Yorktown World War II Monument

In Memory

Of Those Who Gave

Their Lives

And

In Honor

Of Those Who Served

In World War II

1952

Marker is at the intersection of Underhill Avenue (New York Route 131) and Saw Mill River Road (New York Route 118), on the right when traveling north on ...

Barony of Arizola

Home of the "Baron of Arizona"

James Addison Peralta Reavis was a brazen forger who claimed over 12 million acres of Central Arizona and Western New Mexico as an Old Spanish Land grant. He and his family lived here in royal ...

Confederate Battery

In 1861, Confederate battery positions on Jekyll Island were equipped with one 42-pounder gun and four 32-pounder navy guns en barbette, each having about 60 rounds of shot and shell. Casemates, hot shot furnace and magazines are recorded, also. Of ...

Washington’s Route from Princeton to Morristown

By this route

Washington

with his army

retired to Morristown

after his victory

at Princeton

January – 1777

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Erected by the

D-A-R

Marker is at the intersection of N Maple Avenue and Madisonville Road, on the right when traveling north on N Maple Avenue.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Yorktown Korean and Vietnam Wars Monument

Dedicated To

The Men of Yorktown

Who Served

With

Honor And Courage

In The

Korean and Vietnam Wars.

To Those Who Gave Their Lives,

We Are Particularly Indebted

For Their Supreme Sacrifice,

And Establish This Memorial

In Tribute

November 11, 1968

Marker is at the intersection of Underhill Avenue (New York ...

Scribner High School

In 1880, an 1822 school building on this site became Scribner High School for African-American students, under an 1869 Indiana law mandating public education for African-American children and allowing segregated schools. Modern facility completed and state commissioned 1907. Closed 1952 ...

You Had to Wear a Tie

City within a City

You are standing on Washington’s historic Black Broadway–the heart of African American life in Washington, D.C. from about 1900 to the 1950s. Duke Ellington, its most famous native son, grew up, was inspired, trained, and played his ...

Yorktown World War I Monument

In Honor Of

The Men of Yorktown

Who Rendered Service In

The World War

1917 – 1919

David E. Ackerman • John F. Anders • Harry E. Anderson • J. Colridge Archer • William M. Archer • Jesse W. Barger • Harrison S. Barnes • ...

Fort Stanton

Civil War Defenses of Washington

Earthworks of Fort Stanton are visible in the wooded area 200 yards in front of you.

Diagram:

Fort Stanton from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers drawing.

Fort Stanton was named for Secretary of War Edwin ...

Washington’s Route from Princeton to Morristown

By this route

Washington

with his army

retired to Morristown

after his victory

at Princeton

January – 1777

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Erected by the

D-A-R

Marker is on Morristown Road (U.S. 202), on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org