First New Jersey Cavalry

(Front or North Face):Maj. Myron H. Beaumont.

1st Brigade,

2d Cavalry Division

———

July 3, 1863.

———

Erected by the

State of New Jersey

1888

(Left or West Face):Organized in

September 1861,

and served

to the end of

the war.

Participated in

97 engagements

———

Losses

Killed in action 79.

Died of wounds Etc.

170, Died, prisoners

of war, 34. Missing,

supposed ...

Charles Waddell Chesnutt

Charles Waddell Chesnutt was born in Cleveland on June 30, 1858 and died November 15, 1932. He has been called "The pioneer of the color line" and was an author, crusader for racial and social justice, humanitarian, and forerunner of ...

Hancock-Wirt-Caskie House

Built 1808

Once home of William Wirt 1816-1818

lawyer, author, politician

Attorney General of the United States

This Federal Period house

is a superior example of its type

Acquired in 1970 by

The William Byrd Branch of the

Association for the Preservation

of Virginia Antiquities

Marker is at the intersection ...

Major James Gibbon

Here stood the home of

Major James Gibbon

1750 + 1835

A soldier of the Revolution

He led the forlorn hope against

Stony Point for which he received

through Congress the thanks of

a grateful Country

Marker is at the intersection of North 5th Street and Main Street ...

Saratoga 1777

Here Morgan, reluctant to destroy so noble a foe, was forced by patriotic necessity to defeat and slay the gentle and gallant Fraser.

To commemorate the magnanimity of Morgan’s heroic nature and his stern sense of duty to his country, ...

Bank of America

The First National Bank Building was designed by E.L. Norberg and built by G.H. Fields & Co. in 1921.

In January 1927, the bank was purchased by Liberty Bank of San Francisco, which then merged with Bank of America Los Angeles ...

The Parade Ground

The Parade Ground

Few things better symbolize the history and evolution of a New England town than the town green. Set aside as the town "common" in the original 1670 plan of development, Wallingford's town green, or"Parade Ground," is as old ...

Shays Rebellion

Last Battle

of

Shays

Rebellion

was here

Feb. 27,

1787.

Marker is on Sheffield-Egremont Road, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

James Mercer Langston Hughes

One of the most recognized figures of the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri on February 1, 1902 and moved to Cleveland by the time he was in high school. An avid traveler, he credited his years ...

Battery Bailey

During the Civil War, fortifications were constructed around the perimeter of Washington to defend the city from attack by the Confederate Army. Paramount to survival under siege was protection of the city's water supply. Forts Sumner and Mansfield and a ...