Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale

1923 - 2005

[Panel 1:]

[Rendering of the Medal of Honor (U.S. Navy/Marine Corps)]

"Never give in; never give in; never, never, never--in nothing great or small, large or petty--never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to ...

The Brown House

Before dawn on May 12, 1864, 20,000 Union troops of General Winfield Hancock's Second Corps slogged into position at the Brown House, one-half mile to your left, preparatory to making an attack on the Confederate-held Muleshoe Salient. Tired from marching ...

William Green, Labor Leader / The Columbus Streetcar Strike, 191

William Green, Labor Leader

A native of Coshocton County, William Green (1870-1932) began his working life as a coal miner at age 16 and rose rapidly in the leadership of the United Mine Workers of America. Twice elected to the Ohio ...

Bate's 2nd Tennessee Infantry

Cleburne's Division - Hardee's Corps

C.S.

Army of the Mississippi.

Bate's (2d) Tenn. Infantry,

Cleburne's (2d) Brigade,

Hardee's Corps.

This Regiment was engaged here on Monday April 7, 1862 until about 1 p.m.

Marker is on Hamburg-Purdy Road, on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Second Battle of Fredericksburg

Chancellorsville Campaign May 3, 1863

General Lee conferred with some of his officers here at the start of the Chancellorsville Campaign. A few days later, Union soldiers overran Lee’s Hill.

Report on the action at Lee’s Hill by Colonel Henry ...

Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim

Has Been Designated A

National

Historic Landmark

This Site Possesses National Significance

in Commemorating the History of the

United States of America

1980

Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service

United States Department of the Interior

(Lower Plaque)

Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim

American Federation of Labor / United Mine Workers of America

American Federation of Labor

Since 1881

One this site, December 10, 1886, the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Union merged with the trade unionists of the Knights of Labor to create the American Federation of Labor. Delegates elected Samuel Gompers president ...

Bethel School

First Known School In The Greater Arley Community

The Community’s first four settlers homesteaded land near this site in 1832. The little log schoolhouse, just 18 feet square, was built in 1874. The land, given by L. F. Hembree, is now ...

Nathan, Alabama

Old Country Town

Post office established May 9, 1908. Named for the first postmaster, Nathan B. Langley, who was succeeded by Robert C. Walker and David H. Hamner. Post office discontinued June 30, 1915; housed in a general store operated on ...

Arley, Alabama

Deep in the heart of The Free State of Winston

On January 11, 1861 the State of Alabama seceded from the Union. Deeply perturbed, the people of Winston County held a political convention on July 4, 1861 at Looney’s Tavern, near ...