Saint Augustine Catholic Church

Oldest Black Catholic Church in the Nation's Capitol

On Trinity Sunday June 11, 1876 the first Black Catholic Church in Washington District of Columbia was dedicated under the patronage of Saint Augustine, Bishop of Hippo in Africa. Saint Augustine Church stood ...

The Yamasee War At Goose Creek, 1715

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In April 1715 Yamasee warriors killed government agents and traders who had come to meet with them at Pocotaligo, in present-day Beaufort County. Others killed colonists and raided plantations and farms at Port Royal, initiating the Yamasee War. Catawbas ...

Northampton Plantation Slave Quarters

From the late 1600s to the mid-1800s, large tobacco plantations dominated the economic and social life of Prince George’s County. One of the most prominent plantations in the county was Northampton. Today, all that remains of Northampton are the ruins ...

Cross Hill Confederate Monument

[North Inscription]:

To Our

Confederate Soldiers

[West Inscription]:

1861 CSA 1865

Confederate

[South Inscription]:

"Who were nor

Terrified by Death

not Dishonored by

Defeat."

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (State Highway 39) and Church Street on Main Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Gadsden Amphitheater

Through the efforts of local citizens, Benny Dean and Floyd Beddingfield, the City of Gadsden obtained this facility from American Legion Post Number 5 in 1985. Built in 1935, the amphitheater seats 1600 persons. Designed by local architect, Paul W. ...

Kate's Mountain

Named for Kate Carpenter, whose husband, Nathan, was killed by the Indians. fine scenic view. Home of Kate's Mountain Clover and other rare plants, such as the Box Huckleberry, 6000 years old - the oldest living thing.

Marker is at the ...

Lake Quassapaug Station

The trolley bed was located where we now have the Greenway Trail.

The picture was taken in 1910. it was common for trolley companies to build and operate recreation facilities to provide a passenger base for the line. The Amusement ...

Great Western Railroad Depot

This depot, built in 1852, was the site of Abraham Lincoln's famous farewell address upon leaving Springfield on February 11, 1861, to assume the presidency of the United States.

Marker is at the intersection of E. Monroe Street and 10th Street ...

Great Western Depot

Throngs give big sendoff to Lincoln Monday morning

February 11, 1861 dawned dismal and gray. A chilling drizzle soakedthe dirt roads of the capital. At 7:30 A.M., a carriage pulled up here in front of the depot, and President-elect Lincoln climbed ...

Liberty Hall Plantation

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This inland rice plantation has its origins in a 1683 grant. In 1726 Nathaniel Moore and his wife sold a 900-acre parcel to Isaac Mazyck (d. 1736). Mazyck’s son Benjamin (d. 1800), a rice planter, cattleman, and merchant, consolidated ...