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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6CV_hormel_Austin-MN.html
Memorial Day · May 27, 1991In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Geo. A. Hormel & Company, employees and retirees join together to salute its visionary founder, George A. Hormel and his gifted son, Jay C. Hormel. Together they instil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6CU_prelude-to-history_Stillwater-NY.html
When news of the British invasion reached the farmers who tilled these fields, some went north to join the Crown Forces. Such a loyalist was John Freeman. On a hot summer afternoon in 1777, one of Freeman's neighbors who stayed to fight for the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6CT_waynes-crossing_Leesburg-VA.html
Three miles southeast, at Noland's Ferry, "Mad Anthony" Wayne, on his way to join Lafayette, crossed the Potomac River, May 31, 1781. He passed through Leesburg June 3, and joined Lafayette near the Rapidan River, June 18.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6CS_dexter-edgar-converse_Spartanburg-SC.html
[Front Inscription]:Founder of this CollegeBorn in Swanton, VermontApril 21, 1829Died in Spartanburg, South CarolinaOctober 4, 1899[Reverse Inscription]:"Oh, it is great — and thereis no other greatness — to makeone nook of God's creat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6CR_the-spirit-of-98_Columbus-OH.html
Erected by the State of Ohio to the honor and memory of the Ohio veterans of the Spanish-American War, Philippine Insurrection and the China Relief Expedition. 1898 — 1920"The cause which triumphed through their valor will live." (nort…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6CQ_daniel-morgan-avenue_Spartanburg-SC.html
This street is named for General Daniel Morgan (1736-1802). Revolutionary war leader whose victory at Cowpens on January 17, 1781, was one of the significant events of that war. Daniel Morgan served as a wagoner on Gen. Braddock's expedition in 17…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6CP_theodore-roosevelt-memorial-oak_Columbus-OH.html
This tree (a Scarlett Oak) was placed here by the Roosevelt National Living Memorial Association, as a living tribute to the great lover and defender of Country and Flag, and our youngest President of the United States—Theodore Roosevelt. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6CO_the-battlefield-in-1862_Manassas-VA.html
(Left Panel):The Battlefield in 1862At the time of the Civil War, the area of the Battlefield was largely agricultural. Fields and pastures alternated with woods, while modest farmsteads and middling plantations dotted the landscape. This rural co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6CN_burgoynes-headquarters_Stillwater-NY.html
Scaled in size according to the rank of the occupant, Crown Force officers' tents - or marquees - graced the American wilderness with fluttering pennants, elegant fringe and elaborate awnings and breezeways. The several large, colorful marquees th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6CM_main-british-encampment_Stillwater-NY.html
In marked contrast to the officers' marquees were hundreds of enlisted men's tents. The main British encampment of some 4,000 soldiers extended east of Balcarres Redoubt to beyond the crest of the rise in front of you and to your left. Markers …