Bedford’s Volunteer Company

Oct. 10, 1774

In memory of

Bedford’s Volunteer Company

which fought in

The Battle of Point Pleasant

Thomas Buford, Captain

Thomas Dooley, Lieut.

Sergeants

Jonathan Cundiff, Ensign

Nicholas Mead • William Kennedy • John Fields • Thomas Fliping

Abraham Sharp • Absalom McClanahan • William Bryant • William McColister • ...

The Freestone Point Hunt Club

The Freestone Point Hunt Club was established in 1926 by a group of businessmen from New York. The large waterfowl populations found along the Potomac, and the proximity of the railroad made Freestone Point both attractive and accessible to hunters ...

The Packeries of Rockport

After the Civil War, Rockport became an important cattle ranching and shipping center. In 1866, James Doughty, T.H. Mathis, and John M. Mathis constructed cattle pens, with a long wharf that extended out into Aransas Bay from “Rocky Point” (the ...

Battle of Wyse Fork

Last Mass Capture of Union Troops

The yellow sidebar in the upper left of the marker provides a brief synopsis of the Carolinas Campaign. It states:

The Carolinas Campaign began on February 1, 1865, when Union Gen. William T. Sherman ...

Great Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1820

In this cemetery many victims of the

Great Yellow Fever Epidemic

of 1820

were buried.

Nearly 700 Savannahians died

that year, including two local

physicians who lost their lives

caring for the stricken.

Several epidemics followed. In 1854

The Savannah Benevolent Association

was organized to aid the families

of the fever ...

In Memory of Major Wit J. Bacauskas, U.S.M.C.

The first member of Saint Francis of Assisi Parish to give his life in the line of duty.

Mt. Fujiyama, Japan 2 September 1960

Plaque given by Marine Helicopter Sqd. 1

Courtesy hmdb.org

Original African American Cemetery

Near the intersection of Washington and Lewis Streets stood the original burial ground for Lexington's substantial free black community and slaves dating to the early 1800's. The majority of the original burials were in unmarked graves and no records were ...

The Lee Family Cemetery

This is the burial site of Henry Lee (d. 1787) and his wife Lucy Grymes (d. 1792). They were married in 1753, and their home, Leesylvania, stood on the ridge to the east. Henry Lee was County Lieutenant and Presiding ...

St. Jean'in (Aziz Yahya) Kimli?i Ve Hayat?/The Life of St. John

[Left column: text in Turkish]

[Right column: text in English]

According to an opinion that is based on the decision of, and thus at least as old as the council of Ephesus in 431 A.D., it is generally accepted that St. John ...

Rutherfordton

“ . . . did it no good”

(Preface): On March 24, 1865, Union Gen. George Stoneman led 6,000 cavalrymen from Tennessee into southwestern Virginia and western North Carolina to disrupt the Confederate supply line by destroying sections of the Virginia ...