Marvin Summers Pittman

1882 - 1954

President of South Georgia Teachers College and Georgia Teachers College

1934-1941 and 1943-1947

A pioneer in developing rural education, President Pittman organized the College to serve the region and state as a comprehensive undergraduate institution. His demonstration teacher training ...

Wagonmaster's House

Richard Williams

Richard Williams was born in Tennessee in 1830, son of Judge Arthur Williams. As a young man, Richard came to Johnson County in the 1850s, employed as a surveyor by the U.S. government. During the 1850s and early 1860s, ...

Coole Springs of Saint Marie’s

Charlotte Hall, Maryland

Waters of exceptional purity and reputed healing quality led to the establishment near here of one of the earliest hospitals in the North American Colonies, authorized by the General Assembly, October 20, 1698.

Marker is on Charlotte Hall Road ...

Frank W. Crilley Building

Frank W. Crilley, Ensign, U.S. Navy, 1888-1947

Frank W. Crilley was born in Trenton, New Jersey on September 13, 1888. Following enlistment in the Navy in March, 1900 he became a gunner's mate and received additional training as a diver. ...

Adams National Historical Park

John Adams

John Quincy Adams

Birthplaces

Marker is on Franklin Street, on the right when traveling south.

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Ringling Brothers Circus

“The Greatest Show on Earth” was born and grew to maturity in Baraboo, just north of here. When the five Ringling brothers gave the first performance of their "Great Double Shows, Circus and Caravan," May 19, 1884, the main tent ...

Columbia Army Air Base / The Doolittle Raiders

Columbia Army Air Base

Built during 1941 as the Lexington County Airport, this airfield became the Columbia Army Air Base shortly after the U.S. entered World War II in December, 1941. The base was used to train crews for

medium bombardment ...

Loudoun County / Maryland

Loudon County.

Area 519 Square Miles. Formed in 1757 from Fairfax, and named for Lord Loudoun, titular governor of Virginia and head of the British forces in America, 1756-1758. Oak Hill, President James Monroe's home, is in this county.

Maryland. Maryland ...

Gettysburg Campaign

Invasion & Retreat

After stunning victories at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, Virginia, early in May 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee carried the war through Maryland, across the Mason and Dixon Line and into Pennsylvania. His infantry marched north through the ...

World War I Memorial

Dedicated to the memory of

our comrades who entered the

service of their country

from Anderson County

and who gave their lives in

the World War

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Dedicated by

W.A. Hudgens Post No. 14,

American Legion

November 11, 1934

Marker is on East Greenville Street (State Highway 81), on the right ...