The Canal Connection

President George Washington commissioned Pierre L'Enfant to design the Capital City in 1790. The L'Enfant Plan included a system of canals to transport heavy goods at a time when roads and streets were few and muddy. The Washington City Canal ...

King William County / King and Queen County

(Obverse)

King William County

Area 263 Square Miles

Formed in 1701 from King and Queen, and named for King William III. Here lived Carter Braxton, signer of the Declaration of Independence.

(Reverse)

King and Queen County

Area 320 Square Miles

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

The Dignity Memorial

Vietnam Wall Experience

October 1 – 3, 2004

To All Vietnam Veterans

“Thank you” !

Time capsule

to be opened in

2079

Marker can be reached from North Clinton Street north of East Desi Avenue.

Courtesy ...

Llewellyn Park Gatehouse

1 Parkway

West Orange, New Jersey

Designated an

Historic Landmark

by the

West Orange Historic

Preservation Commission

Marker is at the intersection of Park Avenue and Park Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Park Avenue.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Fort Cricket Hill

1776

Erected in commemoration of the victory

of the American Continental soldiers

in command of General Andrew Lewis

over the British land and sea forces under

Lord Dunmore at Fort Cricket Hill, VA,

June 9th 1776.

Erected by the Cricket Hill Chapter,

Daughters of the American Revolution.

Mathews, Virginia, ...

A Soldier Town

For travelers arriving on the Santa Fe Trail, Fort Larned must have looked more like a small town than a fortified place. In the early years, about 150 soldiers lived here in the summers. During the Indian Wars, as ...

The Brooklyn Bridge

1867 - 1883

The Brooklyn Bridge, the largest suspension bridge in the world at the time it was built, was the first to span the East River. Designed and constructed by John A. Roebling and his son, Washington A. Roebling, ...

T.J. and Mary Lelia Dick House

Thomas Jackson and Mary Lelia (Sherman) Dick lived on their north Galveston County "Buckhorn Ranch" for many years before hiring J. R. Beerwort and O. V. King to build this house in 1904. It is a good example of a ...

First Baptist Church

of League City

First Baptist church on Galveston County mainland; organized in Clear Creek Schoolhouse, Dec. 4, 1887. B. A. Smalley served as clerk. First permanent pastor was the Rev. D. T. McLeod, Oct. 1895. First building erected on this ...

St. Mary Mission Church

Beginning in the late 19th century, League City's Catholic residents gathered in homes for Mass and other services. As the population grew, so did the need for a church. J.C. League deeded land to the Diocese of Galveston, and parishioners ...