The British at Crown Point

Following the French retreat from Crown Point in 1759, General Amherst embarked upon an ambitious plan to secure the area for Britain. An elaborate system of fortifications was begun on the Point; at times as many as 3,000 soldiers and ...

The Penobscot Expedition

1779

The largest combined infantry-naval operation undertaken by the American colonists during the Revolution met with disaster along this waterway. Two thousand colonials failed to capture Fort George at Castine with its contingent of 750 British land troops, 3 sloops and ...

Zlo Dobrem Zwyciezaj

Zlo Dobrem Zwyciezaj

This human rights monument of common field stone and steel is built in memory of Father Jerzy Popieluszko who gave his life to God and to the goals of Solidarosc – human rights, justice, peace and freedom for ...

The Battle of South Mountain

In September, 1862, after the second Battle of Manassas, Gen. Robert E. Lee led his victorious Confederates on their first invasion of the North.

At Frederick, Md. he boldly divided his army. Three columns (No. 1) were to surround and ...

The Right Reverend Ernest Eugene Baltimore

1912–1999.

A distinguished clergyman, humanitarian, and civic leader in the community. Bishop Baltimore served as Senior Bishop & General President of the King’s Apostle Holiness Church of God, Inc. He was Pastor of The Baltimore Temple Church for 51 years, 1948 ...

Mann's Battery

Battery C, 1st Missouri Light Artillery - Hurlbut's Division

U.S.

Mann's Battery,

"C" (1st) Mo. Lt. Arty., Hurlbut's (4th) Div.,

Army of the Tennessee.

Three guns of this battery were engaged here from Sunday afternoon April 6, 1862, and remained in position all night.

Marker is ...

LaBranche Buildings

On this site in 1734 stood the residence of François Fleuriau, Attorney General of the Superior Council of the French colony of Louisiana, a native of Rennes in Brittany. This building erected in 1840 as one of a group of ...

Jackson's Brigade

Withers' Division - Bragg's Corps

C. S.

Jackson's (3d) Brigade,

17th Ala., 18th Ala., 19th Ala., 2d Texas,

Withers' (2d) Div., Bragg's Corps,

Army of the Mississippi.

This brigade was engaged here from about 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., April 6, 1862, and then advanced to ...

David Bannister Morgan

On the eight day of January, 1815

David Bannister Morgan

Brigadier General V.S.A.

with 400 militia, held his position, called in the British official reports, “the flanking battery,” and from which, to employ Gen. Jackson’s own words “Jackson could have ...

Marblehead Light

Latitude 42 Degrees 30' 20" N

Longitude 70 Degrees 50' 03" W

[Top Marker]

In July of 1789, Representative Elbridge Gerry, native of Marblehead, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and Vice President of the United States under President James Madison, filed ...