1st Maryland Battalion

Point reached by

First Md

Battalion C.S.A.

July 3rd

1863

Marker is at the intersection of Geary Avenue and Slocum Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Geary Avenue.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Indian Attack

The Second Battle of the River Raisin Jan. 22, 1813, found nearly 400 American soldiers caught in retreat down this old road to Ohio. Those few who made it to this point, over a mile south of their czmp, were ...

Denver's Old City Hall

This bell is the only existing relic of Denver's old city hall. Built on this site in 1883 and razed in 1936.

Marker is at the intersection of Larimer Street and 14th Street, on the right when traveling south on Larimer ...

Ward Mining District

Silver Ore

The ghost town of Ward, in the foothills of the Egan Range, lies some eight miles west of here. Booming from 1876 until 1882, with a peak population of 1,500, Ward was somewhat of a lawless mining camp. Early ...

Defense of Edisto Bridge

Occupying Rifle Pits and manning a small

battery in defense of the Edisto River

Bridge, at this point less than six

hundred Confederates temporarily

halted the advance of the right wing

of the Federal Army commanded by

Gen.W.T. Sherman. On Feb. 12, 1865,

the defenders ...

Headquarters Site

Headquarters Site

Nearby stood the home of Col.

Thomas Ellison, used by Gen.

Washington as his Hqts. from

June-July 1779 & Dec. 1780 to

June 1781, here the attack on

Stony Point was planned.

New Windsor

Town Historian

Marker is at the intersection ...

Winning School of Parke County Indiana

American Legion Oratorical Contest 1954

1809 (Relief of Lincoln) 1865

The Gettysburg Address

“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 all men are created ...

"The Stuart Little Pond"

In the spring of 1953, Eleanor Olney Spicer age 12 was walking her dog, a toy Manchester terrier named Stuart Little, after the children's book, Stuart Little by E.B. White. Suddenly Stuart noticed a small animal and chased it into ...

Battlefield Archaeology

The Battle of Monmouth – 28 June 1778

Where Was Molly Hays during the Battle of Monmouth?

Documents and Archaeology provides clues.

During the Battle, Commander-in-Chief George Washington watched approvingly as Captain Francis Proctor’s artillery company cannonaded the British. Joseph Plumb Martin noted ...

J. Monteverde General Store Museum

Typical of old country stores at the turn of the century. Opened in 1898. Over its counter and from its shed, the Monteverde Family offered for sale all manner and description of merchandise. The emporium served as a meeting place ...