Mount Independence
Across Fort Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain, this site was originally called East Point or Rattlesnake Hill until the Declaration of Independence was...
Johnson Ferry House
Resting Before Attack The Johnson Ferry House, a gambrel-roof farmhouse and tavern dating to approximately 1740, is nestled within Washington Crossing...
Old Constitution House
On July 8, 1777, during the Revolutionary War, Vermont's constitution was adopted; it was the first to abolish adult slavery, universal male suffrage...
Old Main, Knox College (5th Debate)
Site of the fifth Lincoln-Douglas debate in 1858. President Lincoln received an honorary degree from Knox College in 1860, the first academic honor of...
Lincoln Depot
Formerly known as the Great Western Depot, President-elect Abraham Lincoln left from this station on February 11, 1863, to be inaugurated. He gave an...
Young's Spring
Just one block southwest at Young's Spring on Upham Brook, slaves often congregated on weekends to hold religious services and social gatherings. This...