Memorial to the Soldiers and Patriots of the Revolution

This tablet is erected by the Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution as a memorial to the soldiers and patriots of the Revolution who suffered in this building as prisoners of war during the occupation of Philadelphia by the British Army, 1777 - 1778. and also to commemorate the ...

Schooner Lucerne

Historic Shipwreck

Type; Wooden Schooner, three-masted

Built: 1873, Parsons & Humble, Tonawanda, N.Y.

Sank: November 17, 1886

Length: 195’ Beam: 34’

Cargo: Grain, coal, and iron ore

Depth: 20’

Lives Lost: 9

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places

About 200 yards off Long Island, in 20 feet ...

Shoot Tree to Tree

Ben Hollingsworth and myself took right up the side of the mountain, and fought our way from tree to tree, up to the summit. I recollect I stood behind one tree and fired until the bark was nearly all knocked ...

Major John Mac Bride / Seán Mac Giolla Bríde

IgCuimhne ar an maor

Seán Mac Giolla Bríde

Major John Mac Bride

Vice-Commandant

Irish Republican Army,

Major in the Army of the South

African Republic,

Organizer of the Transvaal

Irish Brigade,

who died for Ireland

5th May, 1916.

Go nDéana dia trócaire ar a anam.

Marker is on South Mall (National Road ...

Champe Rocks

Near Champe Rocks is the home and grave of Sergeant John Champe who was sent by General Washington and Major Lee to kidnap Benedict Arnold, the traitor, from within the British lines. The daring plot almost succeeded.

Marker is on West ...

The Gathering Storm

Atop this knoll Confederate General D. H. Hill had an unobstructed view to the crest of Malvern Hill. In the distance stood the West farm house and fields where Union batteries waited to dispute any Southern advance. By early afternoon ...

Milton Fire Department, Inc.

Like many local communities, Milton was plagued by numerous destructive fires during the 19th century. By the 1890s, citizens were calling for the establishment of a fire department to protect the town and surrounding area. The effort was ultimately successful, ...

Artillery’s Terrible Effect

Malvern Hill is barely 900 yards wide here at its narrow crest, leaving room for only a small number of the nearly 200 cannon available to the Union army on July 1. The defenders placed between two and three dozen ...

Site of Old Tavern of Greenfield

Site of Old Tavern Of Greenfield

1792 – 1812

At the Sign of The Black Horse

Here Rufus Putnam, Tallyrand,

Don Juadenes, Rufus King,

Joel Barlow and Tapping Reeve

Were Guests

Marker is on Meeting House Lane 0.1 miles west of Hillside Road, on the ...

Remembering Sacrifices - in Stone

"...around the spot where the monument was erected...to the best recollection 113 of our regiment were killed and wounded...it is hoped that the monument will remain standing as a memorial to the gallant and patriotic men of General Hazen's brigade ...