Nolan Park

in honor of

Dennis E. Nolan

Major General

Commander of

The United States First Army

Governors Island, 1933-1936

Dedicated August 10, 1956

Courtesy hmdb.org

Campaign of 1781

The British cavalryman Tarleton, returning to Cornwallis from a raid to Bedford, passed near here, July, 1781.

Marker is at the intersection of Boydton Plank Road (U.S. 1) and Gatewood Road, on the right when traveling north on Boydton Plank Road. ...

Birthplace of Famed Song

It was in the spring of 1911 that two freshmen at Albion College, Byron D. Stokes and F. Dudleigh Vernor, wrote the words and music for a song they called "The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi." The song made a hit ...

New Hope & Court House

Charles City County, Virginia

Since the establishment of the Court House during the mid-eighteenth century, this area has served as a community center for the entire county. During the Revolution and Civil War the area was the site of military ...

Clarysville General Hospital

Center for Healing

The Clarysville Inn once stood in front of you to the right. In this tavern, and in a complex of buildings constructed around it, the United States established a general hospital during the Civil War. On March 6, ...

Spanish Dragoon Barracks

A first Spanish period two-story coquina, shingle roofed structure, 33' x 19', erected on the east side of this lot became the barracks for the Spanish dragoons in 1792. Each story had two rooms. One upper room contained a rack ...

Don Pedro Menéndez de Aviles

1519 - 1574

(Front):Illustrious son of Aviles, Spain

Governor and Captain General, Conquistador,

Adelantado in Perpetuity of Florida.

Founded St. Augustine September 8, 1565

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Statue was a gift of the ...

Pine Mountain

June 10, 1864. The 4th A. C. moved from Mars Hill Ch. to position along this road facing S. toward Pine Mtn.-- highest point between Lost & Kennesaw Mtns. The 14th A. C. was on the left; the 20th on ...

The Pershing Oak

To honor the memory of

General of the Armies

John J. Pershing

First Commander of the United States First Army

this tree was planted on

the one hundredth anniversary of his birth

13 September 1960

Marker can be reached from ...

Bishopville

A trading center and polling place for Upper Salem in old Claremont County in the early 1800's, Bishopville was laid out on land acquired by Dr. Jacques Bishop. In 1824 a post office was established here. The town was chartered ...