Birthplace of James Monroe

April 28, 1758

July 4, 1831

Fifth president of the

United States 1817- 1825

Governor of Virginia

1799 and 1811

Proclaimed the Monroe Doctrine

December 2, 1823

Declares the Americas

no longer subject to

European colonization

Marker is on James Monroe Highway (Virginia Route 205), on the left when traveling south. ...

Community of Jonah

On 1820s land grant to Nashville colony. Settled 1851 by wagon train from Arkansas, and called Water Valley. In 1884, repeated ill-luck in selecting an acceptable name for Post Office led to ranaming the town Jonah. This was site of ...

William Plumer Jacobs, D.D., LL.D.

1842-1917

This stone, erected on the

fiftieth anniversary of

Thornwell Orphanage

by men and women whose

childhood was blessed by

the founder and first

president, is grateful

testimonial

of

The Thornwell

Orphanage Alumni

1875 - 1925

Marker is on South Broad Street (State Highway 72), on ...

J. C. B. Ehringhaus

Governor, 1933-1937, friend of education, member of General Assembly, solicitor. Birthplace ¼ mile North.

Marker is on Sourthern Avenue north of Riverside Avenue, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

SFC Donald J. Hurt, US Army

Bristow VFW Post 3565 dedicates

this 81mm Mortar to

Sgt.1C Donald J. Hurt,

from Bristow, Co. G, 2nd Bn

279th Inf, 45th Div. U.S. Army,

who was killed in action in the

Korean War April 10, 1952

Courtesy hmdb.org

Joseph Pilmoor

Preached first Methodist sermon in colony, 1772, at Currituck Courthouse. Pilmoor Memorial Methodist Church is near the site. About 300 ft. north.

Marker is at the intersection of Caratoke Highway (Route 168) and Courthouse Road (North Carolina Route 1242) on Caratoke ...

Jewish Cemetery Site

Hebrew Society of Brotherly Love of South Bend established Jewish cemetery on this site 1859. First Jewish families settling in a new community typically organized a burial society before establishing a formal congregation. Before Civil War era, such organizations helped ...

Mojave 20-Mule Team Borax Terminus

Just west of this point was the Southern Pacific terminus for the 20-mule-team borax wagons that operated between Death Valley and Mojave from 1884 to 1889. The route ran from the Harmony Borax Mining Company works, later acquired by the ...

Jackson Holds Prospect Hill

The Battle of Fredericksburg

You are standing on the right of the Confederate army, held by Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's corps on December 13, 1862. His 35,000 troops spread along a mile front - some in the woods, some in fields, ...

Captain Thomas E. Jackson's Battery

Stuart's Horse Artillery

Army of Northern Virginia

Stuart's Horse Artillery

Captain Thomas E. Jackson's Battery

Two 3 inch Rifles and two howitzers

July 3 The Battery was attached to Jenkins's Cavalry Brigade and took part in the fight here on the right wing of the ...