Co. F, 2nd Bn., 142nd Inf., 36th Div., Texas National Guard

The 36th Division of the U.S. Army served with distinction in World War II. When mobilized, Company F of the Division's 142nd Infantry consisted primarily of Randall County soldiers, including ten sets of brothers, as well as a father and ...

Site of an Early Barbed Wire Fence in the Panhandle

In the latter 1880's, when fencing was needed in the treeless Texas Panhandle, the solution proved to be barbed wire. Joseph F. Glidden of Illinois devised and by 1876 was manufacturing (with I.L. Ellwood) the first really practical barbed wire ...

Ball's Crossroads

This intersection has been a focal point since about 1740, when two roads were developed, one from the future site to Alexandria to the mouth of Pimmit Run, the other from Awbury’s Ferry (at the site of Rosslyn) to the ...

East Falls Church Station

In August 1940, when this photograph was taken, passenger service on the Washington & Old Dominion was losing money and was being phased out. Passenger service stopped altogether in April 1941, but resumed two years later to support the national ...

Mount Pisgah African Methodist Episcopal Church

"From Bush Arbor to Brick and Mortar"

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In 1866 soon after the Civil War an interracial Methodist organization was formed. They worshiped under a Bush Arbor near the railroad in South Sumter. After a few years they grew discontented with the ...

East Falls Church

In the 1700s, Falls Church began along two Indian trails and included large farms anchored by an Anglican church. Several taverns and inns served as resting spots for travelers on their way to or from Leesburg, Virginia. By the 1840s, ...

Cyrene / Cyrene Institute

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Cyrene

Approximately 1.6 miles north of this location is the village of Cyrene. Founded about 1890 by C. S. Hodges and W. G. Powell, Cyrene was typical of the many mill towns established along the railroad to utilize ...

Bullock Creek Revolutionary War Monument

This marker commemorates the men who participated in the American Revolution, and are interred in the Bullock’s Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery. These men, believing in the noble cause of liberty, gallantly fought for their home and country.

1776 ~ 1781

Jacob ...

Emmanuel Baptist Church Veterans Monument

We Salute the Past

We Salute the Present

Marker is on Stone Station Road (South Carolina Route 215) near McAbee Road, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Charles James Munnerlyn / “Refuge”

1822 ~ 1898

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Charles James Munnerlyn 1822 ~ 1898

As a delegate to the Georgia Convention at Milledgeville, he voted for secession. After the start of the Civil War, he volunteered as a private. When his health failed he returned home ...