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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBT_richfield_Frederick-MD.html
It was here that George Armstrong Custer was first introduced as a general to the troops he would command. The first order signed by Gen. George G. Meade as the newly appointed commander of the Army of the Potomac on June 28, 1863 promoted three y…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBS_george-washington_Frederick-MD.html
On August 5 and 6, 1785, and again June 30 and July 1, 1791, was the guest of Thomas Johnson at the latter's manorial residence which stood on the site of the present farm house, about 150 yards east of this point. Thomas Johnson, a member of the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBO_emmitsburg-longrifles_Emmitsburg-MD.html
The longrifle was a distinctly American weapon developed on the frontier for accuracy and distance. Produced mainly in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia, it became known as the "Kentucky" rifle after a popular song commemorated its use by a regi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBN_catoctin-furnace_Thurmont-MD.html
An important iron furnace during the revolution owned by Governor Thomas Johnson and his brothers. Furnished 100 tons of shells used at Yorktown.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6V_the-dahlgren-chapel_Middletown-MD.html
This chapel was built around 1881 by Madeline Vinton Dahlgren, widow of Admiral John A. Dahlgren, USN, inventor of the Dahlgren gun, the armament used by the USS Monitor against the CSS Virginia, formerly the steam frigate USS Merrimack.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5I_general-edward-braddock_Frederick-MD.html
General Edward Braddock traveled over this road in April 1755 (in a coach and six horses purchased from Gov. Horatio Sharpe of Maryland)after a protracted conference in Frederick with Benjamin Franklin and others concerning the securing of teams, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5G_dennis-memorial_Frederick-MD.html
This boulder, taken from the bed of the improved Rt. 355 (formerly US Rte. 240) previously stood approximately 50 ft to the south at a point where the old Urbana Road/Georgetown Pike (now Araby Church Road) intersects the relocated improved highwa…