Veterans Memorial Plaza

Built and dedicated to honor all citizens

of Lincoln County who have served their

country in the Armed Forces

In cooperation with

American Legion

Veterans of Foreign Wars

and

Lincoln County Board of Commissioners

James W. Warren, Chairman

John R. Gamble, Jr., M.D. • Louie M. Aderholt • A. ...

President Eisenhower’s Gettysburg Farm

Eisenhower National Historic Site

The farm has never looked better, mainly by virtue of the frequent gentle rains we have had since we have been here, and I have been happily renewing my acquaintance with my tiny Angus herd.

Eisenhower letter during ...

Occupation of Smithfield

“cheering … rolled along the lines”

(Preface):The Carolinas Campaign began on February 1, 1865, when Union Gen. William T. Sherman led his army north from Savannah, Georgia, after the “March to the Sea.” Sherman's objective was to join Gen. Ulysses S. ...

Mr. Richard Perry Home Site

Here dwelt

Mr. Richard Perry

first owner of this land

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He was Secretary to

The General Court of

The Colony of New Haven

and received this land

as a grant

from the town proprietors

A.D. 1640

Marker is at the intersection of Elm Street and Church Street, on the right ...

Okefenokee Swamp

10 mi. ?

Okefenokee, “Land of the Trembling Earth”, was named by its early inhabitants, the Seminole Indians. Acquired by the Federal Government in 1937 for a national wildlife refuge, its more than 600 square miles make it the largest preserved ...

Katharine Hepburn Slept Here

"54" was built in 1911 by Dr. Sewell Hepburn, a Johns Hopkins trained physician. His niece, Kate, spent time here with the family. Reportedly, Kate's limousine had trouble navigating State Circle. Kate always wore trousers.

Marker is on State Circle, on ...

Birthplace of Lucy Ware Webb Hayes / Lucy Webb Hayes, 1831 - 188

Side A:

Birthplace of Lucy Ware Webb Hayes

First Lady Lucy Ware Webb Hayes was born in this four-room Federal Vernacular house in 1831. Well educated for her time, she attended local schools, took classes in the preparatory department of Ohio ...

Swamp Fox

Sacred to the memory of

Brig. Gen.Francis Marion

who departed this life, on the 27th of February, 1795, in the sixty-third year of his age; deeply regretted by all his fellow citizens

History

will record his worth, and rising generations embalm his ...

Captain James Lawrence & Lieutenant Augustus C. Ludlow

In memory of

Captain James Lawrence

of the United States Navy,

Who fell on the 1st day of June 1813, in the 32nd year of his age, in the action between the frigates Chesapeake and Shannon. He was distinguished on ...

Site: Utoy Post Office

On Old Sandtown Rd.

Est. March 1836; discontinued July 7, 1866; a stop on the Decatur Marthasville (Atlanta) and White Hall & Sandtown stagecoach route in intervening years: Also a landmark in the movement of Federal troops from the Atlanta siege ...