Becky Phipps and the Battle of the Ice Mound

The Next-to-Last Battle of the War of 1812

Confederate Monument

at Grace Episcopal Church, Silver Spring

George Washington Slept Here, Twice.

Richfield

This Italianate house is just visible from Catoctin Highway (Rt. 15)  in the cornfields north of Frederick, Maryland. It was the birthplace of a Spanish American War hero and sits on the site of the home of Maryland's first elected governor.

Monument to a Tulip Tree

This particular Liriodendren Tulipifera was used by Early's Confederates as a signal station and sharpshooter's post during the battle of Fort Stevens in July 1864.

The Middle Point

of the Transpeninsular Line



Photo by Leven Browne, ca. 1997

The Grave of Little Orphant Annie

  Greenfield, Indiana