The Demopolis Opera House / Lillian Hellman And

The Little Foxes

The Demopolis Opera House

In 1876, the town of Demopolis leased the former

Presbyterian Church, a classic brick structure

built in 1843 and occupied by federal troops during

Reconstruction, to the Demopolis Opera Association.

The association revitalized the building as a theater

for live ...

Shipyard of 1668

1630 - 1930

In 1668 the town granted the

adjacent acre of land "To the

inhabitants of Ipswich for a yard

to build vessels and to employ

workmen for that end."

The shipbuilding industry has

continued uninterruptedly in

Essex since that date.

Marker is on Main Street (Massachusetts Route ...

Major Joseph E. Gillette

The "Southampton Cavalry" was formed just north of this site in May, 1861 at what was the Gillette Farm, Cedar Lawn. Joseph E. Gillette was elected captain. The Company eventually became Company A of the 13th Virginia Cavalry. Gillette was ...

Donato (Dan) Persico, Chief T/M

Submarine Combat World War II

United States USS Squalus 192

Donato (Dan) Persico, Chief T/M

A Survivor of the Submarine U.S.S. Squalus, which sank on May 23, 1939 off the coast of Portsmouth, NH. A faulty main induction valve ...

LT John Philip Sousa Bandstand

This replica of the 1910 bandstand

upon which LT John Philip Sousa, USN

directed the Naval Training Center Band

was built from original plans in observance

of the Naval Training Center's

75th Anniversary.

Dedicated by NTC Commander

RADM Roberta Hazard, USN

July 2, 1985

Marker is on Decatur Avenue, ...

Civil War Torpedo Boatmen Memorial

In Memory of

The Supreme Devotion of Those Heroic Men

Of the Confederate Army and Navy

First in Marine Warfare

To Employ Torpedo Board

1863 - 1865

Moved by

The Lofty Faith That With Them Died

Crew After Crew

Volunteered

For Enterprises of Extremest Peril

In the Defenses of Charleston Harbor

—————

Of ...

The First Pony Express

This monument erected by the

Daughters of the American Revolution

and

The City of St. Joseph

marks the place where the first

Pony Express started on April 3, 1860

Marker is on Penn Street near South 10th Street, on the right when traveling west.

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Ridge Spring Cemetery / W.H. Scarborough

[Front]

This cemetery, dating to the early 19th century, was originally the Watson and Boatwright family cemetery before it was enlarged to become the town cemetery. Many descendants of Capt. Michael Watson (1726-1782) are buried in the walled section, built ca. ...

Trinity Episcopal Church

Established by the Rev. Caleb S. Ives

The first church building, a frame structure

built in 1857, was burned by Federal troops

during their occupation of Demopolis.

The present church building was erected in

1870 and forms the nave. The ...

Savannah River Plant

[Front]

The Savannah River Plant (SRP) was built 1950–56 by Du Pont for the Atomic Energy Commission. SRP, a nuclear production plant, produced tritium and plutonium for national defense during the Cold War. Creating a 310-sq.-mi. site in three counties meant ...