Battle of Normanskill

Fought north of the creek

Schenectady Militia with

40 Rhode Island troops

dispersed large group of

Tories on August 11, 1777

Marker is on New York Route 146 0.1 miles east of Ostrander Road, on the right when traveling ...

Dei Gratia

1797 1897

Dei Gratia

This tablet commemorates the completion of a century during which these grounds have been sacred to the memory of the dead. The grave stones preserved with reverent care in the crypt beneath the Center Church, are all that ...

National Historic Landmark - Grove Street Cemetery

Grove Street Cemetery

Has Been Designated A

National Historic Landmark

This Site Possesses National Significance

In Commemorating the History of The

United States of America

Known as the New Haven Burial Ground, this landmark represents a milestone in the development of a cemetery as a distinct ...

Fort Gibson: Oyster Banks to Batteries

The earliest fort on this site was built in 1794. Great Britain’s navy had been seizing American merchant ships and forcing their sailors into service on British vessels. Congress decided that the nation’s most important harbors should be defended in ...

Fort Gibson: Ammunition to Immigration

In the decades following the War of 1812, Fort Gibson continued to be used as a military installation. Large magazines were built to store explosive black powder, which was too unstable to be kept at the Navy Yard in Brooklyn. ...

Statue Facts

Height from base to torch 151’ 1” (46.50m)

Pedestal foundation to torch 305’ 1” (92.99m)

Length of hand 16’ 5” (5.00m)

Index finger 8’ 0” (2.44m)

Size of fingernail 13” x 10” (.33x.25m)

Head from chin to cranium 17’ 3” (5.26m)

Head width from ear to ...

Texas Cattle Trail

This Boulder marks the northern terminus of the Texas Cattle Trail over which in 1867-1871 journeyed herds numbering more than three million head and it is dedicated to the Pioneers of Abilene in recognition of their achievements.

Marker is at the ...

Inside the Statue

Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi chose to build the Statue of Liberty out of copper – a lightweight metal – critical for such a large work. In order to fashion the metal, the sculptor had to first make full size sections of the ...

The Manhattan Skyline

In 1886, the Statue of Liberty standing on her pedestal, stood taller than any other structure in New York City. At 305 feet, 1 inch (92.99 meters), it exceeded even the Brooklyn Bridge, which had been completed three years earlier. ...

Lathrop

Called Wilson’s Station

From 1849 until 1869

Was given the name by Leland Stanford when he moved his Central Pacific Railroad terminal here and dedicated the town to his wife’s family. In 1886, after a dispute with local citizens, Stanford moved the ...