Major General George Gordon Meade

(Front Face): Took command

of the Army of the Potomac

Under orders from

President Lincoln

Seven hundred feet

North of this marker

June 28, 1863

He pursued the Confederates

and at Gettysburg July 1,2,3

Fought the decisive battle

of the Civil War

Marked by

The Pennsylvania Historical Commission

1930

(Right Side): This Boulder

was taken ...

Brentsville - County Jail

Built by 1822 with the Courthouse and Clerk’s Office, the Prince William County Jail, or gaol, was larger than most jails built in Virginia at that time. Debtors, runaway slaves, thieves and murderers awaited trial here in timber-lined rooms. Initially, ...

Jacobs Hall

Erected in Honor of

Rev. William Plumer Jacobs, D.D.

Founder of the College

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Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church

of Clinton for half a century

and founder of Thornwell Orphanage

Marker is on South Broad Street.

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Helena Modjeska

This statue is the oldest public works of art project of its type in Orange County. Sponsored by the State Emergency Relief Administration, the Anaheim Rotary Club and the City of Anaheim, it was originally dedicated on September 15, 1935.

Depicted ...

Andrew Jackson

Mobilized his army Camp Blount Oct 1813. Erected Oct. 1913, Kings Mountain Messenger Chapter D.A.R.

Marker is on Huntsville Highway (U.S. 231/431) ½ mile south of Bypass U.S. 64, on the right when traveling north.

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Stonewall Jackson House

Future Confederate Lt. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson and his second wife, Mary Anna Morrison, owned a house on Washington Street from 1859 to 1861, while he taught at the Virginia Military Institute. It is the only house he ever ...

The Reverend William Plumer Jacobs

(1842-1917)

Graduate of the College of Charleston

and Columbia Theological Seminary

Pastor of Clinton, Duncan Creek, Shady Grove,

and Thornwell Presbyterian Churches

Founded and President of the

Thornwell Home and School for Children

Founder of Clinton College,

now Presbyterian College

Chairman of the Board of Trustees,

Presbyterian College

How one man ...

Major Quince L. Brown, USAAF

This U.S. Air Force propeller

is dedicated to

Major Quince L. Brown,

the 78th Fighter Group's

Top Ace of WWII (3-time Ace)

First pilot to strafe with a

P-47 (named Okie), he was

killed in action - Sept. 6, 1944

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Soldier - Statesman President James Monroe

On the morning of December 26, 1776, a small detachment of American Light Infantry, led by Lieutenant James Monroe, aged 19, breached the Hessian defenses at Trenton. This gallent action, in which Monroe was severely wounded, enabled the Continental Forces ...

James Monroe

1758 - 1831

Soldier * Patriot * Statesman

This marks the birthplace of James Monroe, April 28, 1758

Westmoreland County, Virginia

Attended college of William & Mary; Officer, Continental Army, American Revolution; Married Elizabeth Kortright, 1786; US Senator; Minister Plenipotentiary to France and then ...