Old Fort Sumner and “Billy the Kid’s” Grave

Fort Sumner was established in 1862 to guard the Navajo and Apaches on the Bosque Redondo reservation. It was discontinued as a military post in 1868 and the buildings and site sold to Lucien B. Maxwell. William "Billy the Kid" ...

Old Military Road

Along this street ran the

old military road fortified

in 1759 by General Amherst

prior to the siege at

Fort Ticonderoga.

Marker is at the intersection of The Portage and Crown Heights, on the right on The Portage.

Courtesy ...

Sibyl Ludington

Sibyl Ludington

Rode horseback over this

road the night of April 26,

1777, to call out Colonal

Ludington’s regiment to

repel British at Danbury, Conn.

State Education

Department 1935

Marker is at the intersection of Gleneida Avenue (New York Route ...

Baltimore and Ohio Roundhouse and Shop Complex

National Civil Engineering Landmark. The re-construction of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Roundhouse and Shop Complex commenced soon after the end of the American Civil War in 1865. This complex included two roundhouses and two significant shop buildings. The centerpiece ...

North 3rd Street

On this corner, an electric street car (the Low Line) turned off Victor Avenue onto N 3rd Street to continue its trip to the Independence Mine and around Battle Mountain. In the early 1900s, the miners commuted to work via ...

Lanesborough / Béal Átha Liag History 500 - 1900 AD

The Mouth of the Ford of Stones

The ancient name of Lanesborough is Béal Átha Liag which means “Mouth of the Ford of Stones”. Situated at the northern tip of Lough Ree, or Loch Rí - meaning the “Lake of ...

Sybil Ludington

Sybil Ludington

Revolutionary War Heroine

April 26, 1777

Called out the volunteer militia, by riding

through the night, alone, on horseback, at

the age of 16, alerting the countryside to

the burning of Danbury, Conn. by the British

placed by

108th Field Artillery

(Front):World War I

Champagne

Oise-Aisne

Lorraine

Meuse-Argonne

Ypres-Lys

World War II

Normandy

Northern France

Ardennes

Rhineland

Central Europe

(Back):Organized Dec. 11, 1840

1st Vol. Inf., 102nd of the line

2nd Infantry, Nov. 30, 1860

19th Penna. Vol., April 27, 1861

Address by President Lincoln

Address by President Lincoln

at the Dedication of

The Gettysburg National Cemetery

November 19, 1863

“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that ...

Battle of Milford

Guarding Early's Flank

During the Civil War, Milford (present-day Overall) was a small commercial center on the Luray-Front Royal Turnpike. Located in a narrow valley between river and mountains, the village saw more than its share of military action. Confederate ...