The First Landing of Filipinos in the Continental United States

Historic Site

During the Manila-Acapulco Galleon Trade Era from 1565 to 1815 Spanish galleons crossed the Pacific between the Philippines and Mexico.

On October 18, 1587, the Manila Galleon Nuestra Senora de Esperanza commanded by Pedro de Unamuno entered Morro Bay near ...

Monument to the Battle of Midway

[Front top]:

Dedicated to the Preservation of the Memory of Midway

where one of the most decisive naval battles in military history was fought

June 4, 1942

The day when the American Spirit reached unparalleled heights and, in so doing, save democracy for the ...

Gene Stratton-Porter

In Memory of

Gene Stratton - Porter

Author

of

The Girl of The Limberlost,

The Song of the Cardinal, Freckles

and other nature stories.

Who came to Decatur as a bride and in

this County, at Geneva, on the banks of the

Limberlost, ...

Atchison County Courthouse

On the Register

of

National

Historic

Places

Marker is at the intersection of 5th Street and Parallel Street, on the left when traveling north on 5th Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Segregated Burial Grounds

Historic burial traditions parallel both the societal structure and economic status of the period. Old Cemetery reveals racially distinct sections reflected in the notable absence of family plots and headstones on the hill’s slope, where a memorial honors the final ...

Emmanuel Church at Brook Hill Episcopal

Built directly west by John Stewart of Brook Hill and consecrated by the Right Reverend John Johns on 6 July 1860, Emmanuel Church (Episcopal) is a classic example of late-antebellum Gothic Revival architecture. Considerable military activity took place nearby during ...

Battle of Hatcher’s Run

5-7 February 1865

Hoping to cut Lee’s supply route into Petersburg, in February 1865 Grant ordered two army corps led by Major Generals Gouverneur K. Warren and Andrew A. Humphreys to seize the Boydton Plank Road. The Confederate corps commanded by ...

Seven Days Battles

Malvern Hill

Here from east to west, Berdan’s sharpshooters of Morell’s division were strung out in the afternoon of July 1, 1862. Their rapid and accurate fire harassed the Confederates as they emerged from the woods and charged up the hill.

Marker ...

First Federated Church

First Refd. Dutch Church

Orgend. 1828

Erecd. 1866

First Federated Church

Bayonne’s Oldest Church – 1866

and its oldest Congregation:

Dutch Reformed Church (1828)

Merged in 1952 with

Third Reformed Church and

Christ Presbyterian Forming

First Federated Church.

Placed on State (1981) and

National (1982) Registers of

Historic Places.

Marker is at the intersection ...

The Valley of Death

July 2, 1863 - Second Day

"The night of July 2d was bright moonlight but it seemed to me there were spirits flitting from Little Round Top to Devil's Den and back, all night; and as I lay awake, the only ...