Battle of Pickawillany

1752

In the mid-1700s, France found its influence waning among midwestern tribes as it contested for Native American trade and military alliances with Great Britain. Shortly after Miami Chief Memeskia (also known as Old Britain or La Demoiselle) moved his ...

Baldwin Court

June 10, 1996

The Paper Mill Playhouse proudly dedicates this courtyard to David and Barbara Baldwin for their extraordinary commitment to the arts, theatre and education. Their generous support recognizes the national stature of the Paper Mill Playhouse for theatrical and ...

Bethany

On the occasion of its Bicentennial, Morgan County placed this marker here to commemorate the community of

Bethany

The community of Bethany, anchored by the Bethany Baptist Church, appears on maps after 1915. A church congregation was established before then ...

John Muir & Robert Munford

On September 1, 1867, John Muir, the noted American naturalist, started his walk from Indianapolis to Cedar Keys on the Gulf of Mexico. In his book, A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf, Muir recounts his visit to Munfordville. ...

Waterbury Soldiers' Monument

South Side

In honor of the patriotism and to perpetuate the memory of the 900 brave men who went forth from this town to fight in the war fot the union.

This monument has been erected by their townsmen that all who ...

The Market Battery

Stood on this site from 1848 to 1875. With Shoal Tower opposite it defended Kingston Harbour and the Rideau Canal. From 1875 this was a public park. In 1885 the Kingston and Pembroke railway station was built.

Marker is on Ontario ...

Louis de Buade Comte de Frontenac et de Palluau

1622-1698

One of the most influential and controversial figures in Canadian history, Frontenac was born at St-Germain-en-Laye, France. As a member of the noblesse d'epee he was able in 1672 to secure the appointment as Governor-General of New France. Devoted largely ...

Bicentennial of Paducah

In 1966, Mayor Tom Wilson, a civic-minded Paducah native, was encouraged by then Kentucky Governor Ned Brethitt, to organize a celebration of the state's bicentennial. He envisioned festivities right on the riverfront where the city's history originated, as well as ...

Bernards Township War Memorial

1917 - 1918 1941 - 1945

Dedicated in grateful appreciation

to the men and women of

Bernards Township

who served in the armed forces

during World War I and World War II

that Peace, Freedom and Justice

might not perish from the Earth.

Marker is at the intersection ...

Bound Brook World War I Memorial

Dedicated to the memory of our

fallen comrades

of the

World War.

Giles – Biondi Post #63

Marker is on E High Street, on the left when traveling south.

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