Elvis Presley and the Blues

Marker Front:

Elvis Presley revolutionized popular music by blending the blues he first heard as a youth in Tupelo with country, pop, and gospel.

Many of the first songs Elvis recorded for the Sun label in Memphis were covers of earlier blues ...

Eisenhower's Quarters

Fort George G. Meade

With the signing of the armistice ending World War I, the overseas orders of Dwight David Eisenhower were canceled. Instead, he was transferred from Command of Camp Colt, the Army's Tank Training Center in Gettysburg, PA, to ...

"The Treaty"

sculpted by Michael Boyett

The date was February 23, 1836, and the situation for Texas was desperate. Santa Anna with about 6,000 troops was on the march towards the Alamo with the intent of smashing the small, poorly-organized, and ill-equipped army ...

The Construction of Fort Miles

As war clouds gathered in the late 1930s, the Army started building massive fortifications at the entrance to the Delaware River and Bay. Called Fort Miles, the main batteries and headquarters were at Cape Henlopen, Delaware, near the main shipping ...

Cheney Clow's Rebellion

During the American Revolution many Delawareans remained loyal to the British Crown. In 1778 a group of Loyalists under the leadership of local resident Cheney Clow constructed a fort near this location. Concerned that they would march on Dover, a ...

Elvis Presley's Childhood Church

Attend a Pentecostal church service where Elvis first fell in love with gospel music.

Elvis Presley Birthplace presents a unique experience in the First Assembly of God Church where Elvis and his family regularly attended service. This structure was originally one ...

Battles and Engagements of the Delaware Regiment

Battles around New York City and Environs, 1776-1779

1. Long Island, August 27, 1776

2. Throg's Neck, October 12-18, 1776

3. Mamaroneck Raid, October 22, 1776

4. White Plains, October 28, 1776

5. Retreat across New Jersey, November-December 1776

6. Trenton, December 26, 1776

7. Staten ...

The Bayonets of the Revolution

The Delaware Regiment fought in nearly every campaign of the American Revolution.

For a small state, Delaware's soldiers played a large role in the Revolution. Answering Congress' call, Delaware raised a regiment of 500-600 men by the summer of 1776. They ...

The Opera House

This building was erected by the

Town of Newberry, and dedicated

in February of 1882. An outstanding

example of Victorian civic architecture

of eclectic design, it was placed on

the National Register of Historic

Places in 1969. Now housing city

offices, the Opera House was ...

"Rockets on the Hill"

Oxon Hill Farm - Oxon Cove Park

We found three rockets on our hill evidently pointed at our house but fortunately did not reach it” Mary DeButts, writing to her sister Millicent on March 18, 1815

Samuel and Mary DeButts were lucky ...