Convent of the Holy Names

Academy of the Holy Names

At midnight, July 18, 1881, two sisters Marie Augustin, Marie Maurice of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, arrived in Tampa from Key West to establish a Catholic school.

“They came empty handed,” the ...

Perimeter of the Fort

You stand upon historic ground within the north wall of Fort Cumberland. Your location (X) is shown on the diagram. Lines of barracks (I), parallel with the street, were to your front and in the rear along the line of ...

The "Richmond 34"

On February 22, 1960 Thirty-four Virginia Union University students staged a sit-in protest against segregation in the restaurants of Thalhimers department store, which stood on this site. Richmond city police arrested the students for trespassing, marking one of the first ...

The Samuel Wainwright House

CA 1760

This advertisement appeared in the S.C. Gazette on 6th Jan., 1784, following Mr. Wainwright's death

"On WEDNESDAY the 28th of JANUARY in§t. WILL BE SOLD by Order of the Hon. Cornelius Dupont, E§q.

that capital and well known ...

Former Site of Columbia Theological Seminary

Founded 1828 by Presbyterian Synod of South Carolina and Georgia. Located here 1831. Moved to Decatur, Georgia 1925. Woodrow Wilson's father and uncle were among faculty members. Central building, erected 1823, was designed by Robert Mills as home for Ainsley ...

The Settlement of Stamford in 1641

This tablet has been placed by Stamford Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution to commemorate

The Settlement of Stamford in 1641

During that year, twenty nine men and their families came from Wethersfield to this place. Imbued with the ...

The Stamford Lincoln

The Stamford Lincoln

Dedicated

July 11, 1995 to Honor

Frank D. Rich, Sr.

(1894 – 1990)

Citizen

Patriot Veteran

City Builder

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Si monumentum requiris

circumspice

If you would see his monument

look around

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On Loan to the Citizens of Stamford

By the Rich Foundation

And His Sons

Frank D. Jr. and Robert N. Rich

Marker is ...

The St. Charles Apartments

Built 1913

The St. Charles Apartments, originally called the Rector Hotel was built to provide accommodations for the patrons of the Grand Seattle Opera.

The St Charles Apartments is listed in the Washington Heritage Register, and the National Register of ...

Driven from the Field

Defeated along the entire front, the remaining American troops lost all military organization and fled in confusion. Some Continentals from the 1st Maryland Brigade retreated along the Great Wagon Road. Others, including survivors of the 2nd Maryland Brigade, escaped through ...

This Tablet Marks the Site of Old Fort Cumberland

Which was built in 1755 by order of the British Government and named in honor of the Duke of Cumberland, Captain General of the British Army. It was the base of military operations of General Edward Braddock and Colonel George ...