Honoring the 28th

In 1919, the Boal Troop dedicated a monument to their fallen comrades, elsewhere on Col. Boal's estate. In the 1920s, other units of the 28th Infantry Division erected memorials in this area and began referring to it as the "Shrine." ...

Saint Mary of the Springs Academy / Anne O'Hare McCormick 1880-1

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Saint Mary of the Springs Academy

On this site stood St. Mary of the Springs Academy, a school for girls first founded by the Dominican Sisters in 1830 in Somerset, Ohio, to respond to the educational needs of frontier Catholics. ...

Prisoners of War in St. Augustine During the American Revolution

From the onset of the American Revolution in 1775, the British Crown Colony in East Florida was a Loyalist bastion. In its capital, St. Augustine, the British lodged as prisoners many American Patriots and their French allies. Most of these ...

Powering the Patapso Valley's Industries

This inconspicuous ditch is a remnant of the Avalon millrace. Originally dug in the 1700s, it supplied water from the Patapsco River to Dorsey's Forge. The millrace later served the Avalon Iron & Nail Works and the Baltimore County Water ...

Black Members of the Alabama Legislature Who Served During The R

1868-1869: Senate: Benjamin F. Royal, Bullock; House: Benjamin Alexander, Greene; James H. Alston, Macon; Samuel Blandon, Lee; John Carraway, Mobile; George Cox, Montgomery; Thomas H. Diggs, Barbour; Joseph Drawn, Dallas; Ovide Gregory, Mobile; James K. Greene, Hale; Daniel H. Hall, ...

A Gathering Storm

North

By the end of July 1777, the British invasion from Canada under General John Burgoyne had progressed to Fort Edward on the Hudson River. Desperately in need of supplies, Burgoyne dispatched an expedition on August 11 under Lieutenant Colonel Friedrich ...

250th Anniversary of the Bering- Chirikov Expedition

1741-1991

Commemorating the 250th Anniversary of the Bering-Chirikov Expedition

May the wheel of change forever turn with peace, justice and opportunity

The Liberty Spring

Around this inexhaustible spring was founded the City of Liberty - July 1, 1822

Dedicated to the Pioneer Settlers by Alexander Doniphan Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution

Marker is on Missouri Street, on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Endview Spring

The Civil War at Endview

The fresh water bubbling from this natural spring has supported wildlife and the various residents on this property: Indian hunting parties, the Harwood/Curtis families, and military encampments. During the American Revolution, General George Washington’s soldiers stopped ...

The Route of the Hiawatha- Laboring in Luxury

For the price of a Pullman ticket, a common rail passenger could be waited upon and pampered in the grand manner of privileged gentry.

The Pullman porter provided the labor for that luxury…

After the Civil War, the Pullman Palace Car Company, ...