Confederate War Memorial

This Monument is erected by the women of Kershaw County in memory of her brave sons who fell during the Confederate War defending the rights and honor of the South.

Marker is on Broad Street (South Carolina Route 521).

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Flagship Sarah Constant

On April 26, 1607, Captain Christopher Newport and the passengers and crew members of the Sarah Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery arrived near this spot during a storm. They explored the landscape and eventually settled in Jamestowne.

Marker can be ...

Fitch’s Point

Here landed

The British Troops

under the command of

Generals

Tryon and Garth,

Saturday evening,

July 10, 1779,

preparatory to the

Burning of Norwalk,

July 11, 1779.

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Marked by

Norwalk Chapter, D.A.R.

1899.

Marker can be reached from Seaside Place, on the right when traveling south.

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Decisive Confederate Victory

The Largest All-Cavalry Battle of the Western Hemisphere

The Battle of Trevilian Station

Confederate Gen. Wade Hampton's victory over Gen. Philip H. Sheridan at Trevilian Station on June 11-12, 1864, prevented Sheridan from joining Gen. David Hunter and destroying the Virginia Central ...

By the aid of these machines...

Beneath your feet lie the foundations of the Smith and Forging Shop. The largest building in the armory, it reflected changing methods of manufacturing. In the armory's early days, gun making was slow and labor intensive. Armorers worked in small ...

The Birthplace of Edward Hicks

1780 - 1849

Painter of The Peaceable Kingdom

Marker is at the intersection of Maple Avenue (Pennsylvania Route 213) and Bellevue Avenue (Pennsylvania Route 2049), on the right when traveling east on Maple Avenue.

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Southwest Rises The Summit of Pikes Peak

This mountain, 14,110 feet above the sea and the most celebrated peak in America, is named for the explorer, Capt. Zubulon M. Pike, who saw it first in 1806. He attempted to climb it, failed and reported it unclimbable. Ascended ...

Senator John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Senator John Fitzgerald Kennedy

of Massachusetts addressed

two thousand Romans from

this site September 29, 1960, in

his quest for the presidency

of the United States.

Marker is at the intersection of East Court Street and North James Street, on the right when traveling west on ...

Norwalk Founded

A.D. 1849

The earliest homes were

planted in the near vicinity

of this stone.

The first Meeting House

directly opposite. West.

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Erected by the Norwalk

Chapter of the Daughters

of the American

Revolution.

1895

Marker is at the intersection of East Avenue and Fort Point Street, on the left when traveling ...

Elliott Daingerfield

1859-1932

Artist, teacher, author.

His paintings hang in

the National Gallery,

Metropolitan Museum,

and other galleries. His

home is here.

Marker is on Blowing Rock Highway (U.S. 221) north of Westglow Circle, on the right when traveling north.

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