Historical Auburn Fire House

Erected in 1891 by the volunteer firemen of Auburn Hook and Ladder Company No.2 with funds raised by public subscription. Dedicated May 21, 1892. In continuous use until 1954

Marker is at the intersection of Lincoln Way and Commercial Street, on ...

Birthplace of a Confederate Hero

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William Thomas Overby was born on this site in the 1840s. He enlisted May 31, 1861, in Co. A, 7th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, C.S.A. Later served with the 43rd Battalion, Virginia Cavalry, Mosby’s Rangers, and participated in many raids ...

The Big Apple

Originally built 1907-1910 as the House of Peace Synagogue and located 100 yards south, this building was sold in1936 and shortly thereafter became a black nightclub known as the Big Apple. A dance by this name originated here and soon ...

Brunswick Veterans Memorial

In Grateful Recognition of Valor

Dedicated to the honor and memory of our men and women of Brunswick who served our country in all wars and conflicts

Marker is at the intersection of Maine Street (Maine Route 24) and School Street, on ...

Old Bank Building (ca. 1865)

Designed by S. Henry James to house first Bank of South Carolina in the Upstate (later became National Bank of Abbeville). One of oldest remaining buildings on the Square after a series of downtown fires in 1870s destroyed much of ...

Braddock, Washington, and Franklin

On April 23, 1755

At a Tavern located near this spot

General Edward Braddock

Colonel George Washington

and

Benjamin Franklin

Met to plan the British

assault on Ft. Dusquesne

During the French & Indian War

This plaque erected by the Kiwanis Club of Frederick

June 8, 1998

Marker can be ...

Elbert County

Created from Wilkes County by Act of Dec, 10, 1790. Elbert County was settled in 1784 by Gen. George Mathews and a group from Virginia and Carolina. The site of Petersburg, the original settlement and third largest town in Georgia ...

The Burying Point

1637

Here are buried

Capt. Richard More

Mayflower Passenger

Gov. Simon Bradstreet

Rev. John Higginson

Chief Justice Benjamin Lynde

Justice John Hathorne

of the Witchcraft Court

Marker is on Charter Street 0.1 miles west of Hawthorne Boulevard (Massachusetts Route 1A), on the right when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

National Historic Landmark - The Flag House and Star-Spangled Banner Museum

The Flag House was the home of Mary Pickersgill and the site where she sewed the Star-Spangled Banner.

Mary Pickersgill moved into the Flag House in 1807 with her mother, Rebecca Young, and her daughter Caroline, and set up a ...

Egbert Square

For God and Country

Egbert Square

named in honor of

Arthur Stanley Egbert

Sea 2C USNRF

who died in the sinking of the

USS President Lincoln on May 31, 1918, and dedicated to the men and women

of Port Richmond and Graniteville

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