The Franklin Cantonment

Fort George G. Meade

In the summer of 1918 the Franklin Cantonment, a Signal Corps Camp of Instruction, opened within 1 mile of the original Camp Meade. This 400-acre camp housed 11,000 men and women (19 battalions) in 599 structures. The ...

The Potomac Highway

Oxon Cove Park

Two hundred and fifty years ago, the Potomac River was a highway. Roads were bumpy, narrow, winding routes, littered with stumps and fallen trees. They led from tobacco barns and small villages down to the real thoroughfare – ...

The Construction of Fort Miles

As war clouds gathered in the late 1930s, the Army started building massive fortifications at the entrance to the Delaware River and Bay. Called Fort Miles, the main batteries and headquarters were at Cape Henlopen, Delaware, near the main shipping ...

Battles and Engagements of the Delaware Regiment

Battles around New York City and Environs, 1776-1779

1. Long Island, August 27, 1776

2. Throg's Neck, October 12-18, 1776

3. Mamaroneck Raid, October 22, 1776

4. White Plains, October 28, 1776

5. Retreat across New Jersey, November-December 1776

6. Trenton, December 26, 1776

7. Staten ...

The Freedom Tree

With the vision of universal freedom

for all mankind

this tree is dedicated to

1Lt. Mark Peterson

and all

Prisoners of War

and

Missing in Action

Marker is at the intersection of 6th Street NW and Paige Avenue, on the right when traveling north on 6th Street NW. ...

In grateful memory of the early settlers.

In grateful memory of the early settlers.

Who by courage industry and endurance transformed a wilderness into a land of order peace and plenty.

Marker is on S. Buchanan Street (Illinois Route 157), on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Freedom Tree

With the vision of universal freedom

for all mankind

this tree is dedicated to

Capt. Alan Trent

and all

Prisoners of War

and

Missing in Action

Marker is at the intersection of 6th Street NW and Paige Avenue, on the right when traveling north on 6th Street NW. ...

Capt. Curtis Blakeman and the Marine Settlement

In memory of

Capt. Curtis Blakeman

and the

Marine Settlement

Just north of here, in 1819, a group of sea captains,

Blakeman, Allen, Breath, Deselherst, and Mead

from Connecticut, arrived and built log cabins,

naming the settlement Marine.

Captain Curtis Blakeman,

our great, great, great grandfather,

built an ox driven ...

Southern Branch Chapel / Battle of Great Bridge / Wilson Family

Site of

Southern Branch Chapel

A Chapel of ease of the Anglican Church

for the

Elizabeth River Parish 1701 - 1761

St. Brides Parish 1761 - 1845

Encampment area for American Patriots

Battle of Great Bridge

December 1775

First land battle for the American Revolution fought in Virginia

Residence of ...

From Lewis and Clark to the Future

Change came slowly to Spirit Mound after 1804. For 55 years the area remained the land of the Yankton Sioux, with fur traders conducting business from posts on the Missouri. The tallgrass prairie continued to thrive as it had for ...