Quantcast
Channel: The Historical Marker Database - New Entries
Viewing all 103709 articles
Browse latest View live

Ellen Webster Palmer

$
0
0
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
"Every boy represents a human soul; a character forming for eternity. The life for the next few years will decide his future... Many a man who beats his life out behind prison bars is a victim of misdirected energy. Truly, . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Education • Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

All for the View

$
0
0
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
"A river is more than an amenity, it is a treasure. It offers a necessity of life that must be rationed among those who have power over it." Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Tethered livestock grazed along the River Common . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Entertainment • Man-Made Features • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Churches in the St. Catherine Street Neighborhood

$
0
0
Natchez, Mississippi.
The original appearance of Mt. Sinai Baptist Church is visible in a ca. 1930 historic photograph. The church featured corner towers crowned with domes. Mt. Sinai organized in 1913 and built the church soon afterwards. Like . . .

(Churches & Religion • Civil Rights • Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Edward D. Tracy

$
0
0
Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi.
Brig General C S Army Commanding 2nd Brigade Stevensons Division March 29 — May 1 1863 _______ Major 12th Ala. Inf. July 17 1861 Lt. Col. 19th Ala. Inf. Aug. 12 1861 Brig. Gen. C.S. Army Aug. 16 1862 Killed in Battle May 1 . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Brig. Gen. Edward D. Tracy

$
0
0
Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi.
Commanding 2nd Brigade Stevenson's Division Army of Vicksburg Killed in the Battle of Port Gibson May 1 1863

(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Mississippi 1st Light Artillery

$
0
0
Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi.
Capt. Newit J. Drew Lieut. W.J. Duncan Forney's Division Engaed: Defense May 18 - July 4

(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Isham Warren Garrott

$
0
0
Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi.
Brigadier General C.S.A. Colonel Twentieth Alabama Commanding Second Brigade Stevenson's Division May 1-2 1863 Killed on duty in Fort Garrott June 17 1863

(Forts, Castles • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Wisconsin Twenty-Ninth Infantry

$
0
0
Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi.
Colonel Charles R. Gill Lieut. Colonel William A. Greene Major Bradford Hancock Engaged: Port Gibson, May 1; Champion's Hill, May 16; Assault, May 22, Siege, May 23-July 4. Aggregate casualties 188. Killed 29, wounded 157, . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

William T. Rigby

$
0
0
Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi.
2nd Lt Company B 24th Iowa Vols Captain Oct 2 1863 Resident Park Commissioner

(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Welcome to the Hirshhorn Museum's Plaza

$
0
0
Southwest Washington, District of Columbia.
Welcome to the Hirshhorn Museum's Plaza First opened in 1974, the Hirshhorn's plaza displays recent sculptures by international artists. More than 400,000 people visit the sculpture garden and plaza each year. So while we . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Large Acanthus Fountain

$
0
0
Southwest Washington, District of Columbia.
. . .

(Man-Made Features • Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

What is this?

$
0
0
Northwest Washington, District of Columbia.
What is this? Known as a snag, this tree's rotting trunk and branches serve as a space for nests, nurseries, storage, foraging, roosting, and perching for birds, small mammals, and other urban wildlife. Why did this tree . . .

(Environment • Horticulture & Forestry) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Triceratops horridus

$
0
0
Northwest Washington, District of Columbia.
Triceratops roamed northwestern North America 70-65 million years ago, when the climate was much warmer and wetter. It dined on plants that included relatives of those you see here. This cast was created from the skull of . . .

(Animals • Environment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Why is pollination important?

$
0
0
Northwest Washington, District of Columbia.
Pollination is vital for a strong ecosystem. Pollination has evolved over millions of years and benefits both flowering plants and pollinators. One three bites of food you eat depends on pollinators. Pollination by honey . . .

(Agriculture • Animals • Environment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

When does pollination happen?

$
0
0
Northwest Washington, District of Columbia.
Successful pollination requires year-around efforts. Plants have evolved with different flowering times that decrease competition among pollinators. Continuous blooms throughout the growing season provides pollinators with a . . .

(Animals • Environment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

How can you help pollinators?

$
0
0
Northwest Washington, District of Columbia.
Pollinator populations are at risk. Decades of stressors including the loss, degredation, and fragmentation of pollinator habitats; the improper use of pesticides and herbicides; and diseases, predation, and parasites have . . .

(Animals • Environment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The American Elm that Grew Along with America

$
0
0
Northwest Washington, District of Columbia.
This American elm (Ulmus Americana) is one of the oldest and most majestic trees on the Smithsonian grounds. It was planted around 1850, well before the opening of the National Museum of Natural History in 1910. Known as the . . .

(Environment • Horticulture & Forestry) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Welcome to the Hirshhorn Museum's Sculpture Garden

$
0
0
Southwest Washington, District of Columbia.
Welcome to the Hirshhorn Museum's Sculpture Garden First opened in 1974, this garden displays sculptures from Europe and North America dating from the 1880s to the present. More than 400,000 people visit thsi garden each . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Environment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Welcome to the Hirshhorn Museum's Sculpture Garden

$
0
0
Southwest Washington, District of Columbia.
Welcome to the Hirshhorn Museum's Sculpture Garden First opened in 1974, this garden displays sculptures from Europe and North America dating from the 1880s to the present. More than 400,000 people visit thsi garden each . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Yoko Ono

$
0
0
The National Mall, District of Columbia.
Yoko Ono American, b. Tokyo, Japan, 1933 Wish Tree 2007 Live tree Gift of the artist, 2007 (07.6) The Wish Tree series, begun in 1996, continues Ono's interactive art tradition by inviting visitors to whisper wishes to the . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Asian Americans • Environment • Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Viewing all 103709 articles
Browse latest View live




Latest Images