First House of Worship of Colonial Craven Parish

The walls on this site are erected over the brick and ballast stone foundation of the first house of worship of Colonial Craven Parish which was established in 1715. The brick Anglican Church was completed in 1750, and it continued ...

505th Parachute Infantry

This marker commemorates the activation on 6 July 1942 of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment in the Frying Pan area near here. Lieutenant Colonel James M. Gavin was the first commander.

Assigned to the 82d Airborne Division in February 1943, the ...

Friends Meeting House

Friends

Meeting House

Erected 1807 Near Site

Of Original Log Structure

1st Preacher—Ezekiel Tripp

Society Organized About 1790

Marker is on New York Route 7, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Replica of The Statue of Liberty

With the faith and courage of

their forefathers who made

possible the freedom of these

United States

The Boy Scouts of America

Dedicate this copy of the

Statue of Liberty as a Pledge

of everlasting Fidelity and

Loyalty

The Crusade ...

Colfax Riot

On this site occurred the Colfax Riot in which three white men and 150 negroes were slain. This event on April 13, 1873, marked the end of carpetbag misrule in the South.

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (Louisiana ...

Frost Homestead

This house was built

by James Frost in 1834,

using reclaimed portions

from the Featherstonhaugh

Mansion built in 1808

Marker is at the intersection of Mariaville Road (County Route 159) and Batter Street (County Route 94), on the right when traveling west on Mariaville Road. ...

Garden of Memories Veterans Memorial

Dedicated to all those

men & women who have

served to protect our

freedom

Dedicated Nov. 11, 1996

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Lincoln Knob Creek Farm

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

lived on this 228 acre farm,

1811-1816. He wrote in 1860

"My earliest recollection is

of the Knob Creek place."

A younger brother was born here.

Marker is on Bardstown Road (U.S. 31E).

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Higgerson Farm

The Battle of the Wilderness

Before you are the fields of the Higgerson Farm, one of only a few major clearings on the Wilderness Battlefield. On the afternoon of May 5, Union troops swept across this open space, bound for bewildering ...

Lawrence Institute of Technology

Lawrence Tech was chartered in 1932 by the Lawrence brothers, Russell E. and E. George. The college was located in Highland Park on Woodward Avenue until 1955, when the first building opened on this campus. Lawrence Tech, founded as an ...