Birthplace of John McIntosh Kell

Laurel Grove, at the end of this avenue, was the birthplace of John McIntosh Kell, 1823-1900, distinguished Naval officer. He was a member of the expedition of Commodore Matthew C. Perry to Japan in 1853, and was Master of the ...

Delta Tau Delta Birthplace

In this house, 8 Bethany College Students - William Cunningham, John Johnson, Alexander Earle, Richard Alfred, Eugene Tarr, Henry Bell, John Hunt and Jacob Lowe - Met in 1858 and founded Delta Tau Delta. This social fraternity soon spread across ...

Robert Johnson Birthplace

Robert Johnson born Hazelhurst, Mississippi May 8, 1911 Copiah County

Robert Johnson recording career left an enormous legacy to American music. The body of his work is considered to be the most powerful of its kind.

His music struck a chord ...

Birthplace of Jaroslav Heyrovský

In Czech:

V tomto dom? se 20. prosince 1890 narodil academik Jaroslav Heyrovský. Nositel nobelovy ceny za chemii.

Translated, the marker reads: In this house was born on December 20, 1890 the academic Jaroslav Heyrovský. Holder of the Nobel Prize ...

The Birthplace of Freemasonry in West Texas

A.D. 1848 - A.D. 1948

This plaque was dedicated January 15, 1948, by Alamo Lodge No. 44 A.F.&A.M. commemorating the one hundredth anniversary of the chartering of the lodge and honoring those pioneer masons of that era, who founded the lodge ...

This Is the Birthplace of Susan Koerner Wright

Hillsboro, Loudoun County, Virginia. This is the birthplace of Susan Koerner Wright, April 30, 1831–July 4, 1889, mother of Wilbur and Orville Wright, inventors of the airplane.

A notable woman who largely guided and wisely inspired her sons to their immortal ...

Birthplace of Flag Day

Here at Stony Hill School, Bernard J. Cigrand, 19 year old teacher and his students held the first recognized observance of “Flag Birth Day” on June 14, 1885, with a flag ten inches high, carrying 38 stars, standing in a ...

Wythe’s Birthplace

Eight miles north George Wythe, Revolutionary Leader and signer of the Declaration of Independence, was born, 1726.

Marker is at the intersection of LaSalle Avenue (Virginia Route 167) and Kecoughtan Road, on the right when traveling south on LaSalle Avenue.

Courtesy ...

Birthplace of Calhoun

On this land settled by his father Patrick Calhoun in the 1750s, defended against the Indians in the Cherokee War and the enemies of liberty in the American Revolution, John Caldwell Calhoun, American statesman and champion of the old South, ...

State’s Birthplace

West Virginia was organized in 1861 at Washington Hall, 12th and Market streets. The Linsly Institute Building, Eoff and 15th streets, was the first Capitol. From 1875 to 1885, the Capitol was in the County-City Building.

Marker is on National Road ...