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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQL2_island-ownership_Stafford-VA.html
In 1647, Giles Brent established the first English settlement in this area along Aquia Creek. Nearly 50 years later, George Brent, Giles Brent's nephew, became the island's first documented owner. George purchased "?a small tongue or neck or Islan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQKU_quarrying-the-stone_Stafford-VA.html
Quarrying stone during the late 18th and early 19th centuries was very labor intensive. Stone quarried here was cut and shipped with the use of simple machines and animal power. Various workers were needed to extract the stone. A master-mason, usu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQFW_government-island_Stafford-VA.html
Welcome to Government Island. This 17-acre historic site is an early American quarry originally named Brent's Island or Wiggington's Island. As early as 1694, stone was quarried from this site for use as architectural trim in Colonial America. The…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQFU_union-xiith-corps-winter-camp_Stafford-VA.html
In the woods on this hill are the remains of a regimental-sized union infantry winter camp. A New York regiment of the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, most likely occupied this camp, the remains clearly visible and run in most cases in lines from the b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNNQ_the-robertson-quarry_Stafford-VA.html
In the 1800s, the Robertson Quarry was one of many quarries in Stafford County which provided stone for government buildings, private homes, and public buildings, not only in Washington, D.C., but across the nation. The Robertson Quarry, along wit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKVS_the-robertson-towson-house_Stafford-VA.html
When Benjamin Henry Latrobe, architect of the U.S. Capitol, visited Stafford in 1806, he found on this "beautiful little knoll in the midst of the woods close to his quarry?a log house," the home of quarryman William Robertson. Robertson's quarry …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4RW_bradley-clinic_Stafford-VA.html
Dedicated as theBradley Clinicon22 September 1995in honor ofPharmacist's Mate Second ClassJohn H. BradleyUnited States Navywho served with honor and distinction in the Second Battalion, Twenty-Eighth Marines, Fifth Marine Division, Fleet Marine Fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4QJ_aquia-church_Stafford-VA.html
Here is Aquia Church, the church of Overwharton Parish, formed before 1680 by the division of Potomac Parish. It was built in 1757, on the site of an earlier church, in the rectorship of Reverend John Moncure, who was the parish minister from 1738…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4H4_in-memory-of-september-11-2001_Stafford-VA.html
The Pentagon ? ? ?The World Trade CenterSomerset County, PA
"All Gave Some" ? ? "Some Gave All"
For those who were lostFor those who lost family and friends
For those protecting our familiesFor those protecting our freedoms
God Bless T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4H3_in-memory-of-the-oklahoma-city-tragedy_Stafford-VA.html
Purple: CourageWhite: InnocenceBlue: Statehood (Our Flag)Yellow: Hope
The Citizens of Stafford CountyApril 19, 1996
In honor of those who came to their aid