This is Yamacraw Bluff

This is Yamacraw Bluff where the Colony of Georgia was founded February 12, 1733 by Gen.James Edward Oglethrope. Voted by the Georgia Daughters of the American Revolution the Most Historic Spot In Georgia

Marker is on W. Bay Street near ...

108th Field Artillery

(Front):World War I

Champagne

Oise-Aisne

Lorraine

Meuse-Argonne

Ypres-Lys

World War II

Normandy

Northern France

Ardennes

Rhineland

Central Europe

(Back):Organized Dec. 11, 1840

1st Vol. Inf., 102nd of the line

2nd Infantry, Nov. 30, 1860

19th Penna. Vol., April 27, 1861

Site of "Verna"

Site of "Verna"

Home of Timothy Dwight

Chaplain in Continental Army

Pastor of Greenfield

Founder of Academy

Poet of "Greenfield Hill"

President of Yale 1795 - 1815

Marker is on Bronson Avenue 0.1 miles from Verna Hill Road, on the ...

Site of First Baptist Church / Baptist Seminary

Site of First Baptist Church

In 1825, Wm. Bullein Johnson opened a subscription for a Baptist meetinghouse, which was soon built here. The 120 foot-square lot, which extended well into present McBee Ave., was given by Vardry McBee. After its ...

Men of Greenfield Hill

In Memory Of The

Men Of Greenfield Hill

Who Fought In

The American Revolution

John Alvord • Benjamin Banks 4th • Daniel Banks • David Banks • Ebenezer Banks Esq. • Ebenezer Banks • Elijah Banks • Eliphalet Banks • ...

Salem Suffers

On July 10, 1863 at his headquarters on the southeast side of courthouse square, General Morgan watched the indiscriminate looting of Salem.

Hardest hit was Berkey’s Store on the northwest corner of the square. At Berkey’s more than $1,000 worth ...

Battle of Milford

Guarding Early's Flank

During the Civil War, Milford (present-day Overall) was a small commercial center on the Luray-Front Royal Turnpike. Located in a narrow valley between river and mountains, the village saw more than its share of military action. Confederate ...

Carnegie's Lasting Gifts

Andrew Carnegie rose from humble beginnings in Scotland to become one of America’s most famous philanthropists. From his first job at 13 in a cotton mill to his position as head of The Carnegie Steel Company, Carnegie remembered his path ...

First Brigade

Second Division, Third Corps

Army of the Potomac

Third Corps Second Division

First Brigade

Brig. Gen. Joseph B. Carr

1st. 11th. 16th. Massachusetts

12th. New Hampshire 11th. New Jersey

26th. 84th. Pennsylvania Infantry

July 2 Arrived around 1 a.m. and ...

Capture of the Anne, 1838

On January 9, 1838, a force of Canadians and Americans sympathizing with Mackenzie's rebellion, sailed from United States territory and landed on Bois Blane Island. The schooner "Anne," supporting the invasion, cruised along the Canadian mainland firing on structures near ...