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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEQ0_king-george-county-westmoreland-county_Colonial-Beach-VA.html
(Obverse)King George CountyArea 180 Square MilesFormed in 1720 from Richmond, and named for King George I. James Madison, "Father of the American Constitution" and President of the United States, was born in this county.
(Reverse)Westmoreland C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEPN_charles-b-smith_Colonial-Beach-VA.html
Born in Westmoreland County, Charles Bernard Smith (1917-1991) is one of more than 140,000 African Americans who served in the racially segregated U.S. Army Air Force during World War II. Trained at Chanute Field, Illinois, in aircraft ground supp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEMO_george-washingtons-birthplace_Colonial-Beach-VA.html
George Washington's birthplace is two miles north, on Pope's Creek, just off the Potomac River. He was born on 22 Feb. 1732 and lived there only for three years. Washington's father, Augustine, purchased the land in 1718 and built the house by 172…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEM2_westmoreland-association_Colonial-Beach-VA.html
At Leedstown, seven miles south, an association was formed to resist the enforcement of the Stamp Act, February 27, 1766. The Resolutions, drafted by the revolutionary leader, Richard Henry Lee, were one of the first protests against the Stamp Act…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEM0_history-at-oak-grove_Colonial-Beach-VA.html
Here George Washington, while living at Wakefield with a brother, went to school, 1744-1746. Here Union Cavalry came on a raid through the Northern Neck, May 1863. Several miles north of this place, James Monroe, fifth President of the United Stat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMELY_pissaseck-indians_Colonial-Beach-VA.html
The Pissaseck Indians lived along the Rappahannock River, here at Leedstown and in a few other villages in Westmoreland County. They spoke a language derived from the Virginia Algonquian family and were hunters and farmers. The Pissasecks were tri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMELE_leedstown_Colonial-Beach-VA.html
Here at the then thriving port of Leedstown on February 27, 1766, ten years before the Declaration of Independence, the Leedstown Resolutions (or Westmoreland Association) were drawn. This association, a protest against the Stamp Act and a pledge …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMELD_bristol-iron-works_Colonial-Beach-VA.html
On the river a short distance south is the site of the Bristol Iron Works, which were projected by John King and Company, of Bristol, England, and established in 1721 by John Tayloe, John Lomax and associates. The works, which were on the Foxall's…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDR5_colonial-beach-roll-of-honor_Colonial-Beach-VA.html
In reverent tribute to the men and women of Colonial Beach, VA. who have served our country.
Left Column:World War IIStanley G. Adams · James W. Allison · William D. Bankett · James R. Barnes · Willia…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7PK_soldier-statesman-president-james-monroe_Colonial-Beach-VA.html
On the morning of December 26, 1776, a small detachment of American Light Infantry, led by Lieutenant James Monroe, aged 19, breached the Hessian defenses at Trenton. This gallent action, in which Monroe was severely wounded, enabled the Continent…