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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBK4_winder-building_Washington-DC.html
Erected 1848
Purchased byUnited States Government 1852During the Civil War this building was Headquarters of the United States Army. Major General Winfield Scott, Major General Halleck and later Lieutenant General U.S. Grant had their offices h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9SR_two-future-presidents-in-wartime-retreat_Washington-VA.html
On June 21, 1864, two future presidents marched with Major General David Hunter's Army of Western Virginia on its retreat from Lynchburg to West Virginia by way of Hanging Rock and the old New Castle Turnpike.
Colonel Rutherford Birchard Hayes…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9SQ_mccausland-attacks_Washington-VA.html
Near the site, on the morning of June 21, 1864, Union Major General David Hunter's ambulances, artillery, and supply and munitions wagons crossed the ford at Mason's Creek. The wagon train stalled, and was left unprotected because U.S. Brig. Gener…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9SP_second-infantry-division-memorial_Washington-DC.html
[From 1936:]
The Second DivisionTo Our Honored Dead, 1917-1919
ToulonTroyonBois de BelleauVauxSoissons
MaracheSt. MihielBlanc MontMeuse-ArgonneThe Rhine
[From 1962, west inner wing:]
Organized in France in October, 1917; original u…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9QP_the-american-red-cross-harvard-field-hospital-unit_Washington-DC.html
This plaque acknowledges the public spirit of Harvard University and the dedication of the staff of the American Red Cross - Harvard Field Hospital Unit, who provided and staffed a pre-fabricated hospital sent to Salisbury, England, in the summer …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25L_damn-the-torpedoes-full-speed-ahead_Washington-DC.html
With these legendary words, naval officer David G. Farragut led the Union fleet past Confederate mines (then called torpedoes) and to victory at the Battle of Mobile Bay on August 5, 1864. From the rigging of his flagship, USS Hartford, Farragut d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQ7_the-canal-connection_Washington-DC.html
President George Washington commissioned Pierre L'Enfant to design the Capital City in 1790. The L'Enfant Plan included a system of canals to transport heavy goods at a time when roads and streets were few and muddy. The Washington City Canal (gre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPZ_the-washington-city-canal_Washington-DC.html
Completed in 1815, the canal extended east of this point along the line of Constitution Avenue and south around the Capitol with branches leading into the Anacostia River.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPO_lock-keepers-house_Washington-DC.html
Formerly the eastern terminal of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Erected about 1835. The canal passed along the present line of B Street in front of this house emptying into Tiber Creek and the Potomac River.