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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26PO_the-4-h-club-pledge_Chevy-Chase-MD.html
I pledge my head to clearer thinking,
my heart to greater loyalty,
my hands to larger service,
and my health to better living,
for my club, my community
my country and my world.
Responding to the 1918 national contest, Otis Hall, the fir…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26OY_conduit-track-switch-and-crossover_Silver-Spring-MD.html
D. C. Transit System 1540, shown to the right on the turning loop at 11th and Monroe Streets NW, will soon operate south on 11th Street to east on E Street to south on 9th Street to east on Pennsylvania Avenue. Just east of 7th Street, the car wil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26M0_the-national-park-seminary_Silver-Spring-MD.html
Has been listed in the
National Register of Historic Places
By the United States Department
Of Interior
1972
For its architectural significance
And its role in women's education and
The history of U. S. Army Medicine
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26LZ_in-memory-of-ltc-karen-j-wagner-a-war-memorial_Silver-Spring-MD.html
Born February 22, 1961
Washington, DC
A dedicated and loyal
Army Medical Service
Corps Officer
Died September 11, 2001
At the Pentagon
Serving her country
during the Terrorist
attacks of that Day
Dedicated September 11, 2003
The sports …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26JO_snowdens-mill_Colesville-MD.html
Inside the Mill
Built by 1723, the grist mill that Richard Snowden operated here is considered the earliest commercial enterprise in Montgomery County. Local resident patronized his "custom" mill where neighbors paid a "toll" to have flour produc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26BK_valley-mill_Silver-Spring-MD.html
Recording the Past
In 1936, John Brostup came to Colesville to take photographs for the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), a New Deal federal works project established to capture pre-1860s structures on film before they disappeared. Of th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26BI_valley-mill_Silver-Spring-MD.html
Several water powered mills operated along Paint Branch from as early as 1723. In the 1790s, Peter Kemp built a saw and grist mill and brick miller's cottage on this site. Two subsequent mills replaced the original in the nineteenth century. The f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26BF_edmonstons-mill_Colesville-MD.html
Outside the Mill
In searching for the remains of a mill, an archaeologist is forced to ask the same questions a miller pondered years ago — where should the mill be built and what should this building look like.
Of prime importance to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26AY_fawcetts-mill_Colesville-MD.html
Whirl of the Wheel, Clickety-Clack of the Loom
In 1850, there were 9,780 sheep raised in Montgomery County - more than double the amount of horses or cows in this agrarian setting. Sheep were highly valued for their outer coat of wool, a natura…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25ZF_rice-the-missionary_Silver-Spring-MD.html
Luther Rice was one of the first foreign missionaries from the United States. Along with Adoniram Judson and three others, he was ordained a Congregationalist missionary in 1812. In India he and the Judsons accepted the Baptist view of Baptism, jo…