Old Forge Farm

The main block of this house was built in 1762 by Ceorge French. In 1764, it was purchaed by the Hughes family and was Daniel Hughes' home until his death in 1818. He added the wing to the east. Hughes ...

Second Battle of Hagerstown

Custer Captures the Town

Six days had passed since the Federals had failed in their first attempt to seize Hagerstown as they pursued Gen. Robert E. Lee's Confederate army retreating to Virginia after the Battle of Gettysburg. On Sunday morning, July ...

Site of the First Jewish Synagogue Owned by a Congregation on th

Site of the first Jewish Synagogue owned by a congregation on the Pacific Coast on 7th Street between L and Capital Avenue

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General Thomas Edwin Greenfield Ransom 1834-1864

Thomas E.G. Ransom enlisted as captain of Company E, 11th Illinois Volunteer Infantry in 1861. Wounded four times, he won honors at Ft.Donelson, Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Red River. Rising steadily through the ranks, Ransom lead 17th Corps, Army of The ...

First Battle of Hagerstown

Vicious Fighting in the Streets

Combat raged here in the town square and in adjoining city blocks for six hours on Monday, July 6, 1863. Holding Hagerstown was crucial to Gen. Robert E. Lee's retreat to Virginia after the Battle of ...

The Capture of Covington

On July 22, 1864, Union Cavalry from Wilder's and Minty's Brigades, armed with Spencer repeating rifles, entered Covington under orders of General Kenner Garrard. As the Battle of Atlanta raged to the west, Covington was unprotected by Confederate troops. Covington ...

Guilford Courthouse National Military Park

On March 15, 1781, the crackling of musket fire, the clamor of headlong cavalry charges, and the cries of the wounded disturbed the serenity of these woods and fields. Coming late in the war, the Battle of Guilford Courthouse was ...

Norfolk & Western Caboose #518654

This Norfolk & Western caboose was given to the City of Burlington by Norfolk Southern Railway in 1993. It is symbolic of the railroad roots of the North Carolina Railroad town of Company Shops (1866) which became Burlington in 1893. ...

First U.S. Naval Station In The Pacific

Mare Island Navy Yard was established September 16, 1854, by the then Commander David G. Farragut, USN. Site selected in 1852 by a commission headed by Commodore John D. Sloat, USN.

Mare Island had the Navy's first shipyard, ammunition depot, hospital, ...

For God and Country

In loving memory of those who gave their lives in the World Wars

1917-1918

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1941-1945

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In loving memory of those who gave their lives in the Korean Conflict 1950-1953

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Rededicated by Morris Frock Post No. 42, November 11, ...