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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGXZ_in-memory-of-the-soldiers-both-confederate-and-union_Gordonsville-VA.html
In Memory of,the soldiers, both Confederateand Union, who died hereat the Exchange Hotelused during the Civil War as theGeneral Receiving Hospital.Gordonsville, VA1861 — 1865
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG2H_james-madison-and-dolley-madison_Orange-VA.html
Near this spotare buriedJames Madison"Father of the Constitution"Fourth President of the United States1809-1817andDolley Madisonhis wife
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG2G_gilmore-farm_Orange-VA.html
George Gilmore, born a slave on the Montpelier plantation about 1810, was freed with the Federal occupation of Orange County in 1865. With his wife Poly and three children, he established a small farmstead near the plantation where he had been ens…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG0T_post-emancipation_Orange-VA.html
With emancipation, African-Americans found themselves in a complex situation. By law, slavery was abolished, promising freedom and citizenship, but few owned land or had resources to support themselves, and prejudice against them was widespread. Y…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG0R_civil-war-encampment_Montpelier-Station-VA.html
Guided by the discoveries of local relic collectors, archaeologists have found an extensive Confederate Army encampment within these woods. Excavations have uncovered the remains of huts built by the soldiers during the winter of 1863 and 1864. Th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFZT_slave-cemetery_Somerset-VA.html
The burial ground where you are standing is the final resting lace for many members of Montpelier's enslaved community. Slaves' belief in a spiritual world - originating in African religions - was reinforced by Christianity. This drawing shows sla…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFZR_the-african-american-cemetery_Somerset-VA.html
"I walk in the graveyard, I walk through the graveyardTo lay this body down.I lay in the grave and stretch out my arms;I lay this body down."-African American spiritual from the era of slavery, as recorded in James Weldon Johnson, the Book of Amer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFZQ_the-madison-family-cemetery_Orange-VA.html
"The advice nearest to my heart and deepest in my convictions is that the Union of the States be cherished an perpetuated."-James Madison, Advice to My Country, 1834
The Madison Family Cemetery is the understated resting place for two of Americ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFZO_mount-pleasant-c-1750s_Orange-VA.html
James Madison's grandfather, Ambrose Madison, had his slaves construct Mount Pleasant sometime after 1723. Ambrose moved his family here in 1732 from Virginia's Tidewater and unexpectedly died within a few months. Court records show that three sla…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFY2_madison-farm-complex_Orange-VA.html
In the fields in front of you, archaeologists have found the extremely well-preserved remains of James Madison's plantation farm complex, which served as the hub of the working farm and the home for several generations of field slaves. This comple…