Barrancas National Cemetery

In 1868, the U.S. Navy Yard Cemetery at the Marine Hospital was transferred to the War Department and designated Barrancas National Cemetery.

Sections 1 thru 12 of the cemetery contain the remains of 1,239 Union Civil War casualties, as well ...

Dorcheat Historical Association Museum, Inc.

Our history will begin with Dorcheat Bayou, the namesake of the organization and the stream that brought European settlement to our area and today ties our parish together. It will trace the story of local life from those years when ...

National Historic Landmark-Lee Chapel, Washington & Lee University

Built in 1867 under his supervision, this Victorian Gothic brick building commemorates the years Robert E. Lee (1807-1870) served as president (1865-1870) of the college, then known as Washington College. Lee is buried in a chapel vault.

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National Historic Landmark - Kenmore

Kenmore was built about 1752 by Fielding Lewis (1725-1782), member of the Virginia House of Burgesses, for his bride Betty, George Washington's sister. The interior plasterwork is rare in 18th-century American houses.

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National Historic Landmark - Stonewall Jackson Headquarters

In the months preceding his famous Shenandoah Valley Campaign (March-June 1862), Confederate Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson (1824-1863) used this Gothic Revival house as his headquarters, where he was joined by his wife, Mary Anna. Jackson's rapid maneuvering in ...

National Historic Landmark-Homestead Jacskon Ward Historic Dist.

This fine 19th century residential neighborhood is significant as the hub of Black professional and entrepreneurial activities in the city and the State. Fraternal organizations, cooperative banks, insurance companies and other commercial and social institutions that figure prominently in that ...

Catholic Charities of Northwest Florida

In 1918, Sister Vincent, Sister Aloysius, and Sister Margaret Mary came to Pensacola to assist Father Hartkoff in ministering to black and Creole families. In 1928, the Bureau of Catholic Charities opened and over the coming decades, the agency expanded ...

National Historic Landmark - Holly-Knoll-Robert R. Moton House

From 1935 until his death, this 2-1/2 story Georgian Revival structure was the residence of Robert Russa Moton (1867-1940), influential Black educator. Moton began his career in education at Hampton Institute, from which he had graduated in 1890. In 1915, ...

National Historic Landmark - Hanover County Courthouse

This Georgian courthouse has been used continuously since its completion around 1735. It was here that, in 1763, Patrick Henry argued and won THE PARSON'S CAUSE, a case involving religious liberty in the Colony.

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National Historic Landmark - Hampton Institute

Founded by the American Missionary Association to train selected young Black men and women to "teach and lead their people, first by example...." Hampton Normal and Industrial Institute opened in April 1868 with 2 teachers and 15 students; today, it ...