Albemarle Barracks Burial Site

"In 1779 4,000 prisoners, British and their German auxiliaries, captured at the Battle of Saratoga in 1777, marched over 600 miles to quarters, called 'The Barracks', situated a half mile north of this site. Traditionally, some of these prisoners who ...

Bradwell Park

1974

In Memory of Samuel Dowse Bradwell

Founder of Bradwell Institute

on this site in 1871

Built by City of Hinesville

with assistance from HUD and

Liberty County Garden Garden Clubs

( Mayor and List of Councilmen )

Marker is on South Commerce Street near Midway Street, on ...

Union Brotherhood Society

(Front text)

William Mckinley Walthour, Sr. founded the Union Brotherhood Society or "The Society" in March 1932 to help provide for a proper burial of Negro citizens. During this period of segregation and Jim Crow Laws, Negroes were uninsured and had ...

The Buttermilk Channel and Brooklyn Waterfront

Governors Island

This view looks over the Buttermilk Channel to the Brooklyn waterfront, located only 400 yards away. Many theories surround the naming of this narrow waterway. In years past, the channel was much wider and shallower than it is ...

Central Presbyterian Church

This church which had its origins in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church was first mentioned at a meeting of the Presbytery on April 7, 1812. It became known as First Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Huntsville, Alabama. In 1828 the first building ...

Berry Schools' Old Mill

From the mill’s construction in 1930 , students under the supervision of a miller used the Old Mill to produce corn meal and food stuffs for the Berry Schools. The Republic Mining and Manufacturing Company donated the iron hub, while ...

Martha Washington's Birthplace

About two miles northeast stood Chestnut Grove, the plantation home of John and Frances Jones Dandridge, where Martha Dandridge, the eldest of eight children, was born on 2 June 1731. She lived there until 15 May 1750, when she married ...

Colonel John Brown

of Pittsfield, Mass.

killed October 19th, 1780 at Stone Arabia, N.Y. on his thirty-fifth birthday.

Was with Ethan Allen, May 10th, 1775.

Made a gallant attempt to retake the fort

September 17th to 22nd, 1777

but failed owing to ...

The South Battery

Governors Island

The South Battery, or Half-Moon Battery, was erected prior to the War of 1812, in concert with the construction of Castle Williams. A battery is a fortification equipped with artillery. This arrow-shaped fortification was built into the hillside ...

F & AM - Antioch-Brentwood Lodge #175 Building

This plaque commemorates 140 continuous years of Masonry in Antioch and the 100th anniversary of this building. The building was constructed as the Belshaw Theater in 1905. It was purchased by the Antioch Masonic Lodge in 1923 and modified to ...