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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B8C_hms-confiance-cannon_Annapolis-MD.html
This gun tube was removed from the British flagship, the HMS Confiance, during the Battle of Lake Champlain with was fought on September 11, 1814. Early in that battle a cannon ball fired by the American flagship Saratoga struck the muzzle of this…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM196L_fort-severn-and-the-united-states-naval-academy_Annapolis-MD.html
Fort Severn ChapterNational SocietyDaughters of the American RevolutionhonorsFort Severnand theUnited States Naval Academy.[map]"Locating Fort Severn within the U.S. Naval Academy, March 28, 1977."
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1949_mexican-war-midshipmens-monument_Annapolis-MD.html
[Southwest side of Monument]:To passed MidshipmenH. A. Clemson.andJ. R. Hynsonlost with the U. S. Brig Somersoff Vera CruzDec. 8th, 1846[Northeast side of Monument]:To MidshipmenJ. W. Pillsbury.andT. B. Shubrick.the former drowned off Vera CruzJul…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18W2_the-markers-on-the-plaza_Annapolis-MD.html
The Markers on the Plaza paving follow the line of sight for the optical experiments measuring the speed of light carried out by Ensign Albert A. Michelson, USN between 1877 and 1879 while serving as instructor of physics at the United States Nava…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18SC_annapolis-laboratory_Annapolis-MD.html
In this year, 1999, a 96-year tradition of technical excellence, personal achievement , and dedication to our Navy comes to a close. The legacy of this Laboratory will live on well into the next millennium. It is embodied in the people who worked …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM177A_disappearing-waterfalls_Annapolis-CA.html
At certain times of the year some of the Valley's waterfalls disappear. Bridalveil keeps flowing even in late summer, when Yosemite Falls begins to dry up.
Above Yosemite Falls the terrain is largely bare granite; runoff is rapid. Bridalveil Cr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1779_fort-nonsense_Annapolis-MD.html
Fort Nonsense has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the U.S. Department of the Interior. It is the last remaining fortification of several constructed in the 18th and 19th centuries to defend Annapolis and its waterways. I…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM173P_joseph-nicholson-home-site-and-bandstand_Annapolis-MD.html
In 1814 when Francis Scott Key wrote the words to the poem "The Defense of Fort McHenry," his wife's sister and brother-in-law lived in a house on this site. The poem quickly became famous when it was set to music and re-titled "The Star-Spangled …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM173O_on-this-spot_Annapolis-MD.html
On this spot, where the inspiring strains of the Star Spangled Banner are heard each morning, formerly stood the home of Judge Joseph Hopper Nicholson, Brother-in-law of Francis Scott Key, to whom Key gave the original manuscript and who set the w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15I4_jeannette-arctic-exploring-expedition_Annapolis-MD.html
Commemorative of the heroic officers and men of the United States Navy who perished in the Jeannette Arctic Exploring Expedition. 1881