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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DWF_dedicated-to-you-a-free-citizen-in-a-free-land_Charlottesville-VA.html
This reproduction of the Liberty Bell was presented to the people of Virginia by direction of The Honorable John W. Snyder Secretary of the TreasuryAs the inspirational symbol of theUnited States Savings Bonds Independence Drivefrom May 16 to July…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ATJ_thomas-jefferson_Charlottesville-VA.html
Here was bornThomas JeffersonApril 13, 1743Lover of Liberty
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AGL_textiles_Charlottesville-VA.html
Panel 1Jefferson introduced mechanized cloth production to his plantation when trade embargoes and looming war cut off the supply of imported British cloth. In 1811, he hired William McLure, a free white artisan and "a very ingenious man," to buil…
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Master carpenter James Dinsmore oversaw construction of this Ice House to Jefferson's design in 1802. Enslaved and hired workers filled it each year between November and February with ice cut from the nearby Rivanna River, shallow ponds, or snow c…
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After Jefferson's death in 1826, his heirs sold his property, including his slaves, to pay his debts. Naval officer Uriah Phillips Levy, who admired Jefferson for his support of religious liberty, purchased Monticello in 1834 to preserve it. This …
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Every article is made on his farm; his negroes are cabinet makers, carpenters, masons, bricklayers, smith, etc.Duc de La Rochefoucauld Liancourt, 1796
You are standing on Mulberry Row, a road once lined with more than 20 dwellings, workshops, a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18CC_walter-rock-greene-albert-ap-moore-gymnasium_Charlottesville-VA.html
Washington, DC native, Walter "Rock" Greene, began his coachingcareer in 1957 as an assistant football and basketball coach underlegendary Coach "Bob" Smith. Coach Greene became head coach tothe Burley Bears basketball team in 1960. That year the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18B9_triumph-of-the-charlottesville-twelve_Charlottesville-VA.html
Venable Elementary School.Charles E. Alexander, Raymond Dixon, Regina Dixon, Maurice Henry, Marvin Townsend, William Townsend, Sandra Wicks, Roland T. Woodfolk, Ronald E. Woodfolk.
Lane High School.French Jackson, Donald Martin, John Martin.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1880_monticello_Charlottesville-VA.html
Three miles to the southeast, Thomas Jefferson began the house in 1770 and finished it in 1802. He brought his bride to it in 1772. Lafayette visited it in 1825. Jefferson spent his last years there and died there, July 4, 1826. His tomb is there.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17HK_triumph-of-the-charlottesville-twelve_Charlottesville-VA.html
Lane High School. French Jackson, Donald Martin, John Martin.
Venable Elementary School. Charles E. Alexander, Raymond Dixon, Regina Dixon, Maurice Henry, Marvin Townsend, William Townsend, Sandra Wicks, Roland T. Woodfolk, Ronald E. Woodfolk.
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