Arthur Storer Planetarium

Arthur Storer (c. 1642–1686), the first astronomer in the American Colonies, came to Calvert County from Lincolnshire, England. He was among the first observers to sight and record data describing Haley's comet on its return in 1682. His observations were ...

Washington (La.) Artillery

Anderson's Brigade - Ruggles Division

C.S.

Army of the Mississippi.

Washington (La.) Artillery,

Anderson's (2d) Brigade, Ruggles' (1st) Division,

Bragg's Corps.

This battery was engaged here April 7, 1862. Three of its guns were captured at 11 a.m., but were soon after recovered. The battery was ...

Douglas MacArthur

Class of 1903

Duty • Honor • Country

Inscribed on these walls are excerpts from General MacArthur’s last address to the Corp of Cadets, 12 May 1962

Duty • Honor • CountryThose three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, ...

McCarthy's Battery - Cabell's Battalion

McLaws's Division - Longstreet's Corps

Army of Northern Virginia

Longstreet's Corps McLaws's Division

Cabell's Division McCarthy's Battery

First Richmond Howitzers

Two Napoleons, Two 3 inch Rifles

July 2 At 3.30 p.m. placed in reserve near here. The rifled guns advanced to this position at 4 p.m. ...

Stuart Hall

Chartered on 13 January 1744 as the Virginia Female Institute, Stuart Hall is Virginia’s oldest college preparatory school for girls. The Rev. Dr. Richard H. Phillips headed the school from 1848 until 1880. Flora Cooke Stuart, “Mrs. General” J.E.B. Stuart, ...

Gaithersburg Washington Grove Volunteer Fire Department

The completion of the railroad in the 1870's brought increasing prosperity to Gaithersburg. As the town grew so did the need for protection from the ever present dangers of fire. In September of 1892, a committee of volunteers formed the ...

The Schwartz House / Gaithersburg City Hall / Schwartz Peony Gar

The building that now houses Gaithersburg's City government offices and Council chambers was originally a private residence built in 1895 by Rosa and Henry Miller. In 1913, this five-acre estate was purchased by Edward P. Schwartz, a successful realtor from ...

Hartford Municipal Building

This Property

Has been placed on the

National Register

Of Historic Places

By the United States

Department of the Interior

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and Arch Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Isaac Van Wart Memorial

[ north face ]

Here Repose

the mortal remains

of

Isaac Van Wart

an Elder of the Greenburgh Church

who died on the 25th of May 1828

in 69th Year of his Age

[ east face ]

Vincit Amor Patriage

Nearly half a Century

before this Monument was built

The Conscript Fathers ...

Isaac Van Wart

Isaac Van Wart

One of Major Andre's

Captors Sept. 23, 1780

Elder of this Church

Elmsford Citizen 1758-1828

Buried Here

Marker is at the intersection of South Central Avenue (New York Route 9A) and Parkway Plaza, on the right when traveling north on South Central Avenue. ...