Markers placed or sponsored by any Chapter of The Colonial Dames of America, founded and headquartered in New York City. The Society was established in 1890 to commemorate the history of the thirteen American colonies and the men and women who founded them.
“He was the suzerain of many territories, and of a numerous people, being equally feared by his vassals and the neighboring nations.” — — Map (db m156405) HM
Training troops in desert warfare in preparation for Operation "Torch." The invasion of German held North Africa. The world's largest military installation, training 60 divisions and more than one million soldiers. — — Map (db m99284) HM
Of Copford Hall. Essex England. Third Governor of Massachusetts. A founder of this commonwealth & its first Governor. A lover of religious liberty. A man trusted and honored.
Near this place he was buried & by this tablet The Connecticut . . . — — Map (db m44068) HM
Thomas Hooker
1586 – 1647
A leader of the founders in this commonwealth. A preacher of persuasive power. A statesman who based all civil authority on the free consent of the people.
This tablet is placed near the site of his burial by The . . . — — Map (db m44070) HM
This House Built
A.D.1639
Was the Home
of
Rev. Henry Whitfield B.D.
First Minister
and
The Leader of the Founders
of Guilford
In honor of whom
this tablet is here placed on the
oldest stone house in New England
by the . . . — — Map (db m248402) HM
1894.
On Sunday, July 22, 1781,
while engaged in public worship
in the building then occupying this site
Rev. Dr. Moses Mather
and fifty men of this congregation were captured
by British troops and taken to New York
There . . . — — Map (db m230983) HM WM
In Ocmulgee Fields camped Gen. James Edward Oglethorpe and his men on their way to Coweta Town for the purpose of making the treaty with the Creek Confederacy in 1739 — — Map (db m59596) HM
This Memorial to
Button Gwinnett
Born 1735 Died 1777
Georgia Signer of The Declaration of Independence
President of Georgia
Whose remains, buried in this cemetery, are believed to lie entombed hereunder. Was erected by the . . . — — Map (db m241905) HM
Oglethorpe
This remnant is all
that time has spared of the
citadel of the town of Frederica
built by
General Oglethorpe
A.D. 1736
as an outpost against
the Spaniards in Florida
Preserved by the Georgia Society of . . . — — Map (db m270322) HM
In the 1800's, a blacksmith shop was of utmost importance to farms and communities. The “smith” was a skilled craftsman producing necessary iron tools and implements, such as door handles and hinges, nails, and horseshoes, for daily living. The . . . — — Map (db m267831) HM
A family cemetery was a matter of practicality during the settlement of America. Settlers would seek out a small plot of land, often in wooded areas bordering their fields, to begin a family cemetery for their loved ones.
The Harris Family . . . — — Map (db m267825) HM
The smokehouse was an important outbuilding for farms in the nineteenth century. It provided for the curing and storing of meat for the family in the days before refrigeration.
This rare brick smokehouse was constructed of red clay bricks . . . — — Map (db m267820) HM
National Register of Historic Places | Walton County Historic Landmark | Georgia Centennial Heritage Farm
The William Harris Homestead Plantation, consisting of 500 acres, was formed from the 1820 Land Lottery of Georgia. The log house and . . . — — Map (db m267790) HM
General Lafayette was the official guest of the State of Indiana at Jeffersonville on May 12, 1825 at the house of Former Governor Posey on the West corner of Front and Fort Streets. He was welcomed by the Governor of the the State, by a . . . — — Map (db m221572) HM
A premier suffragist and advocate of women’s rights, Mary B. Thistlethwaite Birdsall was the women’s editor of the Indiana Farmer and in 1855 became editor and proprietor of the “Lily”, a nationally distributed magazine devoted to the . . . — — Map (db m138968) HM
Old State Capitol River Road & North Blvd. Baton Rouge, LouisianaErected 1847-48 Razed by fire 1862.Seat of State Government 1850-1862 1882-1932. — — Map (db m121371) HM
Mission founded nearby in 1717 for Adaes Indians by Fra Margil, Franciscan of Zacatecas, who traversed the trail from Panama on foot. French Natchitoches served by missionaries from this easternmost Spanish post. Plaque Dedicated June 1, . . . — — Map (db m86805) HM
Erected in the latter part of the 18th century, by the Spanish government and used for the assembling of the Cabildo or Governmental Council. Here, in 1803 took place the formal transfer of the Province of Louisiana from Spain to France and from . . . — — Map (db m221537) HM
Planted as a tercentenary commemoration to the manorial homes of the men and women who on this site founded Maryland
March 25, 1634 - March 25, 1934. — — Map (db m204925) HM
One-eighth of a mile distant.
On a part of the 300 acres
granted to Governor John
Endecott, is the pear tree
planted by the Governor in
1632. This tree still bears
fruit. — — Map (db m46192) HM
In Commemoration of
Hernando De Soto
and his men who spent the winter of
1540 — 1541
in North East Mississippi prior to his
discovery of the Mississippi River — — Map (db m102786) HM
A Greek Revival Building
ca 1830
Oldest Structure in Southern Heritage Complex
Presented By
Mississippi State Society
National Society Colonial Dames
Seventeenth Century — — Map (db m109512) HM
The Society of the Colonial Dames of America place this tablet to mark the spot whereon was set in motion the Commonwealth of the State of New York on the thirtieth day of July in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Seven by . . . — — Map (db m57567) HM
A native of East Lothian, Scotland.
Settled in Orange County in 1774.
Member of Committee of Safety at Hillsboro 1775.
A proprietor of the Transylvania Land Company,
representing it before the Continental Congress
at Philadelphia in 1775.
An . . . — — Map (db m284345) HM
This tablet marks the house of
Thomas Burke
1747-1783
An Able Statesman
Member of conventions at New Bern and
Hillsboro, 1775, Representative to
Provisional Congresses at Halifax, 1776,
Delegate to the Continental Congress, . . . — — Map (db m284343) HM
The day after the fall of Fort Duquesne, General Forbes wrote in a letter to William Pitt:–
"I have used the freedom of giving your name to Fort Duquesne, as I hope it was in some measure the being actuated by your spirits . . . — — Map (db m156215) HM
“And thou, Philadelphia, the virgin settlement of this province – named before thou wert born – what love, what care, what service and what travail, there have been to bring thee forth and to preserve thee from such as would abuse and defile . . . — — Map (db m107588) HM
Church of Prince William's Parish
known as
Sheldon
Built Between 1745-1755
Burned By the British Army 1779
Rebuilt 1826
Burned By the Federal Army 1865 — — Map (db m106086) HM
Site of crossing on the Sabine River which has
been used for more than 400
years. First by the Indians,
later by the Spaniards, the
French, and other Europeans,
and more than 50,000 Anglo
Americans who came to settle
in Texas prior to . . . — — Map (db m30766) HM
In Memory of the Colonial Governors and Presidents of the Council Officially Resident at Jamestown
1607-1698
Edward Maria Wingfield ·
John Ratcliffe ·
John Smith ·
John West ·
William Berkeley ·
Richard Remp ·
Thomas West, . . . — — Map (db m305178) HM
Christ Church Lancaster, a singular example of colonial church architecture, was completed circa 1735. This is Robert “King” Carter’s legacy to the community. Its simplicity stands as a witness to the importance of the Christian faith to . . . — — Map (db m24280) HM
In this House Lived
John Adams
First American Minister to GREAT BRITAIN, May 1785 to
March 1788 afterwards Second President of the UNITED STATES
From here his Daughter ABIGAIL was married to
COLONEL WILLIAM STEPHENS SMITH, . . . — — Map (db m109295) HM
