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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM93S_evangelical-lutheran-church_Frederick-MD.html
This tablet is erectedto the Glory of Godandin grateful recognition of thosewho organized this congregationand have maintained it fortwo hundred years1738 Congregation organized.1743 Log church built on the Monocacy.1746 Log church built on presen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8LY_14th-new-jersey-infantry-regiment_Frederick-MD.html
(Upper Plaque):Erected by the State of New Jersey to commemorate the heroic services of the 14th Regiment New Jersey Volunteer Infantry 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 6th Corps Army of the Potomac, at the Battle of Monocacy, MD July 9th 1864.*********…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3G4_may-17-1943_Frederick-MD.html
Sir Winston Churchillvisited theBarbara Fritchie Housewhile en route withFranklin D. Rooseveltfrom "Shangri-la" to Washington, D.C.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2QN_former-site-of-tory-gaol_Frederick-MD.html
A log jailhouse (gaol),built to houseBritish prisoners or Tories,stood on this site in June, 1776.The tiny two story gaolwas 30 feet long and 20 wide.The six-room facilityheld prisoners throughout theRevolutionary War.Converted to a stableafter th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KW_monocacy-battlefield_Frederick-MD.html
has been designated aNational Historic LandmarkThis site possesses national significancein commemorating the history of theUnited States of America1973National Parks ServiceUnited States Department of the Interior
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KU_the-battle-that-saved-washington_Frederick-MD.html
The Battle of Monocacy took place on July 9, 1864, in the valley before you. The battle pitted North against South, and Washington, D.C., was the prize.
Richmond and Petersburg were endangered, but the Southern leader, General Robert E. Lee had…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KT_clustered-spires-of-frederick_Frederick-MD.html
John Greenleaf Whittier immortalized Barbara Fritchie and the town of Frederick in his poem about the elderly Frederick resident who supposedly displayed the Union flag as Southern soldiers marched by on September 10, 1862.
On July 9, 1864, Con…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KQ_history-of-the-monocacy-river-valley_Frederick-MD.html
The earliest inhabitants of the Monocacy River Valley lived here about 12,000 years ago. These Native Americans lived in territorial, semi-nomadic groups dependent upon hunting, fishing, and food gathering.
When European settlers first came to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KO_worthington-mckinney-ford_Frederick-MD.html
11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. July 9, 1864
Confederate troops succeeded in finding their way across the Monocacy River at the foot of this hill. Brig. Gen. John McCausland's 350 cavalrymen came up over the hill and assembled on the front yard of the Wor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KM_worthington-house_Frederick-MD.html
Fields of wheat and corn surrounded the hilltop farmhouse of John T. Worthington. Few trees obstructed his views of the meandering Monocacy River and Thomas farm to the east. In the two years since buying the 300-acre farm, Worthington had seen Fe…