Why Did the British Burn Ninety Six?

July 1781

The quiet field before you was the site of the once-thriving 1700s town of Ninety Six. In 1781 it had about a dozen homes, a courthouse, and a jail. When Lieutenant Colonel Cruger arrived in 1780, he fortified it ...

York Liberty Bell

Old bell originally hung in Provincial Courthouse; now in the vestibule of this church. Announced the signing of Declaration of Independence and sessions of Congress when it met in York.

Marker is on N. Beaver Street, on the left when traveling ...

The Battle of Payne’s Farm

The Stonewall Brigade

“We soon struck the Yankee skirmishers and drove them back through the woods to an open field, where we ran into French’s entire corps and into about the hottest place that could be imagined.” — Capt. William B. ...

Battle Hill

Revolutionary War Heritage Trail

Early in the morning of August 27, 1776, British troops came up the Narrows Road to attack American forces defending Brooklyn Heights. In and around this location, the highest natural point in Kings County, the outnumbered Americans ...

The Battle of Payne’s Farm

The Worm Fence

“We gained a slight rise in the land behind an old worm fence. The enemy had fallen back under cover of a piece of woods well in our front. Soon they came out in splendid battle array, with ...

Bristol Vietnam Conflict Monument

[ front ]

In Memory Of

Those Who Made The

Supreme Sacrifice

[ back ]

Made The Supreme Sacrifice

Pelletier, Lawrence Joseph • Wade, Melvin A. • Levesque, Roland Philip • Thibeault, Gilbert • Jacob, Robert Michael • Nestico, Philip Frank • Ryder, Aldo Eugene • ...

The Battle of Payne’s Farm

Baptism of Fire

“[It was] … as warm a contest as this regiment was ever engaged in. … It seemed as if the enemy was throwing minie-balls upon us by the bucket-full, when the battle got fairly under way.” — Member ...

The Battle of Payne’s Farm

Stalemate at the Crossroads

“Gen. [Edward] Johnson … cheered us on to the fight with ‘Hurrah for North Carolina, go it North Carolina—give it to them boys!’ … The Federals were as thick as black birds in our front.” — Capt. ...

Woman's Building

Jeremiah Kiersted Cady, Architect

This building, built for the Woman's Club of Madison, is significant for its association with the national Woman's Club movement and to the cultural and social history of Madison. Participation in Woman's Clubs was a catalyst for ...

Bristol Korean War Monument

Korean War

1950 – 1953

Served With Honor

to those who died

Honor And Eternal Rest

to those still missing

Remembrance And Hope

to those who returned

Gratitude And Peace

[ plaque at the base ]

James E. Baehr • George L. Barnett, Jr. • Louis M. Caputo • John ...