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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY2J_richard-montgomery_Rockville-MD.html
Born in Ireland; served in the British Army in the French & Indian War. Joined the American Revolution as the most experienced general in the Continental Army. Led the invasion of Canada where he was killed in the Battle of Quebec, becoming the fi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTAM_beall-dawson-house_Rockville-MD.html
Upton Beall, wealthy landowner and Clerk of Court, owned 25 slaves when he died in 1827. After Upton Beall died, his family did not purchase additional slaves, however, by 1860 the Beall family owned 52 slaves.
The Beall family did not sell th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT93_hebron-house-and-print-shop_Rockville-MD.html
For over fifty years, Celestine and Jesse Hebron operated one of the most successful printing businesses in the county in this handcrafted building.
Jesse Hebron started his printing business on Falls Road in 1932. After serving in World War II…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT92_galilean-temple_Rockville-MD.html
This was once a vital center of the African American community in Rockville: the Eureka Tabernacle Number 29 of the Order of the Galilean Fisherman.Established in 1903, the Temple allowed Rockville's African American residents to work together to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT8V_hungerford-tavern_Rockville-MD.html
Hungerford Tavern was most likely operated by the tavern owner's African American slaves. African American slaves traveling with their masters were expected to care for them if they became too rowdy or drunk at taverns.
A meeting place for toba…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT8T_dr-james-anderson-house_Rockville-MD.html
Long before the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863, some enslaved people freed themselves by escaping to Canada. In 1856, Alfred Homer walked and ran more than 500 miles from this site to freedom, despite the dangers of the Fugitive Slave Law.
D…
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Rockville's First Colored School246 North Washington Street
In March, 1867, twenty African Americans pledged to support a school by taking responsibility for money "as may be necessary to pay the board and washing of the teacher and provide fue…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT8R_rockville-methodist-episcopal-church-jerusalem-mount-pleasant_Rockville-MD.html
Rockville was an early center of Methodism in Montgomery County. Methodists first met in private homes with occasional visits from a "circuit rider" minister. In 1835, the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church purchased lot 82 of the Original…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT71_father-divine-birthplace_Rockville-MD.html
Father Divine was an influential and charismatic religious leader and founder of the International Peace Mission Movement.
Father Divine was born in 1879 on Middle Lane as George Baker, Jr. and attended the Rockville and Jerusalem M.E. Church. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT6M_gibbs-v-broome-et-al-1931-courthouse_Rockville-MD.html
Should you receive the same pay for doing the same work? William B. Gibbs, teacher and principal of the Rockville Colored Elementary School, thought so, but he had to take the issue to court.
African American teachers had to meet the same qual…