The Parade Ground of Fort Cumberland

Occupied this site 1755

Here the Indian envoys were received before Braddock left for his defeat. In 1756-58 the garrison under Col. Washington was still reviewed here.

Marker is at the intersection of Washington St. and Prospect Square, on the left when ...

Independent Presbyterian Church

Savannah, Georgia

Minister ~ Terry L. Johnson

Founded 1755

Present Sanctuary

Erected 1891

For more than 200 years

holding aloft the torch of truth

Marker is on Whitaker St. near Oglethorpe.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Site of Old St. Mary’s

Cornerstone 1853 - Dedicated 1854

The first building erected as a cathedral in California, Old Saint Mary’s served the archdiocese of San Francisco in that capacity from 1854 to 1891. Once the City’s most prominent building, much of its stone ...

Headquarters of George Washington

As colonel under General Braddock at Fort Cumberland during the French and Indian War 1755 - 1758 and as Commander-in-Chief of the American Army in 1794Presented to the City of Cumberland by

James Walter Thomas, L.L.D.; Litt.D.

dedicated April 21, 1921 in ...

1st Regt. MD Cav

(Front Face):

Maryland's Tribute to Her Loyal Sons

Dedicated to the

1st Regt. MD. Cav.

Lt. Col. James M. Deems

1st Brig. 2nd Div. Cavalry Corps

Illegible inscription line

July 3d, 1863

(Rear Face):

Organized at Baltimore, MD.

November 1861

Participated in sixty-two engagement

including the following-

Charlestown, Va - May 23, 1862.

2d ...

The Founding of Campbellton

Merriam Historic Plaza Walking Path

With the opening of the Kansas Territory in 1854, people from everywhere began to converge on Kansas. The fertile and inexpensive land available in the territory attracted David Gee Campbell, a Tennessee native. Campbell loaded his ...

Christ Episcopal Church, St. Simon's Island

This congregation was established as a mission of the Church of England in February, 1736. The Rev. Charles Wesley, ordained priest of that Church, conducted the first services in the chapel within the walls of Fort Frederica. The Rev. John ...

The Overland Trails

Merriam Historic Plaza Walking Path

Historic Frontier Trails cut through the territory now known as Merriam. Hundreds of thousands of people emigrated [sic – immigrated] to the western frontiers along the Oregon and California Trails. The Santa Fe, Oregon and California ...

Vietnam War protesters and police clashed here

The Madison Heritage Series

During the 1960s and early 1970s, many American college campuses smoldered over political issues, especially the draft and the Vietnam War. The University of Wisconsin, however, burst into a full blaze.

Groups demonstrated regularly on campus and State ...

Denver City

Lower Downtown Historic District

The area known today as Lower Downtown, is the Location of the original town of Denver. Gold seekers from Lawrence, Kansas staked the first claim in September of 1858, under the name St. Charles Town Association, but ...