Fort Gibson: The Other Ellis Island Story

The stones you see here reveal yet another layer of the story of Ellis Island. This is the story of Fort Gibson, one of the earliest forts built after the American Revolution to protect New York Harbor. Discovered during the ...

Watervliet Arsenal

Oldest, Continuously Active

Manufacturing Arsenal in U.S.

Founded in 1813.

Marker is on Broadway (New York Route 32), on the right when traveling south.

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21st Regiment

Ohio Infantry

21st Regiment

Ohio Infantry

Sirwell's

Brigade

5:30 P.M.

September 19th

to 9:00 A.M.

September 20th

1863

Marker can be reached from LaFayette Road 0.4 miles south of Dyer Road.

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Buckeye Street Neighborhood

From its earliest platting to the most recent times, building on North Buckeye Street has been a reflective barometer of the attitudes and economy of Abilene. Though the original town and business district were due south of the Union Pacific ...

Site of Camp Pratt

From 1862-1863 Camp Pratt was official Confederate camp of conscription and instruction for South Louisiana. At one as many as 3,000 conscripts here. A small compound for Union Prisoners of war also located at the camp.

Marker is on Old Spanish ...

Fort Brooke Battery

Replica Naval Mounts

Manufactured for

The Friends of Plant Park

The Citizens of Tampa, Hillsborough County

and The University of Tampa

Dedicated to

The original inhabitants, soldiers, sailors and

settlers who with blood sweat and toil

carved this area out ...

The Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist

First church in Lafayette Parish was "l'Eglise St Jean de Vermilion." Built on a gift of this site by Jean Mouton, 1821. In 1824 he donated land for a court house and founded Vermilionville (Lafayette).

(Reverse):

La premiere eglise de la paroisse ...

21st Ohio Infantry

[Front Inscription]

21st. Ohio

Infantry,

Sirwell's

Bridgade

Negley's

Division,

14th.Army

Corps.

[Back Plaque]

This regimental, Lt. Col. Dwella M. Stoughton commanding, engaged the enemy late Sept. 19th, 1863, east of Dyer's Field, remaining there till 10:30 A.M. Sept. 20th, then moved to this ridge. Being armed chiefly with Colt's revolving ...

The New Ferry Building – Ellis Island

Save America’s Treasures

Restoration of the New Ferry Building on Ellis Island is being supported in part by a Federal Save America’s Treasures award administered by the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

New Ferry Building

In 1999, the Statue of Liberty ...

Liberty’s Symbols

The Statue of Liberty conveys its message of freedom through a number of dramatic symbols. The broken shackles at her feet signify escape from tyranny. In her left arm, she holds a tablet of law inscribed in Roman numerals the ...