Fort Washington Park

Fort Washington Park is the site of the first permanent fort constructed between 1814-1824 to guard the Potomac River approach to our Nation's Capital. Today the park offers many recreational opportunities and programs. Explore the historic sites and enjoy the ...

City Of Cordova

Obverse:

Cordova, Alabama, located in Walker County on the Mulberry Fork of the Black Warrior River, was founded in 1859 by Captain Benjamin McFarland Long. He named the town after one in Mexico where he served under Robert E. Lee during ...

Stone Blocks from the Camden and Amboy Railroad

These stone blocks, which were cut by hand by prisoners at Sing Sing Prison, were originally intended to support wooden rails, topped with iron straps, as was common practice at the time (c. 1830). This would have sufficed if the ...

The Story of Route 66

[ Six panels are mounted on a half-moon base which tell The Story of Route 66 ].

Reading from left to right:

[ Panel 1: ]

The Story of Route 66

Commissioned in 1926 and soon dubbed "The Mother Road," Route 66 ...

Articles of Confederation

Our nation's first constitution. Adopted November 15, 1777, in the York County Courthouse, the Articles united the 13 colonies by establishing the government of the United States of America. Remained in effect until replaced by the Constitution in 1789.

Marker is ...

The First National Thanksgiving

Was proclaimed from York by the Continental Congress on November 1, 1777 to be celebrated on Thursday, December 18. It was written by Sam Adams of Massachusetts. "The Father of the Revolution," who advocated for the first time "one day ...

Great Falls of the Passaic/S.U.M. Historic District

has been designated a

National

Historic Landmark

This site possesses national significance

in commemorating the history of the

United States of America.

1976

National Park Service

United States Department of the Interior

Marker is at the intersection of McBride Avenue and Spruce Street, on the left when traveling east ...

Dedicated to the Memory of Thornsbury Bailey Brown

1861 - 1865

Dedicated

to the memory of

Thornsbury Bailey

Brown

Co. B. 2nd Va. Vol. Inf.

First Union soldier killed

in the Civil War.

He lost his life on this spot

May 22, 1861.

Erected May 16, 1928 by

Betsy Ross Tent No. 10

West Virginia Department,

Daughters of Union Veterans

of the ...

Fort DeRussy

This green expanse in the middle of Waik?k? is Fort DeRussy, named in honor of Brigadier General Rene E. DeRussy, Corps of Engineers, who

served with distinction in the American—British War of 1812. It was started in 1908

as vital ...

John Powers' Fort

On Simpson Creek is the site of fort built by John Powers, 1771. Nearby is grave of Col. Benjamin Wilson, soldier and settler. Here lived Joseph Johnson, only Virgina governor from west of Alleghenies; first elected by popular vote.

Marker is ...