Hull of the Packet Boat Marshall

Famous canal boat

of the

James River and Kanawha Company,

which conveyed the body of

Stonewall Jackson

from Lynchburg to Lexington,

May 13, 1863

Marker can be reached from the intersection of Riverside Street and Rivermont Avenue.

Courtesy hmdb.org

A Splendid Field of Battle

Union commanders chose an ideal location to fight their last battle of the Seven Days. As many as 40 cannon covered the one-half-mile front, stretching from the slopes of Crew’s Run on your left to a similar drop to Western ...

USS Constellation

Flagship of the Anti-Slave Trade

Though the Civil War was a period of great innovation for the navy, with widespread use of steam power and the innovation of ironclads there was still a place in the fleet for sailing ships. ...

Packet Boat Marshall

Bringing Stonewall Jackson Home

After Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson died on May 10, 1863 as a result of wounds suffered a week earlier at the Battle of Chancellorsville, his body was transported first to Richmond for public mourning and then ...

The Water Towers in Buchanan Park

Near this site stood two water towers that for approximately seventy years were part of Lancaster’s skyline. In the early twentieth century the Conestoga River was the sole source of public water in the city. As the west end grew, ...

Explosion at Liberty!

On July 30, 1916, the Black Tom munitions depot exploded, rocking New York Harbor and sending sleeping residents tumbling from their beds.

The noise of the explosion was heard as far away as Maryland and Connecticut. On Ellis Island, terrified immigrants ...

First United States Mint

On this site

stood

The first United States Mint

First public building authorized by the United States Government

This plaque dedicated for the Bicentennial of the U.S. Mint

1792-1992

First Mint: 1792-1833 7th Street between Market & Arch

Second Mint: ...

Mount Greylock, elevation 3,491 feet

Take a deep breath, and enjoy the view! You are at the peak of the highest mountain in Massachusetts.

The summit of Mount Greylock features the only subalpine environment in Massachusetts. Because of the high elevation and the westerly winds, ...

Battle of Ocean Pond (or The Battle of Olustee)

Here was fought on February 20, 1864

the Battle of Ocean Pond

under the immediate command of

General Alfred Holt Colquitt

"Hero of Olustee"

This decisive engagement prevented a

Sherman-like invasion of Georgia from

the south.

Erected April 20, 1936

By the Alfred Holt Colquitt Chapter

United Daughters ...

Liberty Point Declaration of Independence

At or near this place

ever since known as

“Liberty Point”

was promulgated in

June 1775,

by patriots of the Cape Fear

A Declaration of Independence

of the British Crown.

—————

Declaration of Independence June 20, 1775

[Roll Call of Signers]

“We stand ready to sacrifice our lives

to secure her freedom.”

Marker ...