John Witherspoon

1723 - 1794

Preacher

“One of the most useful qualifications of a good minister is that he have a lively sense of religion upon his own heart.”

John Witherspoon

Born in Gifford, Scotland, in 1723, Witherspoon was educated at the University of ...

Boyhood Home of Dr. Winthrop Smith Sterling

Dr. Winthrop Smith Sterling (1859-1943) founded Mu Phi Epsilon International Professional Music Fraternity on November 13, 1903, at the Metropolitan School of Music in Cincinnati, where he served as dean. The Victorian frame house was built by his parents, ...

Highland Springs

One of Richmond's earliest streetcar suburbs, Highland Springs was founded in 1890 by Edmund Sewell Read, a wealthy real estate developer from Winthrop, Mass. He named the community for the relatively high altitude and natural springs that suited his ailing ...

Pinckney Island

Inhabited for some 10,000 years,

Pinckney Island was known as

Espalanga, Look–out, and Mackey's

prior to about 1775. Alexander

Mackey received two Proprietary

grants for land on the island

in 1710. Charles Pinckney later owned

the island and willed it in 1769

to his son, Charles Cotesworth, ...

Adams County Peace Monument - Honor Rolls

[[[ Left Side ]]]

[ Left - Small Plaque ]

Thomas Archibold

Pennsylvania

Pvt - Capt Bell’s Co

Revolutionary War

1755 - ? - 1837

[ Small Plaque ]

James Ball

Sgt - Col Bakers MD Regt

Revolutionary War

1751 - ? - 1834

[ ...

Ninth Army Corps

Ferrero's Brigade, Sturgis' Division

U.S.A.

Ninth Army Corps

Ferrero's Brigade, Sturgis' Division

Brigadier General Edw. Ferrero, Commanding.

Organization.

51st New York, 51st Pennsylvania,

21st and 35th Massachusetts Infantry.

(September 17, 1862.)

After Ferrero's Brigade carried the stone bridge it formed under cover of the high ground north of it. ...

Ninth Army Corps

Fairchild's Brigade, Rodman's Division

U.S.A.

Ninth Army Corps.

Fairchild's Brigade, Rodman's Division.

Col. H.S. Fairchild, 89th New York Infantry, Commanding.

Organization.

9th New York Infantry (Hawkins' Zouaves), 89th New York Infantry,

103d New York Infantry.

(September 17, 1862.)

On the morning of the 17th, Fairchild's Brigade moved from this ...

5th New Hampshire Infantry Left Flank

Left of Fifth New Hampshire

Volunteer Infantry

Left of Cross' Brigade

Left of Caldwell's Division

Left of 2d Army Corps

Marker is at the intersection of Sykes Avenue and Ayers Road, on the right when traveling north on Sykes Avenue.

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United States Synthetic Rubber Program 1939-1945

National Historic Chemical Landmark

Top plaque:

When the natural rubber supply from Southeast Asia was cut off at the beginning of World War II, the United States and its allies faced the loss of a strategic material. With U.S. government sponsorship, a ...

Upper Land's Ford Road

There was a limited system of roads in eastern York County prior to the creation of Rock Hill in 1851. One of the main routes was the Upper Land's Ford Road, which passed this site on generally the route of ...