Confederate Veterans of Mississippi County

1861 - 1865

In memory

of the

Confederate Veterans

of

Mississippi County

erected A.D. 1934

United Daughters of the Confederacy

Elliott Fletcher Chapter

Bytheville Arkansas

Marker is at the intersection of North Walnut Street (U.S. 61) and West Hale Avenue, on the right when traveling north on North Walnut Street. ...

The Town of Washington, Virginia

The First Washington of All

Surveyed and platted by George Washington with the assistance of John Lonem and Edward Corder, as chainmen; August 4, 1849.

Organized and established as a town by the General Assembly of Virginia, December 14, 1896.

Incorporated as a ...

Joseph Bloomfield

In honor of Joseph Bloomfield, Major in the American Revolutionary War who became General in the War of 1812 and later Governor of the state of New Jersey, for whom the town of Bloomfield was named. On this site he ...

London Avenue Canal Floodwall Breach

On August 29, 2005, tidal surge from Hurricane Katrina exposed design flaws in the London Avenue Canal floodwall, part of the Federal Flood Protection System. The floodwater killed many Gentilly residents and their beloved pets. The breach was one of ...

Historic Hopedale / Clark Gable, "The King of Hollywood"

Side one:

Platted by educator and abolitionist Cyrus NcNeely in 1849, Hopedale was the site of McNeely Normal School, later Hopedale Normal College, the first coeducational college for teachers in eastern Ohio. It operated from 1849 to 1902. Among its graduates ...

Lest We Forget

Dedicated to the brave men and women who have served and fought for our country.

Listing of military actions and dates

Revolutionary War (1775-1783)

Indian Wars (1789-1898)

Franco-American Naval War (1798-1800)

Barbary Wars (1801-05, 1815)

War of 1812 (1812-1815)

Marquesas Islands (1814)

West Indies (1822-1825)

Sumatra (1832)

Texas War of ...

First U.S. Girl Scout Day Camp

We Proudly Honor

The Site Of The

First U.S. Girl Scout

Day Camp

1922

Girl Scouts of Newington

March 12, 1987

Marker is on Garfield Street 0.1 miles south of Mill Street, on the left when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Emerald Farm

A Working Goat Farm

Emerald Farm, 'a very special place,' is part of an original 450-acre working farm dating from the late 1800s. In keeping with its agricultural heritage, Emerald Farm continues to raise livestock, harvest hay, pecans, herbs and fruit ...

Battle of Boonville

A State Divided: The Civil War in Missouri

On June 17, 1861, the Battle of Boonville took place at this and other locations along this road. By most standards of warfare, the Battle of Boonville was more truly a skirmish or ...

Fort Couch - General Couch - Fort Washington

Left Panel

Fort Couch was built as part of the emergency fortifications erected to defend Harrisburg and nearby bridges across the Susquehanna River during the 1863 invasion of Pennsylvania by Confederate forces. Fort Couch was built as an advance position ...