First Flight to Break the Sound Barrier

X-1 Loading Pit

The Bell X-1 was loaded into its B-29 Launch

Aircraft from this Pit on

October 14, 1947

Captain Charles E. "Chuck" Yeager

Piloted the Airplane to Mach 1.06 (700 mph)

Marker is on West Lancaster Boulevard.

Courtesy hmdb.org

First County Library in the United States

1901

Here stands the first county library in the United States. Given to the people of Van Wert County, by

John Sanford Brumback

In recognition of his gift, this memorial was erected by the Kiwanis Club of Van Wert.

Marker is on West Main ...

The First Battle of Ironclad Ships, 1862

On March 8, 1862 CSS Virginia steamed past this point (1) to a battle which would forever change naval warfare. This ship had previously been a Union steam frigate, USS Merrimack, which had been destroyed near the Gosport Navy Yard ...

The First All Saints Church

Authorized in 1692 by the Maryland Assembly the first All Saints (log) Church was built near this site "at the cross-roads of the Severn Ridge Path and the road leading to Coxtown" on land donated by early French Huguenot settler ...

Site of First Ohio State Home Football Game / The Ohio State Uni

Site of First Ohio State Home Football Game

In the fall, life for many in Columbus revolves around Ohio State University football, from the first kickoff in September to the last play in November. O.S.U.'s first home game took place at ...

The First National Bank

Newtown Heritage Walk No. 33

The First National Bank and Trust Company of Newtown was first organized in 1864 and operated out of a room in the Paxson-Croasdale Building, located at 2-4 South State Street. By the spring of 1868, ...

The First Hermitage

Worlds Apart, Side by Side

These log buildings tell a remarkable American story unlike any other. From 1804 to 1821, as a two-story farmhouse and kitchen outbuilding, the First Hermitage housed future United States President Andrew Jackson and his family. Here, ...

The First Attleborough Towne House

Was erected near here in 1828

the geographic center

of the town at that time

Committee Selectmen

Noah Claflin Elkanah Briggs

Abijah M. Ide Samual Cushman

Ellis Blackington

Uncle Jacob Capron Builder

Marker is at the intersection of Clifton St and West St on ...

In Commemoration of the Secretaries' First Conference

Conducted on this Post July 23-26, 1953

Guest of Honor

Dwight D. Eisenhower

President of the United States

Attended by

Richard M. Nixon

Vice President of the United States

and

One hundred twenty distinguished civilian and military leaders of the Department of Defense and other Executive Departments

Hosts

Charles E. ...

Athens First Settlement - 1797

In the spring of 1797, Rufus Putnam sent eleven “substantial men ... possessing firmness of character, courage, and discretion” to found a settlement on the bank of the Hockhocking River. In 1800 the territorial legislature named the community Athens and ...