Site of Fort Cumberland

The store houses of The Ohio Company were first located near this point. In 1754 the first fort (called Mt. Pleasant) was built. Gen'l Edward Braddock enlarged the fort in 1755 and renamed it after his friend the Duke of ...

The Confederates Invade Pennsylvania

In early June 1863, the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia led by General Robert E. Lee began to leave its camps in Virginia and march northward to Pennsylvania. Lee hoped that a victory on Northern soil might break the will ...

Stephens – Townsend – Murphy Party of 1844

First Pioneer Wagons Over The Sierra Nevada

On May 22, 1844, this small wagon party of 50 men, women and children “jumped off” from Council Bluffs, Iowa, bound for California. These courageous pioneers were the first emigrants to take wagons over ...

Military Order of the Purple Heart

1782 1932

This memorial is erected by

the Military Order of

the Purple Heart

in revered memory of the

men and women of our military services

who sacrificed their lives in combat action

against our nation's armed enemies.

They unselfishly served and suffered,

for neither fame nor glory,

but for ...

Billeci Family Home

Old Town Martinez - Home of Historic Interest

Fisherman Giovanni Billecci immigrated to Martinez in 1899. After serving both in the French & Italian armies he and his wife Grazia, raised 14 children in this home.

Built 1916.

Marker is on Talbart Street ...

3rd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry

3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 12th Corps

(Front):3rd. Wis. Vol.

This Regiment went into position on this part of the line on the evening of July 1st. On the evening of July 2d. it moved to the left to reinforce the 3d. Corps. ...

China Wall of the Sierra

Charles Crocker, Construction Chief of the Central Pacific Railroad (CPRR), contracted for a workforce of approximately 12,000 Chinese laborers to push the CPRR tracks over its Trans-Sierra Crossing on its race east to a meet with the Union Pacific at ...

Trail of Tears Memorial

700 Members of the Cherokee Tribe passed through downtown Lawrenceburg on November 5th, 1838 during the forced relocation known as the “Trail of Tears.”

Painting by:

Burnice Davidson

Project funded by:

Jones Distribution Corp.

Technical Support by:

Stretch's Body Shop

Sponsored by:

The Lawrence County Arts Commission

and Main ...

First Battle of the Revolution

[ Rear of Monument ]

Here

was fought the

Battle of

Alamance

between the

British and the

Regulators

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[ Right of Monument ]

Liberty

[ Left of Monument ]

1880

Marker is on North Carolina Route 62 east of Clapp Mill Road, on the left when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

In Memory and in Grateful Recognition of

Those heroic men of Hanover, Pennsylvania and vicinity, who gave their lives for their country in World War II

Leon R. Ackerman • Eugene L. Alwood • Milton E. Appler • Edward C. Amspacher • Harper E. Baker • Vernon E. ...