Filed Quarter Trail

This path leads to the Field Quarter, an area that was once home to at least eighty enslaved African–Americans. A series of illustrated signs near expose building foundations at the site help you to “see” what life was like for ...

Army, Navy, and Air Force Nurses

This monument was erected in 1938

and rededicated in 1971

to commemorate devoted service

to country and humanity by

Army, Navy, and Air Force Nurses.

Courtesy hmdb.org

150 Pounder Armstrong Gun Captured at Fort Fisher, North Carolin

Rifled muzzleloading gun made in 1864 by Sir W.G. Armstrong & Company, England, said to have been a gift from private donors in England to the Confederacy. A major weapon in the armament of Fort Fisher, Wilmington, North Carolina, it ...

Wisconsin's First Aviator

The nation’s first commercially built “aeroplane” was assembled and flown here November 4, 1909, by Arthur P. Warner, Wisconsin’s first pilot. Self-taught, Warner was the 11th American to pilot a powered aircraft and first in the U.S. to buy an ...

Black River Falls Forest Fire

On the dry, windy afternoon of April 27, 1977, a forest fire started south of Black River Falls. The fire quickly became a raging crown fire, traveling through the tops of the dense pine forest. This mound, directly in the ...

Old Folks Home

This structure built in 1926 is believed to be the only county "Old Folks Home" still standing in Florida. The unique exterior finish called "pebble dash" qualified the building to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places in ...

Fort Clinton

Fort Clinton was built in 1778 by troops of the Continental Army. It was originally named Fort Arnold after Benedict Arnold, the hero of early Revolutionary War campaigns. The fort retained its original name until Colonel Arnold deserted to the ...

Astrounaut Frank L. Culbertson

(Capt. USN)

Highway Interchanges 169 A-B of I-26

and 86 A-B of I-95 Named in Honor

of

Astrounaut Frank L. Culbertson

(Capt. USN)

Graduated Holly Hill High School 1967

BS Degree Aerospace Engineering,

US Naval Academy 1971

Naval aviator USS ...

Birthplace of General Morgan

the Rebel Raider

In this house John Hunt Morgan was born June 1, 1825. This dashing cavalry leader of the Confederacy was killed at Greeneville, Tenn., Sept. 4, 1864.

This house, built in 1823, was the home, 1849-1949, of the heirs ...

Property, Family, Humanity

For the Jackson family, the enslaved were property and the foundation of their wealth. The monetary value of the enslaved far exceeded the combined worth of the Hermitage land, mansion and other improvements.

Andrew Jackson himself had no qualms about owning ...