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"You have invariably through the most trying times maintained a constant friendship and attention to the cause of our country and its independence and freedom." (George Washington to Samuel Fraunces) Jamaican-born Samuel . . .
(War, US Revolutionary • Patriots & Patriotism • African Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
"You have invariably through the most trying times maintained a constant friendship and attention to the cause of our country and its independence and freedom." (George Washington to Samuel Fraunces) Jamaican-born Samuel . . . (War, US Revolutionary • Patriots & Patriotism • African Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Historians believe that the oldest and southernmost section of the Biloxi Cemetery was the burying place for French settlers during the early 1700s and for generations thereafter. The first officially written record of the . . . 
Baptist churches serving Lumbee and other tribes. Association was formed in 1881 at Burnt Swamp Church, then 2½ mi. N.
The Moran Site is a French cemetery dating from ca. 1720-22 and is among the oldest and most significant French colonial sites in the U.S. Human remains near the site were first uncovered in 1914; stories abounded as to the . . . 
Text on the Front Side of the Monument: 15th Wisconsin Infantry Lieutenant Colonel Ole C. Johnson 3rd Brigade - 1st Division 20th Corps. Text on the Back Side of the Monument: 15th Wisconsin Infantry. This regiment, . . . 
In the early 1700's, "New Biloxi" served as a staging ground for thousands of European immigrants brought over to work the inland concessions. This cemetery had first been revealed in 1969 after Hurricane Camille and was . . . 
Sadly, Hurricane Katrina in 2005 devastated the Moran Art Studio, but it did allow exploration of the rest of the site. Faculty and students from the University of Southern Mississippi conducted archaeological excavations . . . 
In February, 2012, the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources acquired nearly an acre of land located at 110 Porter Avenue, Biloxi, to preserve a time in history, long forgotten.The remains of 32 French servants were . . . 
Governor, 1925–1929, Assistant Secretary of the United States Treasury, 1920–1921. Home is 1 mile south, grave 100 yards N.W.
Founder of Lumberton, captain in Revolution, later brigadier general; member of legislature, conventions of 1788, ’89. Plantation was here.
By 6:00 am on July 30, 1864 the trenches before you were ?lled with black Union soldiers waiting to enter the Battle of the Crater. Ahead of them in line were white Union troops struggling to advance because of Confederate . . . 
Joseph Cotten, actor, was born in Petersburg. At school he excelled in football and on the stage. He appeared in several Broadway productions during the 1930s and joined Orson Welles’s Mercury Theater company. Cotten made . . . 
A NEW NATION: A NEW FORM OF GOVERNMENT The federal government moved from New York City to Philadelphia in 1790. Years of contentious debate over where to locate the nation's capital contributed to the divide between North . . . 
Established 1881 for blacks by Lumber River Baptist Association. Boarding school; trained teachers; named for A.H. Thompson. Succeeded here by public school in 1942.
Beeker, Volney; Burk, James R.; Cooper, L.C.; Hamlin, Daniel; Hamlin, Elmer; Hoey, Frederick E.; Kairitis, Paul; Kendall, Daniel; Powell, Ross E.; Rodman, R.H.; Scott, Vincent, Jr.; Willard, Robert J. Boche, Gary A. (Viet . . . 
Tieman, William R. "Viet 68" Boche, Gary A. "Viet 68"
This Tablet is Erected in Honor of the Boys of Delanco N.J. Who Served Their Country in the Victorious World War for Democracy 1917 - 1918 Army Rufus Alden; Frederick Austin; Daniel Blackburn; Albert Borden; Walter Bracey; . . . 
This ingenious 4.5 ton, 8-foot diameter ball was used in 1950 for clearing operations on 6,207 acres in the Hungry Horse Reservoir. Two contractors, S.L. (Red) Wixson, and John H. Trisdale, developed it. The ball was dragged . . . 
Two husky freight horses, Tex and Terry, working in the rugged wilderness of the Flathead River’s South Fork area, wandered away from their sleigh during the severe winter of 1900-1901. After struggling for a month in . . . 
On July 1, 1924, Babe Ruth hit a home run on this Athletic Field in a game between Delanco and the Burlington County All-Stars. Over 5000 baseball fans attended this historical baseball game.
