Camp Macedonia Company 1191

To Honor The Men Of

Camp Macedonia

Company 1191

Established 1935

Civilian Conservation Corps

1933-1942

Created By

President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Renewing The Country's Natural Resources

And Challenging The Human Spirit

Of A Nation In Depression

Marker is on Kent Cornwall Road (U.S. 7) 0.4 miles north of Carter Road, on ...

Arnold's British Defenses, 1781

A brick wind­mill near here was close to the south­ern limit of a line of British redoubts erected in March 1781 by order of Brigadier Gen­eral Bene­dict Arnold, who under Major Gen­eral William Phillips, com­manded British troops occu­py­ing Portsmouth. This ...

Derby Dike

Until 1853 the erratic San Diego River dumped tons of debris into the harbor or poured into False Bay, now Mission Bay. At times it threatened to destroy Old Town San Diego. Lieutenant George Horatio Derby, U.S. Topographical Corps, built ...

The Slaughter Pen Farm

Where the Battle of Fredericksburg Was Decided

As hard as it is to believe, the beautiful and historic landscape you see before you was once on the verge of being bulldozed for an industrial park.

It was here, on December 13, 1862, ...

Turner's Pass Tablet T. P. 5

During the contest at Fox's Gap, Hooker's (First) Corps was operating east and northeast of this point. The First Corps left the Monocacy at daybreak, passed through Frederick and Middletown and between 3 and 4 P. M., leaving Gibbon's Brigade ...

The Adjutant General

This important position on Washington’s staff was filled by Brigadier General Edward Hand of Pennsylvania. His headquarters here were easily accessible to his commanding officer. Quick and effective dispatch of orders and communications was essential.

Marker is on Historical Tour Drive, ...

Pleasant Grove High School

1922 - 1971

Side A

Pleasant Grove High School was built on this site in 1922 to serve grades 8 - 10 from 5 small schools in the Pleasant Grove township and one from the Faucette township; Mahan, Sidney, King, Squires, and ...

Cornwallis at Portsmouth

Lord Cornwallis, commanding the British troops in the south, reached Portsmouth, July, 1781. He prepared to send a portion of his force to New York. Before the movement was made, orders came for him to take up a position at ...

Slaughter Pen Farm

Gibbon's Advance

When Gen. George G. Meade's division surged unexpectedly forward through the fields on your left, Gen. John Gibbon's men scrambled to advance on Meade's right. Gibbon arranged his forces and ordered Gen. Nelson Taylor's brigade to attack the Confederates.

Taylor's ...

Olde Towne Portsmouth

Southern Architectural Splendor

The one square block his­toric dis­trict before you is Portsmouth’s Olde Towne. The dis­trict dates to 1752 when Portsmouth was founded by William Craw­ford. Olde Towne con­tains one of the largest col­lec­tions of historic build­ings in Vir­ginia fea­tur­ing ...