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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4OD_first-baptist-church_Baltimore-MD.html
First Baptist Church, the oldest Black Baptist church in Maryland, was founded amidst turmoil in 1836, five years after Nat Turner's Rebellion in Virginia. Alarmed at the Rebellion, Maryland and other slave states passed laws restricting the movem…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4OC_st-francis-xavier-church_Baltimore-MD.html
Dedicated on February 21, 1864, St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church was the first black parish in the U.S. The church originated in the 1790s due to the efforts of the Sulpician Fathers and the Oblate Sisters of Providence to provide education and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4OB_frederick-douglass_Baltimore-MD.html
"Those who profess to favor freedom and yet depreciate agitation are those who want crops without plowing up the ground - they want rain without thunder and lightning." - Frederick Douglass
Born in February, 1818, on Maryland's Eastern Shore, F…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4OA_virginia-theological-seminary_Alexandria-VA.html
Half mile to the southwest. The idea for such an institution was conceived by a group of Alexandria and Washington clergymen in 1818. Among those interested was Francis Scott Key, author of the Star Spangled Banner. Originally at corner of Washing…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4O9_westside-flume-lumber-company_Tuolumne-CA.html
May 31, 1889 Henry J. Crocker, Wellington Gregg, Thomas Bullock and Charles Gardner formed the Westside Flume and Lumber Company, for a total cost of 361,000.00 dollars. The mill was built, and by the end of the year was in operation, and by 1900 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4O8_episcopal-high-school_Alexandria-VA.html
Episcopal High School, on the hill to the southwest, was founded in 1839 as a boys' preparatory school, one of the first in the South; girls were admitted in 1991. The school was a pioneer in the establishment of student honor codes in preparatory…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4O7_the-naval-battle-of-fort-montgomery_Highland-Falls-NY.html
Accounts of the naval action during the Battle of Fort Montgomery are conflicting. This scene is one impression of how the river might have looked during the battle.
"The Shark and Cambden were ordered on the east side of the river to defend th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4O6_building-a-fort_Highland-Falls-NY.html
Early in the Revolutionary War, the Continental Congress realized that the Hudson River was critical to the American Cause. If the British controlled the river, they could divide the rebellious colonies. Therefore, the Americans began work on Fort…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4O5_first-baptist-church_Gaffney-SC.html
[Lower marker]:First Baptist ChurchFounded 1878Built 1899B.P. Robertson, Pastor[Upper marker]Corner stone from second auditorium building which was demolished September 1949 to make way for the present building completed 1951.
[Dedication Plaqu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4O4_ford-family-memorial_Morristown-NJ.html
Colonel Jacob Ford, Sr.Prominent land-holder and iron manufacturerMember of New Jersey House of AssemblyJudge of Morris County CourtArdent promoter of American cause in Revolutionary WarBorn April 13, 1704 Died January 19, 1777
Colonel Jacob Fo…