First Brigade

Third Division - First Corps

Army of the Potomac

First Corps Third Division

First Brigade

Col. Chapman Biddle

Brig. Gen. Thomas A. Rowley

80th. New York 121st. 142nd. 151st. Penna. Infantry

July 1 Arrived and went into position about 11.30 a.m. left of Reynold's Woods. The 151st ...

The First Oblong Friends Meeting House

The First Oblong Friends Meeting House was erected on this site in 1742. It was used as a place of worship until 1764. West of the site was the Friends burial ground.

During the fall and winter of 1778 ...

William J. Burke

(1873-1946)

Cardiologist, Philanthropist. Born February 17,1873, San Miguel, Manila. Obtained the degree of Doctor of Medicine at the University of Dublin, Ireland. Returned to practice his profession in Manila, 1900. Introduced and installed the first Electrocardiograph in the Philippines. Recipient of ...

Oblong Meeting House

Oblong Meeting House

Of the Society of Friends

Erected in 1742 south of this road

Present building erected in 1764

First effective action against slavery

taken here in 1767

Occupied as hospital January 1779

By Revolutionary soldiers

Many of ...

Robinson's Ferry

In 1848 John W. Robinson and Stephen Mead established ferry transport for freight, animals and persons across river. In 1856 Harvey Wood purchased interest and later acquired property which was maintained by Wood family until 1911. Charges were 50 cents ...

Ang Simbahan ng Binondo

Binondo Church

In Tagalog:

Dito itinatag ng mga paring Dominkano ang misyon para sa mga Intsik noong 1587 at naging parokya noong 1596. Nasira nang pumasok ang mga Ingles noong 1762. Inilipat sa paring Sekular noong 1766 at ibinalik sa Dominikano noong ...

Mormon Battalion Monument

While they were crossing the plains with their families, five hundred Mormon men were inducted into the United States Army in July, 1846 to aid in the war against Mexico in California. The Mormon Battalion marched 2,000 miles from Council ...

William Scarbrough House

Designed by noted English architect William Jay,

this house was built for William Scarbrough,

president of the Savannah Steamship Company.

Completed in 1819, itis an excellent example of

the neoclassical style. Scarbrough hosted

President James Monroe here in May 1819

during the president's visit to ...

Mother Bethel

1791

Mother Bethel is the first African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church in America, founded in 1791. Richard Allen (1760-1831), a former slave, was the founder, and later became the first bishop (1816) of the first African-American denomination in the United ...

Celebration of Life

The Arthur Boke and Sarah Sullivant Statue Project

Arthur Boke Jr was the first African-American resident of Franklinton, Ohio. His story tells far more than the color of his skin. It is a story of love, selflessness, compassion, and understanding expressed ...