RAF Burtonwood

Dedicated to all American and British personnel who served at RAF Burtonwood, Warrington, England at any time from its opening in 1940 to its closing in 1993.

Burtonwood supported United States Army Air Forces in Europe 1942-1946, the Berlin Airlift 1948-1949, ...

North Point Beachhead

At 3 a.m. on September 12, 1814, British began landing troops and supplies here from ships anchored in Old Road Bay. By 6:30 a.m., columns formed on Long Log Lane (now Old North Point Road) when bugles sounded at 7 ...

Carter G. Woodson Birthplace

New Canton, Virginia

North of this sign is the birthplace of Dr. Carter G. Woodson. Dr. Woodson was born December 19, 1875, to former slaves, James Henry and Eliza Ann Riddle Woodson. Young carter left Buckingham to work in West Virginia ...

McGraw's Battery - Pegram's Battalion

Artillery Reserve - Hill's Corps

Army of Northern Virginia

Hill's Corps Artillery Reserve

Pegram's Battalion McGraw's Battery

The Purcell Artillery

Four Napoleons

July 1 In position south of the Chambersburg pike on the ridge west of Herr's Tavern and actively engaged.

July 2 Early in the morning ...

Crescent Farm Rock Barn

The Crescent Farm Rock Barn was constructed in 1906 by Augustus (Gus) Lee Coggins. One of a rare number of rock barns constructed in Georgia, the Rock Barn, together with the nearby Georgian Revival style main house, constitutes the core ...

Campbell University

Baptist. Founded in 1887 by James A. Campbell as Buie's Creek Academy. A university since 1979.

Marker is at the intersection of East Cornelius Harnett Boulevard (U.S. 421) and Harmon Road, on the right when traveling west on East Cornelius Harnett ...

Lynchburg Civil War Hospitals

Knight and Miller Tobacco Factories

These tobacco factories, built in 1845, were typical of the nineteen in Lynchburg converted into hospitals during the Civil War. Surgeon J.K. Page supervised Knight’s and Miller’s as divisions of General Hospital No. 2.

The Thirty-two hospitals ...

Commodore Joshua Barney

1759–1818

Born in Baltimore, Barney at an early age moved with his family to a nearby farm on Bear Creek in the Patapsco Neck section of the County. When only 12 he went to sea.

In the War for Independence he ...

North Point Battlefield

Where on September 12, 1814 the defenders of Baltimore under General John Stricker met the advancing British Army of 7000 under General Robert Rose, who was killed early in the engagement.

Marker is on Old North Point Road 0.1 miles south ...

Lindbergh's Solo Flight

May 1923

The "Lone Eagle" first flew solo in early May, 1923 from Souther Field. Charles Lindbergh had come to Americus to purchase a surplus aircraft from the World War I training center. He chose a Curtiss JN4 "Jenny." He got ...