Battle of Corydon

On July 9, 1863, along this wooded ridge - - - from the “Laconta” Road extending across the “Mauckport” Pike to the old “New Amsterdam” Road - - - occurred the only Civil War battle in Indiana. It was between ...

The Prairie States Forestry Project

The Prairie States Forestry Project was initiated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 to combat the severe wind-caused soil erosion of the Dust Bowl days. From 1935 through 1942, the U.S. Forest Service, working with the Works Progress Administration ...

Battery A, Maryland Light Artillery

(Front):Maryland's Tribute

to her loyal sons

Rigby's Maryland Battery A

(Right):Losses in action

Killed 5 - Wounded 18 - Missing 3.

Total 26.

Strength at Gettysburg

Officers 4 - Enlisted men 102.

(Left):Organized at Baltimore, Md.

October 1861

Consolidated with Battery B,

Maryland Light Artillery

March 11, 1865.

(Back):Principal Engagements

Seven Days & Battles ...

Battle of Pigeon's Roost

Near a hill south of town on May 17, 1862, Confederate troops led by Maj. Peter Otey surprised and routed a Union regiment commanded by Colonel Louis von Blessing. Federal losses were 18 killed, 56 wounded and 14 captured. Confederate ...

Monmouth Battlefield State Park

The Battle of Monmouth

During the afternoon of Sunday, June 28, 1778, the hills and meadows in front of you disappeared under clouds of gun smoke.

When the firing subsided, over 600 men were dead, dying or wounded, and the Continental Army ...

Marion at Port’s Ferry / Asbury at Port’s Ferry

Marion at Port’s Ferry. Port’s Ferry, 3 miles NE on the Pee Dee, was owned and operated by Frances Port (c. 1725–1812), widow of Thomas Port, who was a member of the Provincial Congress from Prince Frederick’s Parish. This was ...

United States War Veterans Memorial

Dedicated

to the memory of all

United States War Veterans

June 25, 1939

Dedicatory Committee

United Spanish War Veterans

Veterans of Foreign Wars

American Legion

Marker can be reached from the intersection of Pilot Knob Road (County Road 31) and Acacia Boulevard.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Constitution Ratification Site

The People

of the

State of New York

By Their Convention

Assembled in a Former

Court House

Which Stood

On This Ground

Ratified

The Constitution

of the

United States of America

July 26, A.D. 1788

Erected in 1904

By the ...

In Affectionate Memory

Victory

1917   1918

In Affectionate Memory --

Of those sons of Dutchess

Who made the supreme sacrifice

that democracy might live.

This tablet is presented by the

Dutchess County Society -–

In the City of New York

Marker is ...

Reed Bingham State Park Bridge

This bridge, which connects the Cook County side of Reed Bingham State Park with the Colquitt County side, was completed in 1974 and was dedicated on July 13, 1974 by Governor Jimmy Carter.

Serving as an outstanding state park facility for ...