Old Stone House
West Virginia, Monongalia County, MorgantownOldest stone house in Monongalia County. By legend built by Jacob Nuze on original lot 25. Sold 1795 to tavern-keeper Henry Dering. Owned 1800 - 1813 by...
View ArticlePennington
New Jersey, Mercer County, PenningtonPenningtonSettled in 1708First known asQueenstownIncorporated in 1890as the Boroughof Pennington (Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location,...
View ArticleHarmony Grove Church
West Virginia, Monongalia County, near MorgantownBuilt before the Civil War on land donated by Rufus E. and Elizabeth Conn in 1854, this church was the meetinghouse for congregations of Episcopal,...
View ArticleCivil War Monument
West Virginia, Monroe County, UnionOn Aug. 21, 1901, this 20 ft. monument with a 6 ft. statue depicting typical Confederate soldier was dedicated to the Monroe County men who served the lost cause....
View ArticleJoseph Hewes
New Jersey, Mercer County, PrincetonBorn here, 1730, he latermoved to North Carolina.He signed the Declarationof Independence for thatstate in 1776. (Notable Persons) Includes location, directions, 6...
View Article“The Washington-Rochambeau Historic Route”
New Jersey, Mercer County, PrincetonOn this site, the allied American and French troops of Generals Washington and Le Comte de Rochambeau encamped August 29 to September 1, 1781 enroute to theirVictory...
View ArticleNassau Inn – 1756 - 1937
New Jersey, Mercer County, PrincetonThe original “Nassau Inn” stood on this site for nearly 200 years. Many of America’s early statesmen stopped overnight in this half-way house on the stage coach...
View ArticleEnglish Boxwood Plants
New Jersey, Mercer County, PrincetonThese English Boxwood plantswere grown fromGeorge Washington’s hedgesplanted November 1798on his Mount Vernon estate. (Horticulture & Forestry) Includes...
View ArticleThe Discovery Location of the "Lots"
Israel, Southern District (Mehoz HaDarom), near Arad"...then, having chosen by lot ten of their number to dispatch the rest... these, having unswervingly slaughtered all, ordained the same rule of the...
View ArticleWashington’s Spring
New Jersey, Mercer County, PrincetonGeneral George Washington andhis soldiers paused to drinkwater from a nearby springafter the Battle of Princeton onJanuary 3rd 1777.NJ Society Sons of the...
View ArticleBattle of Princeton
New Jersey, Mercer County, PrincetonNo Further Inscription > (War, US Revolutionary) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
View ArticleWashington’s Crossing
New Jersey, Mercer County, PrincetonNo Further Inscription > (War, US Revolutionary) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
View ArticleMajor Murray Davis D.S.C.
Missouri, Jackson County, Kansas City Killed at Exermont France September twenty ninth MCMXVIII A kindly just and beloved officer wise in counsel resolute in action courageous unto death Amiens •...
View ArticleMills Murphree
Georgia, Chatham County, SavannahReared in Burke County, Georgia. Mills, like his Dublin-born father John, fought for independence. John served in Collier's Regt. of N.C. Militia and Mills served in...
View ArticleR.H. Marquette Building
Missouri, Jackson County, Lee's Summit On May 9, 1895, Mr. R.H. Marquette established a cigar factory and store at this location. The store was a local gathering place for men in the community. Its...
View ArticleThe Oldest Commercial Building in Richmond
Virginia, RichmondBuilt in 1817, this structure is the oldest commercial building in Richmond. As this building was being built, James Madison, a Virginian, was serving as the 4th President of the...
View ArticleMaybury Hill
New Jersey, Mercer County, PrincetonThis property has beenplaced on theNational Registerof Historic Placesby the United StatesDepartment of the InteriorCirca 1725 (Notable Buildings) Includes location,...
View ArticlePrinceton WW2 Memorial
New Jersey, Mercer County, PrincetonA Grateful Class Remembers the Men of 1944 who gave their Lives in World War IIErnest Robinson AckermanArmy Air Corps, BudapestApril 3, 1944John Crosby Butler,...
View ArticleAlbert Einstein
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton E = mc² (1905)Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world.(1929)Born in Ulm Germany on March...
View ArticleM. Hartley Dodge, Jr.
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton In memory ofM. Hartley Dodge, Jr.Class of 1930Killed in FranceAugust 29, 1930His sun is gone downwhile it was yet day. (War, World I) Includes location, directions,...
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