Archer Florida

When Europeans first arrived in this area in the 16th century, the inhabitants were Timucuan Indians. In 1774, traveling botanist William Bartram visited Seminole Indians nearby. In the 1850s a town called Deer Hammock was established here, probably in anticipation ...

National Historic Landmark – Red Bank Battlefield

National Historic Landmark - Red Bank Battlefield

On October 22, 1777, Fort Mercer, an earthen fort erected to guard the river approach to Philadelphia, was successfully defended by Americans in the Battle of the Red Bank.

Their victory delayed the opening of ...

National Historic Landmark - Princeton Battlefield

National Historic Landmark - Princeton Battlefield

The battle that began at sunrise on January 3, 1777, on a field outside Princeton ended when British troops who were barricaded in Nassau Hall surrendered.

Washington's victory here helped raise the morale of the colonists ...

National Historic Landmark - Monmouth Battlefield

National Historic Landmark - Monmouth Battlefield

This Landmark commemorates The Battle of Monmouth, June 28, 1778.

This was a pivotal engagement of the Revolutionary War, since it marked the combat debut of the improved Continental Army, tempered by a long winter of ...

National Historic Landmark - Francis Hopkinson House

National Historic Landmark - Francis Hopkinson House

From 1774 until his death, this brick house was the residence of Francis Hopkinson (1737-1791), a signer of the Declaration of Independence, lawyer, author, and composer.

National Historic Landmark - Hadrosaurus Foulkii Leidy Site

National Historic Landmark - Hadrosaurus Foulkii Leidy Site

Discovered by William Parker Foulke in October 1858, Hadrosaurus foulkii Leidy was the first relatively complete dinosaur skeleton found in North America, and, in fact, anywhere in the world.

Realizing the spectacular nature of ...

National Historic Landmark - Great Falls of the Passaic Society

National Historic Landmark - Great Falls of the Passaic Society for Useful Manufacturing HD

Developed by Alexander Hamilton and Pierre Charles L'Enfant, the Great Falls district is the site of the first attempt in the United States to harness the entire ...

National Historic Landmark- Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co

National Historic Landmark - Great Atlantic And Pacific Tea Company Warehouse

From its beginnings in 1859 as a leather and tea importing business in New York to its position as the nation's largest retailer by the mid-20th century, A&P outstandingly ...

National Historic Landmark - T. Thomas Fortune House

National Historic Landmark - T. Thomas Fortune House

From 1901 to 1915, this was the home of T. Thomas Fortune, the crusading Black journalist, who articulated the cause of Black rights in his newspapers at the turn of the 20th century.

National Historic Landmark- Fort Hancock and Sandy Hook

National Historic Landmark - Fort Hancock and Sandy Hook Proving Ground Historic District

Fort Hancock and Sandy Hook Proving Ground Historic District reflects the history of a vital defense installation guarding New York City and its harbor from 1895 to ...