Spring Branch

A plentiful water source was essential for the colonial residents of Ninety Six and for both Patriot and Loyalist troops garrisoned here during the Revolutionary War. The water surely flowed more freely in colonial times. During the sweltering months of ...

The Brothers House 1755

Between November 1754 and June 1755 this large dwelling was built by and for the single men of Bethabara. The cellar you see here was dug beneath one end of the two story log building. This important house served as ...

The Fuller-Baker House

A Rare Log Building with a Pedigree

This humble log cabin is a rare survivor of a common dwelling built by early settlers on the Allegheny frontier. Built after 1813 as a two-story log building, its large size has led some ...

Richard Evelyn Byrd

Rear Admiral United States Navy

October 25, 1888 - March 11, 1957

Upon the bright globe he carved his signature of courage

Marker is on Memorial Drive near Jefferson Davis Highway.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Dunstable

1630 – 1930

Settled before 1673, a town in 1680, divided by the New Hampshire – Massachusetts boundary, the northern part becoming Nashua, New Hampshire in 1741.

Marker is on Kendall Road (Massachusetts Route 113), on the right when traveling ...

Pembroke College, Oxford, Coat of Arms

This Pembroke College, Oxford, Coat of Arms

is a gift

to The George Washington University

from the Fellows of the College

Pembroke College, Oxford, was founded in 1624 by James I and two “rich citizens of Abingdon.” The College was ...

Barbour County War Memorial

(Front):1917 - 1919

In Memory of

Oscar Granville Alexander

Clayton Bosworth Brandon

Jesse Gordon Cole

Quincy C. Dadisman

Okey E. Duckworth

James Blaine Hovatter

Everett Earl Ice

David Oren Jones

Fred E. Jones

John Irvin Kramer

Andrew L. Matthew

Lawrence L. Mayle

Charles Wayne Moore

Wilbur Simpson Moore

William Hobart McDaniel

William Myers

Nelson Newman

Carl Frederick Nitz

Lloyd F. ...

A Habitat Renewed

In the past, the shallow and stagnant Mill Pond was not a good place for marine life. In 1996-97, the City of Norwalk undertook a $500,000 project to improve the aquatic habitat. Funds for the work came from the Connecticut ...

The Battle For Iwo Jima

Iwo Jima's location midway between Japan and American bomber bases in the Mariana Islands was key to both countries strategies. Since the summer of 1944, American long-range B-29 bombers had been flying 2,700 miles to strike the Japanese Home Islands. ...

Rochambeau

Rochambeau

Lieut. General

Commanding

The Auxiliary French Armies

Under

Washington

July 10, 1780     Jan 11, 1783

Rochambeau's letter to Congress

"We are your brothers. We shall

conduct ourselves as such with you.

We shall fight against our enemies