Thirty-second Division Memorial Highway

The 32nd Division was organized in 1917. Originally it was made up of National Guardsmen from Wisconsin and Michigan.

World War I: Fought in Alsace, Aisne-Marne, Olse-Aisne and Meuse-Argonne Offensives. Vanquished 23 German Divisions. Served in the Army of Occupation in ...

Point Peter Battery and the War of 1812

In 1795 a cannon battery constructed on the Point Peter peninsula became the southernmost fortification in the First System of U.S. coastal defenses. Vacated in 1802, it was reoccupied and strengthened in 1808 to provide support for the enforcement of ...

Citizens Seized

On October 10, 1862, Confederate cavalry commanded by Gen. J.E.B. Stuart briefly occupied Mercersburg on their way to raid Chambersburg. Acting under orders from Gen. Lee, Stuart took ten men from the Mercersburg area hostage.

Cornellus Louderbaugh and John McDowell were ...

VDOT Workers’ Memorial

The monument before you honors Virginia state highway workers who lost their lives while serving the Commonwealth’s travelers. No public funds were used to build this memorial. It was built entirely with donations from Virginia Department of Transportation employees and ...

A Place on the High Ground

Centreville Civil War Forts & Earthworks

In the fall of 1861, after their July defeat at Manassas (Bull Run), Union forces retreated to Washington, D.C. to organize and retrain. Confederate forces concentrated in Centreville to bolster their defense of Northern Virginia ...

Old Quaker Settlement - Adkins Store

Charles City County, Virginia

This community was the site of a Quaker settlement in the eighteenth century and the Weyanoke Quaker Meeting House and graveyard. The meetinghouse was the Upper Quarter gathering place for the Yearly Meeting of Virginia Quaker. The ...

Soldiers' National Cemetery

"Here where they fell,

Oft shall the widow's tear be shed,

Oft shall fond parents mourn their dead;

The orphan here shall kneel and weep..."

Hymn by Benjamin B. French

Sung at cemetery dedication

November 19, 1863

Soldiers' National Cemetery contains the graves of more than 6,000 ...

Gettysburg Address

Nearby, Nov. 19, 1863, in dedicating the National Cemetery, Abraham Lincoln gave the address which he had written in Washington and revised after his arrival at Gettysburg the evening of November 18.

Marker is on Taneytown Road (State Road 134), on ...

Men of Ticonderoga

In memory of

the men

of Ticonderoga

who offered their

lives in defense

of their country

Side of Monument:

The gift of

Clayton H. DeLano

A lover of his native town

Marker is at the intersection of The Portage and Champlain Avenue, on the right when traveling south on ...

Stephen S. Harding

Side 'One':

Born 1808 Ontario County, New York. Moved with family to Ripley County, 1820. Prominent abolitionist and orator, delivering powerful anti-slavery speeches throughout the area, often against public sentiment. Was active in Liberty Party and Republican Party. Received several appointments ...