Fortifying Bolivar Heights

"...the heights became dotted with tents, and at night...the neighboring hills were aglow with hundreds of watchfires..."

Joseph Barry, Harpers Ferry resident

October 1862

After the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862, General Lee withdrew his Confederate army back into Virginia. Instead ...

Last Horse Drawn Trolley In Hartford

Last Horse Drawn

Trolley In Hartford

Completed Its Run,

And Went Out Of Service

On This Corner On

May 12, 1895 At 8:48 A.M.

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and Pearl Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.

Courtesy ...

Charles Herbert "Red" Ruffing

New York Yankees

1930 - 1942

1945 - 1946

US Army Air Division 1943 - 1945

The Yankees' all time leader in wins by a right hand pitcher with 231. The only pitcher in franchise history to ...

Philip Francis Rizzuto

"A man's size is measured by his heart" Scooter sparked the Yankees to 10 pennants and 8 world championships

1950 American League MVP

1950 American League player of the year

MVP of the World seres in 1951

Has enjoyed two outstanding careers, ...

Freight Station - AAA East Penn

Historic Pottstown Walking Tour

Pottstown's growing importance as a regional manufacturing center prompted the Reading Co. to upgrade its facilities here in the 1920's. On the 26th of December in 1924, the Reading Co. revealed plans for the construction of a ...

The Grand Army of the Republic Hall

Central Park Law Building

Built in 1892 by Union veterans of the Civil War

to replace an earlier structure

destroyed in the Johnstown Flood of 1889

has been placed on the

National Register of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Marker is at the ...

The University of The South

Founded here July 4, 1857, when its first trustees, representing Episcopal dioceses in ten Southern states, met to adopt the plan of Bishop (later Confederate General) Leonidas Polk for a university to be sponsored by the Episcopal Church. Following the ...

Falls of the James

The Falls of the James River are the central physical fact of Richmond, having directly influenced its history through their effect upon Trade, Energy, Community and Nourishment.

Trade

As the Falls of the James are a natural barrier between the sea and ...

Confederate Arms Factory

The Tarpley breech-loading carbine was manufactured by Tarpley, Garrett & Co. at the site of the old Pioneer Foundry, located 300 yards east. Jere A. Tarpley received a patent from the Confederate Government for the carbine on February 14, 1863. ...

The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II

They Accepted the Challenge

Two hundred strategic bomber escort missions over Europe with the 15th Air Force without the loss of a single bomber to enemy aircraft, 1944-45, a record unsurpassed.

Dedicated in their memory, 10 November 1995.

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