The Church - "New Brick"

The Church

Unity Presbyterian Church, "Mother Presbyterian Church of Greene County, Pa." was organized August 27, 1814 at home of David Gray under direction of Rev. John Anderson and Rev. Joseph Stevenson, appointed by Presbytery of Washington, Pa. Elders selected and ...

Site of First Court in Greene County

Site of First Court

Held in

Green County

1797

Marker is on E Roy Furman Highway (Pennsylvania Route 21) 0.3 miles east of Jensen Hollow Road (Pennsylvania Route 2013), on the right when traveling west.

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French Tricolor

Bicentennial Flag Memorial

With the Revolution won and the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1783, the United States was extended westward to the Mississippi River. To the west of the Mississippi, the French Tricolor waved over French Louisiana until ...

Commander In Chief's Personal Flag

Bicentennial Flag Memorial

During the 1700’s, the political and economic interests of the colonists began to enlarge and disputes began to develop with Great Britain. After the defeat of the French and their expulsion in 1763, the colonists could focus even ...

The Kings Mountain Campaign of 1780

The Kings Mountain campaign is one of the turning points of the American Revolution. The British commander in the Southern Colonies, Lord Charles Cornwallis, anticipated strong Loyalist support in the Carolinas. Major Patrick Ferguson, an experienced and charismatic officer, ...

Bethesda Fountain and Terrace

Designed by Calvert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mould, these stairways, terrace and fountain were the focal feature of the original plan for Central Park by Vaux and Frederick Law Omsted. The fountain sculpture by Emma Stebbins, inspired by the biblical ...

Surry County Muster Site

The grassy area in front of you is the easternmost point on the Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail. Near this spot on September 27th, 1780, Patriot militiamen from Surry County under the command of Major Joseph Winston mustered to ...

Columbus Standard

Bicentennial Flag Memorial

European interest was first represented in the “New World” by the Viking Banner of Leif Ericson and other intrepid Norse adventurers. This banner, according to tradition, made its way to Iceland, Greenland and presumably North America about the ...

Bicentennial Flag Memorial

Introduction

Dedicated to the many veterans who sacrificed for the freedoms we enjoy today.

Flags have traditionally been symbols of persons united in some common association or effort. Within the American heritage, there have been many diverse interests and transitory associations and ...

Hamilton - Scourge Project

War of 1812 Naval Memorial Garden

We honour here fifty-three sailors who lost their lives when their ships, HAMILTON and SCOURGE, capsized during a storm in the early morning hours of Sunday, 8th August 1813. These two armed merchant schooners lie ...