Port Washington Light Station

This property has been listed in the

National Register of Historic Places

by the United States Department of the Interior

Port Washington Light Station

1860

Marker is at the intersection of Johnson Street and East Van Buren Street, on the right when traveling ...

The Last Resting Place of Benjamin Franklin

1706 - 1790

"Venerated for benevolence, admired for talents, esteemed for patriotism, beloved for philanthropy."

Washington

"The sage whom two worlds claimed as their own."

Mirabeau

"He tore from the skies the lightning and from tyrants the sceptre."

Turgot

Marker ...

Olympic Silver, 1956 to 1971

The Olympics Are Coming!

News that the 1960 Winter Olympics were coming to tiny Squaw Valley and to Lake Tahoe’s West Shore marked a milestone in Tahoe City development. All at once Lake Tahoe became known world-wide. Many new facilities were ...

Camp of General Burgoyne

Site of

Camp of

General Burgoyne

October 10th to 17th

1777.

Marker is on Spring Street (New York Route 29), on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Columbus Mississippi Blues

The Black Prairies of eastern Mississippi have produced a number of notable blues musicians, including Howlin’ Wolf, Bukka White, and Big Joe Williams. Activity in Columbus, the largest city in the region, centered around areas such as this block of ...

Columbia Baptist Church

In 1859, the church trustees bought this ½ acre (part of 1729 248-acre Trammell Grant) for $100. The 2-story clapboard over timber church served as a Union hospital and appears in Matthew Brady photos. Pastor John Read was shot by ...

Providence Methodist Church

(Front text)

This church grew out of services held in the area by circuit riders as early as 1806. Its first church, a log building, was built on what is now Vance Rd., 1/2 mi. SW. About 1810 Timothy Shuler donated ...

Long's Chapel and Zenda

Long's Chapel was built in 1870, a year after William and Hannah Carpenter and the Church of the United Brethren in Christ deeded land here "to colored people… for … a church, burial ground, and a school house." Henry Carter, ...

446th Bomb Group (H)

20th Combat Wing, Second Air Division, 8th Air Force

704 Sqdn, 705 Sqdn, 706 Sqdn, 707 Sqdn

and Supporting Units

25th Station Complement Sqdn (SP) • 1214th QM Co. Service Group AVN (RS) • 885th Chemical Company • 378th Air Service Group • ...

Hard Labor Creek State Park

On the occasion of its Bicentennial, Morgan County placed this marker here to commemorate

Hard Labor Creek State Park

This park was built in 1934 by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), a New Deal program sponsored by President Roosevelt. It was administered ...