Confederate Trenches

The main objective of the Confederate Army in fortifying Columbus was to block Union movements on the Mississippi River. In so doing they also had to protect their position from inland attack. The trenches through which this trail leads are ...

The People of the South Wind & the Coming of the Shawnee

Merriam Historic Plaza Walking Path

From the late 1600’s until the early 1800’s, the Kansa (or Kaw) Indians lived in northeast Kansas. The Indian word Kansa means “People of the South Wind,” and both the state of Kansas and the ...

Millard E. Tydings

1890 - 1961

This Building is Named

in Memory of

Millard E. Tydings

1890 - 1961

Distinguished Public Servant and Friend of Education

Alumnus of the University

Decorated Officer, World War I

Speaker of the House of Delegates

State Senator

Member of the House of Representatives

and

the ...

Battle of Hubbardton

Only Battlefield On Vermont Soil

Here on July 7, 1777 a successful rearguard action by Colonel Seth Warner’s Vermont, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire troops ended British pursuit under Generals Frazer and Reldesel. Thus, General St. Claire’s American army, retreating from Fort ...

Old St. Joseph's

1733

Old St. Joseph's earliest church on this site was built in 1733 by Rev. Joseph Greaton, a Jesuit missionary from England. When news that a "Romish Chappel" had been set up the Provincial Council investigated, but because William Penn's ...

Southwest Mountains Rural Historic District

Extending from the Orange County line on the north to the outskirts of Charlottesville with the Southwest Mountains forming its spine, this historic district encompasses more than 31,000 acres and contains some of the Piedmont’s most pristine and scenic countryside. ...

Dewitt Bluff

[Front]

Located about 1/2 mile east, this bluff, part of a Royal landgrant to Edward Crofts in 1740, was named for the DeWitt family, who settled nearby prior to 1767. This area of Prince Frederick Parish was known as Queensborough ...

P.G.T. Beauregard

P.G.T. Beauregard

General

Commanding Confederate forces Charleston South Carolina

Held this city and harbour inviolate against combined attacks by land and water 1863 1864 1865

Marker is at the intersection of Meeting Street and Broad Street on Meeting Street.

Courtesy ...

End of the Second Day

July 2, 1863 - Second Day

"The great Rebel assault, the greatest ever made upon this continent, had been made and signally repulsed...."

1st Lt. Frank A. Haskell, U.S.A.

Aide to Brig. Gen. John Gibbon.

When the Union position at the Peach Orchard (1/2 ...

St. Augustine First World War Memorial

(Front):The city

of

St. Augustine

Fiel-Y-Firme

Dedicated

to

victory

to

peace

and to

the youth of this

city who served

their country in

the World War

1917 - 1918

(On panels around the memorial):Discovered

1513

by

Ponce de Leon

Founded