The Fortified Mouth of the Niagara River

The St.Lawrence and Great Lakes system was the most efficient route to the interior of the continent of North America. Large waterways allowed for substantial sailing vessels to trade and maintain contact with Native allies from Montreal to the Mississippi ...

Galivants Ferry Stump Meeting

The Galivants Ferry Stump Meeting, a Democratic Party tradition, has been held here in the spring every two years since 1880. Sponsored by the Holiday family, its origins are associated with Wade Hampton's 1876 appearance. Hampton, a former Confederate general, ...

Camp Life

While on campaign, the armies tried to keep their baggage to a minimum, and tents required wagons. The British left most of their tents on their ships, so they built shelters called “wigwams” out of brush, leaves, cornstalks, sod, straw, ...

Polk Theatre and Office Building

This property has been

placed on the

National

Register of

Historic Places

By the United States

Department of the Interior

Marker is on South Florida Avenue north of West Lemon Street, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The F - 100D at MBAFB, 1956 - 1970

On 19 November 1956, after more than 10 years of inactive status, the 354 Fighter Group was reactivated at Myrtle Beach AFB. The first maintenance training aircraft was flown in on 7 December 1956 by the Fighter Day Wing Commander, ...

Fairchild A-10 Thunderbolt II

Battlefield tank-killer, heavily armored and built around a powerful 30 mm gun and its enormous munition drum. The large unswept wing, the two turbofan engines in pods on top of the fuselage, and twin tailfins are all designed to keep ...

Battle of Fort Slongo

Battle of

Fort Slongo

took place near this site

on Oct. 3, 1781. American

forces defeated British

forces holding Fort Slongo.

Donated by Ft. Salonga Assoc.

Marker is on Fort Salonga Road (New York Route 25A) east of Bread and Cheese Hollow Road, on the right when ...

Where Pelham Fell

Four miles southeast, at Kelly’s Ford, Major John Pelham, commanding Stuart’s Horse Artillery, was mortally wounded, March 17, 1863.

Marker is at the intersection of James Madison Highway (U.S. 15/29) and Kelly’s Ford Road (County Route 674) on James Madison Highway. ...

“…The most dreadful scene I have ever beheld.”

“The Shrieks, Groans, imprecations, deprecations, The Clashing of Swords and bayonets &c&c&c, was more expressive of Horror than the Thunder of the artillery &e on the Day of action.”Lieutenant Martin Hunter

You are now facing west toward the direction ...

Langley Field: Discovering Aerospace

The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), created in 1915 to revitalize American aviation, was a pivotal force behind opening Langley Field in 1917 nearby to the north. It was named for the late Smithsonian Secretary Samuel P. Langley. The ...