Officer’s Quarters

In contrast to soldiers’ log huts, officers’ quarters appear lavish. But the present houses look significantly different from encampment days. Architectural modifications have more than doubled the size of General Henry Knox’s “quarters.” Though a number of officers began the ...

Fort Pickens - South Carolina

This stone

marks the place

where, in 1767,

Gen. Andrew Pickens

built a

Block House

as a place of refuge

against the Indians.

It was used as a fort

during the

Revolutionary War

and was known as

Fort Pickens.

Marker ...

Fort Saulsbury

Constructed in 1917 as a coastal defense fortification of the U.S. Army. Names for Willard Saulsbury, U.S. Senator from Delaware 1859-1871. Two batteries were located within the fort, each with two 12-inch gun emplacements. The north battery was named for ...

The Bombardment of Lewes

In March of 1813, the Royal Navy established a blockade of the Delaware Bay and River. The British squadron, under the command of Commodore John P. Beresford, RN, took up stations off Lewes and the Delaware Capes, and began to ...

Fort Washington

Constructed November 1775 by the

Continental Army under

General George Washington

This fort was used during the

Siege of Boston

and helped force its

evacuation by the British

Marker is on Waverly Street, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy ...

Milford

Town laid out by Joseph Oliver 1787. Village was located on tract then called "Saw-Mill Range". Named Milford from fording place near mill-dam erected by Rev. Sydenham Thorne across Mispillion Creek, 1787. First incorporated 1807. Old town in Kent County, ...

Butts Hill Fort

These fortifications erected by the British 1777 were occupied by the Americans 1778, becoming the island base of the Continental Army under General Sullivan in the Battle of Rhode Island.

They are now consecrated to the immortal memory of those brave ...

Florence State Teachers College

Oldest state~supported teacher college south of Ohio R.

1830 ~opened as LaGrange College (Methodist) at nearby Leighton.

First charted college in state.

1855 ~ moved here and re~named

Florence Wesleyan University.

Flourished untiled closed by war 1865.

1872~deeded to State by church;

became ...

Convent of the Holy Names

Academy of the Holy Names

At midnight, July 18, 1881, two sisters Marie Augustin, Marie Maurice of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, arrived in Tampa from Key West to establish a Catholic school.

“They came empty handed,” the ...

Dividends for the Future

I propose to create a civilian conservation corps…confining itself to forestry, the prevention of soil erosion, flood control, and similar projects. I call your attention to the fact that this type of work is of definite, practical value, not only ...