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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4LL_washingtons-inaugural-bicentennial_Elizabeth-NJ.html
Elizabeth celebrates Washington's Inaugural Bicentennial
George Washington journeyed to "Elizabethtown" - met with a committee of Continental Congress in Boxwood Hall - Sailed from Elizabethport - April 23, 1789
(Back of Marker) "Elizabeth c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4LK_battle-of-rivers-bridge_Ehrhardt-SC.html
A Vulnerable Stronghold
The Confederates were confident they could stop another head-on Union assault. But they feared for the safety of their flanks, knowing they did not have enough men to resist attacks that might strike the ends of their th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4LJ_battle-of-rivers-bridge_Ehrhardt-SC.html
A Running Battle on the River RoadOn Feb.2, Union troops moved up the road on the opposite bank of the Salkehatchie, fighting a running battle with the Confederate cavalrymen who tried to slow their advance. Among the casualties was Pvt. John B. W…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4LI_battle-of-rivers-bridge_Ehrhardt-SC.html
Attack!Gen. Joseph A. Mower's Union division advanced rapidly to Rivers Bridge on the afternoon of Feb. 2 and charged down a narrow causeway. Confederate cannon fire stopped the attack and forced the Yankees to take cover in the cold swamp. The ba…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4LH_battle-of-rivers-bridge_Ehrhardt-SC.html
"This Indescribably Ugly Salkehatchie "At Rivers Bridge the Salkehatchie flowed though a swamp a half mile wide. The only road through it was a narrow earthen causeway with multiple wooden bridges. The Confederates hoped the thick swamp and chest-…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4LG_the-chewning-farm_Spotsylvania-VA.html
On the ridge ahead of you stood the Chewning house, an important landmark on the Wilderness Battlefield. Sixty-nine-year-old William V. Chewning scratched out a living on this 150-acre farm during the war with the help of his wife Permelia and the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4LF_black-bear-trail_Maitland-FL.html
The Black Bear Trail, so named because it ran through the natural habitat of the black bear, was organized by The Black Bear Trail, Inc., an association of officials of Chambers of Commerce, boards of trade and cities lying along the route of the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4LE_fort-maitland-maitland-lake-maitland_Maitland-FL.html
Fort Maitlandwas built in November 1838 by Lt. Col. Alexander C. W. Fanning, U.S.A. (1788-1848) on the military road connecting Fort Melon (Sanford) with Fort Gatlin (Orlando) and used as a stockade in the war between the United States and the Sem…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4LD_first-presbyterian-church_Maitland-FL.html
This congregation was organized in 1882 by ten Presbyterian settlers under the direction of the Rev. W.G.F. Wallace when Maitland was a pioneer hamlet. The church building was constructed in 1883, and it is one of the oldest churches still in use …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4LC_veterans-of-the-battle-of-the-bulge_Orlando-FL.html
Dedicated to the gallant men and women who participated in the Battle of the Bulge, World War II, 16 December 1944 thru 25 January 1945 in Belgium and Luxembourg, the greatest battle ever fought by the United States Army. The Veterans of the Battl…