Drewry’s Bluff

A mile east is Drewry's Bluff, James River fortification of Richmond, 1862-1865. Earthworks remain.

Marker is at the intersection of Jefferson Davis Highway (U.S. 1) and Gwynn Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Jefferson Davis Highway.

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The Battle of Drywood

September 2, 1861

After their victory at Wilson's Creek, on Aug. 10, 1861, Gen. Sterling Price's 12,000 Missouri State Guards marched north and camped near Nevada on the evening of Aug. 31. Next day 800 men felt out the 1800 Federals ...

Effingham County Veterans Memorial

[Front]:

In grateful memory of those from Effingham County who made the supreme sacrifice in the service of our country that freedom might live and grow and increase its blessings

[Along the base of the memorial are the seals for each military ...

Farrar's Island

In 1611, Farrar's Island was the site of the "Citie of Henrico," one of Virginia's first four primary settlement areas under the Virginia Company of London. Later, it was part of a 2,000-acre land patent issued posthumously to William Farrar ...

Resistance Fighters

To the brave men and women

of the Resistance

who risked their lives

to aid American airmen

during World War II

“My deep and lasting gratitude.”

Dwight D. Eisenhower

9 October 1982

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The Heinsdorff Bakery

In 1862, tinsmith Louis Robinson constructed this brick and stone building to replace his original frame store which was destroyed in the fire of August 20, 1859. In 1869 it became a bakery and store, a use it was to ...

Great War For Democracy Memorial

[ main panel ]

"Their bodies are buried in peace;

but their name liveth for evermore."

Ecclesiastes 44:14

In Flanders Fields

by John McCrae

In Flanders fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses, row on row,

That mark our place; and in the sky

The larks, still bravely ...

Saint John African Methodist Episcopal Church

This one-story Victorian Gothic structure dates back to 1870. The cornerstone of the church indicates that the building was constructed in 1870 with the basement added in 1890. This suggests that the original wooden church was raised, a basement added, ...

Falling Creek Ironworks

Nearby on Falling Creek is the first ironworks in English North America. It was established by the Virginia Company to supply iron for the colony and for export to England. Construction began in 1619. The works, including a blast furnace, ...

Mother Magdalen and the Sisters of Loretto (1852-1968)

(side one)

Four Sisters of Loretto, Mother Magdalen Hayden and Sisters Roberta Brown, Rosana Dant and Catherine Mahoney, arrived in Santa Fe from Kentucky on September 26, 1852. In January 1853 they established Our Lady of Light Academy, later known as ...