Abraham Lincoln & Family Moved to Illinois

In the late winter of 1830 a few weeks after his 21st birthday Abraham Lincoln passed this way with his father's family entering the State of Illinois for the first time.

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

Site of a Twin Blockhouse

Built about 1828 - used as a place of defense against the Indians and known as Moore's Fort in honor of its builder and owner, John Henry Moore, 1800-1880, noted Indian fighter and commander of the Texans at the Battle ...

Burdell Frame House

This two-story, clapboard structure, known as the Burdell Frame House, was built in 1874 for Mary Burdell’s cousin, Mary Joynsen.

Originally a rectangle building, it has been modified with a projecting, two story addition on the end facing the parking lot, ...

Memorial Boulevard Commemoration

Memorial Boulevard

Commemoration

1921 – 1996

WW I

Supreme Sacrifice

Recognition

Anthony Benaliark • Leslie E. Billings • William R. Bolton • William Neumann • Eugene Ridolpi • Frederick D. Sheldon

Marker is at the intersection of Memorial Boulevard and Mellen Street, on the right when ...

The Battle of Payne’s Farm

Unexpected Encounter

“There was a sudden commotion in the train ahead and several of the ambulances turned and came back in confusion. General [George H.] Steuart promptly ordered them back to their places, faced the brigade into line to the left ...

Robert E. Lee Tree

This tree was planted by

General Robert Edward Lee

while stationed at

Fort Hamilton

from 1842-1847

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The tree has been restored

and this tablet placed upon it

by the New York Chapter

United Daughters of the Confederacy

April 1912

Marker is at the intersection of Fort Hamilton Pkwy and 99th ...

The Battle of Payne’s Farm

The Confederate Wheel

“Several efforts were made to charge the hostile line, but as these attempts were made by single brigades, without proper deliberation and without co-operation on the part of the other forces to the right and left, they naturally ...

“The Dublin Spring Water Boy”

This monument was sculpted by Gaetano Federici in 1931. It was originally located at the southwest corner of Mill Street and Oliver Street to commemorate the Dublin Spring used by the Irish-American community during the 1800’s. It was moved to ...

Salubria

Just south stands Salubria, a rare estate of Georgian architecture in Virginia's Piedmont. The house is notable for its elegant proportions, fine Flemish-bond brickwork, and superb interior paneling. Salubria probably was constructed in the mid-eighteenth century for the Reverend John ...

Visiblity-Endangered?

On a good visibility day, Stony Man Mountain and nearby hills may be seen cleary with the human eye.

On a poor visibility day, both natural conditions and air pollution obscures your view of Stony Man Mountain and distant views beyond.

The ...