The Cavalry Charge at Fort Collier

September 19, 1864

The shocking impact of the great charge and capture of Fort Collier unhinged Early’s entire line of battle. Confederate troops streamed south through the streets of Winchester, Confederate artillery continued firing from Star Fort, slowing the Federal pursuit; ...

Fort Collier

1861-1864

General Joseph E. Johnston commanded all Confederate forces in Virginia from 1861 until late in May of 1862. His initial post had been at Harpers Ferry, thought to be the key to the defense of the Shenandoah Valley. Johnston, however, ...

Nappanee Furniture

Side one:

Nappanee platted 1874 on Baltimore & Ohio Railroad line. Sawmill opened 1873 produced ties for railroad construction. Coppes and Mutschler brothers were partners in lumber, milling, and furniture business, 1902-1913, becoming significant part of local furniture industry. By 1919, ...

First Flight in Georgia

Site of Ben Epps' Garage

Georgia’s pioneer aviator, Benjamin Thomas Epps, was born in Oconee County in 1888. He opened Athens’ first automobile repair garage at this location on East Washington Street in 1907. That same year, nineteen-year-old Epps designed and ...

Fairbanks' Massacre

A War of 1812 military action occurred in September 1812 three miles west/southwest of here. While escorting supplies from Fort Knox near Vincennes to Fort Harrison at Terre Haute, Sergeant Nathan Fairbanks and approximately a dozen soldiers were ambushed -- ...

To Honor the Maker of First American Flag

Betsy Ross

[In Circle]

To Honor the Maker of First American Flag

Erected

1923

Elizabeth Griscom

ROSS

Ashbourne

Claypoole

1752

1836

BETSY ROSS

Marker can be reached from Valley Forge Road (Pennsylvania Route 23), on the left when traveling west.

Battle of Eutaw

[ D.A.R. Emblem ]

This stone marks the field whereon was fought the battle of Eutaw, September 8, 1781, between a force of the United States under Major General Nathanael Greene and a force of Great Britain under Colonel Stuart. ...

Battery D Fifth U.S. Artillery

Artillery Brigade - Fifth Corps

Army of the Potomac

Fifth Corps

Artillery Brigade

Battery D Fifth U.S. Artillery

Six Rifled 10 pounders

Lieut. Charles E. Hazlett commanding

July 2 Marched to the left of the Union Line about 4.30 p.m. and in rear of Brig. General J. ...

Monumento a Stefan Zweig

Stefan Zweig nasceu em Viena, Áustria, em 1881. Escritor cosmopolita, tornou-se conhecido por suas analises do comlexo psíquico e pela defesa dos ideais humanitarios. Foi o autor mais traduzido do seu tempo. Pacifista, escrevia reinventando a vida.

Iniciou sua peregrinação pelo ...

71st and 341st Air Refueling Squadrons

4060th Air Refueling Wing

Dedicated to those who served

Dow Air Force Base, Maine

January 1955 to June 1966

Courtesy hmdb.org