Washington’s March
New Jersey, Bergen County, GarfieldTo commemorate Washington’s March in 1776 along a route bordering lands now forming the City of Garfield.This tablet is placed byThe School Children of Garfieldunder...
View ArticleU.S. Navy Cruiser Sailors Association
Virginia, Arlington County, Arlington National Cemetery "Lest We Forget" This Tree And Marker Are Dedicated In Honor And Remembrance Of All Who Served Aboard U.S. Navy Cruisers 25 April 1998 (Military)...
View ArticleCarlton Hill World War II Memorial
New Jersey, Bergen County, East RutherfordIn honor ofCarlton Hill’sglorious war dead.James W. CorsonWilliam GadjosJohn C. KarbowskyMichael Krupa, Jr.Frederick J. MatrissHarold W. NorrisLewis...
View ArticleThe Corps of Discovery in the Jefferson City Area
Missouri, Cole County, Jefferson City On June 4, 1804, a keelboat and two pirogues containing the members of the Corps of Discovery passed this spot as they headed upstream to the headwaters of the...
View ArticleMissouri Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association
Missouri, Cole County, Jefferson City On February 20, 1823, the U.S. government granted the land on which this building stands to the State of Missouri "for the purpose of fixing their seat of...
View ArticleLewis and Clark Expedition
Missouri, Cole County, Jefferson City Commemorating the Lewis and Clark Expedition which explored these hills June 3 and 4, 1804 Cedar Island and Cedar Creek on the north shore of the Missouri River...
View ArticleAmerican Ex-Prisoners of War
Virginia, Arlington County, Arlington National CemeteryNon Solum Armis ("Not By Arms Alone") We Exist To Help Those Who Cannot Help Themselves 10 Nov 1997 (Military) Includes location, directions,...
View ArticleSpanish-American War Memorial
Missouri, Cole County, Jefferson City Dedicated to the honor and memory of more than 10,000 Missouri Volunteers who served in the War with Spain 1898 - 1902 Cuba • Manila • Puerto Rico Boxer Rebellion...
View ArticleBrunswick County Courthouse
Virginia, Brunswick County, LawrencevilleLate in the afternoon of May 15, 1864, Union Gen. August V. Kautz and his cavalry division rode into Lawrenceville, the Brunswick County seat. They were on the...
View ArticleJefferson City
Missouri, Cole County, Jefferson City Front The capital of Missouri, officially named the City of Jefferson in honor of the third U.S. President, is built on a site chosen by the First General...
View ArticleBirch's Bridge
Virginia, Brunswick County, WarfieldAt Birch's Bridge (very near this bridge) the second William Byrd and his party crossed the river, in September, 1733, on their way to inspect Byrd's land holdings...
View ArticleDinwiddie County / Brunswick County
Virginia, Brunswick County, Warfield(obverse) Dinwiddie County Area 521 Square Miles Formed in 1752 from Prince George, and named for Robert Dinwiddie, Governor of Virginia 1751-1756. General Winfield...
View ArticleEbenezer Academy
Virginia, Brunswick County, WarfieldA few hundred yards east is the site of Ebenezer Academy, founded in 1793 by Bishop Asbury, the first Methodist school established in Virginia. It passed out of the...
View ArticleSturgeon Creek
Virginia, Brunswick County, AlbertaA branch of the Nottoway, named for the huge fish once caught in it. William Byrd, returning from the expedition to survey the Virginia-North Carolina boundary line,...
View ArticleLexington Minute Men
Virginia, Arlington County, Arlington National Cemetery In Memory Of The Men of the Lexington Militia Killed In Action • 19 April 1775 During the First Battle of the American Revolution John Brown...
View ArticleFrank Neal Drane
Texas, Navarro County, CorsicanaA Navarro County native, Frank Neal Drane married Florence A. Bingham in 1885 and had two children. He ran a hardware store with his father before becoming president of...
View ArticleBattle Of Chewalla
Tennessee, Hardeman County, near ChewallaGeneral Earl Van Dorn and his Confederate troops, marching to Corinth, crossed the Tuscumbia River and camped here on October 2, 1862. At dawn on October 3,...
View ArticleZurchers
Missouri, Linn County, MarcelineThe Coca-Cola building on Main Street USA at Disneyland is modeled after the Zurcher Building you see here. Built in 1892, Zurcher Jewelers occupied this site from 1903...
View ArticleConfectionery
Missouri, Linn County, MarcelineThe confectionery located at this site in the Allen Hotel Block, built in 1905, was a favorite stop for Marcelineans with a sweet tooth. When designing Downtown Disney,...
View ArticleMain Street USA
Missouri, Linn County, MarcelineWalt Disney's hometown of Marceline today is much as it was when he lived here. The first plans of Disneyland show a remarkable resemblance to the town, with it's store...
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