44th National Encampment Grand Army of the Republic

From September 19 to 24 1910, about 45 years after the last shot of the Civil War was fired, the 44th National Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) Encampment(convention) was held in Atlantic City. The G.A.R., a Union (Northern) Civil ...

490th Bombardment Group

Dedicated

to the

officers and men

of the

490th Bombardment Group

who were

Killed in Action

Killed in Line of Duty

Missing in Action

848 B.S. • 849 B.S.

850 B.S. • 851 B.S.

and All Service Units

Their Sacrifice Was

Not in Vain

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Founding of the Future Farmers of Virginia

The Future Farmers of Virginia (FFV) was founded on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute by four members of the Agricultural Education Department in September, 1925. Developed as a statewide organization for boys enrolled in high school vocational agriculture, the ...

Smithfield

Smithfield, visible to the northeast, was the last home of Col. William Preston, a noted surveyor who fostered the settlement of western lands. Preston was also a Revolutionary officer, Indian fighter, and a member of the House of Burgesses. Built ...

Hilton Head

A prominent landmark for mariners

since the voyages of the early

Spanish explorers, this headland

was known to the English as

Hilton Head after the voyage

in 1663 of Captain William Hilton

which led to their first

permanent settlement in Carolina.

By the late 18th century

the island ...

Built Here In Old Sharon

Built here in Old Sharon were covered keel boats for a proposed expedition by Aaron Burr to annex the American southwest from Spanish America. Suspicions were aroused against him and he was tried for treason but was acquitted.

Marker is at ...

Confederate Soldiers & Sailors Monument

Erected by the

Confederate Soldiers & Sailors

Monument Association

Anno Domini 1887-1894.

Marker can be reached from the intersection of North 29th Street and Libby Terrace, in the median.

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Townsend Company

Founded 1816 by Robert Townsend in Pittsburgh. Moved to Fallston in 1828 to make rivets and wire. The company added other product lines and became a leader in the fastener industry with twelve plants in the U.S.A. and Canada. Products ...

Abraham D. Blauvelt Homestead

The house and the kitchen wing were built about 1801 by Abraham D. Blauvelt who farmed the land. It came into possession of his niece, Catherine Blauvelt, wife of Richard J. Blauvelt, and remained in the family until 1891. In ...

Tippecanoe Battlefield Memorial

[[ Panel One ]]

American Forces.

Men engaged. 910.

General Wm. Henry Harrison Commanding attacked at 4: O’Clock A. M. Indian forces led by Prophet. Number engaged about the same as Americans

Loss. Americans. Killed 37.

“ Wounded 151.

Indian loss unknown.

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