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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XW2_dogwood-vietnam-memorial-historical_Charlottesville-VA.html
The Dogwood Vietnam Memorial, a project of the Charlottesville Dogwood Festival, Inc., was conceived late in 1965 after news arrived of the first casualty of the Vietnam War from this area. Consisting of a plaza with a plaque and flagpole, the mem…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XV9_the-dogwood-vietnam-memorial-historical_Charlottesville-VA.html
Dedicated to the lasting memory of all who served our country in Vietnam and Southeast Asia.
Champ Jackson Lawson, Jr. — 04 November 1965
Grandville Reynard Jones, Jr. — 05 December 1965
Oscar Mauterer — 15 February 1966
J…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WR9_barry-and-bill-battle-historical_Charlottesville-VA.html
The Battle Building at UVA Children's Hospital is named for Barry W. and William C. "Bill" Battle, longtime supporters of children's healthcare research and clinical care in central Virginia. Barry Webb Battle was inaugural chair of the UVA Childr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WAN_north-terrace-wing-historical_Charlottesville-VA.html
What you see here is a reconstruction of the North Terrace wing. The original wing, built 1801-05, housed Jefferson's carriages and the horses and carriages of visitors; most of Jefferson's horses were stabled at the east end of Mulberry Row. Hors…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WA2_charcoal-historical_Charlottesville-VA.html
Wood charcoal fueled the forges in the nailery on Mulberry Row and heated the stoves in the kitchen. Charcoal was stored under lock and key in wooden sheds that once stood here. Built about 1794, these "coal sheds" likely resembled temporary lean-…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WA0_smokehouse-dairy-historical_Charlottesville-VA.html
In the long, three-celled wooden structure that stood here between ca. 1790 and 1809, Jefferson combined two of what he considered "indispensable" elements of a Virginia plantation, the "smoke house" and "dairy." His unusual design placed "two mea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W2S_slave-housing-historical_Charlottesville-VA.html
Over 200 years ago, four log dwellings stood here. The first, constructed in the 1770s and destroyed by fire ca. 1790. was the "Negro quarter," a large 17 x 34 foot structure intended for multiple enslaved individuals or families. Three identical,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W2A_horses-mules-historical_Charlottesville-VA.html
The Eagle. Peacemaker. Tecumseh. Bremo. Wellington. Diomede. These were the six carriage and saddle horses, plus one mule, stabled here in 1821. As many as 30 riding and carriage horses, workhorses, and mules were stabled at various locations on t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W1W_mulberry-row-historical_Charlottesville-VA.html
Jefferson attempted to create an efficient plantation based on new approaches to agriculture and manufacturing. To realize his goals, dozens of enslaved and free workers lived and worked here on Mulberry Row. Jefferson added a series of dwellings …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VY3_barrier-historical_Charlottesville-VA.html
In 1814 a ditch 500 yards long was dug to keep grazing animals off the west lawn.
The rails that were laid across the banks reminded a visitor in 1823 of "a common post and rail fence, blown down across a ditch."