Site Of The Stand In The Schoolhouse Door / Foster Auditorium, 1

Foster Auditorium is the site of the June 11, 1963, “stand in the schoolhouse door” by Governor George C. Wallace in defiance of a court order requiring The University of Alabama to admit African-American students Vivian Malone and James Hood. ...

Athens Big Spring Memorial Park

Dedicated to the early settlers, men and women who served in the armed forces and kept our country free. August 12, 1989.

Marker can be reached from Beaty Street North east of Market Street/Buck Island Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Hayward and the "Big Mill"

Anthony Judson Hayward, 1835–1913, found this an ideal site for a water powered saw mill and organized the North Wisconsin Lumber Company to harvest the vast pine stands of the upper Namekagon. Their “Big Mill” was built beside the dam, ...

Athens, Alabama

(Side A):

Athens was incorporated in 1818, one year prior to the admission of Alabama as the 22nd state. It is the seat of Limestone County, created by an act of the Alabama Territorial Legislature. Athens has a legacy of providing ...

The Col. Robert Sink Memorial Trail

In Memory of “Col. Bob” Sink, First Commanding Officer of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, July 1942 – December 1945.

Dedicated by the “Five-O-Sinks” The 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment Association, November 4, 2000, at Toccoa, Georgia.

Duty — Honor — Country

Robert F. ...

The Breymann Redoubt

History Now

Failing to capture the Balcarres Redoubt, the Americans surged against Crown Forces’ fortifications built here. Attacking relentlessly, they overwhelmed this important defensive position just before nightfall, October 7, 1777.

Never more than a crude barrier of logs, this ...

The Battle of Freeman’s Farm

In the fields before you, the first action of the Battle of Saratoga began. Shortly after noon on September 19, American pickets posted in the Freeman House fired on advance elements of the center column of the British army. The ...

The San Simon Rest Area - Percy Jones, Jr.

Dedicated to the

Engineering Achievements of

Percy Jones, Jr.

1888 –

Chief locating engineer who by sheer genius personally located more miles of Arizona highways than any other person. His college training in mining and geology combined with instincts as a pioneer desert traveler ...

The San Simon Rest Area - Percy Jones, Jr.

Dedicated to the

Engineering Achievements of

Percy Jones, Jr.

1888 –

Chief locating engineer who by sheer genius personally located more miles of Arizona highways than any other person. His college training in mining and geology combined with instincts as a pioneer desert traveler ...

The Chamizal Settlement

A change in the course of the Rio Grande in the 1860s in the vicinity of El Paso - Ciudad Juarez transferred less than one square mile from the south side of the river to the north side, yet it ...