The Berlin Wall

Following the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, the country was divided into four zones of occupation by the World War II Allies. The United States, Great Britain, France and the Soviet Union. Berlin, located deep within the Soviet zone ...

Early Toll Road (Berlin, NY)

Elm Street and Green Hollow Road were part of the Eastern Turnpike enacted 1799 to improve existing road from Albany to Mass. line and thence to Boston.

Marker is at the intersection of County Route 38 and U.S. 22, on ...

Baudenkmal Berliner Mauer

Berlin Wall Monument

The Berlin Wall became an international symbol of the division of Germany after the Second World War and also of the Cold War between East and West.

The construction of the Berlin Wall began on August 13, ...

National Historic Landmark-Oberlin College

National Historic Landmark- Oberlin College

Founded in 1833, Oberlin Collegiate Institute developed into a socially and politically influential college during the years immediately preceding the Civil War.

Oberlin made the education of Blacks and women a matter of institutional policy. The admittance ...

National Historic Landmark-Timberline Lodge

National Historic Landmark-Timberline Lodge

Situated on the south slope of Mount Hood, at an altitude of 6,000' above sea level, this is widely regarded as the finest example of 1930s WPA "mountain architecture".

It was dedicated by President Franklin D. ...

Containing Communism - The Berlin and Cuban Crises and Vietnam

We Answered the Call

President Harry S. Truman established a policy of containing Communism that was followed by succeeding presidents until the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Beatrice's residents served in Germany, protected the U.S. borders, and fought in ...

A. Frederick Oberlin Bridge

To Commemorate

The Memory Of

Major

A. Frederick Oberlin

An Eminent Soldier

And Citizen

This Bridge Which Was Erected

Under His Supervision, Is Dedicated

By The Town of Hamden As

The

" A. Frederick Oberlin

Bridge"

Marker is at the intersection of Whitney Avenue and Armory Street, on the right when ...

Berlin Veterans Monument

1920

Erected By The Town Of Berlin

In Honor Of

Her Patriotic Men And Women

Who Served Their Country

In Time Of War

For The Dead – A Tribute

For The Living – A Memory

For Posterity – An Emblem Of Loyalty

To The Flag Of Their Country

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Site of Chamberlin's

The Site

of

Chamberlin's

Where

The General Society

Sons of the Revolution

was organized

April 19, 1890

Marker is at the intersection of 15th Street NW and I Street NW, on the right when traveling north on 15th Street NW.

Berlin

Berlin

This land, granted to settlers in 1661 and 1668 by the General Court of Connecticut, was also purchased from the local Mattabesett Indian tribe. Founders of the community include Sergeant Richard Beckley, who came north on the trail from New ...