Bennett’s Point Farm

Originally called “Morgan’s Neck.” Surveyed in 1658 for Henry Morgan of the “Isle of Kent” as two tracts of 150 acres each. Henry Morgan was given the land for transporting two indentured servants into the province. The tracts descended to ...

"... you know nothing about the lesson anyhow."

"We will close...you know nothing about the lesson anyhow." With those words, Pennsylvania College Professor Michael Jacobs reluctantly gave in to the distraction of mounting cannon and musketry fire on the morning of July 1, 1863, and dismissed his mathematics ...

Abraham Lincoln - Eighth Judicial District

Urbana, Illinois

Abraham Lincoln

traveled this way as he rode the Circuit of the Eighth Judicial District ···1847 - 1857

Marker is on East Main Street, on the right when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Dr. A. J. Ferlazzo Building

(smaller marker to the right of the entrance)

In Honor of:

Dr. A. J. Ferlazzo

Humanitarian

Prince William County

(smaller marker to the left of the entrance)

County of Prince William

Dr. A. J. Ferlazzo Building

1990 - 1991

Board of County Supervisors

Hilda M. Barg

William J. Becker

Robert L. Cole

John ...

Preble County Courthouse

Marker Front:

The current Preble County Courthouse, the third courthouse erected on this site, was designed by noted architect and Preble County native Harvey Hiestand. Its cornerstone was laid on March 17, 1917, with a copper box containing a bible, historic ...

The Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railroad Depot

This building, completed in April 1884, served the new Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railroad Company, which sought to take advantage of the growing interest in the Gettysburg Battlefield. From here visitors could continue with a 2 1/2 mile tour across the ...

“Morgan’s Neck” / Richard Bennett III and Elizabeth Rousby

“Morgan’s Neck” “Morgan’s Neck” (300 acres) was patented by Cecil Calvert on January 26, 1658, to “Henry Morgan, of the Isle of Kent, gentleman,” for transporting into the province Frances Malyn and Francis Ash. The tract descended to his daughter ...

German-American Club

Organized in 1901, the German-American Club was one of the few non-Latin ethnic clubs in Tampa. Club members laid the cornerstone for a building on the northeast corner of Nebraska Avenue and 11th Avenue on February 23, 1908, followed by ...

Brown v. Board of Education

Delaware remained a racially segregated society until the mid-twentieth century. Though the segregation of public schools was supported by the “separate but equal” doctrine that had been upheld by the nation’s highest court, the facilities and services provided students were ...

The Battle of Craney Island

On the morning of June 22, 1813, during the War of 1812, British naval and marine forces under the command of Admiral Sir John Borlase Warren landed here at Hoffler Creek. American armed militia under the command of Gen. Robert ...