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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM56N_saratoga-monument_Schuylerville-NY.html
Triumphant from their spectacular victory in the Battles of Saratoga, American troops pursued British forces that retreated to these grounds. After a brief siege, the British surrendered, marched down this hill and laid down their weapons on Octob…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM56M_oglethorpe-oak_Darien-GA.html
Traditional site of Oglethorpe's shelter in 1736 upon occasion of his visit to Darien, a town founded that year by Scotchmen under his direction.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM56L_midway-church_Midway-GA.html
Built in 1792. Replaced Colonial meeting house burned by British in 1778. Sherman's cavalry camped here in 1864. Midway settlement produced many of Georgia's most famous men.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM56K_road-to-sunbury_Midway-GA.html
Important Colonial port of entry. First Masonic Lodge meeting in Georgia believed held here February 1734 with Oglethorpe as Master.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM56J_shark-river-salt-works_Belmar-NJ.html
April 8, 1778Destruction of Shark River Salt WorksOn this date some 150 men, composed of British Highlanders and loyalists, landed south of Shark River and completely destroyed the salt-works which produced this commodity essential to the well-bei…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM56I_battle-of-piedmont_Fort-Defiance-VA.html
The Battle of Piedmont, fought on June 5, 1864 between Union Gen. David Hunter and Confederate Gen. William E. "Grumble" Jones. ended here. It began more than a mile northeast when the 12,000-man strong Federal army, whose mission was to scour the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM56H_the-challenge-of-sideling-hill_Hancock-MD.html
"Our pleasure trips usually stopped at the top of the mountain because of thehairpin turn to the right that dropped into a severely sharp curve."
This route is an ancient one. Our travelingancestors pushed across, around and finallythrough thi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM56G_the-great-trail_West-Chester-PA.html
The Great Trail of the Minquas or Susquehanna Indians from the Susquehanna to the Schuylkill crossed the present road about this point. It was the path prior to 1670 for their conquest of the Lenni-Lenape or Delaware Indians and for trade with the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM56F_the-friends-school-at-birmingham-meeting-house_West-Chester-PA.html
Was established at this place about 1753. It was for many years under the care of John Forsythe, the First Head Master of Westtown Boarding School opened in 1799. Dr. William Darlington was a pupil at Birmingham.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM56E_the-peace-garden-at-birmingham_West-Chester-PA.html
During the Battle of the Brandywine on September 11, 1777, the American Army used the walls of this Quaker Burial Ground in their first line of defense. Both armies used this meetinghouse of Quaker pacifists as a hospital. Behind the wall is the c…