Vanguard of Freedom

Bicentennial 1775 - 1975

Dedicated on June 15, 1975 to the gallant soldiers of the United States Army who for 200 years have died in defense of their country.

Marker can be reached from Huebner Road, on the left when traveling west. ...

Ridgefield's Colonial Plans

Ridgefield, Connecticut

The First Recorded Plan for settlement was in 1697 when a group of Congregationalists primarily from Norwalk petitioned "to purchase of the Indians a certain tract of land lying about 14 miles northward of the town of Norwalk ...

Army of the Ohio

Major General Don Carlos Buell

U.S.

Army of the Ohio.

Major General Don Carlos Buell.

Second Division, Brig. Gen. Alex McD. McCook.

Fourth Division, Brig. Gen. William Nelson.

Fifth Division, Brig. Gen. Thomas L. Crittenden.

Sixth Division, Brig. Gen. Thomas J. Wood.

The advance of the Army of ...

Fiery Passage

On November 21, 1847 the propeller steamer Phoenix burned, with the loss of 190 to 250 lives, seven miles north of the Sheboygan Harbor. At the time of her loss the Phoenix carried close to 300 passengers and crewmen. Most ...

The Four Immortal Chaplains

George L. Fox - Methodist Minister; Alexander D. Goode - Jewish Rabbi

During the early morning hours of February 3, 1943, the USAT Dorchester was part of a convoy of six ships heading for Greenland when an enemy u-boat attacked, firing ...

1936 Greater Johnstown Flood Victims

In memory of

those lost in the March 17, 1936

Greater Johnstown Flood

Daniel Gallagher • Cecilia Seifert Wehn

Foster W. Buchanan • Henry Belande

Mrs. Jacob Fruhlinger • Faber Eckenrod

James Langham • Louis F. Ansman

Joseph Runko • Andrew Gibson

Gregory Kostoff • One Unidentified Man

1936 ...

Acacia Life Insurance Building – 1936

Acacia Life Insurance Building – 1936

On March 3, 1869, President Andrew Johnson signed the Congressional Act chartering

The Masonic Mutual Relief Association that

became Acacia Life Insurance Company.

Built as its headquarters and occupied by Acacia

until 1997, ...

Baltimore City Fire Department

Dedicated to the Members of the Baltimore City Fire Department, Past, Present and Future.

Marker is at the intersection of Gay Street and E. Lexington Street, on the left when traveling north on Gay Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

A Warm Fire

Morristown National Historical Park

In 1779 soldiers of the New Jersey Brigade built this hearth. Archeologists stabilized it and removed the other artifacts found here for protection.

The hearth provided the hut’s only comfort: a warm fire. Food ran out. Many men ...

The Fourth Ward School

Walk in Their Shoes

On November 28, 1876, the excited residents of Virginia City christened their new monuments to education, the Fourth Ward School. The town was divided into “wards” for political and fire purposes. Built to honor the nation’s centennial, ...