Fort Pocahontas
South of here, on a bluff overlooking the James River, stands the half-mile-long Fort Pocahontas, built in the spring of 1864 by Union soldiers during...
King Solomon Lodge #1
Noted as the first African American Masonic Lodge in the state of North Carolina, King Solomon Lodge #1 was founded in New Bern by freed people of the...
Historic Brooklyn
The Battle of Brooklyn was not only one of the largest battles in the entire Revolutionary War, it was also one of the costliest defeats for the...
Historic Brattonsville
Historic Brattonsville presents the history of the Scots-Irish and African-Americans in the South Carolina upcountry through preserving and...
Burt-Stark Mansion
Abbeville, South Carolina | This house was the site of the last "council of war" held by Confederate president Jefferson Davis on May 2, 1865.
New York Historical Society
The New York Historical Society Museum and Library was founded by 11 founders who all lived through the turbulent occupation of New York by the...