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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM675_continental-army-encampment-at-morristown_Morristown-NJ.html
The Artillery ParkThe artillery under Gen. Henry Knox and the artificers under Col. Jeduthan Baldwin were encamped on this hillside during 1779-80. The soldiers were housed in huts. The guns were parked along this road. The horses were pastured in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM674_st-augustine-school_Chesapeake-City-MD.html
Still visible close by is the 20-foot square pre-1850 stone foundation for an historic school house. Rebuilt in 1880 at a cost of $488, this one room school was typical of those found in rural 19th century Cecil County. The Maryland State Teachers…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM673_park-of-artillery_Morristown-NJ.html
Artillery Brigade Cantonmentcommanded by General HenryKnox hutted near this siteduring second winter encamp-ment of Continental Army in1779 - 1780.Morris County Heritage Commission
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM672_quaker-meeting-house-site_Philadelphia-PA.html
On this site in the 1790s stood one of Philadelphia's five Quaker meeting houses. Here members of the Society of Friends gathered to worship.The religious freedom guaranteed to those who settled in Pennsylvania attracted not only Quakers, but many…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM671_blocking-the-union-advance_Manassas-VA.html
Knowing they were badly outnumbered, Evans' 900 Confederates stared across this open field, waiting for the enemy to appear over the crest of the hill. Their only hope was to slow the 15,000-man Federal column long enough for reinforcements to arr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM670_morrison-azalea-garden_Washington-DC.html
Assembled in this garden is a permanent collection of the Glenn Dale Hybrid Azaleas, originated, selected, and named by B. Y. Morrison, first Director of the U.S. National Arboretum.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM66Z_quaker-school-site_Philadelphia-PA.html
In schools like the one that stood here in the 1700s, Quaker teachers educated all children and servants — male and female, black and white.Although Quaker influence over city and state politics declined steadily in the 18th century, their i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM66Y_fawcitt-house-site_Philadelphia-PA.html
Delegates walking to Carpenters' Hall (to your left) for meetings of the First Continental Congress in 1774 passed an aging wood house at this site. The two-story house was built about 1706 for bodice-maker Nathan Fawcitt.The Fawcitt House, like m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM66X_new-hall_Philadelphia-PA.html
Built 1791 by the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia - location of War Department offices 1791 - 1792.Reconstructed 1959.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM66W_first-continental-congress_Philadelphia-PA.html
The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New yorkers, New Englanders are no more. I am not a Virginian but an American.—Patrick Henry, Carpenters' Hall, 1774
In 1774 the American colonies felt threatened. Their grievances agai…