Larry Brown

University of Kansas Basketball Coach

1984-1988. Every team during his

tenure advanced to the NCAA

Tournament, twice to the Final Four

His 1988 team won the National

Championship, beating Oklahoma 83-79

His 1986 team's record was 35-4

Marker is at the intersection of 15th Street and Elmwood ...

Arthur C. "Dutch" Lonborg

Three Sport Letterman, All American 1919

Coach at Northwestern University 23 years

Helped organize first NCAA Basketball Tournament

University of Kansas Athletic Director 1950-1964

Manager of the 1960 U.S. Olympic Basketball Team, Chairman for 13 years

NCAA Basketball Tournament Chairman

Inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall ...

Belvoir Grounds and Potomac View Trail

The Northern Neck Land Grant

(Left Side):

The Northern Neck Land Grant

A proprietary was land granted to a loyal subject of the King. The Proprietor was permitted to subdivide the land and grant, sell or give it to others. In 1649, King ...

Cyrus Bustill

(1732-1806)

Born of white, Black and Native American descent, he bought his freedom and became a baker of bread for Revolutionary troops. A founder of the Free African Society, he later opened a school for Black children while living here.

Ambulance Co. No. 111   28th Division A.E.F.

To honor the members of

Ambulance Co. No. 111 28th Division A.E.F.

Originally Company No. 3

Penna. National Guard

* Captain Charles P. Starr, Commanding Officer

Captains

* John D. Boger * Alfred F. Compton * Grant B. Weaver * William M. Workman *Thomas H. Snowwhite

Sergeants, ...

Abraham Lincoln

One-half block east of here, on Nov. 18, 1863, Abraham Lincoln spoke briefly to townspeople from his special train. The President was traveling to Gettysburg for the dedication of the National Cemetery.

Marker is at the intersection of Carlisle Street ...

Bright Star / Koikos Restaurant

"Alabama's Oldest Restaurant" / "An American Classic"

Bright Star

In 1907, Greek immigrant Tom Bonduris invested his savings and opened a small cafe with only a horseshoe shaped bar at First Avenue and 21st Street in Bessemer, Alabama. Outgrowing three locations, the ...

Robert H. Brooks

(1915 - 1941)

Marker Front:

Born Oct. 8, 1915, in Sadieville, this African American entered an "all white" National Guard unit before WW II began. As a private in Co. D, 192nd Tank Battalion, he was stationed in the Phillipine Islands. Brooks ...

Gabriel Richard

Father Gabriel Jacques Richard, S. S., (1767-1832) -- pastor, educator and public servant -- arrived in Detroit in 1798. In 1802 he became the pastor of Ste. Anne Church. He brought a printing press to the area and in 1809 ...

First Battle of Independence

A State Divided: The Civil War in Missouri

The Battle of Independence was fought at this and other locations on Aug. 11, 1862. On that day, a force of Confederate soldiers launched a dawn surprise attack on the Union garrison stationed ...