The National Arborist Association

and the International Society of Arboriculture jointly recognize this significant tree in this bicentennial year as having lived here at the time of the signing of our Constitution.

Marker can be reached from US 1.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Battle of Brandywine

The center of the American line, Wayne commanding, was near Chadds Ford and faced west. In late afternoon as Cornwallis was making the main assault on the American right wing, 3 miles north, Knyphausen's division of British and Hessians crossed ...

Batteries C & F, Pennsylvania Independent Light Artillery

C & F

Indp't Penn'a

Artillery

Position occuped

Indp't Pa. Art'y F

Hampton's Battery

July 3rd A.D. 1863

Organized at Pittsburg Pa

Oct. 8th 1861

Mustered out of United States Service

June 24th 1865

On this field the following members ...

Nathaniel Polk DeShong

The Southern Diaspora

Nathaniel Polk DeShong descended from Huguenot immigrants who settled near the Haw River about a mile and a half north of here. He enlisted on June 21, 1861, at 17 years of age under Capt. James W. Lea ...

Colorado State Veterans Memorial

Dedicated by the people of Colorado in gratitude and respect for the men and women who have proudly served and sacrificed in our nation’s armed forces.

Marker can be reached from Lincoln Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Battle of Brandywine

On Sept. 11, 1777, an American force of about 11,000 men, commanded by Washington, attempted to halt a British advance into Pennsylvania. The Americans were defeated near Chadds Ford on Brandywine Creek by approximately 18,000 British and Hessian troops under ...

Battery A, 1st New Jersey Artillery

(Front):Battery A, 1. N.J. Art.

From its position in

reserves s.w. of Powers'

Hill Galloped into action

at 3 p.m. July 3, 1863.

Fired 120 rounds shrapnel

at Pickett's column and

80 shell at a battery

in left front

Erected by the

State of New Jersey 1888

Hexamer's New Jersey

Battery

commanded ...

Boat House and Pier

Hesperia, the name given to the Congdon's yacht, was a family name. Registered as a yacht in Lloyd's Register of American Yachts, 1911, the Hesperia was constructed of wood with a raised deck design. The boat was powered by an ...

Preservation of Log Post Office

"The Long Journey Begins"

[North face of the pavilion]

It all started in June 1974 when Franklin Judge J.T. Riley decided to replace the white building pictured here. It was reputed that the right portion was where J.N.C. Schenck had his store ...

Commission for the Blind Orientation Center

The Orientation Center teaches persons who are blind or visually impaired the skills to live independently and work competitively. Originally part of the New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, the “Training Center” opened in 1949 before integrated ...