George Washington Carver was born into slavery in the early 1860's in Diamond, Missouri, in a one-room cabin. Soon after birth, he and his mother were kidnapped by bushwhackers. He was found in Arkansas but his mother was never seen again and . . . — — Map (db m236987) HM
Born on May 8, 1884 in Lamar, Missouri, Harry Truman moved to Independence at age six and regarded that city as his home town. He soon met 5-year-old Bess Wallace, his lifelong love, who became his wife 29 years later. The newlyweds lived with . . . — — Map (db m237089) HM
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, thirty-fifth President of the United States, Democrat, was born on May 29, 1917, in Brookline, Massachusetts, the second of nine children born to Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., and Rose (Fitzgerald) Kennedy. In 1936, Kennedy . . . — — Map (db m237000) HM
Charles A. Lindbergh was born in Detroit, Michigan, on February 4, 1902. His father was practicing law in Little Falls, Minnesota, where Charles spent his childhood years. He fondly recalled his early days on this farm. “I spent hours lying on my . . . — — Map (db m237084) HM
The Manassas Red Oak stands in silent tribute to the brave Americans who fought and died in the two historic Civil War battles best-known as the first and second battles of Bull Run. In the first battle in Manassas, Virginia, fought in 1861, one of . . . — — Map (db m236996) HM
Hannibal, Missouri, on the Mississippi River was the home of Samuel Clemens from age 4 to 17. The Clemens family moved to the riverfront town in 1839. The limestone geology of the area with the many bluffs made caves quite common. In 1832 a large . . . — — Map (db m236998) HM
The Minuteman Silver Maple spreads its branches over a historic Massachusetts battlefield. On a country road outside Boston on April 19, 1775, the citizen soldiers of the American colonies first met in battle with the British. At North Bridge, . . . — — Map (db m236995) HM
Apollo XIV was launched on January 31, 1971, from Kennedy Space Center and was the third lunar landing. The entire mission lasted for 9 hours, 1 minute and 57 seconds, carrying three Americans: Captain Alan Shepard, USN; Major Stuart Roosa, USAF; . . . — — Map (db m237059) HM
The Mount Vernon Red Maple grows at the Virginia home of George Washington, the nation's first president and commander of the Colonial Army that won the American Revolution. When Washington retired, it was an act that gained attention both at home . . . — — Map (db m237100) HM
The Robin Hood English Oak that grows in New York is a descendent of a famous tree in England's Sherwood Forest, the home of the Robin Hood legends. The dense cover of trees in Sherwood Forest was said to give him cover as he robbed from the rich . . . — — Map (db m237079) HM
The Trail of Tear Redbud stands today as it did in 1838 when thousands of Cherokee Indians passed by as they were forced onto reservation land in Oklahoma. About 4,000 Cherokees died along the Trail of Tears. The Cherokee were forced into eastern . . . — — Map (db m236999) HM
The Wilson’s Creek Chinkapin Oak stands on an important Civil War battlefield 10 miles southwest of Springfield, Missouri. The battle of Wilson’s Creek on August 10, 1861, marked the opening shots of the Civil War in neutral Missouri. The state's . . . — — Map (db m237091) HM