Group Effort

Before airplanes and missiles, the United States defended itself with fortifications along its coast and harbors.

In this harbor a system of forts stood ready to protect New York; nearly a dozen were built before the War of 1812. Cannons ...

Jasper County Veterans Memorial

In honor

of all

who served

our country

in the

Armed Forces

from

Jasper County

Marker is at the intersection of Washington Street (U.S. 231) and Van Rensselaer Street, on the left when traveling west on Washington Street.

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James Frederick Hanley

Side A:

Born February 17, 1892 in Rensselaer; became part of New York Tin Pan Alley music scene. Wrote for Broadway musicals such hits as "Second Hand Rose" (Grant Clarke, lyrics) for Fanny Brice (1921 Ziegfeld Follies) and "Zing! Went the ...

The Governor’s House

Designated Landmark New York City

Erected as a home for the British Colonial governors in pre-Revolutionary New York, this Georgian style residence is one of the very few 18th-century mansions to have survived in the City. It is thought to ...

Trinity United Methodist Church

Originally called Iroquois Mission was

the first religious organization in

Jasper County

Established

October 22, 1833

Marker is at the intersection of Cullen Street (Indiana Route 114) and Angelica Street, on the right when traveling north on Cullen Street.

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Memorial Park

(Flat Iron)

In honor of all veterans

who served our country.

Marker is at the intersection of McKinley Avenue (U.S. 231) and Franklin Street, on the right when traveling north on McKinley Avenue.

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Site of Colonial Shipyard

Approximately 300 yards northeast of this marker there was located in colonial days a shipyard where at least one vessel capable of engaging in overseas trade was built.

The creek on which it stood is known as Shipyard Creek. The ...

Two Parks, One Mountain

Kings Mountain National Military Park

The sacrifices and significance of what happened on this mountaintop echo loudly through two centuries of American history. Five times-in 1815, 1855, 1880, 1909, and 1930-great crowds of Americans from far and wide have gathered here ...

Retreat?

The Battle of Monmouth 28 June 1778

On this hill, an angry George Washington, Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Armies, met his second-in-command, Major-General Charles Lee, and demanded “What is all this? What all that confusion was for, and retreat?”

Washington had sent ...

Saint John's Episcopal Church

(Front):

Organized in 1839 and named for St. John's, Berkeley Parish, this was the third Episcopal church established north of Columbia. The Rev. Josiah Obear became its first rector in 1841, serving 1841-49 and 1875-82. The first sanctuary, a wood-frame building, ...