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FDR Speech Location - National Parks Gallery

FDR Speech Location - National Parks Gallery

On August 18, 1937, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt helped commemorate the 350th anniversary of the 1587 Lost Colony by visiting the Lost Colony drama, and giving a speech at this location before the show.

Historical marker, Quincy Massachusetts

Historical marker, Quincy Massachusetts

Town boundary north at Quincy Neck marks on ledge near ice house Courtesy of Thomas Crane Public Library

[Historical marker near site of the original Kings' Bridge, New York City]

[Historical marker near site of the original Kings' Bridge, New York C...

J193902 U.S. Copyright Office This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geog.

Millwood, Virginia and Boyce, Virginia. Historical marker along the road in Virginia near Boyce

Millwood, Virginia and Boyce, Virginia. Historical marker along the ro...

Job title devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to the... More

Millwood, Virginia and Boyce, Virginia. Historical marker along the road in Virginia near Boyce

Millwood, Virginia and Boyce, Virginia. Historical marker along the ro...

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Cambridge, Massachusetts. Historical marker with trash cans

Cambridge, Massachusetts. Historical marker with trash cans

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Cambridge, Massachusetts. Historical marker with trash cans

Cambridge, Massachusetts. Historical marker with trash cans

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Photograph of Historical Marker on State Route Number One

Photograph of Historical Marker on State Route Number One

Original caption: Historical marker on State Route #1 at Junction with Salino River marking the location of Nigger Spring, one of the main sources of salt in pioneer days. Harrisburg, IL. Historic Photographs

Photograph of Historical Marker Marking Route of General George Rogers Clark on March from Fort Massac to Kaskaskia in 1778

Photograph of Historical Marker Marking Route of General George Rogers...

Original caption: Historical marker, located north of ILL #146 west of Vienna, IL. Marks route of General Geo. Rogers Clark on march from Fort Massac to Kaskaskia in 1778. Historic Photographs

Photograph of Historical Marker Marking the Site of Cherokee Indian Encampment in January 1839 When Cherokees Were En Route from Georgia to Indian Territory

Photograph of Historical Marker Marking the Site of Cherokee Indian En...

Original caption: Historical marker north of Illinois #146 between West Vienna and Anna, IL. Marks site of Cherokee Indian Encampment, Jan 1839, when Cherokees were en route from Georgia to Indian Territory. Hi... More

Photograph of Historical Marker Located South of US Number 45 Near Ozark, Illinois

Photograph of Historical Marker Located South of US Number 45 Near Oza...

Original caption: Historical marker located south of US #45, near Ozark, IL. Historic Photographs

Photograph of Historical Marker Commemorating One of the Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas Debates

Photograph of Historical Marker Commemorating One of the Abraham Linco...

Original caption: Historical marker commemorating one of the Lincoln Douglas debates. Marker located in front of Delta Ranger Station, Jonesboro, IL. Historic Photographs

Washington, D.C. Historical marker erected by Daughters of the American Revolution near the Sears Roebuck store on Wisconsin Avenue, now called River Road

Washington, D.C. Historical marker erected by Daughters of the America...

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Washington, D.C. Historical marker erected by Daughters of the American Revolution near the Sears Roebuck store on Wisconsin Avenue, now called River Road

Washington, D.C. Historical marker erected by Daughters of the America...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Photograph of a Historical Marker to be Placed at the State Line Historical Site on Brule Lake

Photograph of a Historical Marker to be Placed at the State Line Histo...

Original caption: Historical marker to be placed at State Line Historical Site on Brule Lake. Eight such markers were constructed during the APW program. Historic Photographs

Ashley River Road - Historical Marker at St. Andrew's Church

Ashley River Road - Historical Marker at St. Andrew's Church

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: A marker tells visitors the fascinating history of St. Andrew's Church and its influence on the Ashley River Road. Location: South Caro... More

Ashley River Road - Historical Marker Along the Ashley River

Ashley River Road - Historical Marker Along the Ashley River

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: Flags complement a historical marker near the Ashley River, which tells about the British Attack of 1780. Location: South Carolina (32.... More

Stephen Binyard’s grave is displayed at the unveiling

Stephen Binyard’s grave is displayed at the unveiling

Stephen Binyard’s grave is displayed at the unveiling of Edgerly Cemetery aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort Sept. 18. The cemetery has been cleaned-up and restored to honor the memory of Binyard and the ... More

Historical marker commemorating Fort Laramie's brief role as a Pony Express stop in the 1860s in what is now Goshen County, Wyoming

Historical marker commemorating Fort Laramie's brief role as a Pony Ex...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. In 1849, the U.S. Army took over Fort Laramie, established as Fort John, a private fur-trading fort in 1834, in order to protect westw... More

Historical marker commemorating Fort Laramie's brief role as a Pony Express stop in the 1860s in what is now Goshen County, Wyoming

Historical marker commemorating Fort Laramie's brief role as a Pony Ex...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. In 1849, the U.S. Army took over Fort Laramie, established as Fort John, a private fur-trading fort in 1834, in order to protect westw... More

Franklin Court Historical marker

Franklin Court Historical marker

Historical marker located on Chestnut between 3rd & 4th Streets at Franklin Court entrance.

