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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM37S_frying-pan-meeting-house_Herndon-VA.html
This circa 1791 Baptist Churchstanding on its original siterepresents a continuous tributeto early religious freedom forslave and free together. Placed June 9, 1991 Freedom Hill ChapterNational SocietyDaughters of the American Revolution
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM300_centreville-virginia_Centreville-VA.html
In October 1861, nearly 40,000 troops of the Confederate Army encamped at Centreville. Over the winter they constructed approximately 17 miles of forts, trenches, rifle pits and batteries along the ridge from Centreville to Union Mills and between…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ZQ_old-stone-church_Centreville-VA.html
Here, where the Warrenton Turnpike turned west from Braddock Road, the Union army marched from Centreville to meet Confederate forces in the first great battle of the Civil War on July 21, 1961. The afternoon, Union soldiers passed by here again, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ZG_mount-gilead-historic-site_Centreville-VA.html
Mount Gilead, built in the second half of the 18th century, is the sole survivor of Newgate village, a colonial settlement and trading center, renamed Centreville in 1792, when an act of the Virginia assembly gave it town status. Presenting an exc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2W1_acetylene-gas-generating-station_Herndon-VA.html
Circa 1900. The Herndon Gas Company was established in the early 1900s by two brothers, Edward and Benjamin Detwiler. The company provided gas for downtown Herndon street lights and for lights in a few of the Town's more affluent households. Elect…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2QZ_a-globally-rare-environment_McLean-VA.html
The Potomac River Gorge "In more than twenty-five years of field work, I have not seen another site with a comparable diversity of land forms, plants, and natural communities."-Gary Fleming, Ecologist, Virginia DCR Look around you. Have you …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2QY_river-of-change_McLean-VA.html
The Potomac River begins as a small spring near Fairfax Stone, West Virginia. Like a giant funnel it gathers water from Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia as it travels 383 miles to the Chesapeake Bay. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2FS_salisbury-plain_Chantilly-VA.html
This land was the eastern most boundary of a 3,111 acre grant, known as Salisbury Plain, acquired by Henry Lee from Thomas 6th Lord Fairfax in 1725 when it was part of the Stafford County frontier. This area became Prince William County in 1730, F…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM285_fairfax-county-prince-william-county_Centreville-VA.html
Fairfax County. Area 417 square miles. Formed in 1742 from Price William and Loudoun, and named for Lord Fairfax, Proprietor of the Northern Neck. Mount Vernon, George Washington's home, is in this county. Prince William County Area 345 square …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27U_the-stone-bridge_Centreville-VA.html
Originally built of native sandstone in 1825, the turnpike bridge over Bull Run became an important landmark in the Civil War battles at Manassas. Union Brig. Gen. Danial Tyler's division feigned an attack on Col. Nathan G. Evans's brigade guardin…