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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18AA_union-infantry-winter-camp_Stafford-VA.html
These woods contain remains of hut sites, chimneys and defenses of a large Army of the Potomac winter camp, soldiers of the 11th Corps 1st and 3rd Divisions moved to this area from Belle Plain and Stafford Courthouse in late Feb/early Mar, 1863, i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17VL_loudoun-county-prince-william-county_Haymarket-VA.html
LOUDOUN COUNTY, area 519 square miles. Formed in 1757 from Fairfax and named for Lord Loudoun, titular governor of Virginia and head of the British forces in America, 1756-1758. Oak Hill, President James Monroe's home, is in this County. PRINCE…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1574_brunswick-county-virginia_Freeman-VA.html
According to local tradition, while Dr. Creed Haskins and several friends were on a hunting trip in Brunswick County in 1828, his camp cook, Jimmy Matthews, hunted squirrels for a stew. Matthews simmered the squirrels with butter, onions, stale br…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14JC_washingtons-canal_Sterling-VA.html
This will become the great avenue into the Western Country. - George Washington The stone wall you see nearby is not just any stone wall; it was built here in the late 1700s as part of George Washington's Patowmack Canal. The wall is a section …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13KA_audie-murphy-monument_Catawba-VA.html
Audie Leon MurphyJune 20, 1924May 28, 1971Born in Kingston, Texas, died near this site in an airplane crash. America's most decorated veteran of World War II. He served in the European Theatre-15th Infantry Regiment-3rd Infantry Division and earne…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11WF_redoubt-no-2-fort-no-name_Stafford-VA.html
Twelfth Corps / Army of the Potomac, USAStafford County, VirginiaCirca 1863National Historic RegistryFebruary 2006Virginia Historic RegistryDHR # 089-5057/44ST0082
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11VU_east-falls-church-station_Arlington-VA.html
In August 1940, when this photograph was taken, passenger service on the Washington & Old Dominion was losing money and was being phased out. Passenger service stopped altogether in April 1941, but resumed two years later to support the national w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11RB_rockbridge-county-botetourt-county_Natural-Bridge-Station-VA.html
(obverse)Rockbridge CountyArea 616 Square Miles Formed in 1778 from Augusta and Botetourt, and named for the Natural Bridge. Samuel Houston and Cyrus H. McCormick were born in this county. Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson are buried in Lexin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10UL_allen-weir-freeman-m-d_Madison-Heights-VA.html
Born at 416 Main Street, Allen W. Freeman, brother of editor and historian Douglas Southall Freeman, was a pioneer in public health administration and education. He was educated at the University of Richmond and the Johns Hopkins University School…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10UJ_douglas-southall-freeman_Madison-Heights-VA.html
Born at 416 Main Street on 16 May 1886, the son of a Confederate veteran, Douglas Southall Freeman moved with his family to Richmond three years later. He graduated from the University of Richmond in 1904 and earned a doctorate from Johns Hopkins …
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