The Pope Estate

From Cabin to Lodge

The Pope Estate is the largest of the three estates at the Tallac Historic Site. In 1894, George P. Tallant built a 2,000 square foot rustic-style summer cabin on this site. Five years later, San Francisco businessman ...

Second Battle of Hagerstown

Custer Captures the Town

Six days had passed since the Federals had failed in their first attempt to seize Hagerstown as they pursued Gen. Robert E. Lee's Confederate army retreating to Virginia after the Battle of Gettysburg. On Sunday morning, July ...

Site of the First Jewish Synagogue Owned by a Congregation on th

Site of the first Jewish Synagogue owned by a congregation on the Pacific Coast on 7th Street between L and Capital Avenue

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Tank, Combat, 90MM Gun

M48

The M48 Tank was designed in 1954. The tank

weight is 45 tons. It has an aircooled 810 hp

engine and carries a crew of four. Armament

consists of two machine guns in addition to

the 90mm gun which has a maximum effective

range of ...

First Battle of Hagerstown

Vicious Fighting in the Streets

Combat raged here in the town square and in adjoining city blocks for six hours on Monday, July 6, 1863. Holding Hagerstown was crucial to Gen. Robert E. Lee's retreat to Virginia after the Battle of ...

Seven Days’ Battles

Gaines’s Mill

Half a mile south is Boatswain Creek. The battle that was begun at Gaines’s Mill by A. P. Hill, following Porter’s rear guard, culminated at the Union position on Boatswain Creek. There A. P. Hill and Longstreet, moving eastward, ...

Guilford Courthouse National Military Park

On March 15, 1781, the crackling of musket fire, the clamor of headlong cavalry charges, and the cries of the wounded disturbed the serenity of these woods and fields. Coming late in the war, the Battle of Guilford Courthouse was ...

"Hold The Ground At All Hazards"

Colonel Strong Vincent & Colonel Joshua Chamberlain at Little Round Top on July 2nd, 1863.

On the afternoon of July 2, 1863 Union General Gouverneur K. Warren found Little Round Top undefended. He quickly sent his staff to find troops to ...

Seven Days Battles

Mechanicsville

Down this slope in the late afternoon of June 26, 1862, A. P. Hill moved to attack the Unionists holding the east side of Beaver Dam Creek. Pender’s Brigade was on the left, Ripley’s on the right. Exposed to a ...

M-60 A3 Main Battle Tank

WT 52 Tons

Main Gun 105 MM

Produced 1956-1987

This tank was acquired from the SC ARNG

with the help of Sgt. Charles A. Price.

This marker was dedicated by

VFW Post #8131

Star Fort Post 103

Ninety Six American Legion

This model tank was used in Desert Storm

Marker ...