In Loving Memory David M. Whelan Anchoring the Charlestown community to make us one Founding Board Member Friends of the Charlestown Navy Yard 2004 - 2015
IN MEMORIAM COMMANDER BARRY CARLE U.S. NAVY 1933-1974 DIED WHILE IN THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY DEPUTY DISTRICT CIVIL ENGINEER FOR THE COMMANDANT OF THE FIRST NAVAL DISTRICT RESPONSIBLE FOR...
PORTSMOUTH MEMORIAL PARK DEDICATED NOVEMBER 2013 DISPLAYED AT THE CENTER OF THIS MEMORIAL, ARE THE GRANITE FOUNDATION ABUTMENTS THAT SUPPORTED THE MEMORIAL BRIDGE FOR EIGHTY-EIGHT...
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1910 Elwha Dam Constructed First dam on the Elwha River constructed in 1910. This dam blew out in 1912 and was replaced with a stronger structure by 1913. Thereafter the river was no longer...
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In Memory of William B. Duryee*First agricultural teacher, 1913-1914*First agricultural agent, 1914-1917*Sec. of Agriculture, State of New Jersey, 1925-1937*Member of Monmouth County Planning...
Destrehan Plantation is located on the 1811 Slave Revolt Trail approximately midway between the start at the 1811 Kid Ory Historic House and the ending points of the revolutionary march...
The first bloodshed in the 1811 Slave Revolt Occurred within the walls of 1811 Kid Ory Historic House. The room where the initial unrest likely happened is furnished as it would have looked...
Historic Riverlands Church is located in Reserve, a few miles upriver from where the Slave Revolt began in 1811. In 2005, this site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places...
Slavery is central to American history. The labor of enslaved African Americans built much of the nation’s wealth and enabled it to gain its economic independence. The enslavement of people also...
Fueled by the closing of the interstate slave trade into Louisiana from 1831 through 1834, traders began flooding Natchez with their human cargo. With the increasing trader activity, Natchez...