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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4RH_genl-edmund-r-bagwell_Onancock-VA.html
BornJune 2, 1840.DiedJune 13, 1876.His life was gentle and the elementsSo mixed in him that Nature might stand upAnd say in all the World. This was a man.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4RG_world-wars-i-and-ii_Onancock-VA.html
Dedicated to the men and women from Onancock and community who devotedly served their country during World Wars I and II
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4RF_fort-ward_Alexandria-VA.html
On May 24, 1861, when Virginia's secession from the Union became effective, Federal forces immediately occupied Northern Virginia to protect the City of Washington, D.C. After the Confederate victory at the Battle of First Bull Run (First Manassas…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4RE_hopkins-and-sons-hopkins-and-brothers_Onancock-VA.html
Records of this mercantile business date back to 1842. This store also served the community as a bank and as a social and political meeting place. Deeded in 1970 to Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4RD_fort-montgomery-today_Highland-Falls-NY.html
Welcome to Fort Montgomery State Historic Site. Built by Americans early in the Revolutionary War, Fort Montgomery was captured and destroyed by the British in 1777. Except for a small gun battery constructed in 1779, the fort was not rebuilt. In …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4RC_onancock_Onley-VA.html
Two miles west is Onancock, founded in 1680. A courthouse was then built and used for a few years. Militia barracks were there in the Revolution. From Onancock, Colonel John Cropper went to the aid of Commodore Whaley in the last naval action of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4RB_bohemia-mannor_Chesapeake-City-MD.html
Granted 1662 as 4000 acres in the "farr remote, then unknown wilderness" to Augustine Herman, native of Bohemia, for "making a mapp of this province" regranted 1663 as 6000 acres erected a manor in 1676.
Not open to the public.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4RA_the-historic-1777-1779-trails_Highland-Falls-NY.html
You are walking part of the 1777 historic trail that retraces as nearly as possible the routes taken by the British army during the Revolutionary War.
The 1777 trail represents the route taken by British General Sir Henry Clinton's forces on Oc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4R9_fort-michilimackinac_Mackinaw-City-MI.html
This fort, built about 1715, put French soldiers at the Straits for the first time since 1701. French authority ceased in 1761 when the British troops entered the fort. On June 2, 1763, during Pontiac's uprising, Chippewa Indians seized the fort, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4R8_32-pounder_Highland-Falls-NY.html
The modern cannon beside you is an accurate reproduction of a ca. 1760-1780 English 32-pounder cannon. The term "32-pounder" refers to the weight of the cannonball, not the cannon itself, which weighs nearly 6,000 pounds. The casting for this repr…