Tombstone Engine Co. No. 1

The devastating fires of 1881 and 1882 brought major changes to the Tombstone Fire Department. A new fire station was completed in 1881, a new Rescue Hook and Ladder Co. was formed, and a new water source was obtained. Thirty ...

Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn at the Foot of Cardiff Hill

(On the left side, when viewed from Main Street): The monument presented to Hannibal

by

Geo. A. Mahan - Ida D. Mahan

and

Dulany Mahan

1925

(On the right side, when viewed from Main Street): Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn at the Foot of Cardiff Hill

Marker ...

Montpelier and Madison's Tomb

Five miles southwest is Montpelier, the home of James Madison, "Father of the American Constitution" and fourth president of the United States, 1809-1817. Near the house is the tomb of Madison, who died at Montpelier on June 28, 1836.

Marker is ...

McDonnell F-4C Phantom

A masterpiece of engineering, the F-4 was originally designed for use aboard Navy aircraft carriers. In 1962 the Air Force adopted a ground attack version of the F-4 after it had easily outperformed its F-106 in head-to-head competition. The F-4 ...

Monument Hill Tomb

In September 1848, the remains of Texans killed in the 1842 Dawson Massacre and the 1843 “Black Bean Death Lottery” were reburied at this site in a sandstone vault. The Kreische family did its best to care for the grave ...

Crossing the Potomac

Off into the Darkness

After assassinating President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth and his accomplice, David A. Herold, fled Washington for Southern Maryland, a hotbed of Confederate sympathizers. Concealed for several days in a pine thicket two ...

Tomb of Washington

Erected 1830-31

Site & materials specified

in

Washington’s Will

Marker can be reached from the intersection of George Washington Memorial Parkway and Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, on the right when traveling south.

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Tom Sawyer’s Fence

Here stood the board fence which Tom Sawyer persuaded his gang to pay him for the privilege of whitewashing.

Tom sat by and saw it was well done.

Marker is on Hill Street.

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Potawatomi Trail of Death

Sangamon Crossing

Forcibly removed from northen Indiana to eastern Kansas, over 800 Potawatomi encamped here, cared for sick, and were allowed to hunt; 2 children and 1 woman died; 39 deaths occurred along the entire route.

Sponsors: Hanson Engineers, Springfield Meyer ...

Tom Crean

Antarctic Explorer

Expeditions to Antarctica

Discovery, 1901-1904

Terra Nova, 1910-1013

Endurance, 1914-1917

In recognition of his invaluable

contribution to these expeditions

and of his many acts of

selfless heroism on behalf

of his companions

The Tom Crean Memorial Garden

Gardens Donated by the Crean Family.

Sculptor Eamonn O'Doherty July 2003

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