George Washington Memorial Highway

This tablet marks

the

George

Washington

Memorial

Highway

at

Palmer

1732 ----- 1932

Marker is at the intersection of Wilbraham Street (U.S. 20) and Calkins Road, on the right when traveling east on Wilbraham Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

George Washington Carver School

On these grounds in 1939, Henry Ford built a school to serve the educational needs of the African-American children of lower Bryan County. Professor Herman Cooper was appointed as the Principal when the school opened later that year, originally with ...

George Washington Boyhood Home Site

has been designated a

National Historic Landmark

This site possesses national significance

in commemorating the history of the

United States of AmericaKnown as Ferry Far, the primary home of George Washington from 1738-1754, this site is uniquely associated with Washington's formative years and the ...

Historic Kenmore and George Washington's Ferry Farm

George Washington Birthplace National Monument

(Front):

Historic Kenmore and George Washington's Ferry

For George Washington, Fredericksburg was "...the place of my growing infancy." The old town on the Rappahannock River remained his home until he moved permanently to Mt. Vernon after the death ...

George Washington: Soldier and Virginia Planter

(Front):

George Washington: Soldier

George Washington gained his first military experience during the French and Indian Wars where his bravery and leadership made him a hero. When discord between the American colonies and the British Crown broke out in 1775, George Washington ...

George Washington: Surveyor and Family Man

(Front):

George Washington: Surveyor

George Washington loved mathematics, a passion he put to work when he learned to survey land, a useful trade in colonial America. At the age of 15, his first surveying job was to map his brother's turnip field. ...

George Washington: Statesman and Public Servant

(Front):

George Washington: Statesman

Following the Treaty of Paris that guaranteed American independence from Great Britain in 1783, Washington became an influential mover in the steps leading to the Constitutional Convention at Philadelphia in 1787. Washington took his oath of office as ...

George Washington

“First in war - first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen.”

This tablet marks the building used by President George Washington as his headquarters October 19 and 20, 1794, when he was in Bedford, in charge ...

George Washington Bicentennial Marker

This elm has watched the growth of "Baltimore Towne" for over 100 years, on former estate of John Eager Howard, Revolutionary and 1812 Officer and fifth governor of Maryland. Here, in "Howard's Woods", Count De Rochambeau's troops camped, 1782, erecting ...

George Washington’s Vision

George Washington’s Vision

George Washington promoted the concept of a great central waterway long before he became this nation’s first President. A surveyor of western lands as a young man, and later a landowner of vast tracts beyond the Alleghenies, Washington ...