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Volunteer Railroaders Association (aka VRA) is a New Jersey–based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization of volunteers interested in railroad heritage and preservation. [1] The VRA has conducted rail-oriented excursions in New York and Pennsylvania, in addition to New Jersey, including children oriented fund-raising train rides in New Jersey and New York.
The Visayans first encountered Western Civilization when Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan reached the island of Homonhon, Eastern Samar in 1521. [13] The Visayas became part of the Spanish colony of the Philippines and the history of the Visayans became intertwined with the history of the Philippines.
The 11th New Jersey Infantry Regiment was recruited in May 1862 at Camp Perrine, located near the New Jersey State Prison near Trenton. [1] The regiment was led by Colonel Robert McAllister, who had seen service as lieutenant colonel in the 1st New Jersey Volunteer Infantry. The regiment left New Jersey for Washington on August 25. [2]
Timeline: History of the 105th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers at the Library of Congress "Muster rolls of the Pennsylvania volunteers in the war of 1812-1814, with cotemporary papers and documents. Vol. 1. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Lane S. Hart, Pennsylvania State Printer and Binder. 1880. Montgomery, Thomas Lynch, ed. (1907).
Joseph Brant, a Native American led Brant's Volunteers an irregular British Loyalist associators unit, of mixed Mohawk Indians and white soldiers raised during the American Revolutionary War who fought on the British side in the Province of New York. 2nd Battalion, "Associators", Pennsylvania National Guard, U.S. Army 111th Infantry Regiment ...
This is a list of Native American archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania.. Historic sites in the United States qualify to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places by passing one or more of four different criteria; Criterion D permits the inclusion of proven and potential archaeological sites. [1]
New York's Peter Cooper, an inventor and industrialist purchased Ringwood Manor in 1854. One of the Manor's last owners was Cooper's son-in-law, Abram S. Hewitt, ironmaster, educator, lawyer, U.S. Congressman, and mayor of New York City. A 479-acre (194 ha) area including the manor house was declared a National Historic Landmark District in 1966.
The Crosswicks Creek Site III is a historical archaeological site in the vicinity of Bordentown in Burlington County and Hamilton Township in Mercer County, New Jersey.It encompasses the remains of Revolutionary War-era ships that were sunk in Crosswicks Creek in 1778.