Zebulon Baird Vance

In Honor of

Zebulon Baird Vance

Confederate Soldier, War Governor

U.S. Senator, Orator, Statesman.

May 13, 1830 [Wreath and Flag Emblem] April 14, 1894

This tablet is placed by Asheville Chapter U.D.C.

1938

Marker is on Biltmore Avenue (U.S. 25) near Patton ...

"the gun boat Tylor saved the day "

The guns of the U.S.S Tyler sent their last blast hurtling toward Graveyard Hill at 10:30 A.M. on July 4, 1863. The Confederates were retreating. Helena remained in Union hands.

The Battle of Helena, July 4 1863

The Tyler steamed into action ...

Jacob Engelbrecht

A Frederick Diarist on the National Road

In 1826, Jacob Engelbrecht moved to the house across the street near Carroll Creek. He began reporting on the National Road cavalcade that was going by his front door. His priceless diary recorded everything ...

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

James Cardinal Gibbons

At this site, on July 23, 1834, was born America’s first Prince of the Church,

James Cardinal Gibbons.

Although world-renowned for the influence and profoundness of his thought he was always the parish priest striving for the salvation of souls.

The Battle Monument

Battle of North Point, 12th September, A.D. 1814, and of the Independence of the United States, the thirty-ninth • Bombardment of Fort McHenry, 15th September, A.D. 1814, and of the Independence of the United States, the thirty-ninth. • Levi Clagett, ...

Dalessondro Boulevard

In December of 1944, near Kalterherberg, Germany Technical Sergeant Peter J. Dalessondro of the 9th Infantry Division, at great personal risk, intrepidly fought against overwhelming enemy attack to save his company from defeat. His singlehanded efforts earned him the Congressional ...

Fort Boykin

True Southerners Do and Dare

True Southerners Do and Dare. The 1862 Peninsula Campaign. Directly in front of you is the entrance to Fort Boykin. Originally built in 1623 to protect the colonists against “Spaniards by sea and Indians by land” ...

Bacon’s Castle

This house, just to the north, was built by Arthur Allen in 1655. In Bacon’s Rebellion, 1676, the house was seized by a party of rebels and fortified. On December 29, 1676, it was captured by sailors from a ship ...