1776 - 1976 In memory of the approximately four hundred veterans of the War of Independence who were pioneers in settling the Broome County area. Washington at Valley Forge. — — Map (db m198162) WM
Founder and long-time president of the Brotherhood
of Sleeping Car Porters. During World War II he
fought for equal employment in defense industries
for African Americans and after the war won the
fight to ban discrimination in the armed . . . — — Map (db m197937) HM
Alfred Dunk House has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m198185) HM
Near this spot, Col. David Ireland trained the 137th NY. They defended the right flank on Culp's Hill at Gettysburg, contributing to Union victory in the battle & Civil War. — — Map (db m198178) HM
A Mexican-American farm worker and labor leader
who co-founded the National Farm Workers
Association, later known as United Farm Workers,
to fight for justice for farm workers.
"Non-violence takes more guts, if I can put it
bluntly, . . . — — Map (db m197895) HM
The southern end of the
97-mile canal (1837-78) was
at the river confluence. It moved
Pa coal, local lumber
& goods to the Erie Canal.
Canal Society
of NYS — — Map (db m92919) HM
Located at the convergence of the Chenango and Susquehanna Rivers, Confluence Park is the hub of the Two Rivers Greenway and a meeting of Binghamton’s past and present.
[captions] The South Washington Street Bridge, shown here, was designed by . . . — — Map (db m198124) HM
This park capitalizes on the natural beauty of the Susquehanna and Chenango Rivers, maintaining a strong vista of the river confluence. The hub of a network of Binghamton's riverfront greenways, the park was planned to provide safe public access to . . . — — Map (db m198126) HM
Journalist, publisher, author and an American
civil rights leader. As president of the Arkansas
NAACP, she played an important role in the
Little Rock integration crisis of 1957.
"No man or woman who tries to pursue an ideal
in his or . . . — — Map (db m197921) HM
Dedicated to the memory of our boys who paid the supreme sacrifice in World War II. B.B.B. Factory. Harold Butts, Joseph Curay, Vernon Leamon, Michael Lutsic, Clarence Misner Workshoe Factory. Martin Bernat, John Bezosky Jr. Geo. F. Factory. . . . — — Map (db m198159) WM
On February 11th Donald was driving a tractor fitted with a sweeper brush to remove snow from sidewalks. Donald noticed co-workers shoveling the sidewalks of this bridge. In an act of kindness he volunteered to clear the bridge sidewalks with his . . . — — Map (db m198180) HM
Civil Rights leader and union organizer who
worked alongside MLK, Jr. and also served as
president of the Montgomery NAACP.
"We had a long, hard row to hoe, but we did it with
persistence, great leadership and belief
in ourselves and . . . — — Map (db m197936) HM
One of the Greensboro Four who participated
in the famous "Sit-In" at the Greensboro, NC
Woolworth's store, challenging the store's
policy of segregation.
"Mom, we are going to do something tomorrow that
may change history that might . . . — — Map (db m197885) HM
In August 1964, she testified at the Democratic
National Convention calling for the seating of
the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
at that convention.
"The first vote I cast, I cast my first vote for
myself, because I was running . . . — — Map (db m197938) HM
A self-educated escaped slave and an American
abolitionist and reformer, he firmly believed
in the equality of all people, regardless of race or sex.
"The life of a nation is secure only while the nation
is honest, truthful, and . . . — — Map (db m197919) HM
Fugitive slaves were aided
on the Underground Railroad
at this site.
Dr. S. Hand house & nearby
A.M.E. Zion and A.M.E. Bethel Church — — Map (db m101993) HM
Historic
North Side
Bingham's Patent
Near this site is the
northern boundary of the
land grant of William
Bingham. This was the city
limit until April 4, 1890 — — Map (db m93031) HM
Historic
North Side
The Chenango Canal
Between 1837 and 1875 the
canal linked Binghamton
and Utica. Its general course
followed the line of State
St. which is built on the
filled in canal bed. — — Map (db m93029) HM
Indian Castle
Located near junction of
Castle Creek with Chenango
River. Called Otsiningo.
Destroyed Aug. 18, 1779
during Sullivan Campaign — — Map (db m93030) HM
The lone survivor of a lynching, Cameron dedicated
his life to promoting civil rights, racial unity
and equality. He was an author and founded several
chapters of the NAACP and also
America's Black Holocaust Museum in Milwaukee.
"I . . . — — Map (db m197940) HM
Was part of the Southern Christian Leadership
Conference, founded by Martin Luther King, Jr.
whose purpose was to harness moral authority in the
service of the civil rights movement.
