Crossing the Potomac at Rowser's Ford

J.E.B. Stuart's Most Difficult Achievement

Late afternoon on June 27, 1863, Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart began assembling his cavalry brigades at Dranesville. To avoid the Union Army of the Potomac (90,000-strong) then crossing the Potomac upstream at Edwards Ferry, Stuart ordered ...

Howze Field

In honor of

Maj. Gen. R. L. Howze

for his promotion and

development of polo

at the

U. S. Military Academy.

Constructed by the

Army Athletic

Association.

Maj. Gen. Wm. R. Smith

Superintendent

Maj. P. B. Fleming

Graduate Manager

Lt. ...

Rowser's Ford

5,000 Confederate Cavalrymen Crossed

(Preface): After Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's stunning victory at Chancellorsvile in May 1863, he led the Army of Northern Virginia west to the Shenandoah Valley, then north through central Maryland and across the Mason-Dixon Line into ...

The Winecoff Fire

This is the site of the worst hotel fire in U.S. history. In the predawn hours of December 7, 1946, the Winecoff Hotel fire killed 119 people. The 15-story building still stands adjacent to this marker. At the time, this ...

French's Beach

Eunice & Hezekiah French came here from Billerica, Massachusetts in 1799 built a log cabin nearby and ten children were born there

Marker is at the intersection of Atlantic Highway (U.S. 1) and Maine Route 173, on the right when traveling ...

The Dog of Discovery

Inscribed on his collar:

"The greatest traveler of my species. My name is Seaman, the dog of Captain Meriwether Lewis, whom I accompanied to Pacifick Ocean through the interior of the continent of North America."

This statue is dedicated to "Seaman" and ...

Harpersville Garden of Memories

The oldest known grave is that of Oprah Moore (1772-1823), consort to Rev. (Doctor) Lemuel Moore. This is the final resting place of American Revolutionary War Patriot William Jennings (1761-1840) and the professed burial site of the Last Creek Indian ...

First Permanent Settlement in Shelburne

Site of First Permanent Settlement in Shelburne, Mass. 1760

Martin Severance 1718 - 1810

Scout in French and Indian Wars

Scout with Rogers Rangers

Revolutionary soldier

Marked by Dorothy Quincy Hancock Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution.In cooperation with the ...

James Farm

Home of Rev. Robert James, Baptist minister who came here in 1840. Son Jesse was born here and with his brother Frank, were involved with the Bushwhackers in criminal escapades until Jesse was killed in 1882. Frank surrendered and lived ...

Florida's First African-American Insurance Company--1901-2001

The Afro-American Insurance Company, formerly the Afro-American Industrial and Benefits Association, was founded in 1901 to provide affordable health insurance and death benefits to the state's African-Americans. Founded by the Reverend E.J. Gregg, E.W. Latson, Abraham Lincoln Lewis, A.W. Price, ...