Prince Williams Baptist Church

Previously a branch of nearby Coosawhatchie

Baptist Church (now Beech Branch), this

church was constituted as a seperate church

in 1813 and takes its name from the parish in

which it was located. Espousing Primitive

Baptist principals, the church broke with the

Savannah ...

Battle of North Point

1814

Who Dies for Country, doth not yield

To death’s uncompromising sway

He soars Immortal from the field

And dwells untouched by time’s decay

Wm. M. Marine

This one-acre of the North Point Battlefield was set aside in 1839 to commemorate those who risked and ...

John C. Hutchinson Building

In 1856 John C. Hutchinson purchased 160 acres of land about one mile south of the Village. There was a limestone quarry on this land and lime was being produced from its lime kiln. In 1884 Mr. Hutchinson built this ...

The Battle of the Crooked Billet

The Battle of the Crooked Billet

was fought around this spot

May 1, 1778.

General John Lacey's Command of 400 Officers

and men stationed at The Crooked Billet (now

Hatboro) were attacked by a detachment of

800 men of British ...

Campbell House

Circa 1890

Adult home of James Archibald Campbell (1862-1934), founder of present day Campbell University, and Cornelia Frances Pearson Campbell (1865-1963). Birthplace of Leslie Hartwell Campbell (1892-1970), second president of the school founded by his father, and A. Carlyle Campbell (1894-1977), ...

Congress – Cumberland

Give Them a Broadside Boys, as She Goes

In this section of the James River directly in front of you lies the remains of the USS Cumberland. At this location and along the shore to your left were the Union batteries ...

Silver Bluff Baptist Church

[Front]:

This church, one of the first black Baptist churches in America, grew out of regular worship services held as early as the 1750s at "Silver Bluff," the plantation of Indian trader George Galphin. At first a non-denominational congregation with ...

Albert Gallatin

Secretary of the Treasury

Genius of Finance

Senator and Representative

Commissioner for the Treaty of Ghent

Minister to France and Great Britain

And Steadfast

Champion of Democracy

1761–1849

Marker is at the intersection of Pennsylvannia Avenue and 15th Street, on ...

Rancho La Brea - Captain G. Allan Hancock

Panel 1:

Rancho La Brea

has been designated a

National

Natural Landmark

This site possesses exceptional value

as an illustration of the nation's natural

heritage and contributes to a better

understanding of man's environment.

1963

National Park Service

United ...

Francis Scott Key Memorial Bridge

To the northwest, across the Patapsco, is Fort McHenry, which British Naval Forces bombarded September 13-14, 1814. Detained on a cartel boat, Francis Scott Key waw through a spyglass that the star-spangled banner yet waved in the dawn’s early light ...