"Espyd. a wolf"

"...towards the Evening a many Espyd. a wolf lying a Sleep with the Noise of the Oars Racing he awoke Stood to know what was a comeing..."

Sergeant Joseph Whitehouse

July 7, 1804

The Corps of Discovery, a United States Army expedition lead ...

East Falls Church Station

In August 1940, when this photograph was taken, passenger service on the Washington & Old Dominion was losing money and was being phased out. Passenger service stopped altogether in April 1941, but resumed two years later to support the national ...

Mount Pisgah African Methodist Episcopal Church

"From Bush Arbor to Brick and Mortar"

(Front):

In 1866 soon after the Civil War an interracial Methodist organization was formed. They worshiped under a Bush Arbor near the railroad in South Sumter. After a few years they grew discontented with the ...

East Falls Church

In the 1700s, Falls Church began along two Indian trails and included large farms anchored by an Anglican church. Several taverns and inns served as resting spots for travelers on their way to or from Leesburg, Virginia. By the 1840s, ...

Charles James Munnerlyn / “Refuge”

1822 ~ 1898

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Charles James Munnerlyn 1822 ~ 1898

As a delegate to the Georgia Convention at Milledgeville, he voted for secession. After the start of the Civil War, he volunteered as a private. When his health failed he returned home ...

Dash for Cash

and Jerry Nicodemus

Marker on left side of statue

Dash for Cash

By Rocket Wrangler out of Find a Buyer (TB), Dash for Cash combined speed, athletic ability, conformation, intelligence and a good disposition. Foaled in 1973, the stallion started 25 races finishing ...

Refrigerator

February 23, 1988 - February 19, 1999

The mighty "Fridge" chilled rivals while he embodied greatness and captured hearts. The first to break the $2 million mark in earnings, he won the Champion of Champions (GI) a record three consecutive times. ...

The Work Force

We welcome you to our yard. You are now a member of our army of 25,000 men and women building the ships so urgently needed to carry war supplies to the fighting front.

New England Shipbuilding Corporation, Employee Handbook

With the shipyards ...

Voyages for Victory

Each new ship strikes a blow at the menace to the Nation and for the Liberty of the Free People of the World…

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt

September 27, 1941

At the launching of the first Liberty ship, Patrick Henry from Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard

In ...

Elfego Baca

1865-1945

"I will show the Texans there is at least one Mexican in the county who is not afraid of an American cowboy"

Elfego Baca - 1884

In October 1884, seven drunken cowboys committed horrific acts against two Mexican men in Upper Frisco, ...