Lewis Randolph Ball

February 15, 1913 – February 2, 1987

Dedicated to the memory of a man who for sixty years worked in Burgess Barber Shop and downtown Fredericksburg. During those years he warmed the hearts of this community with his friendship, ever present ...

Old Hickory Highway

Old Hickory Highway

Erected in loving

Memory of those

Who served in

The World War

Marker is on East Edenton Street west of North Wilmington Street, on the left when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

New Inverness

To the

Highlanders of Scotland

who founded New Inverness in 1736 AD

Their valor defended the struggling colony

from - the - Spanish - invasion

Their ideals traditions and culture

enriched

the land of their adoption

Marker is at the intersection of Ocean Highway (U.S. 17) and Adams ...

Colonel Nelson Tift

Nelson Tift, founder of the City of Albany, was born at Groton, Conn., July 23, 1810. In 1833 he established a mercantile business in Augusta, Georgia. After a sojourn in Hawkinsville he moved to Albany, then in Baker County, in ...

Masonic Heroes of the Alamo

Honoring these Masons

James Bonham

James Bowie

David Crockett

Almaron Dickenson

William Barret Travis

and those unidentified Masons

who gave their lives in the

Battle of the Alamo, March 6, 1836.

Erected March 6, 1976

Marker is on Alamo Plaza, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Kenmore

Four blocks west stands Kenmore, built in 1775 by Col. Fielding Lewis for his wife, Betty, sister of George Washington. Near here, between Kenmore and the Rappahannock River, stood Lewis’s warehouses and docks. Kenmore’s intricate plasterwork is the finest in ...

Harrison Ludington Farm

In 1870 Harrison Ludington, three-term Milwaukee mayor and governor of Wisconsin, purchased 100 acres here and established an exemplary farm where he worked to improve the quality of the state’s livestock. In 1881 he built this large “Gentleman’s Farmhouse” for ...

Presidents North Carolina Gave The Nation

1795 - 1849

James Knox Polk

of Mecklenburg County

President 1845 - 1849

He enlarged our national boundaries

1767 - 1845

Andrew Jackson

of Union County

President 1829 - 1837

He revitalized American Democracy

1808 - 1875

Andrew Johnson

of Wake County

President 1865 - 1869

He defended the Constitution

Marker can be reached from ...

The Federal Attack on Hood’s Corps

May 25, 1864. Brig. Gen. J.W. Geary’s (2d) div. 20th A.C. [US], deployed in dense woods, N.W., advanced toward this ridge at New Hope Ch. -- (5 p.m.) - supported on his right by Williams’ (1st) & on his left ...

Washington Navy Yard: Maker of Weapons

Tour of Duty: Barracks Row Heritage Trail

The white brick wall in front of you marks the original northern boundary of the Navy Yard. The yard grew from its original 12 acres to 128 acres at its peak in 1962. In ...