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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G6W_george-wythe_Richmond-VA.html
This tablet is dedicated
to mark the site where lie
the mortal remains of
George Wythe
Born 1726 - Died 1806
Jurist and Statesman
Teacher of Randolph
Jefferson and Marshall
First Professor of Law
in the United States
First Virginia signer of th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G63_the-burying-ground-for-colored-paupers_Richmond-VA.html
This colored paupers? cemetery was originally founded in 1895 by William Forrester as a part of Greenwood Memorial Cemetery in Henrico County. Many of the colored cemeteries in the city were overgrown due to lack of appropriate care, and Mr. Forre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FAY_tredegar-iron-works_Richmond-VA.html
Tredegar Iron Works
has been designated a
National Historic Landmark by
American Society for Metals
Chartered in 1837, Tredegar Iron Works was a major supplier of armament to the Confederacy during the Civil War. The foundry cast more than 1000 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FAX_joseph-reid-anderson_Richmond-VA.html
Born February 16, 1813 in Fincastle, Virginia
Died September 7, 1892 at Isle of Shoales, New Hampshire
Buried in Hollywood Cemetery
Cadet Captain, Class of 1836, West Point Military Academy
Purchased Tredegar Iron Works, April 4, 1848
Five term m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ESG_emek-sholom-holocaust-memorial_Richmond-VA.html
On November 6, 1955, the New American Jewish Club, a group of immigrants and survivors of the Nazi purge of European Jewry, gathered here to unveil the three center sections of this Holocaust memorial, one of the first such memorials in North Amer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EQA_governor-edmund-randolph_Richmond-VA.html
Site of the home ofGovernor Edmund Randolph,Patriot, Soldier, Statesman.
Placed by the Associationfor the Preservation ofVirginia Antiquities1907.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EQ9_virginias-executive-mansion_Richmond-VA.html
Designed by renowned Boston architect Alexander Parris and completed in 1813, Virginia's Federal-style Executive Mansion is the oldest purpose-built residence for governors and first families in the United States still serving that function. Until…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ELB_john-smith-explores-the-chesapeake_Richmond-VA.html
Captain John Smith explored the Chesapeake Bay in the early 1600s seeking precious metals and a passage to Asia. He traveled the James, Chickahominy, and York rivers in 1607, and led two major expeditions from Jamestown in 1608. Smith and his crew…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ELA_bellwood-elk-herd_Richmond-VA.html
Around the turn of the 20th century, James Bellwood, an agriculturalist and the owner of this property set aside a few acres to be used as a wooded preserve and imported a pair of elk from Yosemite National Park and Washington State. The elk becam…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EJE_heron-rookery_Richmond-VA.html
In the trees, on the island in front of you, are the nests of a colony of Great Blue Herons. They look like loose bundles of sticks a yard across and are often near the ends of tree branches.
Herons usually gather in isolated areas away from pe…