Navajo Code Talkers

United States Marine Corps - World War II

"Were it not for the Navajos, the Marines would never have taken Iwo Jima"

Major Howard Connor, USMC 5th Marine Division

Signal Officer

In recognition of the Navajo Code Talkers who

distinguished themselves in developing ...

Site of Widow White’s Tavern

Here on December 13, 1776, Major General Charles Lee, second in command to General Washington in the Continental Army, was taken prisoner by a British Patrol.

Marker is at the intersection of South Finley Avenue and Colonial Drive, on the right ...

Orangeburg County

(Left text)

Parish House

Built in the 1830's it is thought to be the oldest of the plantation summer homes in the area. Acquired by the Church of the Epiphany across the street, it was used for various church activities. Now it ...

New Hampshire Troops

1777 1927

A memorial

commemorating the record

of the

New Hampshire troops

under the command

of

John Stark

in

this import

and

decisive engagement

August 16, 1777

Marker can be reached from New York Route 67, on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Confederate Line

You are now standing beside the Sunken Road, part of a heavily used 19th-century road system that linked Washington, D.C. and Richmond. In 1862, Confederate riflemen fired from the road upon line after line of Union troops advancing across open ...

All Shapes, Sizes and Materials

Aids to Navigation

Primary seacoast lights were located to warn mariners of their proximity to land, the presence of navigational dangers, and to help set their course. By 1852, however, lighthouses and lightships often looked so much alike that it ...

Franklin Grade School and Playground

On this site stood the original

Franklin Grade School and Playground

1907

This bench is made from a marble

window ledge from the 2 story brick

Franklin School House

Marker is on 5th Street near Broadway Street (Business U.S. 69), on the right when traveling east. ...

Lower Lake Stone Jail

Built in 1876 at the height of the quicksilver mining boom, the Lower Lake stone jail was a response to rapid town growth and the urgent need for civil order. Stephen Nicolai, one of the first stone masons in Lower ...

Bethel Soldier’s Memorial

[ north face ]

In Memory

Of The

Soldiers & Sailors

Of Bethel

Who Gave Their Lives

In Defense Of The Union

1861 1865

[ south face ]

Albert Woodruff 2nd Conn. Art.

Adam Grimm 7th Conn.

James Smith 7th Conn.

Wm. H. Smith ...

Patriots of Vermont

In grateful memory

of the

Patriots of Vermont

and their fellow patriots from

the neighboring states

who here fought for American

independence under the command

of

General John Stark

and

Colonel Seth Warner

August 16, 1777

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Erected on behalf of

the State of Vermont

by

the Vermont Historical Society

August MDCCCCXXXI

Marker can be reached from New ...