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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20TB_thomas-kennedy_Hagerstown-MD.html
An advocate of religious liberty, Thomas Kennedy was born in Scotland and immigrated to America in 1795. He was elected to represent Hagerstown in the Maryland legislature in 1817 and served on a committee tasked with considering removing the &quo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20T9_matthias-peter-moeller_Hagerstown-MD.html
Möller was the founder of some of the most successful businesses in Hagerstown's history. He moved his organ factory to Hagerstown in 1881 and it grew to become the largest in the world. it produced over 11,000 instruments before closing in 1992.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20T7_john-v-jamison-sr-and-john-v-jamison-jr_Hagerstown-MD.html
In 1906, J. V. Jamison, Sr. and two partners founded the Jones Cold Store Door Company. He soon bought his partners' interest. Over five decades, he and his son, J. V. Jamison, Jr. grew the company (renamed the Jamison Cold Storage Door Company) t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20S7_henry-kyd-douglas_Hagerstown-MD.html
An officer in the Confederate army, Douglas served with distinction on the small personal staff of General "Stonewall" Jackson during the Valley Campaign (1862) which made Jackson a legend in military history. Wounded six times, Douglas …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20LQ_hager-mill_Hagerstown-MD.html
Hager Mill was constructed in 1790 by Daniel Stull and Colonel Nathaniel Rochester and the nearby miller's house has a date stone inscribed 1791. Prior to the Civil War, it was owned by the Hager Family. During the war, Andrew Hager operated this …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM201X_officer-christopher-shane-nicholson_Smithsburg-MD.html
In memory of
Officer Christopher Shane Nicholson
592
He lost his life protecting the
community of Smithsburg on
December 19, 2007
I Am A Warrior
by Jon F. Hooper
I stand with God. I fight not for glory or fame,
for they are momentary.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YVB_tolsons-chapel_Sharpsburg-MD.html
In September 1862, in fields surrounding Sharpsburg, soldiers fought the deadliest battle the nation had seen. Four years later, African Americans here erected a simple log church - a building in which they would exercise their dearly-won freedoms…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-2b550_fort-frederick_Big-Pool-MD.html
Has been designated a NationalHistoric LandmarkThis site possesses national significancein commemorating the history of theUnited States of America1974National Park ServiceUnited States Department of the Interior
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YAQ_st-marks-episcopal-church_Boonsboro-MD.html
St. Mark's Episcopal Church is located just six miles north of Sharpsburg, site of the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862, the bloodiest one-day battle in American history. With approximately 23,000 Americans on both sides killed, wounded, o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y1G_the-ice-lakes-historical_Highfield-Cascade-MD.html
Until the mid-1920s, the Buena Vista Ice Company of Germantown (now Cascade), Maryland, was located on this site for the harvesting of natural ice used to preserve produce and dairy products during shipment. It was one of the southernmost operatio…