Hull's Trace
Governor William Hull was appointed General of the Northwest Army of the United States in the spring of 1812, being ordered to prepare an invasion of...
Fort Gorges
Modeled after Fort Sumter, Fort Gorges was built between 1858-64, but was obsolete due to innovations like iron-clad ships and long-range guns that...
Mackinac Island State Historic Park
The Mackinac Island State Historic Park is site of British landing and skirmishes. Here, British forces sought control of the Great Lakes during the...
Two USCT Heroes
Two African American Civil War veterans, Pvt. Edward Diggs and Sgt. Anthony W. Poole, are buried here. Each enlisted in Co. G, 36th U.S. Colored...
Colored Union Soldiers Monument
Situated on Academy Green, this monument is the third oldest of the few nationwide that remember United States Colored Troops (USCT), and the first...
Alexandria Academy
On 17 Dec. 1785, George Washington endowed a school here in the recently established Alexandria Academy "for the purpose of educating orphan children...