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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4BK_b-nai-israel-synagogue_Baltimore-MD.html
The B'nai Israel Synagogue, erected in 1876, is the longest actively-used synagoue in Baltimore. It was built by Congregation Chizuk Amuno ("Strengthening of the Faith"), whose members had seceded from the Baltimore Hebrew Congregation in 1870 to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4BJ_pon-pon-chapel_Baltimore-SC.html
On Parker's Ferry Road one mile northeast of here are the ruins of Pon Pon Chapel of Ease, established in 1725 by an Act of the General Assembly after the Yemassee War aborted plans for St. Bartholomew's Parish Church. John Wesley preached here in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4BI_lloyd-street-synagogue_Baltimore-MD.html
The Lloyd Street Synagogue, dedicated in 1845, is the first synagogue erected in Maryland and the third oldest surviving synagogue in the United States. A simple, elegant building in the popular Greek Revival style, it was designed for the Baltimo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4BH_mckim-free-school_Baltimore-MD.html
Before Baltimore's public school system opened in 1829, education was the concern of charitable and religious organizations. An early leader in the education movement was the McKim Free School, established through a bequest of Quaker merchant John…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4BG_louis-armstrong-house_Baltimore-NY.html
Louis Armstrong HouseHas been designated aNational Historic LandmarkThis site possesses national significancein commemorating the history of theUnited States of America
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4BF_orpheus_Baltimore-MD.html
The heroic bronze figure in front of you is not, as many suppose, a likeness of Francis Scott Key. The statue represents Orpheus, the artful poet, musician, and singer of Greek Mythology.
In 1914 Congress appropriated funds for a monument at Fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4BE_v-corps-2nd-division-1st-brigade_Keedysville-MD.html
U.S.A.On the afternoon of September 17, the 4th U.S. Infantry, the 1st Battalion of the 12th, 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 14th and detachments of the 2d and 10th U.S. Infantry, were deployed to the right and left of this point in support of the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4BD_ventilation-shaft_Petersburg-VA.html
"Regular Army wiseacres said it was not feasible - that I could not carry the ventilation that distance without digging a hole to the surface? But I have succeeded." - Lt. Col. Henry Pleasants, 48th Pennsylvania July 23, 1864
The most serious p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4BC_digging-the-mine_Petersburg-VA.html
"We could blow that damn fort out of existence if we could run a mine shaft under it." - A private of the 48th Pennsylvania June 23, 1864
Spurred by the offhand suggestion of a former coal miner, on June 25, 1864, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Pleas…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4BB_columbia-triumphant-park-and-statue_Freehold-NJ.html
Monmouth County Historical SiteColumbia Triumphant ParkThis granite carving of Columbia Triumphant-also known as Liberty Triumphant-was part of the original statue placed atop the monument located on nearby Court Street commemorating the June 28, …