1888 Cannon Falls Fire Hall

This property has been

placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Marker is on West Mill Street east of 3rd Street North, on the left when traveling east.

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Number 1 Gun

I Spoke For Your Freedom

I represent all the 105-Millimeter Howitzers

that between 1941 and 1945 bombarded the

enemy and defended U.S. forces in

North Africa, Italy, France, Germany,

and on the Pacific Islands;

I also commemorate the thousands of

men and women who served in World ...

General Stephen Moylan

American Patriot

1734 ----1811

Erected by

Stephen Moylan General Assembly

Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus

Woodhaven, N.Y.

Marker can be reached from 4th Street.

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Home of Doctor John Lining

Who made the first systematic weather observations with instruments in America January 1738-February 1753

In this building, which probably ante-dates the year 1715...Dr. Lining lived...made observations of the weather...and may have conducted his apothecary shop...It is certain that is has ...

Commodore John Barry

1745 - 1803

Father of the American Navy

Marker can be reached from 4th Street.

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War Comes to Breton Bay

Tudor Hall

In 1812, our young Nation went to war against what was then the mightiest sea power on earth - Great Britain. It has been suggested that what Americans call the War of 1812 was instead the "American Theater" of ...

Don Juan Bautista Bernabeu

Commander / of the Royal American Order / of Isabella, the Catholic / Assistant Quarter-Master of the Navy / and Consul General of Spain / in the U.S.A. / He was born in Alicante in MDCCLXXI / and died in ...

Church of the Atonement, 1875

St. Thomas' Episcopal Parish

Here a "Carpenter Gothic" church was consecrate July 1875 by Bishop William Pinkney of Maryland. Built on land purchased by Enoch Pratt, formerly Thomas F. Bowie's estate "Cheltenham" and William Talbert's "Finches Discovery". Bell tower constructed in ...

Town Spring

On July 2, 1855, Charles Crook sold forty acres of land to the Putnam County Court for $100. An uncovered spring, located approximately fifty feet northwest of the marker, became known as "The Town Spring" and was the determining factor ...

Anchor and Chain

"The rebels have a chain across the river about one mile above Columbus. It is sustained by flats, at intervals, chain passing through steeples placed about the water's edge, the chain passing under the boats."

- Report from Union spy to ...