Captain Jonathan Caldwell

This farm, formerly known as Burberry's Berry, was home of Captain Jonathan Caldwell of Colonel Haslet's Regiment in Revolution. Tradition says Delaware soldiers received name "Blue Hen's Chickens" from Caldwell's men having with tem game chickens, celebrated in Kent County ...

The History of Union Station

Union Station opened in 1898 as the passenger terminal for the Illinois Central (IC) Railroad. Francis T. Bacon, an IC architect, designed the station, adorning the brick structure with decorative terra cotta and topping it with a 110-foot-tall clock tower. ...

The State Capitol

Completed in 1888

Has been placed

on the

National

Register of

Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the

Interior

Marker can be reached from the intersection of S. 2nd Street and E. Capitol Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Site of Whatcoat Church

In 1791 Daniel Lowber granted permission for “the society of people called Methodists” to erect a “meeting house” at this location. The site was formally conveyed to church trustees in 1796. Adjoining land was obtained in 1813 for use as ...

Lincoln Assassination Trial

On April 14, 1865 John Wilkes Booth (of Maryland) assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Fords Theater in downtown Washington. Booth's conspirators were arrested and tried by a Military Court here in Building 20 from May 9 to June 30, 1865. ...

New Hampshire Gate

June 17, 1775

Strength United is Stronger

New Hampshire American Revolution Bicentennial Commission

East Marker:

Colonel John Stark commanded 900 New Hampshire men at the rail fence and at the stone wall on the Mystic River shore against the British advances. This was the ...

Batavia

Seat of Holland Land

Office. This City was

founded in 1801 by Joseph

Ellicott, local agent of

Holland Land Company

Marker is on West Main Street (New York Route 5/65).

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United States Submarine Crews Memorial

To the United States

52 Submarines and

And Their Gallant Crews

Who Sacrificed Their

Lives In World War II

“Lest We Forget These

Boats on Eternal Patrol”

Sealion • S ? 36 • S ? 26 • Shark • Perch • S ? 27 • S ? ...

Battle of Kolb's Farm

June 22, 1864

The 14th Kentucky (2d Division, 23d A.C.,) together with the 123d N. Y. (1st Division, 20th A.C.,) [US] were posted as skirmishers East of the Kolb farmstead.

The stubborn resistance by the 14th Ky., and the 123d N.Y., disrupted ...

Battle of Brandywine

Sept. 11, 1777

The British attack on the American right wing began here late in the afternoon. After heavy fighting, the defense line which Sullivan formed hastily near Birmingham Meeting House was forced to retreat to Dilworthtown, 2 miles SE. ...