, close by the present bridge over Lynches River. His grave ...

Progenitors of Independence

This monument is dedicated to the members of the British expeditionary forces stationed at Fort Edward and Rogers Island during the French and Indian Wars. 1755 - 1763

-Progenitors of Independence-

Marker is on Rogers Island Road 0.3 miles south ...

Gilbert Van Zandt

Port William is the birthplace of Gilbert Van Zandt, quite possibly the youngest enlistee in the Union Army during the Civil War. Born on December 20, 1851, "Little Gib" joined the ranks of Company D, 79th Ohio Volunteer Infantry at ...