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Sibley Park World War I

Minnesota, Blue Earth County, MankatoOn Flag Day in 1926, two German 105mm howitzer field guns were dedicated at this Sibley Park site as war trophies and memorials to the sacrifice made by those who...

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Colonel Morgan

New York, Saratoga County, Schuylervilleheld this position to preventBritish retreat to west. (War, US Revolutionary) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

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Sherman Hall

Kansas, Leavenworth County, Fort Leavenworth This building and Sheridan Hall to the west were built in 1859 as Ordnance store houses. In 1882, it was remodeled to house Headquarters of the Department...

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Major General James Franklin Bell

Kansas, Leavenworth County, Fort Leavenworth Founder of the Modern Method of Instruction in the American Army (Education • Forts, Castles • Patriots & Patriotism • War, Spanish-American) Includes...

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32nd and 44th U.S. Volunteer Infantries

Kansas, Leavenworth County, Fort Leavenworth This monument was dedicated September 16, 1938 by survivors of the 32nd United States Volunteer Infantry in commemoration of those gallant comrades who made...

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Charleston Navy Yard Historic District

South Carolina, Charleston County, North CharlestonThe Charleston Navy Yard Historic District contains 57 contributing structures and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006....

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The Hopewell Flag

Indiana, Johnson County, near FranklinSite of presentation of an American Flag to Company F. 7th Indiana volunteer Infantry Regiment August 20, 1861. The 34-star flag, sewn by ladies of Hopewell...

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Brashier's Chapel Cemetery

Alabama, Marshall County, near ArabBrashier's Chapel community was named for Hiram Brashier who emigrated from South Carolina in 1885 and settled near the present day Brashier's Chapel Cemetery. The...

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United States Ship Alabama (BB-60)

Alabama, Mobile County, MobileNamed for the State of Alabama. 6th naval fighting ship to bear the name. Built by the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia. Authorized by Congress 27 March 1934. Keel...

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Veterans Memorial

Georgia, Cobb County, KennesawFor those who have honorably served in the Armed Forces of the United States of America. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness have been preserved. Dedicated May 15,...

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Colonial Gateway Corral

Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, NatchitochesFirst sighted by St. Denis and Bienville in 1700, this hill was later St. Denis' vacherie. Here three paths met. From the Spanish West came cattle and...

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Hazen's Raid at Brown's Ferry

Tennessee, Hamilton County, ChattanoogaFirst Insert: After the Battle of Chickamauga in September 1863, Union Gen. William S. Rosecrans retreated to Federal-occupied Chattanooga, a strategically vital...

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The Lorin & Lulu Cray Home

Minnesota, Blue Earth County, Mankato The Lorin & Lulu Cray Home was given to the Young Women's Christian Association for the women and girls of Mankato and vicinity by Judge and Mrs. Lorin Cray...

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Thompson Mill

Indiana, Johnson County, Edinburgh- - - - 1826 - - - - Built by James Thompson and Isaac Collier. 1850 - Thompson erected larger four-story brick mill. All flour used by Union Army during Civil War...

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Sword Surrender Site

New York, Saratoga County, SchuylervilleAt Saratoga, the British campaign that was supposed to crush America’s rebellion ended instead in a surrender that changed the history of the world.- Historian...

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Magnolia Springs, Alabama

Alabama, Baldwin County, Magnolia SpringsFront: Settlement of this area began in the early 1700’s and was expedited by a series of Spanish land grants in the early 1800’s. During the 1819-33 time...

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Indian Village Achuse

Alabama, Baldwin County, near Gulf ShoresThis Shell Banks Baptist Church rests near the location of the first Indian village in America visited by a white man. This was the Indian village of “Achuse”...

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Lanier Bridge

Florida, Pasco County, Dade CityFront The first bridge crossing the Withlacoochee River at this site was built in the 1850's by slaves belonging to James Lanier. Replaced several times during the...

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Orange Beach, Alabama

Alabama, Baldwin County, Orange BeachFront: Orange Beach was named for the oranges that were grown here and exported until the hard-freezes of 1916. The orange groves are gone, but the name remained....

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Victory Woods

New York, Saratoga County, SchuylervilleYou are standing upon land that witnessed a momentous event – an outcome considered unimaginable at the time. What happened here forever altered human history.In...

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