The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives

Dr. Jacob Rader Marcus (1896-1995), pioneering historian of the American Jew, founded the American Jewish Archives (AJA) in Cincinnati in 1947. In the aftermath of World War II and the brutal destruction of European Jewry, Marcus anticipated the need ...

Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside

1824 - 1881

Born in Liberty, Indiana, Ambrose E. Burnside invented the breech-loading rifle in 1856. Commanded a brigade at First Bull Run and the Army of the Potomac at Fredericksburg. He was commander of the Army of Ohio when Morgan's ...

Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion

Hebrew Union College (HUC), founded in Cincinnati in 1875, is the oldest institution of higher Jewish learning in the United States. Its founder, Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise (1819-1900), was a leading proponent of Reform Judaism in America. In 1950, ...

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, ...

Battlefield

Site of Only Land Engagement

at Tampa between Confederate &

Union Forces, Oct. 17, 1863

A Federal detachment of 124 men from U. S. gunboat Tahoma & Steamer Adela after firing 2 blockade-runners moored upriver fell back under Confederate assault without entering the ...

Abraham Lincoln and the Talisman

Prior to the coming of the railroads, Springfield was handicapped by inadequate transportation facilities. Early in 1832, Vincent A. Bogue, Springfield businessman and promoter, planned to supply the Sangamon River region with steamboat service. He chartered the Talisman, 150-ton upper ...

Battle of Averasboro

Battle

of

Averasboro

March 16,

1865

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[ Right of Monument: ]

In

memory

of our

Confederate

Dead

who fell upon

that day.

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[ Back of Monument: ]

The hearts

that were

true

to their

country

and

God

shall report

at the

Grand Reveillre.

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[ Left of Monument: ]

Dulce et Decorum

est pro

Patria Mori.

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Marker is on McLellon Road (North Carolina Route 82), on the left when ...

Battery Hambright

Cockspur Island saw one more military use

after the War Between the States. During the

Spanish American War, a small force was

garrisoned here to protect the river mouth.

They operated the controls for electric

mines in the Savannah River, and manned

guns in ...

East Town Neighborhood

When the White family began selling off their farm, new neighborhoods sprang up in the place of cotton fields. North Confederate Avenue (originally called Pine Street, later called Academy) was first opened in the early 1890s. In 1904 the White ...

First House on Bank Street

Jacob Prickett built this

home in 1827. Many windows

have early glass. Original

corner fireplaces in the

living and dining rooms

still operate efficiently.

Marker is at the intersection of Bank Street and Charles Street, on the right when traveling east on Bank Street.

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