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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FH8_tobacco-unionism_Winston-Salem-NC.html
Strike by leaf workers, mostly black and female, June 17, 1943, ½ mile W., led to seven years of labor & civil rights activism by Local 22.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18H5_stonemans-raid_Lewisville-NC.html
On a raid through western North Carolina Gen. Stoneman's U.S. cavalry fought a skirmish with southern troops at Shallow Ford, April 11, 1865.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17B5_colored-baptist-orphanage-home_Winston-Salem-NC.html
A significant feature of the Bellview neighborhood, the Colored Baptist Orphanage Home opened in 1905 and was the only African-American orphanage in North Carolina. About 1919, the organization moved from a nearby farm house to a new building on C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17B2_the-honorable-willie-jones-of-halifax_Winston-Salem-NC.html
Who led the 1788 Constitutional Convention of North Carolina to decline to ratify the Federal Constitution until his State and its people were assured that a Bill of Rights would be incorporated in the United States Constitution. Perhaps more than…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM179P_depot-street-graded-school-site_Winston-Salem-NC.html
When built in 1887, the Depot Street Graded School was the largest and most important public school for African-Americans in North Carolina. Education pioneer, Dr. Simon Green Atkins, came to Winston as principal of the school in 1890. Under Atkin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11YW_symbol-of-service_Winston-Salem-NC.html
Dedicated to all firemen of this community. The bell first tolled to summon volunteer firefighters in the Town of Salem. Since 1912 this bell had hung in the old bell tower that was located at Station No 2, 301 South Liberty Street
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11UI_pow-mia-memorial_Lewisville-NC.html
On Behalf of a Grateful Nation and a Proud American LegionThis POW-MIA flag flies to honor those veterans who, in service to this great nation, sacrificed their freedom and their physical and mental well-being as prisoners of war. It also recogniz…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11UG_battle-cross_Lewisville-NC.html
podium beside statueThis arrangement of a fallen soldier's boots, rifle and helmet known as a BATTLE CROSS began in World War I. Since then, when a serviceman or woman is lost on the battlefield, comrades erect a Battle Cross to mark the spot and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11PP_the-forsyth-county-men_Winston-Salem-NC.html
1917-1918In Grateful Remembrance ofThe Forsyth County MenWho Made The Supreme SacrificeIn The World War Clinton A. AndersonWilliam M. BazemoreJim BennettClyde BollingFrank J. BrewerIsaac L. BrownSam ChambersJames R. CookHorace B. ConnellyJames …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11JO_our-confederate-dead_Winston-Salem-NC.html
[Front]Erected by theJames B. Gordon ChapterUnited Daughters of the ConfederacyOctober 1905Winston-Salem, N.C. [Back]"Sleeping, but glorious,Dead in Fame's portal,Dead, but victorious,Dead, but immortal!They gave us great glory,What more could …
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