The Battle of Fort Whitworth

This battery, also known as Fort Baldwin, Alexander or Anderson was garrisoned by the 19th & 48th Mississippi Infantry of Brig. Genl. Nathaniel Harris’s brigade. They were initially supported by guns of Louisiana’s Washington Artillery but these were withdrawn from ...

Confederate Fort Whitworth

Named for the Whitworth family of Mayfield, the farm on which it was built, this outpost (a quarter-mile east) and Fort Gregg, 400 yards to the south, were constructed to protect the western approaches to Petersburg during the 1864-1865 siege. ...

Florida’s Original Tourist Destination

From the Native Americans who first sought the healing sulphur waters of the spring, to the present-day travelers who enjoy the wide variety of recreational opportunities along the Suwannee River and the historical significance of the Town of White Springs, ...

Maryland State Monument

Baltimore

Light Artillery, C.S.A.

Organized at Richmond, Va.

August 17, 1861

Battles engaged in: Harpers

Ferry; Winchester; Front

Royal; Cross Keys; Port

Republic; Woodstock; Gaines'

Mills; Malvern Hill; Bristoe

Station; Cunningham's Ford;

Groveton; Rappahannock;

Second Mannassas; Antietam;

Yellow Tavern; Carlisle;

Gettysburg; Culpepper C.H.;

Mine Run; Brandy Station;

Chambersburg; Leestown;

Frederick; OldTown;

Waynesboro; Maurytown.

Officers

Captain John B. Brockenbrough

Captain ...

The WheatFields Oven

The curved brick wall to your right is the outside wall of our twenty-five ton wood-fired oven. The masonry circle continues inside the bakery. The oven itself is from J. Llopis of Barcelona, Spain, and was built on site by ...

The Palisades Interstate Parkway Scenic Byway Corridor

It Began with a Boom

Just over a century ago, more than a thousand cubic yards of the Palisades Cliffs were being blasted away every day for a growing New York in need of roads and foundations. The constant explosions could ...

Centennial of the United States Navy Submarine Force

100 Years

From the Depths - Sea Power

1900 - 2000

Dedicated to those

who serve beneath the seas,

families and support personnel

[Back of marker}:In recognition of the generosity

of the following donors

Lockheed Martin Corporation ·

General Dynamics ·

McDermott/BWX Technologies, Inc. ·

Raytheon Company · ...

Magnolia Plantation

Fountainhead of the Drayton family, which

played so important a part in America's

Colonial, Revolutionary, and Independence

history. Its original plantation house, credited

by contemporary historians as having been

the earliest in the Carolina colony, along

with its famous garden, ...

Jesse M. Unruh State Office Building

Designated on the 19th day of August 1987

By the

Honorable George Deukmejian

Governor of California

In honor of

Jesse Marvin Unruh

September 30, 1922 – August 4, 1987

Member of the Assembly, 1955 – 1970

Speaker of the Assembly, 1961 – 1968

Treasurer of California, 1974 – 1987

Marker ...

New York State Monument

(Front Face):

Excelsior

The State of New York

in commemoration of the Services

of its officers and soldiers

in the Battle of Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862

(Rear Face):

Record of New York State at Antietam

67 Regiments of Infantry

5 Regiments of Cavalry

14 Batteries of Artillery

2 Regiments of Engineers

New ...