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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4M5_babe-ruth-birthplace-museum_Baltimore-MD.html
George Herman Ruth, better known to the world as Babe Ruth, baseball's famous "Sultan of Swat," was born here in the home of his maternal grandparents on February 6, 1895. Famous for his record-breaking statistics and flamboyant style, Babe was ho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4M4_covered-bridge_Fairmount-IN.html
Built at New Cumberland in 1877 by William Parks of Marion at a cost of $722. The 1913 flood floated the bridge a half mile downstream. It was returned to its foundations by rollers and horsepower. New Cumberland was the second community in Grant …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4M3_site-of-huakiki_Hebron-IN.html
Old "Indian Town" VillageOldest and largest known villageof Pottawatomies.
This was their winter home.Disbanded in 1838 when the Indians were moved west.
Dedicators:Historical Society of Porter County, Inc.,Duneland Historical Society, Inc.T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4M2_the-north-south-streets-in-the-city-of-columbia-richardson-street_Columbia-SC.html
The North-South Streets in The City Of ColumbiaThe north-south streets, laid out in the two mile square of the orininal city of Columbia in 1786, were named (except for Assembly) for generals and officers who fought in the American Revolution. Mos…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4M1_triton-light_Annapolis-MD.html
(Upper Marker):The globe within this monument contains water collected by the U.S.S. Triton (SSRN-586), from the twenty-two seas transited during the first submerged circumnavigation of the world in 1960.
(Lower Marker):This light is dedicated …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4M0_sergeant-mcdonald_Georgetown-SC.html
Here Sgt. McDonald bayoneted the fleeing Maj. Gainey, following the defeat of the Tories under Major Gainey by the Americans under Col. Peter Horry. This bloody skirmish took place, January, 1781, between the Sampit and the Black River roads.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4LZ_the-upper-redoubt_Morristown-NJ.html
No records exist from historical times to tell us exactly what the fortifications here looked like. Archaeological evidence reveals the location of walls and ditches. The stones you see mark the inside of the walls and form an outline of the redou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4LY_morristown_Morristown-NJ.html
Morristown was a village of about 70 buildings in 1777.
General George Washington, Commander in Chief of the Continental Army, brought his tired troops to Morristown for rest and reorganization in January 1777. They had just completed successfu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4LX_tecumseh_Annapolis-MD.html
Figureheadof theU.S.S.Delaware1817
Bronze ReplicaGift of theClass of 1891
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4LW_philander-knox_Brownsville-PA.html
Born May 6, 1853 in a house still standing on Front Street. Attorney-General in 1901, leading the anti-trust fight. A U.S. Senator, 1904-09. Secretary of State under Taft. Re-elected Senator in 1917. Died in 1921.