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Unzipped
Buckhannon, West Virginia.Location #6C Charley Harper • Unzipped • 1970 • Serigraph Artist Statement "Twice a year, the growing Crayfish finds himself splitting his seams. When he can no longer contain...
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Florence Canal
Florence, Alabama.The Florence Canal resulted from a desire to tame the shallow and craggy Muscle Shoals. In 1830, amid urgings for a navigable solution, James Kerney of the Board of Engineers for...
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Veterans Memorial Park Sculpture
Shelbyville, Kentucky.World War I (North side, Side one) Shelby Adler • William Anderson • J. Franklin Bell • Robert W. Brown • Ernest Devine • Frank Durrett • Clarence Gee • Frank Jesse • Jesse N....
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Antietam Station
near Sharpsburg, Maryland.After the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862, soldiers' families traveled by rail to Hagerstown or Frederick, and then by horse and buggy to the battlefield to recover...
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Wagon Works
Florence, Alabama.In 1889, Dr. Alfred Davis Bellamy moved his Atlanta-based wagon manufacturing company to East Florence, near the northern bank of the Tennessee River. For Bellamy, East Florence was...
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Mark A. Smith Memorial Park
Sharpsburg, Maryland.Honoring Our Heroes 1990 - 2020 Afghanistan • Azerbaijan • Bahrain • Bosnia / Herzegovina • Chad • Croatia • Djibouti • Ethiopia • Egypt • Iraq • Jordan • Kasakhstan • Kenya •...
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Explore Maryland Civil War Trails
near Keedysville, Maryland.Fascinating Civil War stories await your exploration. Here in those peaceful mountains and valleys, bold steps were taken to secure freedom for the enslaved, armies locked in...
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Native American
Florence, Alabama.People have lived in northwest Alabama since the end of the Pleistocene, around 11,500 years ago. The earliest inhabitants were mobile hunter-gatherers who tracked game and foraged...
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Heart of the Civil War Heritage Area
near Keedysville, Maryland.Explore an historic landscape marked by war and resilience The Civil War (1861 - 1865) and its legacy changed America forever. Here, during the Battle of Antietam, the forces...
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New Providence
near Salvisa, Kentucky.New Providence The McAfee Company first visited Salt River in 1773 to choose a location for settlement. While returning to Virginia, they were near starvation until Robert McAfee...
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Army Headquarters / Signal Station / Field Hospital
Keedysville, Maryland.Army Headquarters Gen. George McClellan used the Pry House as the headquarters for the Union Army of the Potomac. The officers brought some of the Pry furniture out on the lawn...
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Remains of American Revolution Patriots
Harrodsburg, Kentucky.Buried here are the remains of several American Revolution patriots who chose to throw off the yoke of a king and help give birth to a free nation George Buchanan • Paul Froman •...
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Fred Wiche
Simpsonville, Kentucky.Wiche joined WHAS radio and television in 1958 as a political reporter and news anchor until 1979 when he was named Farm and Garden Director. He became one of the areas most...
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Whitney M. Young Jr.
Simpsonville, Kentucky.Explore the heritage of Whitney M. Young Jr., a civil rights figure, social worker, and Executive Director of the National Urban League. As part of the 'Big Six' leadership...
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Pry Family Upheaval
near Keedysville, Maryland.A knock on the door on September 16, 1862 forever changed the lives of Philip and Elizabeth Pry. For almost twenty years the Prys prospered on this 140 acre farm along...
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Orlando di Lasso
, Germany.Hier lebte und wirkte ab 1557 Orlando di Lasso 1532-1594 Komponist und Hofkapellmeister Gewidmet zur 400. Wiederkehr seines Todestages am 14. juni 1994 von der Theatergemeinde München...
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Harlem Hellfighters
Shelbyville, Kentucky.Uncover the valorous heritage of the Harlem Helfighters, the distinguished 369th Infantry Regiment comprising Black soldiers. Deployed to the French Army in WWI, they confronted...
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Gulf Wars Memorial
Keedysville, Maryland.Dedicated to all those who gave so much in the fight against terrorism in both Gulf Wars and to those who gave all. Patrick Roy - USS Cole (War, 2nd Iraq • War, 1st Iraq &...
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The Lynching of Joe Burns
near Martinsburg, West Virginia.In the early hours of February 19, 1886, a mob of White men removed Joe Burns from the cellar of the local jailer. Mr. Burns, a Black man, was accused but never tried...
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Lafayette's Tour
Shelbyville, Kentucky.On May 13, 1825, General Lafayette was welcomed in Shelbyville. After dining, he attended an evening ball in his honor. (War, US Revolutionary) Includes location, directions, 3...
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Fort Graham
near Whitney, Texas.A frontier military post established on the site a Waco Indian village by Brevet Major R. A. Arnold, second United States Dragoons, on March 27, 1849. Named in honor of Lt. Col....
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Boesch House
Whitney, Texas.When Whitney town lots were auctioned in 1879, German native Edouard Boesch (1842-1911), an east Texas lumber wholesaler, shipped the first load of lumber for the new town. Three years...
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Bethlehem Cemetery
Whitney, Texas.In 1879, a group of farmers and businessmen established a new community, Baptist church and cemetery near the new town of Whitney. The Bethlehem community attracted nearby families who...
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Seventh & James Baptist Church
Waco, Texas.On June 26, 1898, a group of Waco Baptists formed a new congregation called Third Street Baptist Church. The Rev. William D. Bowen became their pastor in July 1898. Bowen gave the opening...
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Rotan-Dosset House
Waco, Texas.A native of Tennessee and a Confederate veteran, Edward Rotan (1844-1932) came to Waco in 1867. He became a successful merchant and banker and a civic leader. In 1889-91 he built this house...
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