Opperman Harness and Saddle Shop

Baxter Springs Historic Walking Tour

J. P. Opperman, a native of France, came to Baxter Springs in 1871 and established the Opperman Harness and Saddle Shop located on this site. The building is still here, but lies beneath the present facade. ...

Christ Church- Philadelphia

Whereas the honorable Continental Congress have resolved to declare the American Colonies to be free and independent states ... it will be proper to omit those petitions from the liturgy wherein the King of Great Britain is prayed for ...

First Division War Memorial

[Inscriptions on the original memorial (1924)]

First Division, United States Army, American Expeditionary Forces, June 1917 - September 1919.

Erected by the memorial association of the First Division and patriotic friends to the memory of the dead of the division ...

Pierce Butler

Signer of the Constitution of the

United States of America

Deputy from South Carolina to

Federal Constitutional Convention

May 25, 1787-September 17, 1787

Erected by the Pennsylvania

Constitution Commemoration

Committee 1937

Marker can be reached from 2nd Street.

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First Light of Freedom

The Freedmen’s Colony of Roanoke Island

[obverse:]First Light of Freedom

Former slaves give thanks by the creek’s edge

at the sight of the island - “If you can cross the

creek to Roanoke Island, you will find ‘safe haven’.”

[rendering of Edwin Forbes' ...

Jacob Broom

In honored memory

of

Jacob Broom, Signer

of

United States Constitution

by the

Delaware State Society, NSDAR,

in

This bicentennial year 1987

Marker can be reached from 2nd Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Freedom Tree

With the vision of universal freedom

for all mankind

this tree is dedicated to

Terry L. Reynolds

and all

Prisoners of War

and

Missing in Action

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Andrew Hamilton

In honor of

Andrew Hamilton

1665 - 1741

"The Philadelphia Lawyer"

Marker can be reached from 2nd Street.

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The Original Eight Bells in this Church

Brought from England in 1754

Proclaimed our Independence

on July 4, 1776

Two bells were added in 1947

in memory of the men from this

the oldest business neighborhood

in the United States of America

who served in World War ...

The Huntington County Courthouse

Erected 1904 - 1906

The Huntington Courthouse Square

Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places

By the U.S. Department of the Interior

September 4, 1992

"Law is the Technique of Justice"

Publius Iuventius Celsus

Marker is on Jefferson St. 0 miles east of ...