Washington Street Public Boat Landing Facility

The Washington Street Public Boat Landing Facility illustrates Seattle's long-running reliance on the waters of Puget Sound and the Pacific Ocean. The earliest European American settlers chose the area in the 1850s partly because of its natural harbor, and since ...

Washington Monument

The Washington Monument was built between 1848 and 1884 as a tribute to George Washington's military leadership from 1775-1783 during the American Revolution. Its construction took place in two major phases, 1848-56, and 1876-84--a lack of funds, political turmoil, and ...

800 Block of F Street, Washington, DC

The 800 Block of F Street, NW is representative of the earliest development of F Street as the commercial core of Washington, DC It typifies the growth of Washington from its sleepy southern village days to an advanced and enterprising ...

Abbe House (Arts Club of Washington)

This elegant Federal town house, built in 1808, was home to Cleveland Abbe (1838-1916), father of the United States Weather Bureau, from 1877 to 1909. The house had previously been home to James Monroe while he was Secretary of State ...

Booker T. Washington High School

The first black public high school built in Atlanta, Booker T. Washington High School was constructed in the 1920s during the city's major school building program. It was, and still is, an important cultural institution in the black community. The ...

Washington Park Historic District

The Washington Park Historic District is a historically black neighborhood in northwest Atlanta encompassing historic residential, commercial, and community landmark buildings. It is situated two miles west of the central business district of Atlanta.

The combination of gridiron and curvilinear ...

George Washington Elm Tree

Washington first took command of the American Army under the Grandparent of this Elm at Cambridge, Mass.

July 3, 1775.

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Raised and presented by Maryland D.A.R., marked by Oklahoma D.A.R.,

This tree is planted as part of the 200th Anniversary of the Birth ...

First Confederate Company Organized in Washington County

Near this spot a flag

was presented to the

First Confederate Company

organized in

Washington County

Co. E, 2nd Cavalry Reg’t

Arkansas Volunteers

Capt. T.J. Kelly

May 1861

Marker is at the intersection of Center Street and East Avenue, on the left when traveling west on Center Street.

Courtesy ...

To Honor George Washington

Who Lodged Here May 17-18, 1791.

The game is yet in our own hands; to play it well is all we have to do – nothing but harmony, honesty, industry and frugality are necessary to make us a great and happy ...

Washington's Canal

This will become the great avenue into the Western Country. - George Washington

The stone wall you see nearby is not just any stone wall; it was built here in the late 1700s as part of George Washington's Patowmack Canal. The ...