Colored and White Soldiers of World War I

This is a replica of the original tablet from the 1924 World War I monument located in front of the Clarke County Courthouse. The monument was the first memorial ever erected to honor county war dead. It cost $1,650 and ...

African-Americans in Petersburg

The Petersburg area has an extraordinarily rich African-American heritage. In 1625, most of the Africans in Virginia were servants at Flowerdew Hundred, nearby in Prince George County. In the 18th century, tens of thousands of newly enslaved Africans entered Virginia ...

Dedicated to the Veterans of 1898 to 1902

“You triumphed over obstacles which would have overcome men less brave and determined”

President McKinley

Dedicated to the Veterans of 1898 to 1902 Camps and Auxiliaries of the Department of Georgia

United Spanish War Veterans

At the 31st Annual Convention

May 10-12 1953

Marker is on ...

Lieutenant Adam F. Helmer

Famous Mohawk Valley Scout

Lieutenant Adam F. Helmer

Famous Mohawk Valley Scout

On Aug. 6, 1777 carried military orders

for General Nicholas Herkimer

On Sept. 16, 1778 warned the settlers

at German Flats of the approach

of Joseph Brant and ...

Columbus' First Jewish Cemetery

Since Biblical times when Abraham purchased land to bury his wife Sarah, it has been considered a religious obligation for Jews to set aside land for interring their dead. Often before congregations were established burial societies were formed to perform ...

Fort Meade Veterans Memorial

This memorial is to honor all

U.S. military veterans

for serving our country with honor & self sacrifice

to insure the freedom of the greatest country in the world

United States of America

Dedicated Nov. 11, 2006

American Revolution

1776 ...

Brandon Family Cemetery

The earliest marked grave, dated 1857, was that of Susan Carson, mother of Martha Carson Brandon. Traveling by wagon train, John Brandon, his wife Martha (cousin of Kit Carson) and six sons left Mississippi and arrived at Fort Brooke (Tampa) ...

Site of Fort Herkimer

40 mile route taken by Gen. Herkimer Aug. 3-6, 1777 for the relief of Fort Stanwix. The Battle of Oriskany Aug. 6, between Herkimer's men and St. Leger with his Indians was the turning point of the Revolution.

Near this ...

Petersburg National Battlefield

Beginning on June 15, 1864, less than three miles east of where you are standing, 18,000 Union troops attacked the Confederate line of defensive fortifications surrounding the city. When all attempts to take the city by direct assault failed by ...

The Survey of Petersburg

Abraham Lincoln laid out the original sixty blocks of Petersburg, Illinois between November 1835 and February 1836. In 1832, Peter Lukins and George Warburton had laid out a few lots for a new town. Lukins and Warburton played a card ...