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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVL6_malvern-hill-trail_Henrico-VA.html
This one-and-a-half mile trail reveals one of the best preserved battlefields in the nation. More than a dozen signs describe the landscape, the progress of the battle, and its various landmarks. Parking lots at the crest of Malvern Hill and at th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQJG_the-courthouse-today_Henrico-VA.html
The need to centralize the county's government and to provide adequate jail facilities prompted local officials to take measures to build a new complex. A dedication of the new court facility at Parham and Hungary Spring roads took place in 1974. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQJF_the-courthouses-in-richmond_Henrico-VA.html
The 1752 Henrico Courthouse, a colonial-style brick structure, was built in Richmond in the middle of 22nd and East Main streets. The Declaration of Independence was read publicly for the first time from its steps on August 5, 1776. In 1824, the c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQJE_the-early-courthouses-in-varina_Henrico-VA.html
During the 1620s, Henrico court meetings were referred to as the Court of Upper Charles City. After the establishment of the county in 1634, the gentlemen justices of Henrico assembled for their monthly sessions either at the home of one of their …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQJD_henrico-county_Henrico-VA.html
In 1611, Sir Thomas Dale founded the Citie of Henricus, the second settlement in the Colony of Virginia which later became Henrico County. Henrico, named for Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales and son of King James I, became one of the original eigh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN7D_a-splendid-field-of-battle_Henrico-VA.html
Union commanders chose an ideal location to fight their last battle of the Seven Days. As many as 40 cannon covered the one-half-mile front, stretching from the slopes of Crew's Run on your left to a similar drop to Western Run on your right. Near…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLZJ_fort-johnson_Henrico-VA.html
In the hours following the September 29, 1864, Federal triumph at Fort Harrison, 1,000 yards south of here, Confederate defenses stiffened. Two hundred Georgia infantrymen and Virginia artillerists filled Fort Johnson. Later in the morning they re…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLZF_surprise-attack_Henrico-VA.html
You are standing where hand-to-hand fighting erupted as Union troops stormed into Fort Harrison on September 29, 1864. On top of the fort's parapet, Gen. Hiram Burnham clutched his chest after receiving a mortal wound. General George J. Stannard's…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLM2_ridge-baptist-church-udc-memorial_Henrico-VA.html
April 3, 1953Erected in memory of the Confederate veterans of this locality by the Chesterfield Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. The original Ridge Baptist Church building was used as a hospital during the War Between the States.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLLT_virginia-home-for-boys_Henrico-VA.html
The Virginia Home for Boys is the oldest boys' home in continuous service in Virginia and the second oldest in the United States. Founded as the Richmond Male Orphan Society on 30 March 1846 for the "maintenance and instruction" of orphaned boys, …
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