Batteries Hentig and Dodd

The 1890s modernization continued

By the turn of the century, Fort Delaware had become part of a coastal defense system, linking Fort Mott in New Jersey and Fort Dupont in Delaware. Batteries* Hentig and Dodd, which each housed two rapid-fire guns, ...

Tribute on Monument / 38 Names on Monument

Side 1 This monument is erected by Mark A. Cooper, Proprietor at Etowah, as a Grateful tribute to the Friendship and Liberality of those whose names are hereon inscribed, which prompted them to aid him in the prosecution and development ...

Friends Burial Ground

A.D. 1676

This oak tree, a survivor of the original forest, was standing here when Salem was founded by John Fenwick in 1675. It is eighty-eight feet high and its foliage covers one-quarter of an acre.

“This tablet was erected on ...

Freedmen’s Memorial Monument to Abraham Lincoln

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Freedom’s Memorial

In grateful memory of Abraham Lincoln. This monument was erected by the Western Sanitary Commission of Saint Louis, Mo., with funds contributed solely by emancipated Citizens of the United States declared free by his Proclamation, January 1st ...

Marlborough Court House / Old River Road

Marker Front:

Located about one mile N. of here was the original county seat of Marlborough County, established in 1785. Tristram Thomas conveyed two acres of land to the county for the erection of public buildings in 1787, and the court ...

Albion W. Tourgée

1835–1905. Union army officer, author, judge. Member of 1868 Convention. Home was 2 blocks S.

Marker is on East Lee Street near Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, on the right when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Jug Bridge Monument

The stone demijohn and memorial plaque, placed by the Sons of the American Revolution, were originally located on a bridge crossing the Monocacy River about 2 miles east of this site. The stone bridge of four arches and two 65-foot ...

British Defenses: The Outer Works

After cutting down most of the trees at Stony Point to reduce cover for potential attackers and create a “field of fire” for artillery, the British constructed two sets of fortifications – the Outer Works, located near the present museum ...

General Samuel Elbert

Near this spot, March 3rd, 1779, General Samuel Elbert, then Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Georgia, Free and Accepted Masons, commanding 60 Continentals and 150 Georgia Militia, made one of the most gallant stands against overwhelming odds of ...

The British Occupy Stony Point

In late May 1779, a British force of more than 6000 men captured the Hudson River and the small American fort at Verplanck’s Point on the opposite shore. These strategic locations guarded the southern entrance to the Hudson Highlands. The ...