Olde Towne Corner Store

The “Chester Store”, now known as the Old Towne Corner Store was built in 1912 by George Olsen after he & his brothers subdivided the Olsen Ranch. It is one of the oldest buildings in Chester.

It was purchased by Sue ...

Alpharetta First United Methodist Church

circa 1834

The Methodist Church was part of the Forsyth Circuit of the Cherokee District. Methodist camp meetings were held near this spot in the early 1830s, and there was a meeting house as early as 1834. On April 1, 1871, ...

Richmond County Vietnam War Memorial

Richmond County Men & Women Who Lost Their Lives in the Vietnam War

Donald Lincoln Covington PFC Army 7-8-69

Benjamin Tally Dawkins SGT Army 9-6-68

Jimmie Louis Ellerbe PFC 4-5-67

Lonnie Ellerbe Jr. LCPL MC 8-13-68

Thomas Lee Lewis SFC Army 5-28-64

James Edward McPherson 5-30-68

Billie ...

Wichita Vietnamese American Memorial

Republic of Vietnam • Viêt Nam Công Hòa

We, the Vietnamese American Community of Wichita, Kansas, dedicate this plaque in the memory and honor of American, Vietnamese and Allied soldiers who fought to resist the North Vietnamese Communist aggression against the ...

Valatie Santa Claus Club

First in the Nation

The Valatie Santa Claus Club was founded on Christmas Eve, 1946. Veterans of World War II pooled their discharge pay to bring gifts to every child in Valatie.

These Santas and their successors prove the truth ...

U.S.S. Wichita (CA-45)

World War II heavy cruiser -

The last U.S. "treaty cruiser"

Laid Down 28 Oct. 1935

Launched 16 Nov. 1937

Commissioned 16 Feb. 1939

Decommissioned 3 Feb. 1947

Struck 1 Mar. 1959

Displacement 10,000 Tons • Length 608 ft. 4 in.

Beam 19 ft. 10 in. • Propulsion ...

Battle of Stoney Creek 1813

On June 5, 1813, an invading United States army of about 3,000 men, commanded by Brigadier - General John Chandler, camped in this vicinity. That evening some 700 British regulars of the 8th and 49th Regiments, under the command of ...

Architectural Significance of the First Lexington Park Community

The U.S. Navy developed Lexington Park to house the civilian workers who streamed into the area following the establishment of the Patuxent River Naval Air Station. Named for the storied carrier Lexington, it was the first planned community in St. ...

Humble Cemetery

This cemetery is believed to be the town of Humble's oldest. The earliest documented burial is that of Joseph Dunman (1867-1879). Also believed to be buried here in an unmarked grave is Jane Elizabeth Humble, wife of the community's founder, ...

Union Local 471 American Federation of Musicians

Organized in 1908, this local was one of the first African American musicians unions in Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh was at the forefront of the jazz world in the mid-20th century, and jazz greats Mary Lou Williams, Art Blakey, Ray Brown, and ...