Starting Point of the First Traditional New Orleans Mardi Gras P

From this corner on February 24, 1857, the Mistick Krewe of Comus began its first parade, heading up Julia Street toward St. Charles Avenue. With that parade, Mardi Gras was solidified as a New Orleans tradition that ultimately influnced Carnival ...

Recipients of the Purple Heart

Dedicated to the Recipients of the

Nations oldest military decoration

The Purple Heart

Combat Veterans Wounded

1782 Military Order of

The Purple Heart 1932

My stone is red for

The blood they shed.

The Medal I bear

is my country's way

to show they care.

If I could be seen

by all ...

Memorial Playground

Memorial Playground

Dedicated

October 2, 1955

This tablet is placed here

in memory of these men who gave

their lives for God and Country

In World War II

Benny Amarone • Michael Accurso • Andrew Carrano • Calvin Dortch • Biagio Dell Amuro • Leo Gambardella • ...

The Lagrange Phalanx

The Fourier System of communal living was attempted here between 1843 and 1848. Approximately thirty families lived by rules established in councils of industry, commerce, justice and education. Their "new social order" was a failure.

Marker is on U.S. 20 ½ ...

Sinilangang Pook ni Heneral Antonio Luna

(1866-1899)

In Tagalog:

Sa bahay na ito, 843 Urbiztondo, Isinilang si Antonio Luna noong ika-29 ng Oktubre, 1866. Anak nina Joaquin Luna de San Pedro at Laureana Novicio at kapatid ni Juan Luna, ang pintor. Parmasyutiko at kimiko. Bantog na manunulat ng ...

Stairs Hydroelectric Power Plant

The Stairs Project was built in 1894-96 as the first hydroelectric power plant to provide electricity to Salt Lake City. It was also one of the first plants in Utah to transmit power long distance, using alternating current rather than ...

Welcome to Trophy Point

The cannon on this historic site are trophies of war. They were captured or surrendered in American conflicts through more than two hundred years. The first trophies to come to West Point were guns captured in 1777 during the Battles ...

Roman Ongpin

(1847 - 1912)

In Tagalog:

Makabayan at pilantropo. Isinilang sa Binondo, Maynila, 28 Pebrero 1847. Nahalal bilang Teniente Primero de Mestizos ng Binondo, 1883-1885. Itinatag ang El '82, unang tindahang gumamit sa paraang "fixed price" sa kalye Colon ngyo'y bahagi ng kalye ...

Parrott’s Ferry

Site of ferry crossing established 1860 by Thomas H. Parrott connecting mining towns of Tuttletown and Vallecito. Ferry in operation until 1903 when first bridge built. Ferry boat of flat bottom wooden construction propelled on heavy cables. Cable anchorage in ...

Soldiers Park

Dedicated to the

Fort Monmouth

Soldiers and Civilians

Who deployed and fought

worldwide, and to the

families who kept the

home fires burning bright.

Operation Just Cause

19 Dec 89 - 12 Jan 90

Operation Desert Storm

12 Aug 90 -

Marker is at the intersection of Wilson Avenue and Avenue ...