Burgoyne’s Headquarters

Scaled in size according to the rank of the occupant, Crown Force officers’ tents – or marquees – graced the American wilderness with fluttering pennants, elegant fringe and elaborate awnings and breezeways. The several large, colorful marquees that marked the ...

Harmony United Methodist Church

This congregation was organized in 1818 by members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. On March 20, 1819, trustees Purnal Johnson, Burton Johnson, William Hanzor, John Cornish, and Mitchell Johnson, purchased one half acre of land in Indian River Hundred on ...

Army Trail Road

This road followed an Indian trail that began in Chicago and went through DuPage, Kane, De Kalb, Boone, and Winnebago Counties to a Winnebago Village at Beloit, Wisconsin. In August, 1832, during the Black Hawk War, United States Army reinforcements ...

Mt. Hope Cemetery

(2 miles Southeast)

Joseph H. Bowman, a veteran of the Texas War for Independence from Mexico, offered one hundred acres of land to the Rev. W.D. Lewis to come to Mt. Hope community and establish a Methodist church and cemetery. The ...

Fort Stephenson

War of 1812

[Marker Front]:

Victoriously defended by Major George Croghan.

Battle of Fort Stephenson, August 2, 1813.

Built on this spot 1812-1813 and named for Col. Mills Stephenson, one of its builders.

[Marker Reverse]:

Major George Croghan, age 21, took command in July 1813. He ...

Ebenezer Hancock House

A Designated Boston Landmark

The Ebenezer Hancock House, built in 1767, is the only remaining house in Boston associated with John Hancock. He owned the house but it was lived in by his brother Ebenezer, who was Deputy Paymaster General of ...

Thomaston World War I Memorial

Roll of Honor

Dedicated by the Town of Thomaston

To Those Who Served Their Country

In The World War

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Army

Emil A. Albicker • Malcolm E. Aldrich • Alexander Anderson • Harold F. Anderson • Sherwood Vernon Ariel • Ardis E. Atkinson ...

Vittorio Emanuele II

Monumento a

Vittorio Emanuele II

secc. XIX-XX

Architetti: G. Sacconi, P. Piacentini, G. Koch, M. Manfredi

Renderings of the Monument:

Pianta * Sezione longitudianle * Prospeto

[Left column - Text in Italian…]

Right column - Text in English:

The Monument to Vittorio Emanuele IInd is situated ...

Main British Encampment

History Now

In marked contrast to the officers’ marquees were hundreds of enlisted men’s tents. The main British encampment of some 4,000 soldiers extended east of Balcarres Redoubt to beyond the crest of the rise in front of you and ...

Texas Western College/ The Peace Grove

Texas Western College

In 1913 the Texas Legislature authorized the establishment of the School of Mines and Metallurgy as a branch of the University of Texas at El Paso. The name of this great co-educational, cultural and economic asset was changed ...