New York American Patriot Gardens

Paying tribute to those victims and heroes of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack.

This project is sponsored by the Lower Hudson-Long Island Resource Conservation & Development Council, Inc.

in partnership with the USDA Forest Service and Natural Resources ...

Advanced Education Center

Religious denominations organized Georgia’s first colleges for women. Madison flourished as an educational center following the 1850 incorporation of both the Georgia Female College (Baptist), initially chartered as Madison Collegiate Institute, and the Madison Female College (Methodist).

The Georgia Female College ...

Ebenezer Confederate Memorial

[West side]

Remembering how they resisted oppression and injustice, defended truth and the right, fought for their native land, enduring hardship and sacrifice. We assume the sacred trust of perpetuating their memory with love and devotion.

Comrades

[East side]

To our Confederate soldiers.

Erected by ...

“a place of importance” - Union Leadership at Decatur

“A Hard Nut To Crack”

The Decatur crossing of the Tennessee River was used extensively by Union forces. In the Fall of 1863, elements of Major General William T. Sherman’s Army of the Tennessee passed through Decatur on their way from ...

Great Indian Trading Path

The colonial Great Indian Trading Path crossed land now a part of Augusta College and followed a part of the present McDowell Street. It was variously called Trading Road, Augusta Road, and the Creek Indian Path. Early platts show it ...

Proudly Dedicated to the Kentuckians

Who Faithfully Served Their Country in Vietnam

USA, USN, USAF, USMC, USCG

Purchase area service men who lost their lives in Vietnam.

Beard, Leon •

Bradley, Given W. •

Clements, Robert A. •

Colson, Ronald S. •

Cruse, James D. •

Doom, Charles ...

Thomas Lynch at Rivertowne

Side A

Thomas and Sabina Lynch were some of Mount Pleasant’s earliest and wealthiest residents. Their 18th century plantation house was located here in Rivertowne. The Lynch family story begins in 1677 when Jonack Lynch emigrated from Ireland to ...

King's Mountain Battleground

Twelve miles northwest the battle of King's Mountain was fought October 7, 1780. The 900 Whigs were under Colonels Campbell, Shelby, Sevier, Hill, Lacey, Williams, Cleveland; Lieutenant Colonels Hawthorn, Hambright; Majors McDowell, Chronicle, Winston, Chandler. The 1100 Tories were under ...

U.S. Senator Albert Gore. SR. Tennessee

?In 1956 Senator Albert Gore, Sr. authored legislation to create the largest public works project ever undertaken in the United States, the Interstate Highway System. The legislation was signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on June 29, 1956. All interstate ...

“A Hard Nut To Crack” - Federal Defenses at Decatur

“A Hard Nut To Crack”

Decatur played a key role in the Federal defenses of the vital rail lines in North Alabama. These defenses were configured in a three-tiered system. First, a number of lightly armored gunboats, constructed on the Tennessee ...