Bandstand

Public parks sprang up as a response to the increasingly polluted urban environments created by the industrial revolution in the 1800s.

Urbanization and industrialization began to change American life by the 1840s. Large, open, green areas were planned to offer city ...

Philipsburg Historic District

Philipsburg's early-day fortunes ebbed and flowed with mining. Today, its historic district is one of Montana's best preserved late-19th-century mining towns, with commercial, public and private buildings dating from the boom period of silver mining. Silver was discovered south of ...

Philipsburg

"In 1797, to a wilderness of trees 150 feet tall. Clear streams, wild beasts, and friendly Cornplanter Indians, came 12 families who accepted Henry Philips' offer of free land. Here they built Mashannon Town, now Philipsburg.

Marker is at the intersection ...

Rivers Bridge State Historic Site

( Left side )

The Legacy of Total War

From January to March in 1865 more than

60,000 Union soldiers led by General

William Tecumseh Sherman marched

across South Carolina. They brought

total war to the state, destroying

railroads, factories and farms and

attacking civilian ...

555th Parachute Infantry Battalion

"Triple Nickels" "Smoke Jumpers"

In memory of America's first Black paratroopers, their successor units, and their supporters whose pioneering efforts and sacrifices have contributed to the development of the world's finest airborne forces.

"All the Way!"

Courtesy hmdb.org

Monmouth Battlefield

Has been designated a

Registered National

Historic Landmark

Under the provisions of the

Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935

this site possesses exceptional value

in commemorating or illustrating

the history of the United States

U.S. Department of the Interior

National Park Service

1966

Courtesy hmdb.org

Abandonment of Fort Mill Ridge

The Union troops at Fort Mill Ridge continued their duties until June 14, 1863. Then, in response to Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania, Campbell's command was ordered to concentrate with the rest of their division at New Creek (Keyser). Confederate General ...

Evans' Brigade, Longstreet's Command

C.S.A.

Evans' Brigade, Longstreet's Command.

Brig. Gen. Nathan G. Evans, Commanding.

(September 17, 1862.)

Evans' Brigade continued in support of the artillery during the morning of the 17th, covering the approaches to Sharpsburg by the Boonsboro Pike. At 7:30 a.m. Geo. T. Anderson's Brigade, ...

Salt Lake City & County Building

The Salt Lake City & County Building is one of Salt Lake City’s most beloved landmarks.

The building is Utah’s finest example of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture. Numerous detailed carvings, including Indian chiefs, Spanish explorers, and the faces of the first ...

Wendy Lansbach Boglioli

At the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, Canada Wendy was a member of the women’s team that won a Gold Medal for the United States while setting a new World, Olympic, and American Record in the Free Style Relay. Wendy, daughter ...