Grandeur for the People

Make No Little Plans

The National Archives, keeper of the nation's founding documents and most important federal government records, occupies this important spot halfway between the Capitol and the White House. Before the Archives building was constructed, federal records were ...

Equal Justice Under the Law

Make No Little Plans

The roots of America's top law enforcement agency, the Department of Justice, reach back to 1789. That year the first Congress created the Office of the Attorney General to prosecute lawsuits in the Supreme Court and ...

Texas Volunteers

New Mexico Campaign

This monument honors and perpetuates the memory of the brave Texas citizen volunteers who offered their lives and fortunes in the defense of the Confederate states of America during the war for southern independence throughout the New Mexico ...

Hotel Pinehurst

Constructed in 1914, the Hotel Pinehurst was owned and operated by T.B. Horton until 1939. The hotel included over 100 rooms, a grand lobby and entranceway, and a number of dining rooms, offices, and stores. The Arabian Theater was added ...

The Lowcountry Seaman’s Memorial

The Lowcountry Seaman’s Memorial

In memory of those who lost their lives while working the coastal waters of South Carolina.

Dedicated to Chet Anderson (1965 ~ 1999) “No man has greater love than he who lays down his life for ...

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park is situated on granite hills covered with conifer and hardwood forests and streams. The 2,884-acre park is located northwest of downtown Atlanta. The park preserves a Civil War battleground of the Atlanta Campaign, during which ...

This Tablet Commemorates the First Visit of

Abraham Lincoln

This tablet

commemorates the first visit of

Abraham Lincoln

who arrived at this point

on Feb. 14, 1861 remain-

ing in Pittsburgh a few hours

enroute to Washington for

his inauguration.

Marker is at the intersection of Federal Street and South Commons, on the right when traveling ...

Ship Island Lighthouses-GINS

From 1853 to 1972, the United States built two lighthouses on Ship Island to protect vessels from running aground in shallow waters and to guide ships through the Ship Island Pass.

Ship Island became United States territory in 1810 after ...

West Ship Island

Situated twelve miles South of the Mississippi mainland, West Ship Island is a barrier island with evidence of thousands of years of human contact. After Native Americans, European colonists coveted Ship Island as the only deep-water harbor in the Mississippi ...

West Ship Island

Situated twelve miles South of the Mississippi mainland, West Ship Island is a barrier island with evidence of thousands of years of human contact. After Native Americans, European colonists coveted Ship Island as the only deep-water harbor in the Mississippi ...