Battle of the Crater - Covered Way

At this place located by participants in the Battle of the Crater, this road, known as the Jerusalem Plank Road, was crossed by a covered way leading eastwardly to the ravine in rear of the Confederate breastworks which run northwardly ...

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 ...

Chronology of Benjamin Franklin

1706 Born at Boston, January 17.

1723 Removed to Philadelphia.

1729 Editor of Pennsylvania Gazette.

1730 Appointed Public Printer.

1731 Founded the Philadelphia Library.

1736 Organized the first Philadelphia Fire Company.

1737 Appointed Postmaster of Philadelphia.

1738 Member of the ...

Tabby

Tabby was the building material for walls, floors, and roofs widely used throughout coastal Georgia during the Military and Plantation Eras. It was composed of equal parts of sand, lime, oyster shell and water mixed into a mortar and poured ...

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

Christ Church Burial Ground

1719

Christ Church Burial Ground is most famous as the final resting place of Benjamin Franklin, a man who captured the spirit of his age and of the city. Franklin's genius touched nearly every aspect of Philadelphia's life and produced ...

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 ...

Benjamin Franklin

1706 - 1790

The class of 1930 at its 50th reunion honors Benjamin Franklin founder of the University of Pennsylvania which began at this site in 1749 and which in 1779 became the first university in this nation. We recognize ...

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 • ...