Sir James Douglas

1803-1877

[English]

Justifiably described as “the father of British Columbia”, Douglas was born in Demerara. He joined the North West Company in 1819, serving at Fort William and Ile a la Crosse where he was taken into the Hudson’s Bay Company. Rising ...

John Wilkes Booth and David Herold

John Wilkes Booth and David Herold remained hidden from April 16 to 21, 1865 in a nearby pine thicket, while Union troops searched for them. Thomas A. Jones brought them food and the newspapers.

Marker is at the intersection of Bel ...

John Hunn

1814 - 1894

Chief engineer of the Underground Rail Road in the State of Del. and the richest man in Del. He was convicted and fined in 1846 by the U.S. Dist. Court, later he was fined twice for $10,000.00 each ...

713 Johnson

Designed in 1908 by Victorian architects Thomas Hooper and Charles Elwood Watkins

This building is a good example of Edwardian commercial architecture. It was built for William James Marble as a carriage factory, replacing the original wooden structure from 1885. Early ...

The Judge Morris Estate

The Former Home of a Delaware Attorney and Judge

Built in the 1790s, this 2½ story gray fieldstone house is the former home of Judge Hugh M. Morris. Morris was a Delaware native, respected attorney and distinguished federal judge. He purchased ...

John McCabe

Patriot of the American Revolution

Born in 1727, and a resident of this area by the 1750s, John McCabe was among the first to enlist when Delaware's Continental Regiment was reorganized in the winter of 1776-1777. An ardent supporter of Independence, ...

John Mitchel

This Irish patriot, exiled from his homeland for revolutionary newspaper activities, settled in the cove about two miles from here in 1855. After a short stay he moved to Knoxville. The rest of his life was taken up with lecture ...

Curran's Jewelry Shop

The Gregarious General Isaac B. Curran was a prominent citizen in Lincoln's Springfield. His store here on the south side of the square was a popular gathering place for Lincoln's political opponents. Curran arrived as a young silversmith from Ithaca, ...

Ralph Clark Huston Jr.

Ralph Clark

Huston Jr.

S1/c USNR 20 MM Loader

killed by Japanese

gunfire during

surface attack by

Cobia 2-27-45 remains

committed to the deep.

Marker can be reached from Maritime Drive.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Major General George G. Meade Memorial

MEADE

The Commonwealth

of Pennsylvania

to Major General

George Gordon Meade

who commanded

the Union forces

at Gettysburg

Marker is at the intersection of Constitution Avenue, NW and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, on the right when traveling west on Constitution ...