Fresno County Courthouse

A temporary rough board building, containing county offices, was erected near the spot in the fall of 1874, about the time the cornerstone was laid for the original permanent courthouse. Fresno was selected by the voters in a previous spring ...

Lindenwald and the Old Post Road

Martin Van Buren Nat’l Hist Site

You are standing along one of the few remaining unpaved stretches of the Old Post Road. In 1839 when Martin Van Buren bought this property, the Old Post Road was the main route on ...

Fayette County World War Memorial

Dedicated with ceremonies

May 27th 1919.

To the brave boys of Fayette County

who served in the World War

Erected to

those from Fayette County

who served their country

in the World War

Dedicated Nov. 11, 1927

[Includes an Honor Roll of County Dead]

Fayette's Sons

They Gave Their All

George W. ...

Battery A, Maryland Light Artillery

(Front):Maryland's Tribute

to her loyal sons

Rigby's Maryland Battery A

(Right):Losses in action

Killed 5 - Wounded 18 - Missing 3.

Total 26.

Strength at Gettysburg

Officers 4 - Enlisted men 102.

(Left):Organized at Baltimore, Md.

October 1861

Consolidated with Battery B,

Maryland Light Artillery

March 11, 1865.

(Back):Principal Engagements

Seven Days & Battles ...

Dare County's Tribute to Veterans

[Center Panel]:

“By your courage in tribulation, by your cheerfulness before the dirty devices of this world, you have won the love of those who have watched you.”

- Guy Chapman

Dedicated: November 11, 1991.

[Left Panel]:

To all who’ve stood tall for freedom

Those of ...

Camp Smartt

This staging and training area was established in the summer of 1861 by Benjamin J. Hill, who organized and commanded here the 35th Tenn. Infantry, CSA, until his promotion to Brigadier General. Discontinued for a time, the camp was reactivated ...

Robert Kirkwood, Jr.

Born in 1756, Robert Kirkwood, Jr. spent his youth on the family farm several miles north of Newark. Kirkwood eventually enrolled at the Newark Academy, later to become the University of Delaware. When the American Revolution began, Kirkwood was commissioned ...

War Savings Quota

In recognition of

the patriotism of

the people of

Fayette County

who oversubscribed their

War Savings Quota in 1918

this tablet is

gratefully erected by the

Ohio War Savings Committee

Marker is at the intersection of Court Street (U.S. 22/62) and Main Street, on the right when traveling west ...

Bloomingburg War Memorial

Erected

in honor of

Soldiers

of All Wars

Humbly We Praise

Courtesy hmdb.org

12th Corps Headquarters

Army of the Potomac

Army of the Potomac

12th. Corps Headquarters

Major General

Henry W. Slocum

July 1, 2, 3, 4. 1863

Were located on Powers Hill

280 yards westerly

Marker is on Baltimore Pike (State Highway 97), on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org