Battle of Lake George

Sept. 8, 1755

Right of Monument:

Defeat would have

opened the road to

Albany to the French

Back of Monument:

1903

The Society of Colonial Wars

erected this monument to commemorate

the victory of the colonial forces

under General William ...

National Tube Works

Incorporated 1869, the works began production here, 1872. By 1901, when it became a subsidiary of U.S. Steel, this was the world's largest pipe producer. Major advances in inspection techniques originated here. Plant operations ceased in 1987.

Marker is on Lysle ...

Famous Personalities at Fort Cumberland

Horatio Sharpe

Lived: 1718-1790. Here as Governor of Maryland and the commander of the fort. Fort Frederick was built by his direction. Governor: 1753-1769. Sharpsburg, Md., was named in his honor.

Daniel Boone

Lived: 1734-1820. Here as a teamster with Braddock's forces, blazed ...

Westinghouse Atom Smasher

The world’s 1st industrial Van de Graaff generator was created by Westinghouse Research Labs in 1937 as an early experiment with atomic energy. The 5-story pear-shaped structure is located here. The company remained active in establishing US leadership in nuclear ...

Kings Mountain Battlefild Trail

If you follow the trail to your left, you will circle the base of Kings Mountain, as gathering patriot forces did on the afternoon of October 7, 1780. The path climbs to a rock-strewn ridge line which was defended by ...

Kings Mountain Battleground

Kings Mountain Battleground

York County

South Carolina

Marker is on Kings Mountain Park Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Five miles south lies the main campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, founded in 1872 as a land-grant college specializing in agriculture and mechanical arts. The land-grant college system initiated scientific agricultural and industrial instruction in the Commonwealth. ...

Hill of Three Waters or the Triple Divide

A triple point, or triple divide, is the place where two continental divides intersect and water drains into three different watersheds. Five widely-recognized triple divides exist in the United States, including: Triple Divide Peak, Montana, The Hill of Three Waters, ...

Retreat?

The Battle of Monmouth 28 June 1778

On this hill, an angry George Washington, Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Armies, met his second-in-command, Major-General Charles Lee, and demanded “What is all this? What all that confusion was for, and retreat?”

Washington had sent ...

Washington Checked Lee’s Retreat

In memorium

June 28, 1778

This tablet is erected

on the field of the

Battle of Monmouth

to commemorate the imperishable

deeds of valiant Americans

“at the turn of the tide”

in the

American Revolution.

Near this spot Washington checked

Lee’s retreat and brought victory

out of confusion.

New Jersey Society

Sons of the ...