Point Lookout Prison

This memorial plaza is to honor the sacrifices of the 52,264 Confederate soldiers, sailors and civilians imprisoned near here during the War Between the States. Point Lookout prison camp was established immediately following the Battle of Gettysburg and was operated ...

Site Of Wesley Park's Home

On this site stood the log home of Wesley Park, co-founder with John Howe of the City of Auburn in 1836.

Park's cabin was an important social and government

center, serving as a tavern, resting place, and courthouse for early settlers and ...

Deacon Larkin House

This 1790s Georgian residence was built for Deacon John Larkin, a patriot best remembered for his role in Paul Revere's legendary midnight ride. It was Larkin's horse that carried Revere out to Lexington and Concord to warn the Committee of ...

Lawrence Lafayette Richardson, M.D.

July 23, 1867 - August 9, 1958

Physician 64 Years.

Mayor of Simpsonville 38 Years:

1917 • 1923 • 1928 • 1958;

Chairman Simpsonville School Board 20 Years

Marker is at the intersection of North Main Street and West College Street, on the right when ...

Grant's March Thru Louisiana

Grant's March Map included

Winter Quarters

(Picture included)

Winter Quarters, the country home of Haller and Julia

Nutt, is the only plantation home along Lake St. Joseph

that survived the Vicksburg campaign. The Nutts were

Union sympathizers who offered hospitality to Union

soldiers at Winter ...

Marine Railway Gears

Gift: Gorman A. Buckler CMM74.521

Set of cast iron gears formerly used to operate the marine railway at M.M. Davis and Son shipyard on Mill Creek, Solomons, Maryland: The gears were originally powered by steam and later converted to electricity. A ...

Battle for the Mississippi: The Vicksburg Campaign

The fall of New Orleans in April1862,

capped the beginning of an 18-month drive

to control Vicksburg and the Mississippi River.

The fight for this strategic location was arduous.

Vicksburg, sitting high atop bluffs, was protected

by artillery and a maze ...

Soldiers' Memorial Fountain

This monument depicting a Union Soldier was erected in 1891 by Charles Strahan, a former Confederate who relocated to Martha's Vineyard after the Civil War. Due to lingering bitterness over the conflict, local Union veterans first excluded him from their ...

Pierre Paul Riquet

(1604 ou 1609 – 1680)

Biterrois, constructeur du Canal due Midi, il trouve la solution permettant d’unir par un canal l’Ocean a la Mediterranee.

En 1667, il entreprend les travaux qu’il financera lui meme.

Chantier grandiose représentant 15 ans travail et 12000 ouvriers ...

Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park

During a volcanic eruption, we are reminded that our planet is an ever-changing environment whose basic processes are beyond human control. As much as we have altered the face of the Earth to suit our needs, we can only stand ...