Grimsby 1812 Bicentennial Gazebo

We dedicate this gazebo to the Grimsby 1812 Bicentennial Peace Garden and to the residents of Grimsby, In commemoration of 200 years of peace between Canada and the United States.

The design of the gazebo was inspired by elements of Fort ...

Schmidt's Auto, Inc.

39 North Park St.

Madison's oldest towing company, Schmidt's Auto, was founded in 1937 by Norbert and Viola Schmidt. Over the next 65 years, Norbert and his son, Lawrence, operated the business before Norbert's grandsons, Michael and John Schmidt, took over. ...

Pioneering Bacterial Genetics

College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

Geneticist Joshua Lederberg was the first University of Wisconsin faculty member to receive the Nobel Prize. His discovery of conjugation in bacterial cells was a milestone in biology and ushered in the new field of ...

Lt. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson Memorial

1861 – Deo Vindice – 1865

(Front face)

In memory of

Lt. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson

21 Jan. 1824 - 10 May 1863

Com. 2d Corps. Army of Northern Va., CSAGraduated from West Point US Military Academy 1846 ? ...

Replica 6.4 inch Brooke Rifled Canon

Confederate Naval Canon from the CSS Albemarle

The Brooke Rifle is named after its developer, Commander John Mercer Brooke (CSA), who served as Chief, Dept. of Ordnance and Hydrography. While closely resembling the popular Parrott Gun used by the Union, the ...

Bowser Family Cemetery

This marker recognizes the final resting place of Spencer Bowser, the patriarch of a prominent African American family in North Carolina. Also buried here are several other members of the Bowser family, including J.P. Bowser, Lloyd B. Bowser, Q.B. Bowser, ...

Siege of Plymouth, NC

Union Forces

Under the command of General Henry Walton Wessells

Engaged and captured April 17-20, 1864.

"Plymouth Pilgrims"

16th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry

2nd Massachusetts Heavy Artillery - Companies G & H

12th New York Cavalry - Companies A & F

24th Independent Battery B New York Veteran ...

Naval Action

The Confederate ironclad ram "Albemarle" sank the Union gunboat "Southfield", April 19, 1864, one mile N.E. in the Roanoke River.

Marker is at the intersection of East Main Street and Albemarle Drive, on the left when traveling west on East Main ...

First Chemical Synthesis of a Gene

College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

Biochemist Har Gobind Khorana shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 1968 for research that was essential to understanding how DNA is translated into proteins. His work at the Institute for Enzyme Research ...

Somerset Place

Antebellum plantation of Josiah Collins III, who grew rice & corn. Home in 1860 to 328 slaves. Located six miles south.

Marker is at the intersection of North Carolina Route 94 and Sixth Street, on the right when traveling east on ...