You searched for Country: us
Page 9769 of 10380 — Showing results 97681 to 97690 of 103795
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4SD_fort-ward_Alexandria-VA.html
This stairway leads up the west wall of Fort Ward between the Northwest Bastion (to the left) and the Southwest Bastion (to the right). Fort Ward had 14 cannon emplacements along this area of the wall that created overlapping fields of fire. Infan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4SC_battle-at-rivers-bridge-rivers-bridge-memorials_Ehrhardt-SC.html
Battle At Rivers BridgeOn February 2 ~ 3, 1865, as Gen. W.T. Sherman'sFederals advanced toward Columbia, units ofGen. F.P. Blair's XVII Corps attempted to cross the Salkehatchie River at Rivers Bridge. The Confederate defenders there, in Gen. Lafa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4SB_fort-lee-historic-park_Fort-Lee-NJ.html
Beneath these cliffs, Henry Hudson's Half-Moon was welcomed by the Lenni Lenape Indians on September 3, 1609.
Nearly 167 years later, this giant Bluff Rock became a strategic stronghold in the American War for Independence as the conflict raged…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4SA_thurgood-marshall_Annapolis-MD.html
[Inscription in dark circle on plaza deck.] Thurgood Marshall's first major victory in his life-long struggle for equality under the law for all Americans took place in the Maryland Court of Appeals which then stood near this memorial. In 1935, Ma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4S9_mortar-battery_Fort-Lee-NJ.html
Mortar shells from this battery plummeted down in high soaring arcs upon the warships, tearing through the canvas sails and bursting upon the wooden deck.
This mortar battery, joined with heavy guns on both sides of the River, made running the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4S8_schuyler-colfax-house_Wayne-NJ.html
This house, which is Wayne's oldest, was built in 1695 by Ardent Schuyler, one of the leaders of the original settlement. William Colfax, who married Hester Schuyler in 1783, gave the house the Colfax name.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4S7_schuyler-colfax_Wayne-NJ.html
This house is an example of 18th century architecture. The Schuyler and Colfax families were prominent in shaping New Jersey history.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4S6_van-saun-house_Wayne-NJ.html
This old Dutch home was built in 1769 by Samuel Van Saun. In 1780 it served as headquarters of Major General Marquis de Lafayette and his troops.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4S3_william-graysons-grave_Woodbridge-VA.html
William Grayson, lawyer, member of the Continential Congress, Constitutional Convention and U.S. Senate, is buried nearby on property formerly part of "Belle Air," the family plantation. In 1774, Grayson organized Prince William County's first Rev…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4S2_maj-gen-edward-braddock-and-his-men_Rockville-MD.html
To commemorate the encampment in Maryland of Maj. Gen. Edward Braddock and his men at Owen's Ordinary, now Rockville, April 20, 1755. This stone is placed by the Janet Montgomery Chapter, Daughters of he American Revolution, Mrs. Morris L. Croxall…