Carnegie Library of Homestead

Historic Landmark

Carnegie Library

of Homestead

Alden and Harlow, Architects

1896-98

Marker can be reached from 10th Avenue 0.1 miles west of Andrew Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Construction of Fort Jackson

(Panel one)

In the early years of the 19th century, the

United States was a fledgling nation with

a population of 7,700,000, a standing army

of 6,700, and a navy of only 12 ships. The

Americans were vastly outnumbered by

the major powers of the time, ...

Taliaferro County World War I Memorial

1917-1918

Dedicated to those of Taliaferro County, GA. who offered their lives

in Humanity's defense

in the

War of the Nations

and in memory of

those who gave

their full measure

of devotion

Marker is at the intersection of Broad Street (U.S. 278) and Alexander Street, on ...

Kennedy-Nixon Taft-Hartley Debate

On April 21, 1947, John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon debated the Taft-Hartley Labor-Management Relations Act at the Penn-McKee Hotel. The first debate between the two House Labor Committee members was a precursor to the iconic Kennedy-Nixon presidential debate ...

Snavely's Ford

General Rodman's Division crossed the Antietam here at 1:00 P.M. on Sept. 17 at almost the same moment, other units in the IX Corps took the Burnside Bridge. Rodman's men marched up the draw behind you, on their way to ...

Cornerstone of the Statue of Liberty Pedestal

At this site on August 5, 1884, the cornerstone of the pedestal of the Statue of “Liberty Enlightening the World” was laid with ceremony by William A. Brodie, Grand Master of Masons in the State of New York. Grand lodge ...

First Virginia Infantry Regiment

Dedicated to the memory of the men of the First Virginia Infantry Regiment. Army of Northern Virginia. Killed near this place on 16 May 1864.

Alphonzo A. Figner, Company I

Archibald D. Govan, Company D

Jerry Toomey, Company B

James A. Via, Company H

Robert ...

Confederate Memorial

(shaft)

Dedicated to the glory of God in memory of our Confederate soldiers who fought in the War Between the States 1861-1865

Erected by the City Point Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy 1949

(base)

Standing hand to hand and clasping hands - we ...

John Rolfe

1585-1622

John Rolfe emigrated from England to Virginia in 1610 and settled in what was to become Henrico County. In 1612 he imported tobacco seeds from Trinidad and cultivated a new strain of mild tobacco. He shipped part of his harvest ...

Confederate Gun Shop

When the states of Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee grew short of arms in 1863, Governor Shorter of Alabama and President Jefferson Davis persuaded Major O. O. Nelson of Tuscumbia, Alabama, to organize a company to erect a Gun Shop. ...