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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM41Y_present-state-capitol-building_Harrisburg-PA.html
Upon the destruction of the Old Capitol Building in 1897, the sense of loss was quickly replaced by a new spirit of community advancement for which the construction of a new Capitol Building would act as catalyst. in order to continue the operatio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM41X_battery-e-2nd-u-s-artillery_Sharpsburg-MD.html
U.S.A.Battery E, 2nd U.S. Artillery.Lieut. Samuel E. Benjamin, U.S.A. Commanding.(September 16-17, 1862.)On the morning of September 16, Benjamin's Battery took position on the ridge bordering the Antietam, above the Burnside Bridge, engaged the C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM41W_public-sector-unionism_Harrisburg-PA.html
Efforts to organize public workers in PA resulted in Acts 111 in 1968 and 195 in 1970. Tens of thousands of public employees joined unions. The movement to unionize public workers began in the 1930's. was legislatively restricted in 1947 & given p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM41V_forest-hill_Foresthill-CA.html
Gold discovered here in 1850 in which year the first "Forest House" built. In 1852 the Jenny Lind Mine found which produced over million dollars in gold while the mines in this immediate vicinity produced over ten million dollars up to 1868. Town …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM41U_pine-street-presbyterian-church_Harrisburg-PA.html
After having split from the Presbyterian Church of Harrisburg in 1858, the newly formed congregation, which built this church, first met in the Chambers of the Pennsylvania State Senate. Completed in 1860, the limestone-constructed Pine Street Pre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM41T_battery-e-4th-u-s-artillery_Sharpsburg-MD.html
U.S.A.Battery E, 4th U.S. Artillery.Capt. Joseph C. Clark Jr., U.S.A. Commanding.(September 17, 1862.)At daybreak Battery E, 4th U.S. Artillery, was in bivouac in rear of the high ground east of the Burnside Bridge. Soon after daybreak it took pos…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM41S_payne-shoemaker-building_Harrisburg-PA.html
The economic prosperity enjoyed nationally throughout the 1920's was clearly not lost upon Harrisburg's downtown development. By the decade's climatic conclusion there would rise a new generation of buildings in the city - those not traditionally …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM41R_john-frederick-hartranft_Harrisburg-PA.html
1861 - Raised 4th and 51st Pennsylvania Volunteers1865 - Special Provost Marshall for Lincoln Conspirators1866 - 1879 Governor of Pennsylvania, State Constitution Revised1879 - Father of Modern National Guard of Pennsylvania1886 - Medal of Honor f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM41Q_104th-cavalry_Harrisburg-PA.html
This tablet erectedbyThe Veterans Associationof the 104th Cavalryand the active membersof the regimentin memory ofthe officers and menwho died in serviceof their countrydedicated 12 June 1971on the fiftieth anniversaryOrganization of the104th Armo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM41P_mexican-war-monument_Harrisburg-PA.html
Erected by the State of Pennsylvania 1868. Commemorative of her citizens who lost their lives during the War with Mexico in 1845, 47 & 48.