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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1107_salem-moravian-graveyard_Winston-Salem-NC.html
The Moravian Graveyard is still known fondly by the old Germanic name of "God's Acre" (Gottesacker). This burial ground is characterized by its simplicity and uniformity. As the name implies, this is a field where the bodies are "sown as perishabl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10Z0_former-dividing-line-between-winston-and-salem_Winston-Salem-NC.html
Former Dividing Line Between Winston and SalemTowns ConsolidatedMay 13, 1913
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10WE_well-1807_Winston-Salem-NC.html
This early nineteenth-century well served the Gemeinhaus and its various outbuildings. When the archaeologists reopened the well in the 1960s, an original wooden pump stock was recovered and preserved.
"During these days a well has been dug in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10VC_wright-court-house-site-1771-1774-richmond-court-house-site-1774-1789_Tobaccoville-NC.html
Court Houses that served old Surry County. Wright Court House Site is located one mile south. Richmond Couurt House Site is located one mile northeast. Andrew Jackson, seventh President of the United States, was admitted to the bar to practice law…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10VA_first-official-4th-of-july-celebration-in-the-united-states_Winston-Salem-NC.html
CommemoratingThe First Official 4th of July Celebration In the United StatesAt Salem, North Carolina, 1783* * *This Plaque Unveiled In The200th Anniversary YearOf Winston-SalemJuly 4, 1966
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10TE_william-linville_Clemmons-NC.html
First frontier explorer and settler of Tanglewood lands along the Great Wagon Road running from PA to GA. Born in Chester and raised in Conestoga, PA. Married Eleanor Bryan and moved to Shenandoah Valley, VA (on Linville Creek) by 1733, serving as…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10SY_william-johnson_Clemmons-NC.html
William JohnsonBuilt a fort of huge logs at this place about 1757 to protect his family and neighbors from attack by the Indians
Erected by his Descendants1956
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10SV_salem-moravian-graveyard_Winston-Salem-NC.html
SalemMoravian Graveyard
"God's Acre"
First Internment June 7, 1771John Birkhead
Avenue opened April 13, 1772
First early Easter morningservice April 11, 1773
Visitors Welcome
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10SS_north-carolina-school-of-the-arts_Winston-Salem-NC.html
Est. 1963; opened 1965. First state-supported school for performing arts in U.S. A campus of The University of North Carolina since 1971.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10RR_historic-bethabara-park-1753_Winston-Salem-NC.html
Welcome to the Historic Bethabara Park Community Garden. Restored in 1990, this garden is the only well-documented colonial community garden in America. The original frontier garden of the Moravian settlers was established in 1754 to nourish the c…