Master of Ceremony Kevin Salvilla, U.S. Army Corps

Master of Ceremony Kevin Salvilla, U.S. Army Corps

Master of Ceremony Kevin Salvilla, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Center Hill Lake resource manager, speaks during a Tennessee Historical Marker dedication ceremony highlighting the technical s... More

Col. Daniel Shank, Ohio assistant adjutant general

Col. Daniel Shank, Ohio assistant adjutant general

Col. Daniel Shank, Ohio assistant adjutant general for Army, speaks about the railroad’s historical importance to Camp Perry and about the significance of Camp Perry itself Sept. 27, 2019, at Camp Perry Joint T... More

Jeff Syracuse, Metro Council member for District 15;

Jeff Syracuse, Metro Council member for District 15;

Jeff Syracuse, Metro Council member for District 15; Jessica Reeves, who oversees the historic markers program with the Metro Historical Commission; Lt. Col. Sonny Avichal, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashvill... More

Lt. Col. Sonny Avichal, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Lt. Col. Sonny Avichal, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Lt. Col. Sonny Avichal, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, addresses guests during the Lock 2 Park Historical Marker dedication June 24, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee. The U.S. Army Corps... More

Tennessee State Rep. Terri Lynn Weaver, District 40,

Tennessee State Rep. Terri Lynn Weaver, District 40,

Tennessee State Rep. Terri Lynn Weaver, District 40, speaks at a historical marker dedication ceremony at Center Hill Dam Oct. 27, 2015. Center Hill Dam is located on the Caney Fork River and is one of the mult... More

Kimberly Morgan speaks during the unveiling of Edgerly

Kimberly Morgan speaks during the unveiling of Edgerly

Kimberly Morgan speaks during the unveiling of Edgerly Cemetery aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort Sept. 18. Morgan has been overseeing the restoration of the cemetery and discovered the grave site of Ste... More

Col. Daniel Shank, Ohio assistant adjutant general

Col. Daniel Shank, Ohio assistant adjutant general

Col. Daniel Shank, Ohio assistant adjutant general for Army, speaks about the railroad’s historical importance to Camp Perry and about the significance of Camp Perry itself Sept. 27, 2019, at Camp Perry Joint T... More

Lt. Col. Sonny Avichal, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Lt. Col. Sonny Avichal, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Lt. Col. Sonny Avichal, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, addresses guests during the Lock 2 Park Historical Marker dedication June 24, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee. The U.S. Army Corps... More

Akosua Moore speaks during the unveiling of Edgerly

Akosua Moore speaks during the unveiling of Edgerly

Akosua Moore speaks during the unveiling of Edgerly Cemetery aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort Sept. 18. Moore and Kimberly Morgan have worked together to restore the cemetery where Stephen Binyard is bu... More

Tim Stribling, DeKalb County mayor, speaks during a

Tim Stribling, DeKalb County mayor, speaks during a

Tim Stribling, DeKalb County mayor, speaks during a dedication ceremony for a historical marker highlighting the technical significance of Center Hill Dam and Powerhouse during a ceremony at the dam in Lancaste... More

Col. Daniel Shank (left), Ohio assistant adjutant general

Col. Daniel Shank (left), Ohio assistant adjutant general

Col. Daniel Shank (left), Ohio assistant adjutant general for Army, and Burt Logan, executive director of the Ohio History Connection, show a proclamation signed by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine that officially recogni... More

Jeff Syracuse, Nashville Metro council member for District

Jeff Syracuse, Nashville Metro council member for District

Jeff Syracuse, Nashville Metro council member for District 15, addresses guests during the Lock 2 Park Historical Marker dedication June 24, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashvi... More

Kimberly Morgan, kneeling left, and Akosua Moore embrace

Kimberly Morgan, kneeling left, and Akosua Moore embrace

Kimberly Morgan, kneeling left, and Akosua Moore embrace their children during the unveiling of Edgerly Cemetery aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort Sept. 18. The two women were brought together by Stephen... More

Olga Beddingfield, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville

Olga Beddingfield, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville

Olga Beddingfield, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Operations manager, speaks during a historical marker dedication ceremony at Center Hill Dam in Lancaster, Tenn., Oct. 27, 2015. (Photo by Mark Rankin)

Col. Daniel Shank (left), Ohio assistant adjutant general

Col. Daniel Shank (left), Ohio assistant adjutant general

Col. Daniel Shank (left), Ohio assistant adjutant general for Army, and Burt Logan, executive director of the Ohio History Connection, unveil a historic marker Sept. 27, 2019, to memorialize the importance of t... More

Jessica Reeves, who oversees the historic markers program

Jessica Reeves, who oversees the historic markers program

Jessica Reeves, who oversees the historic markers program with the Metro Historical Commission, addresses guests during the Lock 2 Park Historical Marker dedication June 24, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee. The U.... More

