First Lutheran Church

On this spot stood the

First

Lutheran Church

in Town of Guilderland

1787. Rev. Heinrich Moeller

first regular pastor

Marker is at the intersection of Route 146 and Hawes Road, on the right when traveling east on Route 146.

Fort Richardson

Historical Site

Defenses of Washington

1861-1865

Fort Richardson

Here is what is left of Fort Richardson, a detached redoubt constructed in September, 1861, to cover the left flank of the newly built Arlington defense line, It was named for General Israel B. Richardson, whose ...

Armed Forces Memorial

This monument is dedicated to remember those men and women missing in action while serving in the Armed Services of the United States of America

Korean War

Clifton E. Brooks – PFC U.S. Army •

Samuel L. Crawford ...

The Drill Field

Gathering place, site of ceremonies and parades, training ground - the drill field was the focal point of daily life at Fort Yellowstone.

Each day began with a bugler sounding Reveille. Gradually, the Fort came to life and another bugle call ...

Eugene Gifford Grace

(1876-1960)

President, Bethlehem Steel, 1913-45, & chairman, 1946-57, lived here. A protégé of industrialist Charles M. Schwab, he helped make the company the U.S.'s largest shipbuilder & 2nd largest steelmaker - a formidable supplier in two world wars.

Marker is on West ...

The Capture of Alexandria

Oxon Cove Park

“It was indeed a day and night of horrors, the fleet … lay directly before our house.”

Mary DeButts, writing to her sister Millicent on March 18, 1815.

From this farm, Mary DeButts saw a small fleet ...

The Battle of Great Bridge

Great Bridge Battlefield & Waterways Park and Visitor Center

In the early morning of December 9, 1775, two opposing forces faced each other across the Great

Bridge, the British on the north end and the patriots to the south. The battle lasted ...

1870s Cowboy-Indian Fight

(Battleground 1 mi. N of Marker)

Near here in 1874 or 1875, 18 Indians attacked W. B. Brown and two comrades, spooking one horse and capturing bedrolls and grub, but sparing the men, who thankfully escaped. In the 1870s, when ...

The Franklin Cantonment

Fort George G. Meade

In the summer of 1918 the Franklin Cantonment, a Signal Corps Camp of Instruction, opened within 1 mile of the original Camp Meade. This 400-acre camp housed 11,000 men and women (19 battalions) in 599 structures. The ...

The Construction of Fort Miles

As war clouds gathered in the late 1930s, the Army started building massive fortifications at the entrance to the Delaware River and Bay. Called Fort Miles, the main batteries and headquarters were at Cape Henlopen, Delaware, near the main shipping ...