Altenburg

(Front):

Some 700 Saxon Lutherans settled, 1839, in Perry County and formed the parishes of Altenburg, Wittenberg, Dresden, Seelitz, Frohna, and one settlement, Johannisburg, in Cape Girardeau County. The community of Paltzdorf (Uniontown) was organized, 1840.

The Saxons came to Missouri ...

In Memory of Those Men Who Died in the Battle of Piqua

"In memory of those men who died in

the Battle of Piqua, August 8, 1780,

the largest Revolutionary War battle

West of the Alleghenies."

Marker can be reached from Tecumseh Road (Ohio Route 369) north of Lower Valley Pike.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Beech Bottom Fort

Near here stood Beech Bottom

Fort, which was with Fort Pitt

and Fort Henry in the group

of posts guarding the western

borders during the Revolution

and its attendant Indian wars.

Troops from Fort Pitt helped

garrison this important fort.

Marker is at the intersection of West Virginia ...

Site of Camp Belknap

In May 1846 when war was declared against Mexico, the U.S. Congress authorized the raising of 50,000 volunteer troops to supplement the regular U.S. Army. General Zachary Taylor was quickly inundated with volunteer soldiers arriving at Brazos Santiago, and was ...

Bank House

Erected about 1831 by the Washington Banking Company. The first bank in present Bergen County, it opened in the nearby Mansion House in 1825-26. After the bank failed in 1833, it housed the offices of prominent lawyers and judges. Later ...

Battery A, Second U.S. Artillery

Second Brigade - Horse Artillery - Cavalry Corps

Army of the Potomac

Cavalry Corps

Second Brigade Horse Artillery

Battery A Second U.S. Artillery

Six 3 inch rifles

Lieut. John H. Calef commanding

June 30 Arrived in the evening from Emmitsburg ...

Kern County Chamber of Commerce

The Kern County Chamber of Commerce building was completed in 1928, Chester Avenue was part of State Highway 99, the main north-south route through California.

Architect Charles H. Biggar designed this Spanish-style building on land adjacent to the Kern County ...

Pennsylvania National Guard Troop Train Accident, September 1950

In the early morning hours of September 11, 1950, Pennsylvania National Guard Troop Train #4, disabled 3/4 mile east of this monument, was struck in the rear by the passenger train, Spirit of St. Louis, resulting in the deaths of ...

Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge

Ardennes

Dedicated

to the men and women

of the United States Army

who participated in

the Battle of the Bulge

during World War II

in Belgium and Luxembourg

the greatest land battle

fought by the United States Army

under extreme ...

Battery B, First Pennsylvania Artilery

Battery B

First Pennsylvania Artillery

P.R.V.C.

Commanded by Capt. James H. Cooper

4-3 inch rifled guns

July 1, 1863 the Battery arrived here about noon and engaged Confederate artillery on Herr's Ridge. About 1:30 p.m. moved to the rear. Changed front, engaged Carter's Artillery and ...