Perryville Confederate Memorial

(front, south)

Confederate Memorial

Nor braver bled for a brighter land, no brighter land had a cause so grand.

(side, east)

On flames eternal camping ground their tents are spread. And glory guards with solemn round the bivouac of the dead.

Capt. Cogar • Capt. ...

Rutherford Trace

The expedition led by

Gen. Griffith Rutherford

against the Cherokee,

September 1776, passed

nearby.

Marker is on Brevard Road (North Carolina Route 191) north of Biltmore Estates Drive.

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"End of Car Line"

1890-1934

The west Asheville & Sulphur springs electric railway ran from the springs to Government Street, at what is now Pritchard Park

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Marker is on Haywood Road (North Carolina Route 19/23) west of Jarrett Street.

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William Few Signer of the U.S. Constitution

On this site stood the home of William Few, one of Georgia`s signers of the United State Constitution. Built in 1781, the house burned in 1930.

William Few was born near Baltimore, Maryland, June 8, 1748. In 1776 he moved to ...

Confederate Earthworks

These earthworks were erected by Confederate troops in 1861 as part of the defense system to block Union penetration of the James River.

Marker can be reached from Colonial Parkway, on the right when traveling west.

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Sealing of the Magna Carta

This live oak

dedicated on June 15, 1965,

commemorates the 750th Anniversary

of the

Sealing of Magna Carta

on

June 15, 1215.

Out of these roots have sprung great

liberties of man, great principles of law.

The Magna Carta Commission of Virginia

Marker can be reached from Colonial Parkway, on ...

Franklin Lakes United Methodist Church

Organized in 1855 as the Methodist Episcopal Church of Campgaw, the first church was built on Circle Ave, in 1856, but was destroyed by fire in 1919.

William V. Pulis donated a lot ‘in a most commanding part of the village.’ ...

First Train Order Transmitted by Telegraph

From this site

the first train order was transmitted by telegraph in 1851 from Harriman to Goshen by order of Charles Minot of the Erie Railroad

Marker is on Grove Street 0.1 miles west of New York Route 17.

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The English Inns of Court

Presented by

The English Inns of Court

to commemorate

the 400th Anniversary of

the founding of

the Colony at Jamestown in 1607

April 2007

Marker can be reached from Colonial Parkway, on the right when traveling west.

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Franklin County

This County, created by Act of the Legislature Feb. 25, 1784, is named for Benjamin Franklin, Revolutionary patriot and statesman. It was formed from lands obtained from the Indians by the Treaty of Augusta, 1783. Capt. James Terrell of the ...