The Old Cathedral “French and Indian” Cemetery

1750–1846. Contains the graves (mostly unmarked) of some 4,000 inhabitants of early Vincennes, including soldiers and patriots of the American Revolution who helped Colonel George Rogers Clark to capture nearby Fort Sackville in 1779. The cemetery marks the site of ...

First United Methodist Church

of Dickinson

In 1876 a group of Methodists led by the Rev. P.E. Nicholson began meeting in private homes in the Dickinson area. In 1885 a frame building was erected for use as a church and school.

The Dickinson congregation does not ...

Felix Walker

Revolutionary officer,

member Congress, 1817~

23, where, in "talking for

Buncombe" (County), he

gave new meaning to the

word. Home was 1/2 mi. N.

Marker is on Soco Road (U.S. 19) 0 miles east of Moody Farm Road, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Alliance Furnace

First furnace west of the Alleghenies. Built 1789 on banks of nearby Jacob's Creek, its ruins are still observable. Supplied iron for Wayne's campaign in 1794 against the Indians.

Marker is at the intersection of Banning Road and Layton Road, on ...

Forward Air Controllers Memorial

Dedicated to those special aviators who lost their lives in Southeast Asia (SEA) while serving as Forward Air Controllers (FACs) and support team members in the O-1, O-2, OV-10, U-10, U-17, PC-6 and T-28 aircraft. From 1962 through 1975, thousands ...

Fairlington

Designed in the Colonial revival style by Kenneth Franzheim and Alan B. Mills and constructed between 1942 and 1944, Fairlington is an early example of successful community planning and large-scale publicly financed rental housing built for defense workers and their ...

Specialist Fourth Class Kenneth Stumpf

Specialist Fourth Class Kenneth Stumpf on April 25, 1967 in Vietnam's Quang Ngai Province made three trips under enemy machinegun fire to carry, on his back, three wounded members of his squad to safety. He also was instrumental in destroying ...

460th Fighter Squadron

The Black Rams

Dedicated to the personnel of the 460th Fighter Squadron – 348th Ftr Group – 5th Air Force

in glory and honor.

This unit was formed in New Guinea in 1944

as a special squadron in P-47 Aircraft

Completed missions to Japan from ...

The Town of Riverdale Park

Welcome to the Town of Riverdale Park

Formally incorporated in 1920, the town of Riverdale Park derives its name fom historic Riversdale plantation. Riversdale Mansion still stands today, surrounded by the community that grew up around it.

A visit to Riverdale Park ...

Frederick County / Washington County

[ South Facing Side: ]Frederick CountyNamed for Frederick 5th and last Lord Baltimore. Erected out of Prince George’s County in 1748. It then included Montgomery County and all of Maryland west to the West Virginia boundary.

[ North Facing Side: ]Washington ...