Patriotic Work of the National Woman's Relief Corps

This Tablet is Erected in Commemoration

of the patriotic work of the Women's Relief Corps, Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic, in the preservation and improvement of this historic site, comprising 87 acres, of which 72.5 acres were acquired ...

The Crazy Mountains

Called Awaxaawippiia by the Apsaalooka (Crow) Indians, the Crazy Mountains, which you can see to the northwest, are an igneous formation forged about 50 million years ago. For the Apsaalooka, they are the most sacred and revered mountains on the ...

The Brenham Maifest

The Brenham Maifest has evolved from the German Volksfest, a spring festival carried to this area by German Texans who settled near Brenham. When the Brenham Fire Department assumed the duties of the Volksfest Association in 1880, the exclusively German ...

When the Iron was Hot: African America Ironworkers of Muirkirk

The Snowden family owned Patuxent Ironworks until 1847 when Andrew and Elias Ellicott purchased land from the Snowdens and erected the Muirkirk Furnace. The Ellicotts operated the Furnace until 1860 when it was purchased by one of Boston’s leading iron ...

The Palmtag Building

This building replaces the two-story Palmtag Building, originally constructed by Leopold Palmtag in 1892. He settled in Hayward in 1860 and served as a town trustee. The building housed various businesses, including a radio station and a drug store.

The original ...

The Balmville Tree

Standing here since 1699

Circumference 25 feet, 5 inches

Diameter 90 inches

I - The Balmville Tree

The Balmville Tree is the oldest Eastern Cottonwood on record in the United States. A core sample taken by a Harvard University ...

Site of the Marquee

On this spot General Washington erected his campaign tent (marquee) when he entered Valley Forge December 19, 1777. He occupied this tent until December 24, 1777, when he moved his headquarters to the Potts House at the junction of Valley ...

A Riot, the Massacre, and the Tea Party

From 1769-1776 Boston was the flashpoint for events leading up to the American Revolution. On February 22, 1770, a crowd gathered around the house and shop of a Tory sympathizer and customs agent, Ebenezer Richardson. When they started pelting the ...

The Bombardment of Lewes

In March of 1813, the Royal Navy established a blockade of the Delaware Bay and River. The British squadron, under the command of Commodore John P. Beresford, RN, took up stations off Lewes and the Delaware Capes, and began to ...

The De Vries Monument

Commemorates the establishment of the

first permanent European presence on

the Delaware Bay

1631

In 1631, a group of settlers under David

Pietersz de Vries landed near this spot

to form a whale hunting station and

agricultural settlement. The settlers

of ...