Matthews Hill

First Taste of Combat

Officers were trying to hurry the long Union column down the road past Matthews Hill. (McDowell's flanking plan depended on speed and surprise.) Suddenly there was a rattle of musketry ahead. Like a nightmare in sunlight, men ...

Center Congregational Church

Center

Congregational Church

The Oldest Meeting House

In Meriden, Conn.

Dedicated June 16, 1831

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

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Rhode Island Battery

July 21, 1861

11:00 a.m.

2nd Brigade (Burnside, Second Division (Hunter)

Army of Northeastern Virginia, USA

Rhode Island Battery

Capt. William H. Reynolds

Six 13-Pounder James Rifled Guns

"'Forward into line of action, front,' came Captain Reynolds' order. I dismounted and ran to my gun, and found ...

Gold Star Association Memorial

[ front ]

To Live

In The

Hearts

Of Those

We Leave

Is Not

To Die

[ back ]

Erected By

The

Gold Star Assoc.

Group No. I

Meriden, Conn.

May 14, 1950

Marker is at the intersection of Broad Street and Charles Street, on the left when traveling north ...

Castillo de San Marcos National Monument

This Spanish fort, begun in 1672, stood firm against English attacks and helped Spain to hold Florida for many years. During the American Revolution, it was a British stronghold. Later it became a battery in the U.S. coastal defense system.

Marker ...

Society of the Cincinnati

This Plaque is Dedicated by

The Society of the Cincinnati

to

General George Washington

Wo Was Its First President.

Samuel Blatchley Webb

Who Grew Up In This Home

The Comte De Rochambeau

Who Visited Here

and

The Marquis De Lafayette;

All Of Whom Were

Original Members of the Society

Marker is at ...

A Landscape and Lifestyle Defined by Water

Of English Origin ...

A Landscape and Lifestyle Defined by Water

Dorchester County consists of 688 square miles of which approximately 1/3 is water. The extensive waterways and marshland have played a significant role in the development of the county. Only 20 ...

Choptank River's Natural History

Melting Glaciers created the Chesapeake Bay

The Chesapeake Bay was once the extended valley of the Susquehanna River, which flowed directly into the ocean near the mouth of the bay. The Bay and all its tributaries were once non-tidal freshwater rivers ...

The Athens Theatre

1922

This historically significant landmark opened in 1922 as a silent film/vaudeville theatre. Once the entertainment centerpiece of the county, the Athens operated continuously for nearly seventy years, changing its programming over time as technology advanced. The theatre was developed by ...

Pikes Peak Overlook Landscape Interpretation

Across this impressive gorge of the Mississippi River is the mouth of the Wisconsin River. The steeply notched valleys of both rivers are carved into sedimentary bedrock which underlies the level, plateau-like uplands and forms the abrupt, picturesque bluffs along ...