Jordan Hall

GySgt Phillip A. Jordan

United States Marine Corps

Awarded the Silver Star (posthumously) in action against the enemy while serving as Weapons Platoon Sergeant, Company C, 1st Battalion, 2d Marines on 23 March 2003 during the battle of An Nasiriyah, Iraq.

GySgt Jordan ...

J. Strom Thurmond Dam

Constructed between 1946-1954, Thurmond Dam is the first hydropower project to be built on the Savannah River. Behind it lies one of the largest Corps of Engineer lakes east of the Mississippi.

The Thurmond Dam powerhouse contains seven power units, each ...

John Christo, Senior

(side A)

Built in 1927 by A.A. Payne, a banker, and bought by John Christo, Sr., the house is significant in architecture, a mixture of styles typical of the late 19th and early 20th centuries which includes Neo-Colonial Revival and Italianate ...

Old Log Jail

In 1875, the Alpine County seat was moved from Silver Mountain (Kongsberg) to Markleeville. A new jail being needed, a foundation was laid using logs. The iron cells from the old jail were placed thereon and using the mortise and ...

Jeptha Wade

1811-1890

Financier, philanthropist, founder of the Western Union telegraph company in 1856. First president of Lake View Cemetery Association in 1869, donated land to City of Cleveland for Wade Park and co-founded the Case School of Applied Science in 1880.

Joseph Carabelli

1850-1911

Sculptor, state legislator, founder of the Lake View Granite and Monumental Works in 1879. Called the "Father of Little Italy". He helped found the Alta House. While in the Ohio House of Representatives authored the bill making Columbus Day ...

Lindley's Fort / Jonathan Downs

Lindley's Fort

On July 15, 1776, a number of Indians and Tories attacked this frontier fort where area settlers had gathered for protection. Major Jonathan Downs, with a company of men, had arrived the previous evening & helped repulse the attack. ...

San Jose Electric Tower

San Jose’s Electric Light Tower was the inspiration of J.J. Owen, editor of the San Jose Mercury. On May 13, 1881, Owen printed an editorial suggesting that by providing one high and immense source of arc light, the night would ...

Grave of Major Majoribanks / Northampton

( Front Text)

Grave of Major Majoribanks

The British army encamped at Wantoot Plantation, home of Daniel Ravenel, after the Battle of Eutaw Springs. Now under Lake Moultrie, it was about 25 miles southeast in St. John's Parish, 5 miles west ...

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Church of the Holy Trinity

[Rendering of the Seal of the President of the United States]

In Memoriam

Within the hallowed walls of the historic Church of the Holy Trinity in

Georgetown, D.C. worshiped the late President of the United States, John

Fitzgerald ...