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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1614_jesup-blair-house_Silver-Spring-MD.html
Francis Preston Blair brought his family to Washington from Kentucky at the invitation of President Andrew Jackson to publish a newspaper supporting his administration. Between 1842 and 1854, the Blair family built three summer homes in Silver Spr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM137X_the-mayor-of-silver-spring_Silver-Spring-MD.html
"Don't Worry About It"The ?Mayor' of Silver Spring.Norman Lane 1911-1987.Remembering the Loving Kindhearted Forbearance of the People of Silver SpringThe "Mayor of Silver Spring" was our official town drunk. Although he was born into a prominent D…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11EN_smithville-colored-school_Silver-Spring-MD.html
Built in 1927, the Smithfield Colored School was one of sixteen schools for African Americans constructed in the county with financial assistance from the Julian Rosenwald Fund. The Smithville school was built near Colesville, Maryland to provide …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10VQ_ferdinand-rudolph-hassler_Silver-Spring-MD.html
(Center Plaque):Ferdinand RudolphHasslerOctober 7, 1770 - November 20, 1843The first superintendent of the United States' survey of the coast, founded in 1807, led America's efforts in establishing the geodetic framework for all land measurement a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP4W_silver-spring-in-the-civil-war_Silver-Spring-MD.html
On July 11-12, 1864, General Jubal Early's 20,000 Confederate troops marched down Georgia Avenue (formerly Seventh Street Turnpike), in their attack on Fort Stevens in the District of Columbia (1). Francis Preston Blair's vacant home (2) "Silver S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOQS_daniel-carroll-of-rock-creek_Silver-Spring-MD.html
Near this spot was the home of Daniel Carroll, member of the Second Continental Congress and of the Federal Constitutional Convention. He was a Representative from Maryland in the first United States Congress and served as one of the three commiss…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFJG_blair-mansion-silver-spring-blair-station-post-office_Silver-Spring-MD.html
[Panel 1:]Blair Mansion: Silver Spring
Prior to the development of modern Silver Spring, this immediate area was a bucolic, rural landscape in a portion of Montgomery County then known as Sligo. The property was owned by Francis Preston Blair (…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2UO_original-federal-boundary-stone-north_Silver-Spring-MD.html
Original Federal Boundary StoneDistrict of ColumbiaPlaced 1791-1792Protected by Maryland ChapterDaughters of the American Revolution1916
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22H_the-civil-war-in-silver-spring_Silver-Spring-MD.html
Just west of the Jesup Blair House was "Falklands," home of President Lincoln's Postmaster General, Montgomery C. Blair, and "Silver Spring," home of his father, Francis Preston Blair. During the attack on Ft. Stevens, July 11 and 12, 1864, Confed…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22E_william-l-chaplin-arrested_Silver-Spring-MD.html
On August 8, 1850 a hired carriage was forcibly stopped in the middle of Brookeville Pike (Georgia Avenue) near this spot by a Sheriff's posse from Washington, D.C. and a shoot-out ensued. The carriage was driven by William Chaplin, who was unarme…