You searched for City|State: bolivar, wv
Showing results 1 to 10 of 21
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21FY_honoring-those-who-served_Bolivar-WV.html
Honoring All Who Served
Jefferson County's men and women have answered their nation's call to military service in war and peace. The monument in front of you is dedicated to all our honored veterans. Five of their stories are mentioned below.
Lu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-7beb7_in-honor-of-private-luke-quinn_Bolivar-WV.html
United States Marine
Killed 18 October 1859
During the capture of John Brown
Flagpole and gravesite rededicated by
Marine Corps League Detachment 1143
13 0ctober 2012
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YVH_in-honor-of-private-luke-quinn_Bolivar-WV.html
United States Marine
Killed 18 October 1859
During the capture of John Brown
Flagpole and gravesite rededicated by
Marine Corps League Detachment 1143V
13 0ctober 2012
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YGY_simon-bolivar_Bolivar-WV.html
Liberator of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador
Peru, Panama and founder of Bolivia
Presented by The President of Venezuela
to Bolivar, West Virginia
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CC5_harpers-ferry-bolivar-veterans-memorial_Bolivar-WV.html
This Memorial is dedicated to all from the Harpers Ferry-Bolivar District who served their country from World War I to the present. Their sacrifice and valor for the freedom of America will never be forgotten. For those who did not return, our und…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14D0_keyes-switch-engagement_Bolivar-WV.html
This is the site of the last Civil War engagement in Jefferson County and one of the last fights involving Col. John S. Mosby's Rangers. It also marked the end of the Independent Loudoun Rangers, a small cavalry unit recruited in 1862 from Loudoun…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14CZ_jackson-at-harpers-ferry_Bolivar-WV.html
As you explore Jefferson County's Civil War sites, you will learn about some of the notable exploits on the native soil of Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, one of the wars most famous figures. Jackson was born in Clarksburg, Virginia (now West Virgi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFC9_harpers-ferry_Bolivar-WV.html
"It may be said with truth that no spot in the United States experienced more of the horrors of war." - Joseph Barry, Harpers Ferry resident
Trapped on the border between North and South, Harpers Ferry changed hands eight times during the Civil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCJ6_pre-civil-war-spring-house_Bolivar-WV.html
According to local legend,the North came here to get waterduring the day and the South at night.Restored in 2002
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM327_the-first-year-of-the-war_Bolivar-WV.html
"The people for the most part were tongue-tied with terror...overwhelmed with ruin..."Porte Crayon, war correspondentApril 18, 1861
The armory and arsenal's destruction signaled the beginning of the war and the end of prosperity in Harpers Ferr…