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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4ZX_massanutten-school_Luray-VA.html
This one-room school was originally located in the Massanutten section, west of Luray. Donated to the Page County Heritage Association by Thomas and Barbara Jenning, the c. 1880 building was moved to this site in 1974. Extensive renovation accompl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4ZW_higgins-house_Rockville-MD.html
Early Sunday morning, June 28, 1863, Confederate cavalrymen arrived at merchant John Higgins' house to arrest him, but he had already left for Christ Episcopal Church. Instead they captured Eblen, a 17 year-old Union soldier recuperating here. Whe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4ZV_gettysburg-campaign_Greencastle-PA.html
Over this route Confederate General R.S. Ewell's 2d Army Corps led Lee's invading forces on June 22, 1863. Next day Gen. Jubal Early, under Ewell's command, entered the state to the east, near Waynesboro.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4ZU_the-northwest-demi-bastion_Fort-Washington-MD.html
The demi-bastion is a section of the fort that projects beyond the main wall and provides concentrated defensive fire.
The bastion design includes two levels of artillery. Guns were to be mounted on the parapet above and in the casemates you s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4ZT_rose-hill_Williamsport-MD.html
Part of an original grant of 10,000 acres known as Conococheague Manor, the mansion house was built early in the 1800's and tradition attributes its design to Benjamin H. Latrobe. It is noted for its Adam woodwork and for its great hall with a han…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4ZS_battery-45_Petersburg-VA.html
Salient of Confederate LineSiege of Petersburg—————Erected Apr. 2, 1914By A.P. Hill Camp S.C.V.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4ZR_old-quaker-road_Sylvania-GA.html
This highway has been following closely the course of the Old Quaker Road, one of Georgia's earliest vehicular thoroughfares. It was opened about 1769 to link Savannah, the colonial capital, with a Quaker settlement centering around Wrightsboro in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4ZQ_white-house-bridge_Luray-VA.html
On May 21, 1862. Confederate Gen. Thomas J."Stonewall" Jackson's Valley Army plodded northalong this road to threaten Front Royal and outflank Union Gen. Nathaniel Bank's position at Strasburg. With the addition of Gen. Richard S.Ewell's division,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4ZP_the-spirit-of-the-american-doughboy_Attica-IN.html
Erected 1927 byFrancis M. DodgeWilbert M. Allenand other citizensin grateful recognitionof the patriotic servicerendered byFountain Countymen and womenduring the World War1917-1918
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4ZO_dawn-manor_Wisconsin-Dells-WI.html
Here on the Wisconsin River the village of Newport was begun in 1853, planned for a population of 10,000. Assuming that the Milwaukee & LaCrosse Railroad would cross the river here, over 2000 settlers quickly came to Newport, causing a lively land…