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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DVV_maj-gen-edward-braddock_Frederick-MD.html
Maj. Gen. Edward Braddock. (1695-1755) . British Commander, French and Indian War. By coach and six horses purchased from Gov. Horatio Sharpe of Maryland. Braddock traveled this route west in April, 1755. After 10-day meeting in Frederick with Ben…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29IJ_richard-potts-revolutionary-war-patriot_Frederick-MD.html
Richard Potts
Member of the House of Delegates
Born 19 July 1753 in Upper Marlboro, MD
Died November 1808 in Frederick, MD
Marker placed by Carrollton Manor Chapter, NSDAR
Eleanor Murdoch Potts
2nd wife of
Richard Potts
Revolutionary…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28TB_fredericks-carroll-creek_Frederick-MD.html
Frederick Town was strategically laid out along both sides of Carroll Creek in 1745 by Daniel Dulany, a prominent Annapolis land speculator. Like many colonial towns, the town creek would be the lifeblood of the community, provider of drinking and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28T9_diehl-memorial-fountain_Frederick-MD.html
The original memorial, unveiled on August 17, 1911, was dedicated to the humane efforts of Marie Diehl (1855-1907), a founder of the Frederick Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, now the Frederick County Humane Society.
The 12-foo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28T8_the-stinky-stuff_Frederick-MD.html
To take advantage of prevailing northwesterly winds, the majority of Frederick's industry was placed here in the southeast sector of the city. Odiferous operations such as canneries, tanneries and mills could be found in this area as early as the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28PX_civil-war-hospital-center_Frederick-MD.html
Frederick County's ties to the American Civil War run deep, so it should come as no surprise that it is part of Maryland's Heart of the Civil War Heritage Area and The Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area/National Scenic Byway. W…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28O8_barbara-fritchie-civil-war-heroine_Frederick-MD.html
"Over Barbara Fritchie's grave,
Flag of Freedom and Union, wave!"
John Greenleaf Whittier
From the poem, entitled "Barbara Frietchie,"
Atlantic Monthly magazine, October, 1863
Barbara Fritchie's 96 years of life spanned …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27IP_amelung-glass-works_Frederick-MD.html
First glass manufactury in Maryland. Established by John Frederick Amelung of Bremen, Germany in 1784. George Washington wrote enthusiastically about it to Thomas Jefferson.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23DI_they-lie-here-beneath-our-feet_Frederick-MD.html
For nearly a century, many of Frederick's African American residents were laid to rest here in the Laboring Sons Cemetery. As the name implies, they repaired the shoes, painted the houses, cleaned the stables, nursed the sick, and performed countl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23CQ_rediscovered-past_Frederick-MD.html
Originally located the edge of the city, this plot of land witnessed many changes as the neighborhood expanded around it. What is today a memorial was once a cemetery. The graves of scores of African Americans still lie beneath the surface.
By…