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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4P7_eli-siegel_Baltimore-MD.html
Great American Poet, PhilosopherFounder of Aesthetic RealismQuiet and green was the grass of the field,The sky was whole in brightness,And O, a bird was flying, high, there in the sky,So gently, so carelessly and fairly.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4P6_druid-hill_Baltimore-MD.html
Within a year of the April 1861 Baltimore Riots, the first of several U.S. Army camps and fortifications began encircling Druid Hill, and important location high above the city and adjacent to the Northern Central Railroad. The 114th and 150th New…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4P5_round-hill-redoubt_Fort-Montgomery-NY.html
During the Battle of Fort Montgomery on October 6, 1777, the fort's undermanned garrison formed a single rank behind the parapet (the fort's defensive wall). British skirmishers approached the fort keeping up a constant fire. The British then sent…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4P4_debdeavon_Cape-Charles-VA.html
"Laughing King of AccomackeEmperor of the Easterne ShoareKing of the Great Nussawattocks"A gallant warrior and a loyalfriend to the early settlersof the Eastern Shore.His timely warning to the colonistsof an intended uprising in 1621,saved them fr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4P3_confederate-monument-eastville-va_Cape-Charles-VA.html
Erected by the Harmanson-West Camp Confederate Veterans, The Daughters of the Confederacy and the citizens of the Eastern Shore of Virginia; to the soldiers of the Confederacy from Northampton and Accomack Counties. They died bravely in war, or in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4P2_lost-cement-mine_Cape-Charles-CA.html
Somewhere near this spot is located the famous Lost Cement Mine. First discovered in 1857, the find was described as a ledge, "wide as a curb stone" of rusty, reddish cement, two thirds of it pure gold. Various circumstances prevented the original…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4P1_northampton-county-court-green_Cape-Charles-VA.html
The Northampton County Court Green is one of the earliest and most complete in Virginia. It includes outstanding examples of early court buildings as well as later structures reflecting the continuity of government in Eastville for well over 300 y…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4P0_west-redoubt_Highland-Falls-NY.html
Fort Montgomery's "West" Redoubt was one of three strong points built to defend the fort from an overland attack. New York State's Governor, Brigadier General George Clinton, commanded Fort Montgomery during the battle on October 6, 1777. Clinton …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4OZ_old-courthouse_Cape-Charles-VA.html
The courthouse was moved to Eastville in 1677, and court has been held here ever since. The old courthouse was built about 1731; from its door the Declaration of Independence was read, August 13, 1776. Militia barracks were here during the Revolut…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4OY_site-of-tidewater-institute_Cape-Charles-VA.html
Tidewater Institute was incorporated in 1903 with the stated purpose of establishing an industrial, academic, collegiate, and seminary boarding school for the education of black youth. Founded by the Rev. George E. Reid, and supported by the North…