Free African Society

Established in 1787 under the leadership of Richard Allen and Absalom Jones, this organization fostered identity, leadership, and unity among Blacks and became the forerunner of the first Afican-American churches in this city.

Marker is on South 6th Street, on ...

John Porter McCown

Born 1/4 mi.SE, Aug. 19 1815. Graduate USMA, 1840. Brevetted captain at Cerro Gordo, Mexican War. Resigned 1861 for the Confederacy; rose to rank of major general. Commanded at New Madrid, Madrid Bend, Island No. 10 and later East Tenn. ...

Los Floridanos

Florida's First European Families 1565-1763

"Los Floridanos" referred to the children born to the Spanish settlers of St. Augustine during the First Spanish Period (1565-1763). Translated it means "The Floridians" and record of this title can be found in many Spanish ...

Enslaved Africans in the Household of George and Martha Washingt

At various times during Washington's stay in Philadelphia, nine enslaved Africans were known to have lived and worked here at the President's House. They were dynamic participants in the daily life of the presidential household and the surrounding city. Painstaking ...

First Land Granted in Calhoun County Area

George Sterling was granted 570 acres of land here on March 14, 1704. During the lifetime of his daughter, Mary Sterling Heatly Russell, the plantation was a stopping place for Indians and travelers on the Cherokee Path. The Rev. John ...

Hamlin Garland

Gifted author of this region, Hamlin Garland was born at West Salem September 14, 1860, and died March 4, 1940. His ashes rest in the Garland family plot in Neshonoc cemetery, heart of the Coulee Country immortalized in his books, ...

Black Soldiers of the 1st Rhode Island Regiment

In Memory of The

Black Soldiers of The

1st Rhode Island Regiment

Who Died In The

Battle of Pines Bridge

In Defense of America's

Freedom

May 13, 1781

Sponsored By

Afro-American Cultural Foundation

Westchester County, New York

John H. Harmon – Executive Director

The Rhode Island Black

Heritage Society

Rowena Stewart - Executive Director

Dedicated ...

Joseph W. Jordan

Dedicated

to the

Memory Of

Lorton Little Leaguer

Joseph W. Jordan

* 1999 All Star *

Marker can be reached from Dutchman Drive.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Elmwood Cemetery Confederate Soldiers

J Baker • Samuel Hill • J C Schroeder

William Barefoot • W D Hutto • Sindal

Joseph Burns • R Johnson • A Smith

F Butler • P P Killebrew • J Smith

R Campbell • D F McFarland • Scott Nimrod ...

Mission Nuestra Señora Dolorosísima de la Soledad

This mission, founded October 9,1791 by Father Fermín Francisco de Lasuén, ministered to the Indians of the Salinas Valley. Governor José Joaquín de Arrillaga died here July 24, 1814 and was buried in the chapel. Prosperous in its early years, ...