The Campanario

Mission San Diego de Alcala

The Campanario is 46 feet high and holds the Mission bells. The crown-topped bell on the lower right is named Ava Maria Purisima – Immaculate Mary. It weighs 805 pounds and was cast in 1802. A ...

Upper Manor

Built in 1756 by Gertrude

Beekman, daughter of

Stephanus Van Cortlandt.

Family hosted Washington

on his visits to this area.

Marker is on Oregon Road, on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Arsenal Park

Crises cause us to act. The crisis created by the United States' military unpreparedness during the War of 1812 resulted in the planning and building of additional arsenals for the nation's defense. Congress appropriated monies in 1836 for an “arsenal ...

Gettysburg National Military Park

Established by Act of Congress approved February 11, 1895 by which the Secretary of War was authorized to receive all lands and improvements which belonged to the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association, a corporation chartered by the State of Pennsylvania 1864 ...

POW/MIA Memorial

We dedicate this memorial, unbinding the American Eagle from her chain in the enduring faith that all POW/MIA "chains" will be unbound and their journey home will begin with God's speed. "Bring them home" is our proclamation to the world ...

President Jefferson Davis

Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America and party camped near here in a wooded area, when trying to reach Mobile, in his flight from Federal Soldiers. The party, on horseback, stopped at Warthen’s Store to purchase food ...

Cape May during World War II

From 1940 to 1945, Cape May was bustling with military activity.

The Army, Navy and Coast Guard all had bases in the area.

Throughout the war years, Cape May continued to operate as a coastal resort and promote itself to visitors. Tourism, ...

Purcellville Station

The tracks are long gone, but Purcellville's train station still occupies the ground it has stood on since 1904. It replaced a depot built at about the same time that the railroad arrived in 1874 and accommodated passengers, mail, and ...

Twelfth Army Corps

Gordon's Brigade, Williams' Division

U.S.A.

Twelfth Army Corps,

Gordon's Brigade, Williams' Division

Brig. Gen. George H. Gordon, Commanding.

Organization.

2nd Massachusetts Infantry,

3rd Wisconsin Infantry,

27th Indiana Infantry,

13th New Jersey Infantry,

107th New York Infantry,

Zouaves D'Afrique, Pennsylvania.

September 17, 1862, No. 2.

Immediately after the withdrawal of Gordon's Brigade to the ...

Sedgwick's Division, Second Army Corps

U.S.A.

Sedgwick's Division, Second Army Corps,

Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick, Commanding.

September 17, 1862.

Sedgwick's Division crossed the Antietam at Pry's Ford at 7:45 a.m. and, advancing from the East Woods in column of Brigades, Gorman's Brigade in advance, Dana's second and Howard's Third, ...