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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD1H_jefferson-davis_Richmond-VA.html
Jefferson Davis———————-Exponent ofConstitutional Principals
Defender ofthe Rights of States———————-Crescit occulto velutarbor aevo fama
Right of Pedestal:Wi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCYA_manchester-lodge-no-14_Richmond-VA.html
On September 19, 1795, Manchester Lodge No. 14, A.F.&A. M., laid the cornerstone of its first temple on this site. The ceremony was conducted by the worshipful master Archibald Campbell, grand master John Marshall, and deputy grand master Robert B…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCLZ_birthplace-of-cardiac-transplantation_Richmond-VA.html
This site commemorates the pioneering basic, clinical and translational research that laid the foundation for successful cardiac transplantation. On this campus, Dr. Richard Lower performed the first heart transplant in Virginia on May 25, 1968. M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCLY_the-virginia-convention-of-1788_Richmond-VA.html
The Virginia Convention of 1788 met in the Richmond Academy near this spot and ratified the United States Constitution.
Placed by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, 1907.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCIP_chesterfield-railroad_Richmond-VA.html
In 1829 the Virginia General Assembly chartered the Chesterfield Rail Road Company, which built the first railroad in Virginia. Moncure Robinson (1802-1891), a railroad pioneer, designed the track, which once passed by here. In 1831, the company b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCIO_bellona-arsenal_Richmond-VA.html
In 1810 Major John Clarke and noted Richmond lawyer, William Wirt, established a weapons factory for the U.S. War Department on the south bank of the James River five miles north of here. Bellona Arsenal, (named for the Roman goddess of war,) was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCDL_egyptian-building_Richmond-VA.html
In Oct. 1844, Hampden-Sydney College's medical department first held classes in this Egyptian Revival structure designed by Philadelphia architect Thomas S. Stewart. Completed in 1846, it provided educational and clinical facilities for the medica…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCDJ_monumental-church_Richmond-VA.html
The church is a memorial to the 72 people, including Virginia Governor George W. Smith, who died when the Richmond Theatre burned here in 1811. Several survivors owed their lives to the bravery of Gilbert Hunt, a slave blacksmith. A committee chai…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCDH_ratification-of-the-constitution_Richmond-VA.html
On this site the Virginia Convention ratified the United States Constitution June 25, 1788
In the ratifying convention were Edmund Randolph, James Madison, George Wythe, Henry Lee, John Marshall, Patrick Henry, George Mason and James Monroe
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBKT_gravel-hill_Richmond-VA.html
Following a successful case before the Virginia Court of Appeals in 1777, the slaves of John Pleasants were allowed to follow the dictates of his 1771 will and were freed. His son, Robert Pleasants then gave seventy-eight former slaves 350 acres o…