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The Ardmore Historic District is a 600-acre (240 ha) national historic district located at Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 2,093 contributing buildings and two contributing sites .
Wyoming Monument in 2013. Wyoming Commemorative Association was founded in 1878 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Wyoming (also known as the Wyoming Valley Massacre). This American Revolutionary War battle was fought on July 3, 1778, near Wilkes-Barre in present-day Exeter, Pennsylvania.
On August 2, 2008, the monument was struck by lightning, causing some damage and putting the monument in need of repairs. [4] In 2010, the restoration began and the monument, completely repaired and restored, was rededicated at the annual celebration of the Wyoming Commemorative Association in 2011.
Jul. 4—WYOMING — John Yudichak, the new president at Luzerne County Community College, chose to reflect on former U.S. Rep. Dan Flood, who spoke at the Wyoming Monument ceremony on July 4th, 1973.
Westbrook–Ardmore Historic District is a national historic district located at Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 467 contributing buildings in a predominantly residential section of Wilmington.
Monument Removed June 21, 2020 [9] - Monument to North Carolina Women of the Confederacy, also called Confederate Women's Monument (1914). "The seven foot tall monument, made possible through a private donation, honors the hardships and sacrifices of North Carolina women during the Civil War.
Register Cliff is a sandstone cliff and featured key navigational landmark prominently listed in the 19th century guidebooks about the Oregon Trail, and a place where many emigrants chiseled the names of their families on the soft stones of the cliff — it was one of the key checkpoint landmarks for parties heading west along the Platte River valley west of Fort John, Wyoming which allowed ...
A destroyed house with a car under it in Chimney Rock, N.C., on Sunday. (Khadejeh Nikouyeh/The Charlotte Observer. via Reuters) (via REUTERS)