First Congregational Church

Organized June 10, 1785

First and only church in vicinity for 40 years

Third edifice erected here 1872

Marker is at the intersection of East Main Street and William Street, on the right when traveling west on East Main Street.

Founding Family Memorial Statue

"The Homecoming"

On March 30, 1734, Benjamin Chambers, a Scots-Irish immigrant and millwright was granted a Blunston License by the Penn family to develop a 400-acre plantation and gristmill for the first Franklin County settlement, named the Falling Spring Settlement.

In the ...

The Greatest Sacrifice / Prelude to Gettysburg

The price of war is devastation. Franklin County paid the price when its county seat, Chambersburg, was burned to the ground in 1864. Invaded in 1862, 1863, and 1864 by Confederate forces, Franklin County has the distinction of suffering more ...

Fort Morris

Named for Gov. R.H. Morris, and built by local settlers under the supervision of James Burd after Braddock’s defeat in July, 1755. Later garrisoned by provincial troops commanded by Hugh Mercer. The fort site, long marked by the soldiers’ well, ...

Frederick Douglass and John Brown

The two abolitionists met at a stone quarry here, Aug. 19-21, 1859, and discussed Browns plans to raid the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry. He urged Douglass to join an armed demonstration against slavery. Douglass refused, warning the raid would ...

Franz Kline (1910 - 1962)

This Abstract Expressionist painter, born in Wilkes-Barre, helped establish the international reputation of American artists in the 1950's. Kline's "Action Painting" is noted for bold, emotionally charged brushstrokes and non-representational subjects. The stark anthracite landscape of his native region inspired ...

52nd Illinois Infantry

Sweeny's Brigade - W.H.L. Wallace's Division

(front)

Illinois

52d Infantry

3d Brigade - Sweeny

2d Division - W.H.L. Wallace

Army of the Tennessee

(back)

52d Infantry.

Commanded by

1. Major H. Stark.

2. Capt. E. A. Bowen.

This regiment was held in reserve until 4 p.m., April 6, 1862, when it formed ...

The Eternal Flame Of The Confederacy

Erected under the auspices

of the Old Guard

and Atlanta Chapter U.D.C.

A.D. 1919 in memory of

Andrew J. West.

Beloved citizen

Captain C.S.A.-General U.C.V.

The damage at the base of

this lamp post was caused

by a shell during The War

Between the States,

Battle of Atlanta

July 22nd 1864.

_____________________________________

The ...

Fort Huger

One mile northeast, at Hardy’s Bluff on Lawne’s Neck, existed Fort Huger, a Civil War earthen fortification. Virginia State Engineer Col. Andrew Talcott authorized this and other forts to block any Union naval advance up the James River to Richmond. ...

Bolton Factory

Bolton Factory on Upton’s Creek

Eight miles east from Washington, GA.

First cotton mill in the South

Marker is at the intersection of East Court Street and East Square, on the left when traveling east on East Court Street.

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