Grand Union Flag

Bicentennial Flag Memorial

The first national flag is commonly identified as the Grand Union Flag. Although it was never officially approved or recognized, it was this flag that came to symbolize the growing pride in the name America and the strengthening ...

The Abraham Tegarden Family

Abraham (1718-1781) and Mary Parker Tegarden from Frederick County, Virginia 1753, made an 'improvement' opposite mouth of Tenmile Creek, Fayette County; Abraham, sutler for Col. Bouquet 1759, fought in French and Indian War, Capt. Virginia Militia 1775, American Revolutionary record, ...

Commander In Chief's Personal Flag

Bicentennial Flag Memorial

During the 1700’s, the political and economic interests of the colonists began to enlarge and disputes began to develop with Great Britain. After the defeat of the French and their expulsion in 1763, the colonists could focus even ...

Guilford Soldier's Monument

In Memory Of

The Men Of Guilford

Who Fell

And In Honor Of Those Who Served

The Grateful Town Erects This Monument.

That Their Example May Spread To Coming Generations

Uriah N. Parmelee 1st Cav • Henry B. Bullard 1st Lt Bat • Fairfield Cook 1st ...

The Kings Mountain Campaign of 1780

The Kings Mountain campaign is one of the turning points of the American Revolution. The British commander in the Southern Colonies, Lord Charles Cornwallis, anticipated strong Loyalist support in the Carolinas. Major Patrick Ferguson, an experienced and charismatic officer, ...

Union Flag

Bicentennial Flag Memorial

In 1603, St. George’s Cross was joined with St. Andrew’s Cross, the Scottish Flag, to form the famous Union Flag or “Union Jack” of Great Britain. It was this flag which flew over the first British colonies in ...

Bethesda Fountain and Terrace

Designed by Calvert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mould, these stairways, terrace and fountain were the focal feature of the original plan for Central Park by Vaux and Frederick Law Omsted. The fountain sculpture by Emma Stebbins, inspired by the biblical ...

Fluxhouse

1967-1969

Fluxus artist George Maciunas, 1931-1978) founded 16-18 Green Street as a Fluxhouse Cooperative, as artist-in-residence center of avant-garde innovation in living, performance, and creativity

Marker is on Greene Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Bicentennial Flag Memorial

Introduction

Dedicated to the many veterans who sacrificed for the freedoms we enjoy today.

Flags have traditionally been symbols of persons united in some common association or effort. Within the American heritage, there have been many diverse interests and transitory associations and ...

Salmon Creek and Eden House: Seedbed of the Colony

Along the banks of the Chowan River and Salmon Creek, the seeds were planted for the colony and state of North Carolina. From these roots in the 1600s emerged the refined plantation life of the ruling colonial gentry in the ...