The British Occupation of New Jersey

With New York City in British hands, Forts Washington and Lee on the Hudson River (North River) fell to British attack November 16 & 19, 1776, respectively. General George Washington moved his army south through New Jersey, crossing the Delaware ...

J B Lenior

Mississippi Blues Trail

Monticello area native J. B. Lenoir (1929-1967) was best known during his lifetime for his 1955 hit “Mama, Talk to Your Daughter,” but he also played an important role in blues history because of his political engagement. ...

The Juan Bautista de Anza Trail

The Juan Bautista de Anza National HistoricTrail marks a 1,200 mile route that brought settlers to California from Tubac, in present-day Arizona, to what is now San Francisco.

The Spanish planned a system of Presidios, or military forts, and missions ...

Joseph Henry

This statue of the first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution was made in 1881 by the American sculptor William Wetmore Storey, then working in Rome. Unveiled April 19, 1883.

Marker is on Jefferson Drive east of 12th Street, SW, on ...

T.J. and Mary Lelia Dick House

Thomas Jackson and Mary Lelia (Sherman) Dick lived on their north Galveston County "Buckhorn Ranch" for many years before hiring J. R. Beerwort and O. V. King to build this house in 1904. It is a good example of a ...

Jefferson Davis

Late on May 8, the night before his arrival at this site, Mr. Davis and his party had camped in Abbeville (26 miles NE), unaware that pursuit was close behind. Their pursuers, the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry (US), Lt. Col. Henry ...

The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial

At this site will be erected the Martin Luther King, Jr .Memorial. The memorial will embody the man, the movement and the message. It will honor this 20th century visionary who brought about change through the principles of nonviolence and ...

Confinement of Jefferson Davis

In this casemate Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States, was confined, May 22-October 2, 1865. As his health suffered in the casemate, he was removed to Carroll Hall in the fortress, where he remained from October, 1865, until May, ...

John Lang Sinclair

(November 26, 1879 - January 4, 1947)

In 1899, John Lang Sinclair became a student at the University of Texas (UT) in Austin. The first UT band was formed in 1900 and Sinclair, possessing an aptitude for music, joined it ...

James Lawrence Orr

[West Inscription]:

James Lawrence Orr

Born Aug. 29, 1852

Died Feb. 26, 1905

[South Inscription]:

Representative in the Legislature.

Fearless and efficient Solicitor

of Eight Circuit for seven years.

An able and successful lawyer.

One of the most prominent ...