Mueller Tower at University of Nebraska-Lincoln

This bell tower was given

to the university by

Ralph Mueller

Class of 1898,

in grateful appreciation

of the free education

given him by the State

of Nebraska

Dedicated Nov. 4, 1949.

This tower

was designed in 1948

by

George Kuska

while a senior in the

Department of Architecture

U. of N.

Marker is on Vine ...

Artillery at Petersburg

"The campaign became quite scientific, so that after the first few weeks, we learned to tell by the sound the nature of every missile that passed over us, and knew which ones to dodge. The mortar shells had the most ...

Location, Location, Location

Once a Hub for the South Bay

Because of its location at the mouth of the Guadalupe River, Alviso was deemed the ideal location for a seaport. In the 1830s and 40s, it was the only port where raw materials and ...

Battery 5 Trail

On the ground before you the first major attacks against Petersburg occurred. This bloodletting marked the beginning of nine months of siege.

This 0.6-mile trail will take you through Battery 5 of the Confederate Dimmock Line, captured by the Federals on ...

Liberty Memorial Dedication Site

On this spot on the first day of November

One Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty One

during the Third Convention of the American Legion

in the presence of the

associated war leaders

Ferdinand Foch Marshal of France

Armando Diaz General ...

Washington Park Statue

One Hundred and Nine

Thousand Citizens Gave

This Statue to Their City

Dedicated

Armistice Day 1925

Rededicated

Armistice Day 1932

The Two Hundredth

Anniversary Year of the

Birth of George Washington

Marker is at the intersection of Grand Boulevard ...

Making Machines at Tredegar

During the 1880’s the Tredegar Iron Works made many of the specialized machines necessary in iron production. This was especially true for machinery used in the rolling mills. Two major parts of the stand of rolls you see in the ...

The State of Maryland

[Front/East Side of Marker]:

The State of Maryland

In honored recognition of the historic valor

of her sons who in Blue and Gray, nobly

sustained the martial glory of their

fathers in the military operations around

Chattanooga in the war for the union.

1861 - 1865

The proud ...

Living Classrooms Foundation

Lady Maryland

The Lady Maryland is an authentic replica of a pungy schooner, a Chesapeake Bay workboat that sailed the Bay in the 1700s and 1800s. Pungies were fast sailing vessels and were primarily used to transport perishable cargo such as ...

First Congregational Church

This monumental Romanesque Revival church was erected in 1859 according to plans by architect Horatio N. White of Syracuse, New York. It is this congregation's third church. In 1871 the building was raised eight feet to accommodate lower-level classrooms. In ...