First Division War Memorial

[Inscriptions on the original memorial (1924)]

First Division, United States Army, American Expeditionary Forces, June 1917 - September 1919.

Erected by the memorial association of the First Division and patriotic friends to the memory of the dead of the division ...

First Light of Freedom

The Freedmen’s Colony of Roanoke Island

[obverse:]First Light of Freedom

Former slaves give thanks by the creek’s edge

at the sight of the island - “If you can cross the

creek to Roanoke Island, you will find ‘safe haven’.”

[rendering of Edwin Forbes' ...

The Freedom Tree

With the vision of universal freedom

for all mankind

this tree is dedicated to

Terry L. Reynolds

and all

Prisoners of War

and

Missing in Action

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Resting Place of Seven Signers of the Declaration of Independenc

In the Burial Ground of this Church

rest the remains of Seven Signers of the

Declaration of Independence

Benjamin Franklin             Benjamin Rush MD

Obit 1796                     ...

Formation of the Southern Methodist Church

One block west stood the Union Street Methodist Church, completed in 1820. There was held the first general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, May 1-23, 1846. At this meeting the Southern Methodist Church, which had separated from the ...

Fort Henry

Four blocks north is the traditional site of Fort Henry, established under the Act of 1645. In 1646 the fort was leased by Abraham Wood. From it, in 1650, Wood and Edmund Bland set out on an exploring expedition; and, ...

5th Md. Vet. Vol. Infy.

Erected

by the survivors of

Company A & I

to the memory of our

fallen comrads

who fell on this spot

September 17, 1862.

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This stone

marks the extreme advance

of Weber's Brigade

French's Div. 2nd Army Corps

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Can their glory ever fade!

Marker can be reached from Richardson Avenue, on the ...

The Grave of Duncan Campbell & Jane McCrea

The Grave of

Duncan Campbell

& Jane McCrea

are just within and

to the left

of this gateway.

Marker is on Broadway (U.S. 4), on the left when traveling south.

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The Fight for the Cedars

December 31, 1862

1. The Union line was smashed by the Confederate onrush. Reserve troops rushed here to stem the tide.

2. Those Union soldiers, confused by the cedar thickets, fog and smoke, also fled.

3. Union infantry and artillery along the Nashville ...

Fort Johnson, 1749

Third Mohawk Valley House

built by Sir William

Johnson. Important military

post and Indian Council

place of 1754-60

Marker is at the intersection of Mohawk Turnpike (New York Route 5) and Mergner Drive, on the right when traveling west on Mohawk Turnpike.

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