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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NG_a-secret-grave_Farmington-PA.html
Maj. Gen. Edward Braddock—commander-in-chief of British forces in North America—traveled over the road trace below on June 25, 1755. Marching north with his 2,400-man army, the 60-year-old Braddock was under orders to capture Fort Duqu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N5_road-to-disaster_Farmington-PA.html
On June 25, 1755, the largest army assembled in North America up to that time passed this spot. British Maj. Gen. Edward Braddock led the first 1,400 soldiers of his 2,400-man army along a 12-foot-wide road. Lt. Col. Thomas Dunbar lagged behind wi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MW_military-convoys_Everett-PA.html
During World War II, the Gateway was considered to be a major stop-off for many servicemen and women who were on their way to Maryland, Virginia, the Carolinas and westward. This prime location near the turnpike interchange in Breezewood and along…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MO_the-pennsylvania-turnpike_Everett-PA.html
Shortly after the Pennsylvania Turnpike opened in 1941, Snyder's Gateway Inn was one of the first businesses to appear. Merle and Marian Snyder opened the restaurant shortly before World War II began and eventually supplied fuel to the military co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LW_first-roads-to-the-west_Farmington-PA.html
Before the Europeans, only Indian trails led through virgin forests that once stretched beyond the horizon. About 1750 Nemacolin, a Delaware Indian, blazed a trail past here for the Ohio Company. Four years later, Virginia militia under Lt. Col. G…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FZ_braddock-park_Farmington-PA.html
Gen. Edward Braddock was buried here in 1755, after his disastrous defeat and death. The site of his original grave, the new grave to which his remains were moved in 1804, and a trace of the Braddock Road may be seen here.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F4_blue-star-memorial-highway_Somerset-PA.html
A tribute to the Armed Forces that have defended the United States of America.
Following World War II, the National Council of State Garden Clubs designated certain national roads as "Blue Star Memorial Highway", as a living memorial to "all th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ED_braddocks-grave_Farmington-PA.html
Here lieth the remains of Major General Edward Braddock who, in command of the 44th and 48th regiments of English Regulars, was mortally wounded in an engagement with the French and Indians under the command of Captain M. de Beaujeu at the Battle …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D9_fort-penn_Stroudsburg-PA.html
Named for Governor John Penn, and replacing Fort Hamilton, the fort stood nearby. In 1763, it was garrisoned by Provincial troops. Later it served as refuge from attacks following the Battle of Wyoming, July 3, 1778.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CZ_mason-dixon-line_Hanover-PA.html
The historic boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland was surveyed, 1763-1767, by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon to settle border disputes between the two Provinces. This section of the Mason-Dixon Line was first surveyed in late July and earl…