Massacre of Wounded Knee

[Front side]:

Dec. 29, 1890, Chief Big Foot, with his Minneconjou and Hunkpapa Sioux Band of 108 warriors, 250 women and children were encamped on this Flat, surrounded by the U.S. 7th Cavalry (470 soldiers) commanded by Col. Forsythe.

The "Messiah ...

1st Massachusetts Infantry

Second Battle of Manassas

August 29, 1862

3:00 p.m.

1st Brigade (Grover), Second Division (Hooker)

Third Corps (Heintzelman),

Army of the Potomac, USA

1st Massachusetts Infantry

Col. Robert Godwin

“Without artillery and without supports, our men advanced. We reached a railroad bank when from the rear of the ...

Pensacola Lighthouse

Construction began 1856, was lit 1859 and is still in use at the present time.

This lighthouse replaced the original lighthouse built 1824, the first lighthouse on the Gulf Coast.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Memorial to Robert Gould Shaw and the Massachusetts 54th Regimen

[On the front of the monument, part of the relief itself]:

Omnia Relinqvit / Servare Rempvblicam

[Underneath the relief]:

Robert Gould Shaw

Colonel of the Fifty Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Infantry

born in Boston 10 October MDCCCXXXVII

Killed while leading the assault on Fort Wagner

South Carolina ...

Great Sacandaga Lake

Great Sacandaga Lake

Created in 1930 as the

Sacandaga Reservoir. Ten

communities were lost or

partially lost to the

rising waters.

Marker is on South Shore Road (County Route 7), on the right when traveling south.

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Massacre of Indians

In 1824, nine Indians were murdered by white men

near this spot. The men were tried, Found guilty and hanged. It was the first execution of white men for killing Indians.

Marker is on State Road 38 E ½ mile ...

Sacred Harp Singing

When Georgians B.F. White and E.J. King compiled the songbook, The Sacred Harp, in 1844, they were continuing a singing tradition, which would ultimately become identified with the book. Thousands of southerners would be exposed to music through the singing ...

Academy of the Sacred Heart

Second oldest institution of learning in Louisiana, opened in 1821 by Mother Audé and Sister Layton, Religious of the Sacred Heart. The Society was brought to America in 1818 by Blessed Philippine Duchesne.

Marker is on Academy Street, on the ...