Christopher Columbus

[Front of monument]

A

Cristoforo Colombo

ligure immortale

in questa terra

divinata

dal suo genio

gli italiani

eressero

Newark N.J. XII Ottobre

MDCCCCXXVII

[Lower front of monument]

To

Christopher Columbus

Immortal Genoese

Erected by the Italians

in this land

Perceived through his genius

in the year 1492

[Back of monument]

Erected under the auspices of the Guisippe Verdi Society and ...

San Gabriel Park

The land and springs around this site made it a favored camping site for local Indian tribes for centuries before the Spanish discovered it. Raids, drought and conflict led the Spanish to abandon the area in 1756. The Mexican state ...

Decades Ago in Lake Pine

In 1920 Lake Pine was a

cranberry bog and

Taunton Blvd was a sand road.

This log cabin, built in 1926,

was converted from a summer

cottage to year-round, c. 1950.

Marker is at the intersection of Taunton Blvd and Falls Road, on the left when ...

General John J. Pershing

Erected by Passaic City Post

No. 504 V.F.W.

To honor

General John J. Pershing

who stood here May 30, 1924

to review and address the

World War veterans

Dedicated November 11, 1938

Marker is on River Dr, on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Alex Brown Investment Banking Company

On this site in 1900 was constructed the banking headquarters for the Alex Brown Investment Banking Company, America's oldest banking house in continuous operation.

This building survived the Great Baltimore Fire of 1904 with evidence of that event remaining today ...

Alex. Brown & Sons Company Building

This building was home to Alex. Brown & Sons Company, founded in 1800, the first and oldest continually operating investment banking firm in the United States. The building represents the firm's and Baltimore's importance in the financial world of the ...

Texan Santa Fe Expedition

A dramatic chapter in administration (1838-1841) of Republic of Texas President Mirabeau B. Lamar. Aware of United State – Mexico commerce crossing Texas by the Santa Fe Trail near the Canadian River, President Lamar sought similar trade advantages for Texas.

He ...

After the Breakthrough: April 2, 1865

The Banks House

Following their breakthrough near the Boisseau and Hart Farms, Federal soldiers of Major General Horatio G. Wright’s Sixth Corps poured over the earthworks southwest of Petersburg and into the Confederate rear. Some Federals penetrated as far as a ...

They Passed This Way

Trail of Tears National Historic Trail

"Long time we travel on way to new land.... Womens cry... Children cry and men cry...but they say nothing and just put heads down and keep on go towards West. Many days pass and people ...

Pope John Paul II

Trinity College commemorates with joy the visit of Pope John Paul II,

October 7, 1979.

He blessed the campus and the faculty, students, alumnae, board members, staff and friends assembled near the Main Building.

In Notre Dame Chapel, His Holiness ...