Battle of Blountville

Here on September 22, 1863, Confederate forces commanded by Colonel James E. Carter fought a Union brigade led by John W. Foster. After delaying the Union advance for more than four hours, Carter withdrew toward Zollicoffer, now known as Bluff ...

William MacFarland Patton

(1845-1905)

Chair, Civil Engineering 1896-1905

Dean, Department of Engineering 1904-1905

A distinguished engineer, educator, and author, William MacFarland Patton chaired Civil Engineering at VPI and became the first dean of the Department of Engineering. He worked as the engineer on numerous projects in ...

27th Fighter Bomber Group

A-36 Invader • P-47 Thunderbolt

Five Presidential Citations • 1941 - 1945

Invasions • 1943 - 1945

Sicily, Italy and Southern France

Battle Stars

Sicily • Naples-Foggia • Anzio

Rome-Arno • Northern Appenines • Southern France

Northern France • Rhineland-Central Europe

Dedicated Oct 1991

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Santa Fe Trail

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The difficulty of bringing caravans over rocky and mountainous Raton Pass kept most wagon traffic on the Cimarron Cutoff of the Santa Fe Trail until the 1840's. Afterwards, the Mountain Branch, which here approaches Raton Pass, became ...

Angel of Goliad

Amid the cruelties of the Texas War for Independence, one notable woman committed acts of bravery and compassion. Francisca Alavez (also known by similar names) accompanied Mexican Army Captain Telesforo Alavez to Texas in March 1836. In seven incidents between ...

St. James, Goose Creek Chapel of Ease / Bethlehem Baptist Church

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St. James, Goose Creek Chapel of Ease

One of two chapels of ease for St. James, Goose Creek Parish stood here on the road to Moncks Corner, about 7 miles from the 1719 parish church. The chapel of ease was ...

First Baptist Church

This congregation, founded in 1794 and long known as Antipedo Baptist Church, was the first separate Baptist congregation in Georgetown. Baptists had worshipped in the area as early as 1710, sharing the Black Mingo Meeting House with Presbyterians and later ...

Zion Reformed Church

Zion (Ribel's) Church was built on this site in 1808. The log structure was located in the Zion Ridge Cemetery, adjacent to the first school in Thorn Township. The congregation of Zion Reformed Church is the oldest in Perry County ...

America the Beautiful

Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the inspiration of “America the Beautiful” by Katharine Lee Bates, 1859-1929. Following her visit to this Summit on July 22, 1893. Dedicated July 4, 1993 by Hank Brown, United States Senator. Lon Young, Colorado Springs ...

A Look From The Top

Pikes Peak

You are at 13,380 feet, 4,078 meters

Feeling Spacey? In the United States you can not get much closer to outer space than this! Are you dizzy and short of breath? No wonder, you are 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) above ...