Tobey Cemetery

This cemetery, which began with the burial of Mary J. Tobey in 1872, overlooks a stretch of the Lampasas River valley named for Nathaniel Wheeler Tobey (1810-1892). A blacksmith from Connecticut, Tobey settled on several hundred acres here about 1870 ...

Hatcher's Run

Lee's right wing was defended by earthworks on this stream, here and to the east. These works were unsuccessfully attacked by Union forces, February 5-7, 1865. On the morning of April 2, 1865, they were stormed by Union troops.

Marker is ...

Reaching for Equality

Midcity at the Crossroads

For much of the 1900s, inexpensive entertainments lined much of Seventh and Ninth Streets, from D to U Streets. Vaudeville houses, pool halls, record shops and taverns made for a busy night life. And everyone went ...

The Alcazar Hotel

The Alcazar Hotel, opened by Henry Flagler on December 25, 1888, was designed by his architects, Carrere and Hastings. Flagler ordered it built to provide activities for wealthy winter visitors. It was the center of social life for half a ...

Col. Guilford Dudley Bailey

[Panel 1]

Born June 4, 1834, in Martinsburg, New York, this 1856 West Point graduate returned to his alma mater as an instructor following a tour of duty in the west and midwest. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Bailey ...

The Pershing Oak

To honor the memory of

General of the Armies

John J. Pershing

First Commander of the United States First Army

this tree was planted on

the one hundredth anniversary of his birth

13 September 1960

Marker can be reached from ...

Gravel Hill

Following a successful case before the Virginia Court of Appeals in 1777, the slaves of John Pleasants were allowed to follow the dictates of his 1771 will and were freed. His son, Robert Pleasants then gave seventy-eight former slaves 350 ...

Oak Hill Cemetery G.A.R. Monument

In memory of

our heroic dead

G.A.R.

erected - 1912

Marker is at the intersection of Delsea Drive (State Highway 47) and Montrose Terrace, on the right when traveling south on Delsea Drive.

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Gilead Cemetery

Those Resting Here

Who Gave Military Service

In the Revolutionary War

Enoch Crosby • Jos Coldwell • Wm. Colwell, Capt. • Wm. Drew • Seth Foster • John Frost • Jacob Ganong • Reuben Ganong • Caleb Hazen • Caleb ...

Pershing Hall

In honor of

John J. Pershing

General of the Armies

First Commander of

the United States First Army

August 10, 1918

Marker is on Carder Road, on the left when traveling north.

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