Farm Operations

Martin Van Buren Nat’l Hist Site

As with most farms, the operations at Lindenwald varied with the seasons and the years and the constant effort to better the farm. The poles to your left are used to cultivate hops using ...

Confederate Headquarters

Portici

Fought in civilian's fields and front yards, the battle had a terrible intimacy. At this site stood the Lewis home, "Portici" (Por-TEE-cee) - a large plantation. Most Confederate regiments passed through the Lewis property during the twelve hours of First ...

Korean War Contemplative Bench

“The beginning of the end of war lies in remembrance.”Herman Wouk

In sacred memory of those Americans who gave their lives during the Korean War, 1950 - 1953.

54,246 Died. 8,177 Missing in Action.

389 Unaccounted for P.O.W.

First International Tribute, July 27, ...

Dorence Atwater

Captured by the Confederates and sent to the prisoner-of-war camp at Andersonville, Ga., Atwater kept a secret list of the 13, 000 Union soldiers who died there. After the war, he and Clara Barton returned to properly mark the ...

Melvin Jones International Memorial

Melvin Jones was born on January 13, 1879, near this site in Fort Thomas. He lived here for the first eight years of his life, during the Indian Wars here. In 1917, Melvin Jones formed Lions Clubs International with 20 ...

Georgia's State Capital

Augusta served as the capital of Georgia

from 1785 until 1795 when the seat of

government was moved to the new capital,

Louisville. The Georgia General Assembly

met at this site in a two-story building on

the corner of Elbert (Fourth) and Bay

Streets. The building ...

Deacon Nathaniel Ingersoll

1634 - 1719

gave this land to the inhabitants of

Salem Village as

A Training Place Forever.

To the memory of him and of the brave

men who have gone hence to pro-

tect their homes and to serve

their country, this stone

is erected by the town.

1894.

Marker ...

Saratoga 1777

Here the first assault was

made by the Americans on

the British line of battle

October 7th

in memory of

John M. Brown

Marker is on Park Tour Road, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Gettysburg Battlefield Preservation Association

This land and other portions of this battleground, fought over by brave men of a nation divided, is now part of Gettysburg National Military Park, through the agency of the Gettysburg Battlefield Preservation Association and the collective generosity of patriotic ...

U.S. Infantry Battalion

July 21, 1861

11:00 a.m.

1st Brigade (Porter), Second Division (Hunter)

Army of Northeastern Virginia, USA

U.S. Infantry Battalion

Maj. George Sykes

"As soon as we were formed, we commenced firing, and the rebels did not like the taste of our long range rifles. Our men ...