Friendship Archway

This friendship archway was erected by the District of Columbia and the Municipality of Beijing, 1986.

Marion Barry, Jr.

Mayor of Washington, D.C.

Chen Xitong

Mayor, Beijing Municipal Government

Marker is on H Street , NW near 7th Street, NW.

Mamre Moravian Church

This one room log church was built in 1861 by German settlers north of Milford near the Crawfish River. In 1874 it was moved one mile east to Highway Q where it was enlarged to serve as a school room ...

Trinity Parish Church

Episcopal

The Church of England was established in Florida during the British occupation (1763-1783). The Reverend John Forbes held services first in the Spanish Bishop's House then on this site. Later, the ancient Spanish church a short distance south on ...

Francis Salvador

Commemorating

Francis Salvador

1747-1776

First Jew in South Carolina to hold public office and to die for American Independence

He came to Charles Town from his native London in 1773 to develop extensive family landholdings in the frontier district of ...

150th New York Infantry

(Plaque):150th

New York Infantry

of

Lockwood's Brigade,

1st Division,

12th Corps.

Charged to this point

on

July 2nd 1863,

about 8 p.m.

and drew off

three abandoned guns

of Bigelow's Battery.

(Back):Monument

on

Culp's Hill

Marker is on United States Avenue, on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

To the Memory of Oscar S. Straus

1850 - Statesman, Author, Diplomat - 1926

This monument was erected by public subscription in accordance with the joint resolution of Congress of December 16, 1927. Signed by President Coolidge March 2, 1929, in memory of

Oscar S. Straus

1850 - 1926

Author

"Origin of ...

Site of First U.S. Branch Mint

The first United States Branch Mint in San Francisco was authorized by Congress July 3, 1852, and opened for operation on April 3, 1854. Dr. L.A. Birdall was the first superintendent: J. Huston, first minter: A. Haraszthy, first assayer.

State ...

St. Augustine First World War Memorial

(Front):The city

of

St. Augustine

Fiel-Y-Firme

Dedicated

to

victory

to

peace

and to

the youth of this

city who served

their country in

the World War

1917 - 1918

(On panels around the memorial):Discovered

1513

by

Ponce de Leon

Founded

Bicentennial of the Spanish Expeditions to the Northwest Coasts

1771–1991

[Upper Marker]:

Pedro de Alberni, Captain of the Catalan Volunteers and Commander of the Spanish Establishment at Santa Cruz de Nootka, 1790-1792.

Offered by the Government of Spain on the occasion of the visit of the Spanish training ship “Juan Sebastian el ...

Ninth Massachusetts Battery

2nd Position

2nd Position

6 p.m.

July 2, 1863.

Ninth Mass. Battery

Capt. Bigelow

"By prolonge retired firing"

from the cross road 400 yds. distant

without infantry support before

Barksdale's Confed. Brigade.

Final stand made across this angle.

Marker is ...