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Nicodemus National Historic Site
St. Francis Hotel
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The St. Francis Hotel has lived many lives: first as a place of business operated by early settlers Zachary and Jenny Fletcher, then as private residence and restaurant of the Switzer family. The original two-story limestone structure was built in 1881 and was a successful hotel in Nicodemus. The Switzer family bought the building in 1921 and built several additions while they lived there.
Boston African American National Historic Site
Edmund Jackson
- Type: Person
Boston merchant and abolitionist Edmund Jackson served on the 1850 Boston Vigilance Committee.
Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park
128th New York Monument
- Type: Place
Veterans of New York's 128th Infantry Regiment dedicated a monument in memory of their comrades who died at the Battle of Cedar Creek. The monument marks the left end of the U.S. 19th Corps' position during the battle.
- Type: Person
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis and 2nd Earl Cornwallis, served as a British general during the American Revolution and notably surrendered his army to General Washington's Continental army and the allied French forces at Yorktown, Virginia in October 1781. This surrender effectively ended hostilities between British and American forces and led to peace negotiations, ending the war and recognizing American independence. Cornwallis later governed in India.
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
St. Vrain's Quarters
- Type: Place
This second level room can be accessed from the first-floor dining room or the plaza promenade on the second floor. The room was used by Bent, St. Vrain, & Company partner Ceran St. Vrain when he was present or otherwise used as a temporary guest quarters.
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The United Nations wall is the granite curb on the north side of the statues. This wall lists the 22 countries that gave combat or medical support to the UN forces.
Gettysburg National Military Park
Samuel Henry Patterson
- Type: Person
Samuel H. Patterson veteran of World War I, who dies of disease while serving the U.S.
Gettysburg National Military Park
Obie Bryant Rice
- Type: Person
Obie Bryant Rice was an African American veteran of World War I, died of disease while serving in the U.S.
Gettysburg National Military Park
Alva B. Johnson
- Type: Person
Alva B. Johnson WWII Navy Veteran
- Type: Person
Charles Lee, former British Army officer, became the second highest ranking general of the Continental Army during the American Revolution. On June 28, 1776 he oversaw the victory at the Battle of Sullivan's Island in Charleston, SC. Two years later, his retreat on the field at the Battle of Monmouth Courthouse would result in his court martial and the end of his military career. Learn more about this controversial figure here.
- Type: Person
General Sir Henry Clinton, the longest serving British general of the American Revolution, served as commander in chief from 1778 to 1782. In the years after the Revolution, Clinton defended his actions in writing and felt unfairly labeled as the scapegoat for British defeat. He died in London in 1795 before he was able to assume the post of governor of Gibraltar.
Fort Stanwix National Monument
William Gifford
- Type: Person
Gifford was a young man when he joined the Continental Army. He witnessed and participated in the events surrounding the Siege of 1777. He later fought in the War of 1812.
Antietam National Battlefield
New York State Monument
- Type: Place
One of the tallest monuments on the field at about 58 feet tall, it was dedicated September 17, 1920, on the 58th Anniversary of the Battle of Antietam. The bronze tablets list the generals from New York who were in command and the New York regiments and batteries at Antietam and depict the New York State coat of arms. Almost one-fourth of the Union army at Antietam was from New York. Over 250 Civil War veterans attended the dedication.
Antietam National Battlefield
20th New York Volunteer Infantry Monument
- Type: Place
The 20th New York Infantry was organized in New York City. The regiment suffered 145 casualties, some of whom are buried in the National Cemetery. Their veterans’ association erected this monument in 1911.
- Type: Person
John Small freed himself, his wife Susan, and their infant son Phillip during a dangerous escape aboard the Confederate steamer, Planter. As the ship’s engineer, John was instrumental in the success of the mission in which he and pilot Robert Smalls brought a total of sixteen men, women and children out of slavery and into freedom.
Antietam National Battlefield
May Lundberg Antietam National Cemetery
- Type: Place
May Lundberg is the only female veteran buried in Antietam National Cemetery. During World War I, she served as an officer in the Army Nurse Corps working at the American Hospital of Paris and for Red Cross Hospital in Paris.
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Jose Sarria
- Type: Person
Military history, LGB culture, immigrant stories, and much more make up GGNRA's roots. For José Sarria, a LGB activist in San Francisco, all the above apply. Born in the Bay Area to a single mother from Colombia, Sarria became the first openly gay, public figure. He ran for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1961.
Stonewall National Monument
Stormé DeLarverie
- Type: Person
Stormé DeLarverie was a butch lesbian with zero tolerance for discrimination, or as she called it, “ugliness.” She was born in New Orleans on Christmas Eve to a Black mother and white father. She had a beautiful baritone voice and discovered a love for jazz at a very early age. She started singing in New Orleans clubs at 15, and soon after began touring around Europe, eventually landing in New York City.
- Type: Person
Abram Allston piloted his way to freedom onboard the Planter, and then joined the Navy, but spent the rest of his life fighting for recognition and a military pension.
Boston African American National Historic Site
Maria W. Stewart
- Type: Person
Abolitionist and women’s rights advocate Maria W. Stewart was one of the first women of any race to speak in public in the United States. She was also the first Black American woman to write and publish a political manifesto. Her calls for Black people to resist slavery, oppression, and exploitation were radical and influential.