Fallen Timbers Battle Memorial

In Memoriam

On the Battlefield of Fallen Timbers, in unmarked graves, rest the brave soldiers of General Anthony Wayne's Legion of the United States and the Kentucky Volunteers, who were killed on August 20, 1794, in the victorious conflict with the ...

The Excavation

[Left Side of Marker]

The Excavation

of the west end was

begun early July 15, 1848.

& the first opening

effected Oct. 31, 1849

The first train

of cars passed through

May 9, 1850

Length of excavation

in this end 575 feet

& of the tunnel

1477 feet.

[Right Side of Marker]

His Excellency

George ...

Watervliet Arsenal

Oldest, Continuously Active

Manufacturing Arsenal in U.S.

Founded in 1813.

Marker is on Broadway (New York Route 32), on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Site of Camp Pratt

From 1862-1863 Camp Pratt was official Confederate camp of conscription and instruction for South Louisiana. At one as many as 3,000 conscripts here. A small compound for Union Prisoners of war also located at the camp.

Marker is on Old Spanish ...

Fort Brooke Battery

Replica Naval Mounts

Manufactured for

The Friends of Plant Park

The Citizens of Tampa, Hillsborough County

and The University of Tampa

Dedicated to

The original inhabitants, soldiers, sailors and

settlers who with blood sweat and toil

carved this area out ...

The Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist

First church in Lafayette Parish was "l'Eglise St Jean de Vermilion." Built on a gift of this site by Jean Mouton, 1821. In 1824 he donated land for a court house and founded Vermilionville (Lafayette).

(Reverse):

La premiere eglise de la paroisse ...

Why is the Statue Green?

The answer is in the air.

The Statue’s skin is made of copper, and when copper is exposed to oxygen in the air, it undergoes a chemical reaction called oxidation. The reaction causes a fine crust or film to develop that ...

The Mason Estate

In contrast to the island today, this 1818 map by Robert King portrays the island as one continuous garden rich in native and cultivated plants, flowers, and fruits and divided by an avenue planted with trees. The estate was the ...

Civilian Conservation Corps

Camp Devil's Lake

In an effort to get the economy moving during the Great Depression of the 1930s, the Federal Government initiated a number of work projects. One of these was the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC).

The CCC was for ...

Building the Statue of Liberty

The French sculptor, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi designed the Statue of Liberty as a giant three-dimensional jigsaw puzzle. Over 300 thin sheets of copper, most of it from a copper mine in Karmoy, Norway, fit together to form the Statue’s outer ...