Delaware and Hudson Canal

Delaware and Hudson Canal

has been designated a

Registered National

Historic Landmark

Under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935 this site possesses exceptional value in commemorating or illustrating the history of the United States

Died on the Field of Honor..."

Gravestones of VMI Cadets

Of the 257 cadets from Virginia Military Institute who fought in the Battle of New Market, ten were either killed outright or later died of their wounds. Their legacy of service and sacrifice has inspired each successive ...

Turntable

The hub of the roadhouse complex was the turntable. From here, tracks radiated like spokes into each roundhouse stall.

Engines returning to the roundhouse for maintenance rolled through a narrow two-track passage onto the turntable. An operator inside the control cab ...

U.S. Navy Beach Jumpers - Amphibious Forces, U.S. Navy Monument

[western face:]

U.S. Navy Beach Jumpers

Loop Shack Hill

Advanced Amphibious Training Base, Ocracoke (AATB)

December 1943 to January 1946

In December 1943, the U.S. Navy Section Base became the Advanced Amphibious Training Base (AATB) for the Beach Jumpers. Experienced officers and men from earlier ...

Jefferson Davis Camp

On this site

after the evacuation of Richmond

Jefferson Davis

President of the Confederate States of America

with his personal staff and cabinet

camped April 18, 1865.

Dismounting he hitched his horse

to a tree which stood on this spot.

Marker is on Earl Street just north of ...

Site of Fort Mason

Established July 6, 1851

by the U. S. Army

as a protection to the frontier

Named in honor of Lieut. George T. Mason,

killed in action near Brownsville,

April 25, 1846

Albert Sidney Johnston,

George H. Thomas, Earl Van Dorn

and Robert E. Lee,

of the 2nd U. S. ...

Cabarrus Black Boys Fountain

In Memoriam

The Cabarrus Black Boys

who destroyed the British ammunition

May 17,1771

in defense of American Liberty

Marker is on Means Avenue Southeast just east of Union Street South.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Jefferson Davis

President, Confederate States of America, spent the night of April 18, 1865 in house which stood here.

Marker is on Union Street North 0.1 miles north of Cabarrus Avenue, on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Old Carnegie Library

(Side 1):

The first formal meeting to organize a library association was held at Andrew College in April 1878 with Dr. A. L. Hamilton presiding. The thirteen members of the Cuthbert Library Club offered their book collections, and Judge John ...

Ohio Central College

(formerly Iberia College)

Warren G. Harding, 29th President of the United States, graduated in 1882 from the college formerly located here. While a student, Harding and a friend founded the school newspaper, “The Iberia Spectator.”

Marker is at the intersection of Mt. ...