First Presbyterian Church

Truman Historic Walking Tour Stop 7

The church had recently been built when the Truman family moved to Independence in 1890. Harry Truman attended Sunday School here for several years as a child with Bess Wallace.

Marker is at the ...

First Presbyterian Church

The congregation dates from 1826. The church neither divided nor closed in the Civil War. Designed in 1888 by Nier, Hogg and Byram of Kansas City, Mo. Harry S. Truman first met Bess Wallace here in Sunday School in ...

Revolutionary War Patriots

This marker commemorates the

men and women who participated in

The American Revolution.

These patriots, believing in the noble

cause of liberty, gallantly fought for

their home and country.

1775 – 1783.

Marker is at the intersection of S Main Street (U.S. 311) and E High Avenue, ...

Forever Protected

As you explore Acadia National Park, you will discover private property interspersed with park lands. Many large national parks, like Yellowstone and Grand Canyon, were carved from the public domain as single, vast tracts of land. Acadia, in contrast, evolved ...

Peregrine Falcons Return to Acadia

The recovery of the peregrine falcon is one of the great environmental success stories of our time. Although they once nested on the east face of Champlain Mountain above you, by 1964 peregrines had become extinct throughout the eastern United ...

Sunol Water Temple

[Main Marker:]

California Historic

Civil Engineering Landmark

Alameda Creek Water System

1888

San Francisco Section A802 1975

[Second Marker:]

Restoration of the Sunol Water Temple

Started May 27, 1997

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Willie L. Brown – Mayor • E. Dennis Normandy – Commission President • Victor G. Makras – Commission Vice-President • ...

Sieur de Monts Spring

In 1909, George B. Dorr, Acadia’s first superintendent, built an octagonal tile-roofed structure over a spring at the south end of Great Meadow. On a nearby rock he carved "The Sweet Waters of Acadia." He named the spring "Sieur de ...

Edmonston Veterans Park

This park is dedicated to the men

and women of the armed forces

who have served our nation

with heartfelt thanks from

the residents of Edmonston, MD.

[Logo]: Edmonston, Maryland, est. 1924.

Marker is at the intersection of Decatur Street and ...

1806 Plains Presbyterian Church

Organized in 1806, Plains Presbyterian Church was the first church to form in Cranberry Township. The first services were held in groves and a tent. A log church was built in 1820 replaced by a brick church in 1839 with ...

Battle of Liberty Place Monument

"September 14th 1874"

[ inscriptions, west face, base :]

September 14th 1874

In honor of those Americans on both sides who died in the Battle of Liberty Place

Members of the Metropolitan Police:

John H. H. Camp • John Kennedy ...