Birthplace of Cardiac Transplantation

This site commemorates the pioneering basic, clinical and translational research that laid the foundation for successful cardiac transplantation. On this campus, Dr. Richard Lower performed the first heart transplant in Virginia on May 25, 1968. Modern-day research in transplantation medicine ...

The Virginia Convention of 1788

The Virginia Convention of 1788 met in the Richmond Academy near this spot and ratified the United States Constitution.

Placed by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, 1907.

Marker is at the intersection of East Broad Street and College Street, ...

Former Site of ILC Dover

Makers of the Apollo Moonsuit

In 1947 the International Latex Corporation established a specialty products division and chose this site for its location. The company’s rise to prominence as a supplier of aeronautic and aerospace equipment began in 1952 when it ...

Radisson-Groseilliers Fort

A crude structure of boughs of trees “layed acrosse, one upon an other” was erected near here by Pierre Radisson and Medart Groseilliers in 1659. The two French traders came to Chequamegon Bay from Montreal and Radisson's account of their ...

Home of Elijah Sterling Clack Robertson

This house was

built 1856-1860 by

Elijah Sterling Clack Robertson

1820-1879

Texas pioneer, patriot, soldier and jurist, and one of the founders of Salado College.

Marker can be reached from Interstate 35 Frontage Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Freimann Hotel Building

In 1896, Michael Freimann built a large three story hotel building on what had previously been a vacant lot. The building first served as the O'Neil Hotel but was soon renamed the New Freimann Hotel in 1898. The building typically ...

Frelinghuysen University/Jesse Lawson and Rosetta C. Lawson

1800 Vermont Avenue, NW

Frelinghuysen University was founded in 1917 to provide education, religious training, and social services for Black working-class adults. Founders include Jesse Lawson, a Howard University-educated lawyer; his wife Rosetta C. Lawson, an advocate for temperance and ...

U.S. Post Office Veterans Memorial

We the employees of the United States Postal Service, New York International Service Center, present this token of appreciation in honor of all veterans who served our country.

Marker is on North Boundry Road.

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Birthplace of White House Aide Mary Elizabeth Carpenter

Great-granddaughter of builders. Daughter of Thomas S. and Mary Elizabeth (Robertson) Sutherland.

First woman vice president of student body, University of Texas. Married Leslie Carpenter; has 2 children. In 1954 was president Women's National Press Club.

First woman ever to serve as ...

Old Coffee Road

The highway leading north and south at this point is the Old Coffee Road, earliest vehicular and postal route of this section. Beginning at Swain's Ferry on the Ocmulgee River, it ran this way to the Florida Line via today's ...