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Confederate Dead

Two Confederate soldiers, killed June 29, 1863, in a skirmish with Union troops, were buried here by local residents. The monument in their honor was erected by Daughters of the Confederacy.

Marker is on Buchanan Trail (Pennsylvania Route 16), on the ...

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Site of Six Mile Male And Female Academy

Years before 1859, two acres of land were donated for a school by Mr. and Mrs. Good. A two-story wooden structure was built. Among its first teachers were John Alexander, W. J. Peters, R. M. Humphries, and R. H. Pratt. ...

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Six Mile Male & Female Academy Site

? 300 Yards

Incorporated in 1859 though organized earlier and operated continuously through 1897. First trustees were William P. Thomas, Leroy T. McGuire, Ezekiel C. Smith, Simpson W. Hederick and Pulaski Wallace. This noted center of learning in Bibb County ...

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New Vernon Historic District

Crossroads community, first settled

1727. Contains homes representing

Colonial, Greek Revival and

Victorian architecture. Additional

dwellings include former general

store, blacksmith home, academy and

Presbyterian Church.

Morris County Heritage Commission

Marker is at the intersection of Village Road and Millbrook Road, on the right when traveling east on ...

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Santo Domingo Redoubt

Archaeology

In 1704, following the English siege of 1702, the Spanish built the Cubo Line to protect the town's northern sector. In the 1730s, they rebuilt the line in anticipation of an English attack from Georgia.

In 1808, a time of ...

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Mason-Dixon Crownstone

Responsible for marking the boundaries of Maryland and Pennsylvania (including the "Three Lower Counties" of Delaware), Mason and Dixon began their survey of the North-South or Tangent Line at the southwestern corner of present-day Delaware in June 1764. Proceeding northward, ...

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Naval Air Station - Sanford

In November 1942, NAS Sanford was commissioned to meet the need for additional naval aviation training facilities. Originally planned for bomber training, within a year it converted to fighter plane training. A major portion of fighter pilots that served on ...

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Chatham Historic District

Scene of Washington’s Headquarters

and massing of Continental troops

prior to march on Yorktown August

27 – 29, 1781.

Morris County Heritage Commission

New Jersey Register of Historic Sites

Marker is on Main Street (County Route 124), on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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The Old Chapel

Before and during the American Revolution many noted patriots worshiped here, including George Washington, Martha Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Samuel Adams, John Hancock, Count Casimir Pulaski and the Marquis de Lafayette.

In 1792 fifty-one chiefs and warriors from the Iroquois ...

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The De Anza Expedition in Soledad

Lt. Colonel Juan Bautista de Anza by Decree of Carlo III of Spain led an expedition near this site — the mission being to colonize the San Francisco Bay Area

In the center of the marker is a circular motif, ...

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