Headquarters of DeRottenberg

Headquarters

of

DeRottenberg

1812

Marker is at the intersection of York Road (County Route 81) and Paxton Lane, on the left when traveling east on York Road.

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The Infantry Board

Side 1:

On 15 December 1919, War Department Orders established the Infantry Board as a development and testing laboratory with permanent station at Fort Benning, Georgia. The Board’s mission was to consider, with continuity of effort, the improvement of the Infantry.

The ...

Niagara Frontier

Historic New York

The Niagara River between Lakes Ontario and Erie was the natural route to the interior of the continent. Following the arrival of French explorers in 1678, missionaries, traders, troops and settlers traveled by its waters. At the ...

Rt. Rev. Alfred Augustin Watson

1818-1905

1st Bishop Diocese of East Carolina

Rector of Grace Episcopal Church

Plymouth, NC

St. Luke's Episcopal Church

Roper, NC 1844-1858

"The past is gone, the future is here."

Marker is on Madison Street south of East Water Street, on the right when traveling south.

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Appellate Division of the Supreme Court

Designated Landmark, New York City

This building houses the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York for the First Judicial Department, which hears appeals in civil and criminal cases from New York and Bronx Counties. ...

Metropolitan Life Tower

Landmarks of New York

This tower, of massive simplicity it Italian Renaissance style, was completed in 1909 from plans by Le Brun & Sons. Its four clock faces are each 26 ½ feet in diameter, the minute hands weighing ½ ...

Treatment of Iron Deficiency Anemia

College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

Biochemists in the 1920s conducted studies leading to improved understanding of the roles of minerals in animal and human diets. University of Wisconsin biochemists E.B. Hart, C.A. Elvehjem, and Harry Steenbock discovered that copper, in ...

Fashion Walk of Fame

Fashion Walk of Fame celebrates excellence in American design by honoring the New York designers who have had a significant and lasting impact on the way the world dresses.

New York has been the undisputed center of American fashion since ...

Replica 6.4 inch Brooke Rifled Canon

Confederate Naval Canon from the CSS Albemarle

The Brooke Rifle is named after its developer, Commander John Mercer Brooke (CSA), who served as Chief, Dept. of Ordnance and Hydrography. While closely resembling the popular Parrott Gun used by the Union, the ...

Bowser Family Cemetery

This marker recognizes the final resting place of Spencer Bowser, the patriarch of a prominent African American family in North Carolina. Also buried here are several other members of the Bowser family, including J.P. Bowser, Lloyd B. Bowser, Q.B. Bowser, ...