75th Troop Carrier Squadron

In honor of the men who served

in the 75th Troop Carrier

Squadron, World War II European

Theater of Operations 1943-45

They served their country well

in both peace and war.

Northern Europe, Normandy,

Southern France, Rome-Arno,

Central Europe, Ardennes,

Rhineland

Presidential Unit Citation

Courtesy hmdb.org

Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Normal and Industrial Institute

The Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Normal and Industrial Institute for Colored Students was established here in 1880 by the Pilgram Missionary Baptist Association. The school was established, organized, funded and staffed by African Americans. The institute

offered vocational classes in subjects such ...

Alexander H. Stephens House Site

Alexander H. Stephens

Vice President of the

Confederate States of America

Lived in the house that stood here in 1861

This tablet is placed by the

Confederate Memorial Literary Society, A.D., 1912,

Marker is at the intersection of East Clay Street and North 12th Street, on ...

Capital Guardian

Fort Washington

Building the Second Fort

On September 8, 1814, only 12 days after the destruction of Fort Warburton, Pierre L'Enfant was commissioned by the Government to reestablish a fortification here. Work began that October but increasing friction between L'Enfant and the ...

"A Most Deplorable Condition"

“I have now over 200 in camp, and they are in a most deplorable condition….I have a mother with her dying babe in my office. The rest are in camp, in a condition next to death. Most of them have ...

President’s Mansion

White House of the Confederacy

This house was the executive mansion of Confederate President Jefferson Davis and his family from August 1861 until April 2, 1865. A West Point graduate, former U.S. senator from Mississippi, and former U.S. secretary of war, ...

The Red River Plunge of Bonnie and Clyde

On June 10, 1933, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Pritchard and family saw from their home on the bluff (west) the plunge of an auto into Red River. Rescuing the victims, unrecognized as Bonnie Parker and Clyde and Buck Barrow, they ...

Forest Lodge Belvedere

This Belvedere, meaning "beautiful view" was one of three Forest Lodge towers. Forest Lodge, constructed in the 1880s by Captain John Cussons, was a six-story hotel on 1000 acres in Glen Allen, west of the railroad tracks. Cussons created gardens, ...

Cloud's Creek Baptist Church

In 1785, following the Revolutionary War, pioneers from North Carolina--including the Hendons, Hartsfields, Standifers, Johnsons, Lawrences, and Olives--settled near Big Cloud's Creek on the Georgia frontier near the Creek and Cherokee nations. Olive's Fort was soon constructed and Cloud's Creek ...

Courtney Road Service Station

The 1920s were the boom years for construction of gas stations in the United States due to an increase of cars, improved roads and low gas prices. By 1929, there were 143,000 "filling" stations across the nation. Many were built ...