The Italian Freighter Etrusco

The Italian freighter Etrusco, a 7000 ton liberty ship, grounded here March 16, 1956, in a northeast blizzard. All hands safe. Refloated November 22, 1956.

Placed by the Cedar Point Association on the 30th anniversary of grounding and the 350th year ...

Harvesting from the Sea

Year-round at Calf Pasture, you’ll see people reaping the bounty that Long Island Sound provides. You can participate too, but be sure to first obtain the required permits and then obey all applicable requirements and restrictions. These measures are in ...

United Steelworkers of America

In the Grant Building here on June 17, 1936, the Steel Workers Organizing Committee was founded. Renamed in 1942, the USWA became one of the world's largest unions, embracing over a million workers. Philip Murray was its first president.

Marker is ...

Savannah Waterfront

The colony of Georgia began on Savannah's waterfront in 1733. The riverfront has always played an important role in Georgia, whether as a colonial port, exporter of cotton, or tourist destination. The first commercial house below the bluff opened in ...

Forest Lawn Veterans Memorial

Dedicated November 11, 2006 to the men and women of Franklin County Ohio that served our country bravely and honorably so our freedoms endure.

The sacrifices of few ensured the freedom of many. A grateful community remembers those who served in ...

First Presbyterian Church

Side 1

In 1848, James G. Birney and his wife led Bay City's earliest Presbyterian services in a schoolhouse. Birney, an elder in the church, twice ran unsuccessfully for president on the antislavery ticket. The Reverend Lucius Root organized the ...

Let Freedom Ring

Following World War II, the idea for a symbolic gift from "The People of the Netherlands to The People of the United States" met with generous response from all sections of the Netherlands. Queen Juliana presented a small silver bell ...

Kier Refinery

Using a five-barrel still, Samuel M. Kier erected on this site about 1854 the first commercial refinery to produce illuminating oil from petroleum. He used crude oil from salt wells at Tarentum.

Marker can be reached from the intersection of Bigelow ...

104th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment

The "Ringgold Regiment"

To the memory of

the Officers and Men

of the

One Hundred and Fourth

Pennsylvania Regiment

who fell in the late war

“Their good swords rust,

and their steeds are dust,

but their souls are with the ...

Keepers of the Light

The present lighthouse was

commissioned by the U.S.

Government in 1867 to be

built adjacent to the site of

the 1810 tower. The 104' tower

and keeper's dwelling were

designed by the noted

architect Charles Clusky.

Clusky and several of his crew

members died of malaria

during construction. The ...