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Forbes Road

Edmund's Swamp

Named for Edmund Cartlidge, Indian trader. A camp located here, on the Raystown Path, provided good grass for the horses of General Forbes' army in 1758. The site of the redoubt is marked two and a half miles north ...

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1st Battalion 178th Field Artillery

To our Guardsmen and Families

of the 1 BN 178 FA:

In appreciation for your sacrifices,

bravery and loyalty during

Operation Iraqi Freedom

(2004-2005)

From the Citizens of Georgetown County

Marker is on South Fraser Street (U.S. 17), on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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The Cosmos Club

The Cosmos Club, founded in 1878 for “The advancement of its members in science, literature, and art,” occupied several houses on Lafayette Square from 1882 to 1952 including the adjacent Madison and Tayloe Houses and this building, which replaced houses ...

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Barringer Meteor Crater

Has Been Designated A

Registered

Natural Landmark

Under the provisions of the

Historic Sites act of August 21, 1935

this site possesses exceptional values

in illustrating the natural

history of the United States.

U.S. Department of the Interior

National Park Service

1968

Marker can be reached from Meteor Crater Road south ...

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Jeremiah S. Black

One of Pennsylvania's most noted jurists and lawyers, was born here Jan. 10, 1810. State Supreme Court Justice, 1851-57; U.S. Attorney-General, 1857-60. Later life spent at York as a famous lawyer. Died Aug. 19, 1883.

Marker is on Glades Pike (Pennsylvania ...

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Sardis Presbyterian Church & Cemetery

The first residence of missionaries sent in 1821 to establish the Turnip Mountain Mission to the Cherokees was located on this site, just north of the Cemetery wall. The mission, later known as Haweis, was built two miles to the ...

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Originally the State Bank of Haines City

Originally the

State Bank of Haines City

Established in 1913

Has been placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Marker is on Ingraham Avenue east of North Sixth Street, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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Gettysburg Campaign

Invasion & Retreat

After stunning victories at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, Virginia, early in May 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee carried the war through Maryland, across the Mason and Dixon Line and into Pennsylvania. His infantry marched north through the ...

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Marye's Battery - Pegram's Battalion

Artillery Reserve - Hill's Corps

Army of Northern Virginia

Hill's Corps Artillery Reserve

Pegram's Battalion Marye's Battery

The Fredericksburg Artillery

Two Napoleons, Two 10 pounder Parrotts

July 1 This Battery fired the first cannon-shot of the battle from a point near the south side of the ...

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The First Battle of Kernstown

Fulkerson’s Virginians Attack!

The low, marshy ground stretching from here to the distant road lay uncontested through the five-hour artillery duel that opened the First Battle of Kernstown. The scene changed dramatically at 2:00 P.M. when 900 Virginians marched toward this ...

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