British Landing Prevented

July 17, 1776

Capt. Rezin Beall (later Brig. Gen. in "Flying Camp") was wounded here in repulse of British efforts to cross to mainland from St. George's Island. Fighting continued until July 29, Lord Dunmore, commanding 72 marauding British vessels on ...

British Soldier

19 April 1775

Near this site was buried

a British soldier of the

4th the King’s Own Regt. of Foot

fatally wounded at North Bridge

Marker is on Monument Street (Massachusetts Route 62), on the right when traveling north.

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Main British Encampment

History Now

In marked contrast to the officers’ marquees were hundreds of enlisted men’s tents. The main British encampment of some 4,000 soldiers extended east of Balcarres Redoubt to beyond the crest of the rise in front of you and ...

Grave of British Soldiers

They came three thousand miles and died

to keep the past upon its throne.

Unheard beyond the ocean tide,

their English mother made her moan.

April 19, 1775

Marker is on Monument Street, on the left when traveling north.

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British Landing Site

At this historic spot, on July 5, 1779 during the American Revolution Brigadier General Garth, with his First Division landed with 1000 British soldiers and marched up Savin Avenue to the Green.

Harriet C. North

City Historian

Donated by Lions Club of West ...

British West Florida, 1764-83

Colony’s north boundary

crossed present-day

Alabama - Mississippi

at this point on 32° 28’

by edict of British king.

Colony extended south to Gulf.

France had ceded area in 1763.

Spain invaded, seized area in 1780.

Britain ceded it ...

British Army Grounded Arms

On these fields

the British Army

grounded arms

at the surrender.

Marker is on Ferry Street (New York Route 29), on the left when traveling east.

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Forest Industry in British Columbia

L’Industrie Forestiere en Colombie-Britannique

Harvesting of the forest has long been an important aspect of life on the Pacific Coast. The native people were the first to utilize this valuable resource in the construction of dwellings, canoes, and implements. In the ...

British Victory at Frenchtown

From near this spot on Jan. 22, 1813, 525 British soldiers and Canadian militiamen from Fort Malden under Col. Henry Proctor and some 800 Indians under Chiefs Roundhead and Walk-In-The-Water launched a pre-dawn attack on the sleeping American camp a ...

British Quarters

During the American Revolution, St. Augustine was a base for British military activity in the South. The English added second floors in this and other rooms to make more space for storage and quarters.

Marker is on South Castillo Drive (State ...