"If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can . . . — — Map (db m197877) HM
The 35th President of the U.S., Kennedy supported
desegregation and civil rights. He proposed
what became the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
"One person can make a difference and
every person should try." — — Map (db m197905) HM
Became a Freedom Rider associated with the
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
Later, as the chairman of SNCC, he helped plan
and took part in the Selma, Alabama desegreation
march that became known as Bloody Sunday.
"We can . . . — — Map (db m197888) HM
Dedicated to all veterans who served our country during the Korean Conflict, "The Forgotten War", July 25, 1950 - July 27, 1953 [south side] Korean (conflict) War. June 25, 1950 - July 27, 1953. Killed in action, Broome County, NY. Patrick . . . — — Map (db m198173) WM
Erected November 1913 by Guglielmo Marconi to test the possibility of transmitting telegraphic signals to moving trains along the Lackawanna RR. — — Map (db m198200) HM
Men of Broome who served for us, in your name this bridge we give, that your laurels may grow green, that your memory may live. Flowing stream and wooded hills spanned by arch of classic grace, here we speak our gratitude, here we hold your . . . — — Map (db m198130) WM
Devoted his life to the pursuit of social justice
through non-violent civil disobedience,
beginning in South Africa, then as a leader of the
independence movement in his native India.
He was assassinated as he tried to address the . . . — — Map (db m197899) HM
Near This Point 18 August 1779
Camped the army of James Clinton en
route to join the forces of General John
Sullivan in the expedition against the Iroquois and their British allies in the war of
the American Revolution
Originally erected by . . . — — Map (db m92920) HM
Imprisoned for resisting South African apartheid.
Four years after his 1990 release, South Africans
of all races were allowed to vote for the first time
in a national election where he was elected the
first black president of South . . . — — Map (db m197904) HM
First hospital on the United States dedicated to the treatmemt of alcoholism.
Placed by the New York State Society of the National Society of the Dames of the Court of Honor
Mrs. James V. Fiori
State President
1997 — — Map (db m149561) HM
Phelps Mansion Museum
has been placed on the
National Register of
Historic Places 1973
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m92921) HM
A museum exhibit interprets the Sullivan-Clinton Campaign of 1779. The campaign destroyed Native American villages and crops throughout the Iroquois homeland. — — Map (db m94628) HM
Routes of the Armies of General John Sullivan and General James Clinton 1779
An expedition against the hostile Indian nations which checked the aggressions of the English and Indians on the frontiers of New York and Pennsylvania, extending . . . — — Map (db m93324) HM
Former site of St. Mary's Home operated by the sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet founded by the Rev. James F. Horrigan 1881 - 1961. Erected by the kids, benefactors of St. Mary's Home Aug. 1998. — — Map (db m198202) HM
A woman's right activist whose protests
ultimately led to the passage of the Nineteenth
Amendment to the Constitution which gave
women the right to vote.
"Failure is impossible" — — Map (db m197893) HM
Built by Cornelius & Barbara Bevier circa 1850. Purchased 1889 by Otsego County native & Civil War veteran William Wright for 3,000.00. W. E. Wright was a carpenter, general contractor & proprietor of two stove & tinware stores in Binghamton. . . . — — Map (db m94390) HM
The Binghamton Clothing Company stood directly across the street from this marker. The fire, which began on July 22, 1913 at approximately 2:25pm, remains the worst loss of life by fire in city history. The fire claimed 31 lives. Nellie Connor, . . . — — Map (db m198174) HM
First Farm Bureau in the United States
In 1911 began the largest organization of farmers founded for the purpose of extending the science of agriculture.The growth of their idea resulted in the unparalleled productivity of American agriculture . . . — — Map (db m93291) HM
Trinity Memorial Episcopal Church has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998 by the United States Department of the Interior. — — Map (db m198201) HM
Became a civil rights activist and participated in
the Selma Alabama march after Bloody Sunday,
and was murdered later that day by the
Ku Klux Klan.
"Everybody's struggle" — — Map (db m197883) HM
A white mail carrier who staged lone protests
against racial inequality by hand-delivering letters
he had written denouncing racial segregation.
He was gunned down on his final walk to
the state capital in Mississippi.
"Equal rights . . . — — Map (db m197891) HM
William L. Moore was a man of action. This Binghamton native faced many challenges while helping to preserve the freedom and rights of others. After he served our country honorably as a U.S. Marine and graduated from Harpur College (SUNY), he . . . — — Map (db m198184) HM
