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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4JD_the-confederate-defense_Locust-Grove-VA.html
Confederate troops commanded by General Richard S. Ewell arrived on this ridge line on the morning of May 5. Ordered by General Lee not to initiate a battle, Ewell placed 10,000 men along this high ground on either side of the Orange Turnpike (pre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4JC_gordon-flank-attack-trail_Locust-Grove-VA.html
In this field and its surrounding woods fell nearly one-third of the men killed or wounded in the Battle of the Wilderness.
The two-mile Gordon Flank Attack Trail tracks the Battle of the Wilderness in all its horrible forms: the open-field Uni…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4JB_william-bartram-trail_Rincon-GA.html
John and William Bartram, naturalists, explored Ebenezer and Effinham County on their Savannah~ Augusta Travels.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4JA_reformed-dutch-church-of-tappan_Tappan-NY.html
Organized 1694Used as a military hospital and prison during the Revolution. The trials of Major John Andre as a spy, and of Joshua Heit Smith for treason, were held here in 1780.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4J9_little-river-turnpike_Annandale-VA.html
The earliest private turnpike charter in Virginia was granted by the General Assembly to the Company of the Fairfax and Loudoun Turnpike Road in 1796. By 1806 the 34-mile-long road connected Alexandria with Aldie on the Little River in Loudoun Cou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4J8_the-state-house-of-south-carolina_Columbia-SC.html
(Left Inscription)Construction of this State House was begun in 1855 and continued uninterruptedly to February 17, 1865 when Sherman burned Columbia.Work was resumed in 1867 and carried on irregularly to 1900.(Right Inscription):The architect of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4J7_doolittle-raiders_Columbia-SC.html
Symbolizing the strength and endurance of South Carolinians, these Palmetto trees commemorate the Columbia trained Doolittle Raiders whose courage and patriotism in the early hours of World War II rallied a beleagured nation to save Western civiza…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4J6_sergeant-major-john-champe_Middleburg-VA.html
Here was the home of Sergeant Major John Champe, Continental Army, who risked the inglorious death of a spy for the independence of his country.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4J5_this-morristown-green_Morristown-NJ.html
This Morristown Green was given by the trustees of the Presbyterian Church in Morristown to the trustees of the Morristown Green in 1816 to be held in trust.
"For the use and enjoyment of the public and to remain as a common forever."
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4J4_east-arkdale-cemetery_Arkdale-WI.html
On July 11, 1859, Mr. Halvor Olson offered this 1/2 acre of his land to be used as a cemetery for the members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church (Hauge Synod) here in the Roche a Cree (Arkdale) settlement. People of the community outside the congr…