Middleton Place / Arthur Middleton

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Middleton Place

These famous gardens were laid out about

1741 by Henry Middleton (1717-84), President

of Continental Congress. His son Arthur,

Signer of the Declaration Of Independence,

lived here as did his son Henry (1770-1846),

Governor of S.C. and Minister to Russia,

who introduced the ...

World War II Coastal Defenses at the Aransas Pass

In the late 1700's the US began a coastal defense system to protect ports and strategic points. Texas, which became a State in 1845, featured several Gulf Coast sites that would prove important in the US Military engagements in the ...

Original Patentees Memorial

Settlers of the District of Columbia Memorial

To the original Patentees prior to 1700 whose land grants embrace the site of the Federal City. This Monument is erected by the National Society of the Daughters of the American Colonists, April 25, ...

Appleby's Methodist Church

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This church was organized shortly after the Revolution and this site was deeded to seven trustees in 1787. One of them, Jacob Barr, was the first minister to serve here. Appleby’s Methodist Church was named for a prominent ...

Walker's Division - Hardee's Corps.

Brig. Gen. States Rights Gist.

Walker's Division - Hardee's Corps.

Brig. Gen. States Rights Gist.

Nov. 23 - 25, 1863.

Maney's Brigade - Brig. Gen. George Maney.

Wilson's Brigade - Col. J. Cooper Nisbet.

Gist's Brigade - Lieut. Col. Leroy Napier.

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The artillery battalion, commanded by Maj. ...

Walton Hauling & Warehouse Corporation

Wellington Walton established this company with one horse and a wagon in 1879 at the 14th Street Theatre to service the thriving vaudeville and burlesque entertainment of that time. Under the leadership of Eugene A. Walton, followed by his son ...

75th Troop Carrier Squadron

In honor of the men who served

in the 75th Troop Carrier

Squadron, World War II European

Theater of Operations 1943-45

They served their country well

in both peace and war.

Northern Europe, Normandy,

Southern France, Rome-Arno,

Central Europe, Ardennes,

Rhineland

Presidential Unit Citation

Courtesy hmdb.org

Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Normal and Industrial Institute

The Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Normal and Industrial Institute for Colored Students was established here in 1880 by the Pilgram Missionary Baptist Association. The school was established, organized, funded and staffed by African Americans. The institute

offered vocational classes in subjects such ...

Palmetto

Palmetto was named by a member of the Palmetto Guards, a Regiment from South Carolina enroute to the Mexican War. This was in appreciation of the hospitality shown them by the community while encamped here in January, 1847

Marker is at ...

Alexander H. Stephens House Site

Alexander H. Stephens

Vice President of the

Confederate States of America

Lived in the house that stood here in 1861

This tablet is placed by the

Confederate Memorial Literary Society, A.D., 1912,

Marker is at the intersection of East Clay Street and North 12th Street, on ...