The Battle of Henry Johnson

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The Battle of Henry Johnson

First American Awarded

Croix De Guerre

with

Gold Palm

For

Valor

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In Memory of Sergeant Henry Lincoln Johnson Albany, New York for uncommon valor in combat against an armed enemy May 14th, 1918 while serving with Company C 369th Infantry ...

Fort Brady Trail

Before you looms Fort Brady, one of the best-preserved Civil War forts in the National Park Service. Like most of the fortifications built during the Civil War, Fort Brady was made of earth instead of fragile bricks. Dirt could better ...

Fort Hancock

Coastal Defenses of Sandy Hook

Sandy Hook has been fortified to defend New York Harbor for more than two centuries – first by British Loyalists occupying the Sandy Hook Lighthouse during the American Revolution and the American troops constructed a wooden ...

(Former) Atkins High School

Named for prominent local African-American education pioneer, Dr. Simon Green Atkins, Atkins High School was designed by Harold Macklin in the Classical Revival style and constructed 1930-1931. Atkins was the first school in Winston-Salem built as a high school to ...

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

700 Jackson Place

has been designated

a

National Historic Landmark

This site possesses national significance

in commemorating the history of the

United States of America

National Park Service

1974

From 1910 to 1948 it served as the first

headquarters of ...

The Final Attack

"Before it was entirely dark the 100,000 men that had been threatening our destruction for twelve hours had melted away"

Gen. James Longstreet, Army of Northern Virginia

(1) After defending the Lower (Burnside) Bridge, the Confederates fell back to this ridge and ...

The Founding of Worthington / Worthington, A Planned Community

The Founding of Worthington

The Scioto Company, led by James Kilbourn (Kilbourne) of Granby and Berlin, Connecticut, founded Worthington in 1803, the year that Ohio became a state. The Scioto Company was organized as a land company in 1802 with 38 ...

The Home of Simon G. Atkins

1863-1934

Founder of Slater Academy

Now Winston-Salem State University;

President, 1892-1904; 1913-1934

Religious and Community Leader.

House Originally Located

Three Blocks West of Current Location

Marker is at the intersection of Wallace Street and Price Street, on the right when traveling east on Wallace Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Beaver Dick's Ferry

In 1863 and 1864, overland packers hauling supplies from Salt Lake City to Idaho City crossed here and took a direct route northward to More's Creek.

They cut a steep grade from the Oregon Trail down to Beaver Dick's Ferry, which ...

Site of First Community Church

This is the site of the first community church in Palm Springs Welwood Murray donated the land in 1906 and the little church stood as a landmark in the village until 1934. The existing Carnell Building designed by Harold Williams ...