Plaza Militar

Once an open space, this area was within the original Spanish presidio. The plaza was probably named in the Mexican years (1821-1854), when soldiers drilled here. Saddle horses for the troops were stabled along the north side, next to the ...

"The Crack Post of the Frontier"

Look at the structures around the parade ground. Fort Scott’s appearance is largely the work of one man, Captain Thomas Swords, post quartermaster from 1842 to 1846. Shortly after the army assigned Swords to Fort Scott, he vowed that he ...

Cuban Friendship Urn

(smaller plaque on the urn) El recuerdo del “Maine” tendrá eterna duración durante los siglos los lazos de la amistad entre la tierra de Cuba y la tierra de los Estados Unidos de Norte América. —Gerardo Machado

(plaque on base) Esta ...

In Memory of Howard Sperry and Nick Bordoise

In memory of Howard Sperry and Nick Bordoise, who gave their lives on Bloody Thursday, July 5, 1934, so that all working people might enjoy a greater measure of dignity and security.

Sperry and Bordoise were fatally shot by San ...

106th Pennsylvania Infantry

Philadelphia Brigade

(Around Upper Step):106th

Pennsylvania Infantry

Philadelphia Brigade

2d Brigade

2d Division

2d Corps

(Front):

Yorktown, Fair Oaks, Peach Orchard, Savage Station, Glendale, Malvern Hill, Flint Hill, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Haymarket, Gettysburg, Kelly's Ford, Mine Run, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, North Anna, Totopotomy, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Strawberry Plains, Deep ...

Gen. Wilhelm von Knyphausen

Lt. General Wilhelm

von Knyphausen ordered a

second British column to

march on Vaux Hall Road

in order to out flank

American troops fighting

on the hill above the

First Presbyterian Church.

Marker is at the intersection of Vauxhall Road and Stuyvesant Avenue, on the right when traveling ...

Temple of Sport

On top of this ridge stood a sylvan temple erected before the Revolution by Colonel Barnard Elliott, patriot and sportsman. The structure was supported by columns in the classic manor. The site, a part of Colonel Elliot's plantation "Belleview," afforded ...

Independence

The “Halifax Resolves,” first formal sanction of American Independence, adopted in this town, april 12, 1776.

Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 301 and South King Street (Business U.S. 301), on the left when traveling south on U.S. 301.

Courtesy ...

Palo Flechado Pass

Elevation: 9101 ft

Palo Flechado (tree pierced with arrows) Pass was used by natives and newcomers traveling from the eastern plains to Taos by way of the Cimarron River. The name may be attributed to the Flecha de Palo Apache band ...

Original Hospital Site of Wayside Home

This is the site of Kingston Wayside Home, the first Confederate hospital, established in August, 1861 by the Soldier’s Aid Society and other citizens of this vicinity. More than 10,000 sick and wounded Confederate soldiers received necessary medical attention within ...