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General William Hall
Tennessee, Sumner County, Castalian SpringsRevolutionary War veteran Major William Hall settled in this area in 1785 and built a station, 1 1/4 miles northeast. He and two sons were massacred a few...
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Bledsoe's Fort and Monument
Tennessee, Sumner County, Castalian Springs1/10 mile N.W. is Bledsoe monument, marking gravesites of Revolutionary War veterans Anthony and brother Isaac, long hunters and early explorers in this area....
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Replica of the Statue of Liberty
Missouri, Jackson County, IndependenceWith the faith and courage of their forefathers who made possible the freedom of these United States The Boy Scouts of America Dedicate this copy of the Statue of...
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Bledsoe's Lick
Tennessee, Sumner County, Castalian SpringsThe spring to the north was a rendezvous for salt-seeking game in the pre-pioneer days. First settlers came in 1779. In 1787, Isaac and Anthony Bledsoe and...
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Tennessee, Jackson County, GranvilleThe Civil War experiences of Granville, an important Cumberland River port in the nineteenth century, were similar to many rural Upper Cumberland communiteis. When...
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Wise Road
Illinois, Cook County, Schaumburg Wise Road is named for the Wiese Family, who once farmed nearly 80 acres of land at the corner of Wise Road and Spring Cove Drive. The road was named "Wiese Road" for...
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The Clark House
Tennessee, Sumner County, near GallatinThis is the home of four brothers who served in the Confederate army, as did many of Sumner County’s young men. Their father, William F. Clark, a Protestant...
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Tennessee's First African-American Civil War Volunteers
Tennessee, Sumner County, GallatinAmong the first ex-slaves in the Union Army were 200 local volunteers who enlisted here on the Public Square in July, 1863. They became a part of the Thirteenth United...
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Wynnewood
Tennessee, Sumner County, Castalian SpringsCol. Alfred Royal Wynne (1800-1893) was as trader and merchant in Castalian Springs. In 1828, he built this stagecoach inn along the Knoxville road. Although...
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Cragfont
Tennessee, Sumner County, near Castalian SpringsCragfont was the home of Confederate Maj. George W. Winchester (1822-1878), his mother, Susan Winchester, his wife, Malvina H. Gaines, and their...
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Surprise at Hartsville
Tennessee, Trousdale County, HartsvilleOn the morning of December 7, 1862, the Confederates attacked the Union garrison camped on a bluff overlooking the Cumberland River two miles south of here. Under...
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Hawthorne Hill
Tennessee, Sumner County, Castalian SpringsWilliam Brimage Bate was born here in 1826, and during the Civil War he rose to the rank of major general. He left home at the age of sixteen to be a clerk on...
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Gibson County Training School
Tennessee, Gibson County, MilanThe historic Training school for Negroes was constructed in 1926 with $2,500 required donations from the Milan Negro citizens, $16,000 of public school funds, and $1,500...
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"The Hartsville Races"
Tennessee, Trousdale County, HartsvilleAttacking the Federal 39th, (DuMont's) Brigade from south & west, a task force of 1300 cavalry & infantry under Maj. Gen. John Hunt Morgan, in a running...
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Capt. Lou Lenart, USMC (Ret.)
California, Los Angeles County, Los AngelesThis monument is dedicated to Capt. Lou Lenart and to all U.S. Marine Corps and Navy pilotswho flew the F4-U or FG-1D Corsair in combat during World War II....
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Civil War Memorial
Wisconsin, Kenosha County, Kenosha In honor of the brave men of Kenosha County, who victoriously defended the Union on land and sea during the War of the Great Rebellion. 1861 - 1865. (Man-Made...
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Capt. David Leet and S Sgt. James Van Bendegom
Wisconsin, Marinette County, Kenosha In honor of Capt. David Leet 4-13-72 S Sgt. James Van Bendegom 7-12-67 Missing In Action Vietnam War (Patriots & Patriotism • War, Vietnam) Includes location,...
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Charles Durkee Mansion
Wisconsin, Kenosha County, Kenosha [Title is text] City of Kenosha Landmark #22 (Churches, Etc. • Education • Man-Made Features) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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Master Shipbuilders
Connecticut, New London County, MysticIn Memory Of 1805 George Greenman 1891 1808 Clark Greenman 1877 1810 Thomas S. Greenman 1887 Master shipbuilders. Sons of Silas Greenman, shipbuilder,...
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Shaw Family Cemetery
Maryland, Baltimore County, EdgemereRestored by the Dundalk-Patapsco Neck Historical Society and Museum, assisted by Beta Alpha Tau Honor Society-CCBC-Dundalk and B & B Welding Company. The Shaw...
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