Newport Harbor

Newport Harbor has been a center of commerce and industry since the days Narragansetts and Wampanoags, Native Americans, fished the waters of this bay. The first European explorer was Giovanni da Verranzzano, an Italian who sailed for the King of ...

Alabama Central Female College

After the seat of government was moved to Montgomery in 1847, the Tuscaloosa Capitol and its furnishings were deeded to the University of Alabama to be used for educational purposes.

In 1857, the University Board of Trustees leased the building for ...

Milwaukee's Bridge War

The three original founders of Milwaukee each led separate settlements, with the Milwaukee River serving as the key border between them. Solomon Juneau's Juneautown was on the east, Byron Kilbourn's Kilbourntown on the west and George Walker's Walker's Point ...

Italians at the Yuma Test Branch

During World War II, the Yuma proving ground of the United States Army Corps of Engineers was known as the Yuma Test Branch, which was used as a floating-bridge test facility. By 1944, more allied troops support was needed to ...

World War II Bridge Test Site

In January 1943 the Yuma Test Branch of the Engineer Board of the Corps of Engineers commenced test operations on fixed and floating bridges at Imperial Dam. Tests were conducted in both sluiceways as well as above and below the ...

The British Garrison in London

In one of several concentrations of British troops in Upper Canada various infantry and artillery units were stationed on a military reserve here during the mid-19th century. The garrison, which contributed significantly to the economic growth of London, was first ...

Woodbridge Veterans Monument

In Everlasting

Tribute To The

Men And Women

Of Woodbridge

Who Have Served

Their Nation With

Honor To

Preserve Freedom

Lt. G. Bronson Bedworth

Post 2871

Veterans Of

Foreign Wars

1994

Marker is at the intersection of Meetinghouse Lane and Newton Road, on the left when traveling west on Meetinghouse Lane.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Defending Narragansett Bay

During the 19th century, Newport was the only deep water harbor between New York and Boston which could serve as a base for a large fleet of warships. Fort Adams was located at a crucial point where it could prevent ...

Woodbridge

Woodbridge

The town consists of portions of the colonial jurisdictions of New Haven and Milford. Founded in 1738 as the Parish of Amity, it was incorporated in 1784 by act of the Connecticut General Assembly and named after the first parish ...

Frederica - The Barricks

" There are barracks in the town on

the north side,ninety feet square, built of tappy,

covered by cypress shingles; and a handsome

tower over the gateway...."

London Magazine

October 23, 1747

At the time of the Spanish attack in 1742,

about 200 British troops ...