Site of First Baptist Church

In the last quarter of the eighteenth century, two black preachers, first Moses, then Gowan Pamphlet, began holding religious services out of doors for free blacks and slaves in the Williamsburg area. Although identified as an organized Baptist church by ...

A Perfect Gibraltar

After the repulse of the Union Navy on May 15, 1862, Drewry’s Bluff became famous as a tangible symbol of Confederate resistance. Work crews made up of impressed slave labor continued construction of the fort, eventually completing a four-sided, enclosed ...

Camp Beall

“Drewry’s Bluff, at least for the present, is the headquarters of the Corps, and I may consequently reasonably expect to stay here for some time at least.”

Henry Lea Graves, 1862

From 1862 to 1865, the training of Confederate Marines took place ...

Harmony Hill Camp Meeting

1846

A two-week camp meeting was organized here as early as 1846 by North Iredell Protestants.

It continues today on the second Sunday in October as a one-day event.

Harmony School is built on the original site.

Marker is at the intersection of Little ...

Wilkesboro Presbyterian Church

Established in 1837; present church built in 1849-50. The first Presbyterian church in Wilkes County.

Marker is on East Main Street, on the right when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Windsor's Crossroads

Stoneman's Raiders Pass By

(Preface):

On March 24, 1865, Union Gen. George Stoneman led 6,000 cavalrymen from Tennessee into southwestern Virginia and western North Carolina to disrupt the Confederate supply line by destroying sections of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, the North ...

Lincolnville War of 1812 Cannon

This cannon

was stationed at

Lincolnville beach for the

protection of this village

during the War of 1812

Restored to

this original location

on May 18, 1957

by Edwin W. Kibbe

who gave it to the people

of the Town of Lincolnville

Marker is on Atlantic Highway (U.S. 1) 0.1 miles ...

Van Cortlandtville World War Memorial

Erected

in honor of the men

Van Cortlandtville

who served in the

World War

1917 – 1919

Herbert Booth                   U.S.N.

Rowland M. Donnelly         U.S.A.

Stephen E. Donnelly ...

Seminole Scout Camp on Fort Clark

Under Spanish rule, Florida was a haven for freed or escaped slaves in the 1700s. Once there, many integrated into the Seminole tribe, intermarrying and adapting to the culture. Florida became a U.S. territory in 1821, and after approximately 30 ...

U.S. Army Signal Corps Building

This building served as the communications center for Fort Clark from 1932-1944. The building is of tile brick construction with a veneer of irregular cut field stone. The original footprint was enlarged c. 1940 to accommodate barracks for enlisted soldiers. ...