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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HI2_james-wren_Falls-Church-VA.html
In grateful memory of
James Wren
1728 - 1815
Vestryman, Trustee
& Architect
of
The Falls Church
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GZ9_new-york-memorial-stone-at-falls-church_Falls-Church-VA.html
In Memory
of the Civil War Soldiers
who were buried here in this
Hallowed Ground
1861-1864
Edward Bowman, 21st NYVI
John Decker, 20th NYSM
Patrick Doyle, 20th NYSM
Horace Dougherty, 144th NYVI
Franklin E. Dunham, 20th NYSM
Curtis Fagan, 144th N…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GZ1_to-the-glory-of-god-and-in-honor-of-george-washington_Falls-Church-VA.html
To the glory of
God
and in honor of
George Washington
who was a vestryman
in 1765 of
the old Falls Church
Built A.D. 1734
This tablet was placed by
the Falls Church Chapter,
Daughters of the
American Revolution
October 1911
Rededicated 2005
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DUS_original-west-corner-stone_Falls-Church-VA.html
Original West Corner StoneDistrict of Columbia 1791 - 1792Dedication 1952Rededication 1989Falls Church Chapter, NSDAR
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D9V_harriet-and-george-brice_Falls-Church-VA.html
You are standing across the street from land that Harriet Brice, a "free woman of color," purchased in 1864. Together with her husband, George Brice, she struggled to farm the property during the Civil War. Although we had gained her freedom somet…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D99_the-falls-church_Falls-Church-VA.html
The Civil War dramatically affected this 1769 Anglican/Episcopal church that stands before you. The congregation disbanded as the war broke out, with some families fleeing the village. Confederate forces occupied the church in August and September…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BGE_living-in-fear_Falls-Church-VA.html
Confederate Col. John Singleton Mosby's Partisan Rangers (43rd Battalion Virginia Cavalry) conducted raids on Falls Church through the summer and fall of 1864. On the night of October 17, a detachment of Mosby's command rode through the village do…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18GY_falls-church-home-front_Falls-Church-VA.html
Although soldiers repeatedly overran and raided Cherry Hill Farm during the Civil War, this ca. 1845 farmhouse and the ca. 1856 barn behind it survived almost intact. William Blaisdell, of Massachusetts paid $4,000 for the 66-acre property in 1856…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP5L_hangmans-tree_Falls-Church-VA.html
On this site stood the
Hangman's Tree
According to legend, an old oakused by Col. Mosby to hang Unionspies after the Battle ofThe Peach Orchard during theCivil War.
The tree was removed 1968.Marker by the Falls ChruchHistorical Commission…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBI2_columbia-baptist-church_Falls-Church-VA.html
In 1859, the church trustees bought this ½ acre (part of 1729 248-acre Trammell Grant) for $100. The 2-story clapboard over timber church served as a Union hospital and appears in Matthew Brady photos. Pastor John Read was shot by Mosby Troop…