John Brown Hanging Site

Creation of a Martyr

This is where seven men were hanged in December 1859 and March 1860 for their part in John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry. The scaffold stood here in a large field.

A month after the trial, on December ...

Jean Ribault Monument

Here stood Charlesfort, built 1562 by Jean Ribault for Admiral Coligny. A Refuge for Hugunenots and to the glory of France.

Erected 1925 by the Government of the United States of America to mark the first stronghold of France on ...

“The fort and garrison, with Col. Johnson, are ours.”

You are now inside the remains of the Upper Works. Within 15 minutes of each other, the two columns of American Light Infantry converged on the flanks of these fortifications. Lieutenant Colonel Francois de Fleury, a French engineer and professional ...

Arendt Jensen Home

1243 A&B Eddy Street

The Arendt Jensen, Jr. House is a 1-1/2 story bungalow style home and stands near the Arendt Jensen Mansion, the first and largest home built by the Jensen Family.

Completed in 1932, the home was built for Arendt ...

Birthplace of James Marion Sims, M.D.

James Marion Sims,

World Famed Physician,

Father of modern gynaecol'ogy

A blessing and a benefactor to women

was born in the farm house of

his parents near this site

January 25, 1813

Doctor to empress and slave alike

founder of women's hospital

of the state ...

Jordan Springs

Healing Springs

During the Civil War, both United States and Confederate forces used Jordan Springs resort as a hospital at different times. Wounded and sick Confederate soldiers from the Antietam and Gettysburg battlefields came to the springs—although Martinsburg, W.Va., was closer—because ...

Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's Southern Cavalry

Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's southern cavalry numbering about 6000 men arrived in Dillsburg July 1, 1863 by Dover and Rossville. Local stores and the U.S. Post Office were vandalized before proceeded to Carlisle where orders were received for them to rejoin ...

General “Stonewall” Jackson

In Memory of

General “Stonewall” Jackson

This tablet is erected by the Berkeley County Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy to commemorate an instance of General Jackson’s remarkable bravery at all times in the face of the gravest danger.

On this site July ...

Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet

This tablet marks the place near which Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet entered the Wisconsin River June 14, 1673

Erected by Wau-Bun Chapter D. A. R. 1905

Marker is at the intersection of Wisconsin Street and Wauona Trail, on the left when ...

Jefferson Davis Highway

This tree marks the

site of Battery 17 of

the inner defenses of

Richmond, 1862-1865, and

is planted in soil taken

from battlefields

A memorial to

Confederate soldiers

by the Elliott Grays

Chapter U.D.C. 1929.

Marker is at the intersection of Jefferson Davis Highway (U.S. 1) and Harwood Street, on ...