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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...

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U.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)...

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Carlton 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...

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The 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...

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Missouri 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...

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Lewis 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...

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American 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,...

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Spanish-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...

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Brunswick 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...

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Jefferson 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...

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Birch'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...

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Dinwiddie 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...

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Ebenezer 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...

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Sturgeon 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,...

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Lexington 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...

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Frank 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...

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Battle 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,...

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Zurchers

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...

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Confectionery

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,...

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Main 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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