St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church

First Roman Catholic Church in (present) Baltimore County founded in 1822. One and one half miles southeast of Sweet Air, one half mile northeast of Manor Road. Building destroyed by fire February 25, 1855. Parish relocated to present site. First ...

Pilot Class 44-J

La Junta Army Air Field, Colorado

A Tribute to Those Who Served

John Adams • Thomas Aery • David Agner • Roscoe Anderson • Richard Artz • Carl Ashford • Harold Atkinson • Clarence Bain • Philip Barbee • Lester Bennett • ...

Captain John Smith

John Smith was born about 1580 the son of a yeoman farmer of modest means. As a young man he traveled throughout Europe and fought as a soldier in the Netherlands and in Hungary. There he was captured, taken to ...

Saint John’s Parish

(Gunpowder)

The old church here standing was built by Edward Day at his own expense and consecrated in 1817 to replace Saint John’s at Joppa Town which, built in 1725, lay in ruins.

Marker is at the intersection of Belair Road (U.S. ...

Johnny Western

Utah's Little Hollywood

Singer and actor Johnny Western has appeared in thirty-seven features, including "Boots and Saddles", "The Dalton Girls", "Fort Bowie", and "Have Gun-Will Travel" (for which he wrote the theme song) all filmed in Kanab. Johnny was recently inducted ...

The Right Wing at Jackson

On the night of Nov. 17, 1864, the Right Wing (15th and 17th Corps) of General Sherman’s army [US], which had marched south from Atlanta on Nov. 15th on its destructive March to the Sea, reached Jackson. Hq. Department and ...

Saint Joseph’s Villa

Saint Joseph’s Villa, founded 25 Nov. 1834 and incorporated 3 Oct. 1868, is one of the oldest-operating children’s institutions in the United States. For 143 years administered by the Catholic Daughters of Charity as an orphanage and girls’ school, it ...

John Henry Smyth

(14 July 1844–5 Sept. 1908)

Born in Richmond, Va., to a free black mother and enslaved father, John Henry Smyth graduated from Howard University Law School in Washington, D.C., in 1872 and worked variously as a teacher, bank cashier, lawyer, and ...

Bill “Bojangles” Robinson

December 14, 1878 – November 25, 1949.

Dancer •

Actor •

Humanitarian

Native Son of Richmond

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Internationally famous actor and dancer rendered many kindnesses to the citizens of Richmond.

Marker is at the intersection of Leigh Street (County Route 33) and Adams Street, on the left ...

January 17, 1781

A Decisive American Victory Fought in Less than One Hour

The British soldiers arrived at the Cow Pens about dawn. The right flank of the British army formed in this general area with the rest of the troops stretching across the ...