First Official 4th of July Celebration in the United States

Commemorating

The First Official

4th of July Celebration

In the United States

At Salem, North Carolina, 1783

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This Plaque Unveiled In The

200th Anniversary Year

Of Winston-Salem

July 4, 1966

Marker is on Main Street.

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Site of First House in Chesterfield

Site of

First House

in

Chesterfield

Built

November 1761

by

Moses Smith

Marker is on River Road ½ mile south of Stoneleigh Heights, on the right when traveling north.

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In memory of General George Washington

In memory of

General George Washington

Commander in Chief of Continental Army

Fredericksburg

Sept. 19 – Nov. 27, 1778

Made possible through the efforts of

Senator Vincent L. Leibell

The Historical Society of Quaker Hill ...

Fredericksburg 1778

From September 20 to November 28, 1778 George Washington, his generals and army of 13,000 were located in or around Fredericksburg, with the John Kane house serving as headquarters. From here emanated George Washington’s strategy of “observing and containing” the ...

Old Coffee Road

The Old Coffee Road, earliest vehicular and postal route of this area, crossed here, leading southwestward from the Ocmulgee River via today´s Lax,

Nashville, Cecil, Barwick and Thomasville to the Florida Line. The thoroughfare was opened by direction of the ...

Caesar’s Invasion of Britain

The first Roman invasion of Britain led by Julius Caesar landed near here LV BC.

Marker can be reached from The Beach north of Cambridge Road.

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Fishkill Tea Party

Site of

Fishkill Tea Party

Aug. 26, 1776, 100 women

forced Abram Brinckeroff

storekeeper, to sell them

tea at lawful price of

six shillings per pound.

Marker is on New York Route 52 west of New York Route 82, on the right when traveling east.

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Lest We Forget

This statue erected by grateful parents of soldier sons in honor of those living and dead who served in the World War.

This boulder from the foot of Round Top, Battlefield of Gettysburg

Marker is at the intersection of N. Front Street ...

Athletic Field

The army encouraged sporting events and friendly competition between units on the post and among neighboring forts. Fort Hancock had its own baseball, football, bowling, basketball, and weight lifting teams, which competed with posts in the region.

Fort Hancock was in ...

Ogg Farm

Repulsed with Heavy Losses

After breaking off the fighting of June 11, 1864, Confederate Gen. Wade Hampton’s cavalry division withdrew to a position near here. Gen. Matthew C. Butler’s South Carolinians spent the next morning preparing a stout defensive position along ...