Stephen F. Austin State Teachers College During World War II

Immediately following the United States' entry into World War II after the Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Stephen F. Austin State Teachers College (SFA)President Alton Birdwell called together an assembly of students and staff to address the ...

The Battle of Hatcher’s Run

Fighting Around Dabney’s Sawmill, February 6-7, 1865

On February 6, the Union forces pressed onward towards the South Side Railroad. Around 1 p.m., Major General Gouverneur K. Warren’s Fifth Corps sent out two divisions under the leadership of Major General Samuel ...

Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother

Old Folks Day was inaugurated in Salt Lake City in 1875, by Charles R. Savage, assisted by Edward Hunter, presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and George Goddard, since which time all persons seventy or ...

Reserve Officers Association of the United States

At this site on the 2nd of October 1922

General of the Armies

John J. Pershing

met with 140 World War I

reserve officers and founded the

Reserve Officers Association of the United States.

At the meeting General Pershing said:

"I consider this gathering perhaps one ...

Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Station

This railroad station was constructed between 1908 and 1910 to serve the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad and the Western Pacific Railroad. The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad was completed between Denver and Salt Lake City in March 1883, and ...

The Battle of Hatcher’s Run

Fighting Around Dabney’s Sawmill, February 6-7, 1865

On February 6, the Union forces pressed onward towards the South Side Railroad. Around 1 p.m., Major General Gouverneur K. Warren’s Fifth Corps sent out two divisions under the leadership of Major General Samuel ...

Thatched Chapel Cross

Cross

from thatched chapel

where many generations

of Abbeyfeale people

worshipped until St. Mary's

Church was built in 1846

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (National Road 21) and The Square, on the left when traveling north on Main Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Matthew Keenan House

This Italianate double house was erected in 1860 for Matthew Keenan, prominent businessman and civic leader, and was designated as a Milwaukee Landmark in 1974 in recognition of its historical and architectural significance to the community.

Marker is on North ...

The Salvation Army

Tampa Corps

Opened at this location

1893

by

Captain Wilbur Hall

and

Lieutenant Fred Weller

Marker is on East Kennedy Boulevard (Florida Route 60) near Franklin Street, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

First State Prison

This was the original site of Michigan's first state prison, approved by the legislature in 1838. A temporary wooden prison, enclosed by a fence of tamarack poles, was built on sixty acres donated for that purpose here. In 1839 the ...