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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WZO_world-war-i-memorial-a-war-memorial_Baltimore-MD.html
This memorial is erected by the people of Belair Road and vicinity as a tribute to our boys who made the supreme sacrifice and those who served in Army and Navy in the Great World War 1917-1918.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WZN_edgar-allan-poe-house-historical_Baltimore-MD.html
For several years, Edgar Allan Poe shared this modest home with his invalid grandmother (Elizabeth Cairnes), his first cousins (Virginia and Henry Celmm), and his aunt (Maria Clemm) who was desperately poor but still willing to provide a home for …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WZA_29th-division-association-a-war-memorial_Baltimore-MD.html
Charles Hazeltine Hammann Ens Air Service U.S. Navy March 16, 1892-June 14, 1919
Henry Gilbert Costin Pvt. Co. H, 115TH Inf., 29th Div June 15, 1898-October 8, 1918.
Ensign Hammann rescued a fellow pilot by landing his seaplane on a small bo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WZ9_reflections-a-war-memorial_Baltimore-MD.html
"Omaha Beach, however, was a nightmare. Even now it brings pain to recall what happened there on June 6, 1944. I have returned many times to honor the valiant men who died on that beach. They should never be forgotten, nor should those who li…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WYT_lucille-clifton-historical_Baltimore-MD.html
Lucille Clifton lived in West Baltimore from 1967. She became poet-in-residence at Coppin State University in 1971. By 1974, she had published two important collections of poetry that focused on black urban life at a very personal level. The stren…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WYR_mother-lange-and-the-oblate-sisters-of-providence-historical_Baltimore-MD.html
Born in Haiti in 1784, Elizabeth Clovis Lange immigrated to Baltimore where she taught children of French-speaking black immigrants. In 1829, she formed the Oblate Sisters of Providence, the nation's first black Catholic order, and guided it throu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WYQ_the-maddox-family-and-time-printers-historical_Baltimore-MD.html
Under the leadership of Booker T. Washington, Gabriel B. Mattox, Sr., set up the first print shop at Tuskagee Institute in Alabama. In 1907, Maddox migrated to Baltimore, where he opened a print shop on Druid Hill Avenue in West Baltimore. In 1954…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WYP_the-arabbers-historical_Baltimore-MD.html
For over a century, Arabbers have guided brightly colored wagons and belled horses down narrow streets, knocking on doors to sell fresh fruits and vegetables in West Baltimore. Arabbers always advertised with distinctive chants, "Watermelon! …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WYO_the-murphy-family-and-the-afro-american-historical_Baltimore-MD.html
In the pages of The Afro-American newspaper and beyond, the Murphy family fought for civil rights for over a century. In 1892, John Henry Murphy, a Union Army Veteran, combined newsletters from three black churches to form a modern newspaper. The …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WYN_mary-rosemond-and-the-movement-against-destruction-historical_Baltimore-MD.html
Growing up in Florida, Mary Rosemond saw her mother fight to stop the demolition of their home for a highway. In 1958, she discovered the city's plan to build an expressway through Greater Rosemont and her own West Baltimore home. Rosemond and her…