Old Men and Boys of Petersburg

This stone marks the spot where the Old Men and Boys of Petersburg under Gen. R.E. Colston and Col. F.H. Archer 125 strong on June 9th, 1864 distinguished themselves in a fight with 1300 Federal cavalry under Gen. Kautz gaining ...

In This Building

Sat the First Senate and the First House of Representatives

of the United States of

America

Herein George Washington

was inaugurated President

March 4, 1793 and closed

his official career when

herein, also John Adams

was inaugurated the second

President ...

Petersburg

Settled about 1745. Near by was Fort George, Indian fort. Federal trenches overlooked the town in 1863 and 1864. Here is grave of Rev. W. N. Scott, pioneer preacher, who built churches at Old Fields, Morefield, and Petersburg.

Marker is on ...

St. Elizabeths Hospital

has been designated a

National Historic Landmark

This site possesses national significance

in commemorating the history of the

United States of America.

Marker can be reached from Martin Luther King Avenue, SE, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy ...

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

stood here

when he raised the flag

on Independence Hall

February 22nd 1861.

This tablet placed by Post 2

Department of Pennsylvania

Grand Army of the Republic

Marker is on Chestnut Street, on the right when traveling east.

Blackwater Presbyterian Church

In The 17th century, the colony of Maryland was founded as a refuge for Catholics and members of other religious faiths then subject to persecution. Many of the early settlers of this region, then a part of Maryland, were Presbyterians ...

Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Bridge

———

Built by the City of Appleton

as a lasting monument to

the memory of the soldiers

and sailors of the Civil,

Spanish-American and World Wars.

———

1924

The above plaque dedicated

the original Memorial Drive

Bridge. This monument is

intended to serve as a

continuing remembrance.

———

1982

Marker is on South Memorial Drive ...

Dallidet Adobe

This was the home of Pierre Hyppolite Dallidet, a native of France, who settled in San Luis Obispo in 1853 and became a vineyardist. His son, Paul Dallidet, gave it to the San Luis Obispo County Historical Society in 1953, ...

Local Boys & Spies

The patriots who formed battle lines at the foot of this hillside were local boys who knew Kings Mountain well. Some had used the large clearing atop the ridge as a deerhunters' camp.

Local men from the South Fork ...

Benjamin Harrison

Benjamin Harrison (1726-1791) - Virginia planter, politician, and signer of the Declaration of Independence - was born at nearby Berkekey plantation. He first served in the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1752, though elected in 1749, and remained in office ...