Site of Squire Wilson's Home

South some 75 yds. was the lone adobe house of J.B. Wilson, noted J.P. in Lincoln Co. War. At night, Mar 17, 1879 he helped Gov. Lew Wallace meet with Bill Bonney, leader of remaining McSween men, and arranged a ...

Arizona's U.S.S. Arizona Memorial - In Memory of the Gallant Men

Who Gave Their Lives on December 7, 1941 on the Battleship U.S.S. Arizona

In memory of the gallant men who gave their lives on December 7, 1941 on the Battleship U.S.S.

Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor

Dedicated December 7, 1976

The ...

Suffolk Street

Kells Heritage Trail

Suffolk Street is an anglicisation of the ancient name Siofac, the meaning of which is today uncertain. The Annals of the Four Masters mentions a fire in 1156 burning the area of Kells from the cross of the ...

The First Presbyterian Church in Tucson

On this site stood the first Presbyterian Church, and the second Protestant Church in Arizona. It was organized in 1874 for Presbyterian Missions in the Territories by the Reverend Sheldon Jackson and constructed by the Reverend J. A. Anderson, with ...

Florence National Cemetery

The Florence National Cemetery

established in 1865

is this day re-dedicated

to the memory of all the

patriotic men and women

who answered their

country's call to service

their inspiring contribution

will help preserve ...

Slavery in Fayette Co. / Cheapside Slave Auction Block

Slavery in Fayette Co.

On the N.E. corner of the Fayette County Courthouse lawn stood the whipping post established in 1847 to punish slaves for such offenses as being on the streets after 7 p.m. Fayette Co. was one of the ...

Frederick Douglass

(1818 - 1895)

Champion of human freedom, African American abolitionist, newspaper editor, U.S. Colored Troops recruiter, U.S. ambassador to Haiti, and orator, Frederick Douglass gave his last public address "Against Lynch Law" here on February 1, 1895. A frequent visitor ...

Presidents of Jacksonville State

James G. Ryals, Jr. 1883-1885

J. Harris Chappell 1885-1886

Carleton B. Gibson 1886-1892

J. B. Jarrett 1892-1893

Jacob Forney, IV 1893-1899

Clarence William Daugette 1899-1942

Houston Cole 1942-1971

Ernest Stone 1971-1981

Theron E. Montgomery 1981-1986

Harold J. McGee 1986-1999

William A. Meehan 1999

Marker is on University Circle west of North ...

Allande Footbridge

Memorial to Pedro Allande, first resident commander of the Royal Presidio of Tucson and energetic captain of the Mexican Dragoons, regular Spanish army. Near this site he was wounded severely in his right leg during the attack of May 1, ...

Marshal Ferdinand Foch

On this spot December 9, 1921

Marshal Ferdinand Foch

Supreme Commander

of the Allied Armies in 1818

expressed to the

people of South Carolina

his appreciation and that of France

for the aid by which the enemy

was checked and defeated

and freedom secured

Thousands of South Carolinians

attended this official ...