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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV1E_the-last-defense_Fort-Hunt-VA.html
British warships took advantage of the width and depth of the Potomac River to sail up from the Chesapeake Bay during the War of 1812. Existing defenses were too weak to stop them from shelling Alexandria.
Aware that the nation's Capitol was s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTM1_the-rail-strike-of-1916_Herndon-VA.html
In the years before motor vehicles came to dominate transportation, business was never better for the Washington & Old Dominion Railway. Demand for passenger and freight service boomed, while the W&OD's owners balked at spending the money necessar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTLX_goodings-tavern_Annandale-VA.html
The Gooding Tavern served Little River Turnpike travelers and stagecoach passengers from 1807-1879 and was famous for "the best fried chicken" and "peaches and honey." For the community, the tavern served as a social and commercial gathering place…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSLV_blackburns-ford_Centreville-VA.html
By the early summer of 1861, Americans in both the North and South greeted the outbreak of war with patriotism and expectations of a quick decisive battle to end the conflict. In the North, the public clamored for immediate invasion to crush the r…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSLU_blackburns-ford_Centreville-VA.html
On July 18, 1861, Gen. Irvin McDowell, the Union army commander, learned that the Confederate army had withdrawn from its Centreville earthworks to a strong defensive position behind Bull Run. McDowell ordered Gen. Daniel Tyler to reconnoiter the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSKW_the-centreville-confederate-military-railroad_Centreville-VA.html
These are the remains of the Centreville Confederate Military Railroad built in the fall and early winter of 1861 for the purpose of transporting supplies to the field armies of Generals Pierre G. T. Beauregard and Joseph Johnston. The railroad ra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSCI_fort-marcy_McLean-VA.html
Civil War Defenses of Washington1861-1865
The earthworks and other visible remnants of Fort Marcy and related batteries still remain.
Fort Marcy was built in 1862 to protect the Chain Bridge approach to Washington, D.C.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRKV_battery-sater_Fort-Hunt-VA.html
Battery Sater and Other Defensive TacticsFort Hunt became fully armed as a coastal defense installation upon completion of Battery Sater, the last of the four gun batteries. Battery Sater also served as a command center for mines placed in the riv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRKU_beyond-what-you-see-today_Fort-Hunt-VA.html
In addition to its use as a coastal defense during the Spanish-American War, Fort Hunt served further military purposes in later years. During World War II, the military transported enemy prisoners here in unmarked, windowless buses, literally "ke…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRKT_fort-hunt-park_Fort-Hunt-VA.html
Welcome to Fort Hunt Park. The concrete platform in front of you, Battery Mount Vernon, once held a set of heavy guns designed to protect Washington, D.C. from naval attack. In 1885, Secretary of War William C. Endicott chaired a commission that d…