Descendants of Stephen Binyard and the Edgerly Plantation

Descendants of Stephen Binyard and the Edgerly Plantation

Descendants of Stephen Binyard and the Edgerly Plantation attend the unveiling of Edgerly Cemetery aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort Sept. 18. The ceremony was headlined by Kimberly Morgan and Akosua Moo... More

Lt. Col. Stephen F. Murphy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Lt. Col. Stephen F. Murphy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Lt. Col. Stephen F. Murphy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, speaks during a Tennessee State Historical Marker dedication ceremony at Center Hill Dam Oct. 27, 2015. The U.S. Army Corps... More

Col. Daniel Shank (left), Ohio assistant adjutant general

Col. Daniel Shank (left), Ohio assistant adjutant general

Col. Daniel Shank (left), Ohio assistant adjutant general for Army, and Burt Logan, executive director of the Ohio History Connection, unveil a historic marker Sept. 27, 2019, to memorialize the importance of t... More

Bill Holman, son of former Lock 2 Lockmaster Red Holman,

Bill Holman, son of former Lock 2 Lockmaster Red Holman,

Bill Holman, son of former Lock 2 Lockmaster Red Holman, talks about his childhood growing up on the Lock 2 Reservation when his dad supervised operations at Lock and Dam 2 on the Cumberland River. Holman join... More

Descendants of the Edgerly Plantation visit Stephen

Descendants of the Edgerly Plantation visit Stephen

Descendants of the Edgerly Plantation visit Stephen Binyard’s grave during the unveiling of Edgerly Cemetery aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort Sept. 18. Many of Binyard’s descendants attended the ceremon... More

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District dedicates a historical marker at Center Hill Dam in Lancaster, Tenn., Oct. 27, 2015. Left to right are David Nixon; Olga Beddingfield, U.S. Army Corps of Engi... More

Bill Holman, son of former Lock 2 Lockmaster Red Holman,

Bill Holman, son of former Lock 2 Lockmaster Red Holman,

Bill Holman, son of former Lock 2 Lockmaster Red Holman, talks about his childhood growing up on the Lock 2 Reservation when his dad supervised operations at Lock and Dam 2 on the Cumberland River. Holman join... More

A cemetery marker is displayed at the unveiling of

A cemetery marker is displayed at the unveiling of

A cemetery marker is displayed at the unveiling of Edgerly Cemetery aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort Sept. 18. The cemetery is home to many unmarked graves belonging to ancestors from the Edgerly Planta... More

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District dedicates a Tennessee State Historical Marker at Center Hill Dam Oct. 27, 2015. Left to right are David Nixon; Olga Beddingfield, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers... More

Jackie Jones, community affairs superintendent for

Jackie Jones, community affairs superintendent for

Jackie Jones, community affairs superintendent for Metro Parks, welcomes guests to the Lock 2 Park Historical Marker dedication June 24, 2020. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District operated the ol... More

Officials dedicated the Lock 2 Park Historical Marker

Officials dedicated the Lock 2 Park Historical Marker

Officials dedicated the Lock 2 Park Historical Marker dedication June 24, 2020. This is the land wall on the shoreline of the Cumberland River in Nashville, Tennessee. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville... More

Repairs are underway at Lock and Dam 2 on the Cumberland

Repairs are underway at Lock and Dam 2 on the Cumberland

Repairs are underway at Lock and Dam 2 on the Cumberland River in Nashville, Tennessee, Aug. 5, 1935. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District built Lock and Dam 2 at this location to establish a nav... More

Operators show a damaged portion of the lower end of

Operators show a damaged portion of the lower end of

Operators show a damaged portion of the lower end of the river wall at Lock 2 on the Cumberland River in Nashville, Tennessee, May 20, 1937. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District built Lock and Da... More

This is a general view of Lock and Dam 2 and buildings

This is a general view of Lock and Dam 2 and buildings

This is a general view of Lock and Dam 2 and buildings on the Cumberland River in Nashville, Tennessee, April 10, 1939. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District built Lock and Dam 2 at this location ... More

This is an aerial view from an altitude of 1,600 feet

This is an aerial view from an altitude of 1,600 feet

This is an aerial view from an altitude of 1,600 feet of Lock 2 on the Cumberland River in Nashville, Tennessee, May 30, 1940. The general view is seen looking upstream. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashvil... More

This is an aerial view of Lock 2 on the Cumberland

This is an aerial view of Lock 2 on the Cumberland

This is an aerial view of Lock 2 on the Cumberland River in Nashville, Tennessee, May 30, 1940. The general view is seen looking upstream. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District built Lock and Dam ... More

A derrick boat swings the lock gate into position after

A derrick boat swings the lock gate into position after

A derrick boat swings the lock gate into position after painting it at Lock 2 on the Cumberland River in Nashville, Tennessee, Sept. 26, 1940. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District built Lock and ... More

(Left to Right) Lockmaster Singleton, Guard Haley and

(Left to Right) Lockmaster Singleton, Guard Haley and

(Left to Right) Lockmaster Singleton, Guard Haley and Assistant Lockmaster "Red" Holman of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District pose after rescuing a man when his boat went over Dam 2 on the Cumb... More