Female Collegiate Institute

Two miles east is the site of the first college for women in Virginia, the Female Collegiate Institute. Opened in 1837, it failed in 1843. Reopened in 1848, it survived until 1863. The school building has been destroyed but the ...

Great Charlotteburg Furnace Tract

1765

In this area, Peter Hasenclever built iron works for the “American Company.” Operation of furnace and three forges later managed by John-Jacob Faesch and Robert Erskine.

Marker is at the intersection of Paterson Hamburg Turnpike (New Jersey Route 23) and Northgate ...

Lewis Temple

Blacksmith

Born in Richmond, Virginia, in 1800, Lewis Temple established himself as a blacksmith on the New Bedford waterfront by 1836.

Temple manufactured his first toggle-iron in 1848. Its fastening power revolutionized the catching of whales. The invention was never patented, therefore ...

Buffalo Soldiers at Fort Myer

This sign marks the site of the proposed Buffalo Soldiers Memorial

Following the Civil War four regiments (9th and 10th Cavalry; 24th and 25th Infantry) of African-American enlisted men, under the command of white officers, were formed to fight on the ...

13th New York Independent Light Battery

Artillery Brigade 11th Corps

13th New York

Indpt. Light Battery

(Wheeler's)

Artillery Brigade

11th Corps

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July 1, 1863. Engaged here. July 2. On Cemetery Hill.

July 3. At repulse of Pickett's Charge

Marker is on Howard Avenue 0.2 miles west of Carlisle Road (Pennsylvania Highway 34), on ...

Old Buckingham Church

The original or southwest wing was erected about 1758 as a church for the newly-formed Tillotson Parish. It was abandoned following the Disestablishment of the Anglican Church in Virginia in 1784, and thereafter was acquired by the Buckingham Baptist Congregation, ...

Adin Ballou Memorial

Adin Ballou — Preacher, Author, Reformer, Philanthropist, Apostle of Christian Socialism, and Founder of the Hopedale Community. 1803–1890.

“Blessed are the Peacemakers.”

“Not disobedient to the heavenly vision.”

(inscription on right side)

A man of rational Christian faith, sterling qualities of mind, and rare ...

Gálvez Monument

Bernardo de Gálvez

Governor of Louisiana

1777 to 1785

The government of Spain donates this statue to the city of New Orleans to commemorate the bicentennial year of the independence of the United States to which the Spanish governor ...

Geographical Center of Virginia

About two miles south and one-half mile west is the geographical center of the state. Latitude: 37° 30.6' north Longitude: 78° 37.5' west

Marker is at the intersection of Anderson Highway (U.S. 60) and Mount Rush Highway (Virginia Route 24), on ...

Boyle's Brigade

Crittenden's Division

U. S.

Army of the Ohio.

Boyle's (11th) Brigade,

9th Kentucky, 13th Kentucky, 19th Ohio,

59th Ohio,

Crittenden's (5th) Division.

This brigade, with its regiments in order from left to right as above, formed here at 8 a.m. April 7, 1862. It advanced, in reserve, ...