Commodore John Barry, U. S. N.

Father of the Navy

of the

United States

Born in Wexford, Ireland

1745

Died in Philadelphia

1803

Presented to the

City of Philadelphia

by the

Friendly Sons of St. Patrick

1907

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Sussex Borough, New Jersey

Sussex Borough was settled by Peter Decker about 1742. It was incorporated from Wantage Township as the Borough of Deckertown on October 15, 1891. The name was changed to Sussex Borough on March 2, 1902. The Sussex Presbyterian Church, the ...

Bleeding Kansas

Historic Wayside Tour #12

"Each man carried a bowie-knife, a revolver, a pair of breeches, a shirt and a very don't-care a damn expression...The stews and brothels, the hospitals and poorhouses of the East can furnish thousands more of just such ...

Clark’s Birthplace

A mile north was born George Rogers Clark, defender of Kentucky and conqueror of the Northwest, November 19, 1752.

Marker is on Stony Point Road (Virginia Route 20) just north of Richmond Road (U.S. 250), on the right when traveling north. ...

Stovall Mill Covered Bridge

Fred Dover constructed a bridge and nearby grist, saw and shingle mill complex here in the late 1800s. The original bridge washed away in the early 1890s and Will Pardue replaced it in 1895 with the present 38-foot structure. Dover ...

General Biassou House

Here on this site, 42 St. George Street, stood the home of the nation's first Black general, Jorge Biassou, who came to St. Augustine from his native Haiti in 1796 as a member of the Spanish military.

Biassou was one ...

Dedication of Newburgh Landing

Dedication of

Newburgh Landing

Nov. 14, 1976

Presented By

Newburgh Chapter of

Unico

Service Above Self

Marker is at the intersection of Water Street and 3rd Street, on the right when traveling north on Water Street.

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Covered Bridge

This bridge over Doe River was built early in 1882 at a cost to the county of $3000 for the bridge and $300 for the approaches. The site was chosen by J.J. McCorkle, Wiley Christian and H.M. Rentfro. The committee ...

Christopher Columbus

[ east side ]

The Newburgh

Chapter of UNICO

National

October 11, 1992

In celebration of a 500th Anniversary commemorating the vision, courage, determination and voyages of

Christopher

Columbus

And the crews of the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria whose gallantry resulted in the joining of ...

Public Burying Ground

During the yellow fever epidemic of 1821, this half-acre plot was set aside as a public cemetery. Many Protestant pioneers to the new Florida Territory are buried here. Often such burials, made at public expense, went unmarked.

The Presbyterian Church ...