Carnegie Hero Fund Commission

Established April 15, 1904, by Andrew Carnegie. The Pittsburgh-based foundation awards the Carnegie Medal in the U.S. and Canada to persons who risk their lives to save others. Heroic acts that followed the January 25, 1904, explosion in the nearby ...

Cahaba First State Capital

1818-1826

This stone marks the site of Cahaba, selected November 21, 1818 as the first permanent capital of Alabama. The seat of goverment remaining here until removed to Tuscaloosa by the Legislature, January 1825.

On December 13, 1819, it was fixed as ...

Buford

(Front):In Memory of

Major General

John Buford

Comdg. 1st Div. Cav. Corps

Army of the Potomac

who with the

first inspiration of

a cavalry officer

selected this battlefield

July 1st. 1863.

(Back):From this crest

was fired

the opening gun

of the battle:

one of the four

cannon

at the base of

this memorial.

Marker is at the intersection ...

The Main Line of Defences

Upon this site and across these heights stood the main line of defences thrown up by Washington’s Army September 1776. It was held until Fort Washington fell on November 16th, when part of the fighting occurred at this point.

Marker is ...

Spirit of Justice

Erected to commemorate that noble spirit of justice displayed by Gen. George Washington after his capture of Trenton in December 1776, in returning to both Whig and Tory alike their personal effects, of which they had been ruthlessly plundered by ...

The First Line of Defence

This stone

marks the position of

the First Line of Defence

constructed across these

heights and bravely defended by

the American Army

1776

The original plaque at this site was erected by

the Washington Heights Chapter

Daughters of the American Revolution

December 29, 1909

* * *

The replacement marker honors the ...

Forbes Road

1758

"The Ovens"

Supply headquarters

Fortifications were erected

a few rods north of this site

The Forbes Road leads

northward to the

encampment at the foot of

Laurel Hill

23.5 miles from Fort Bedford

Marker is on Whistler Road (Pennsylvania Route 403), on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Battle of Harlem Heights

To commemorate the Battle of Harlem Heights, won by Washington’s troops on this site, September 16, 1776.

Erected by the Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York.

Marker is on Broadway north of 117th Street, on the ...

Battle of Upperville

“Thus Passes a Sunday in War”

(Preface): After Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's stunning victory at Chancellorsville in May 1863, he led the Army of Northern Virginia west to the Shenandoah Valley, then north through central Maryland and across the Mason-Dixon ...

The Gravedigger of Old Town

Rafael Mamudes

Rafael Mamudes was a native of Hermosillo and led an adventurous life. He was once a baker and followed his trade to Monterey. He also mined at Calaveras County and made a sea voyage to Guaymas, Mexico. When he ...