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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4Q3_soldiers-necessary_Highland-Falls-NY.html
A "necessary" is a privy, or outhouse. In front of you is the vault of the only necessary known to have existed at Fort Montgomery. When it was finished in April 1776, it was described as "a large necessary, for soldiers." It is hard to imagine th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4Q2_kings-depression-carriage_Fort-Washington-MD.html
Capt. Rufus King, Jr. devised a counterweight system and front-pintle mount that would allow the 49,000 pdr. Rodman Gun to depress during loading. Except for the brief periods of exposure to enemy fire during the aiming and firing of the gun, the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4Q1_enlisted-mens-officers-barracks_Highland-Falls-NY.html
The long foundation to the left was a barracks for enlisted men. The short foundation on the right housed the fort's senior officers and served as a commissary for storing food provisions. Items stored here were controlled and carefully guarded. A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4Q0_barracks_Highland-Falls-NY.html
You are looking at the foundation of a barracks built in the summer of 1776. This was probably a two-story building with a cellar under the northern half. Artifacts recovered from the site tell us a lot about the soldiers who lived here. In the 18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4PZ_the-naval-battle-of-fort-montgomery_Highland-Falls-NY.html
When Sir Henry Clinton's British troops reached Forts Clinton and Montgomery on October 6, 1777, some of his ships began moving upriver to support them. First came two galleys, the Dependence and the Crane, which were rowed into position. Four Ame…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4PY_sandstone-sculptures_Washington-DC.html
The sandstone base and capital are from a Corinthian column that once graced the east central portico of the United States Capitol. The columns were dismantled in 1958 to make way for the east front extension, where marble reproductions now stand.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4PX_w-c-fields-1880-1946_Philadelphia-PA.html
American comedian raised in Philadelphia, noted for his irreverent wit. Starting out as a vaudeville juggler, he won enduring fame on screen and radio. He was in over 40 motion pictures, 1915-44. As a lad, he worked for a time at Strawbridge's here.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4PW_pocahontas_Anadarko-OK.html
Powhatan —- 1595 to 1617Noted as the Angel of Mercy who savedthe starving colonists of Jamestown, VirginiaSculptor: Kenneth F. CampbellDonor: National Society of the Colonial Dames XVII Century
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4PV_jennie-dean_Catharpin-VA.html
Jennie Dean (1852-1913) was born in slavery near here. A pioneer in the advancement of education and religion among the black citizens of Prince William County and neighboring counties, Miss Dean founded the Manassas Industrial School for Colored …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4PU_old-ebenezer_Springfield-GA.html
About .5 miles East on this Road is the site of Old Ebenezer, the first settlement of the Salzburgers in Georgia. They selected this location and named it Ebenezer — the stone of help. General Oglethorpe marked out their town, and soon they …