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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E_a-diversion_Fredericksburg-VA.html
3 May 1863. During the Chancellorsville Campaign, Brigadier General John Gibbon deployed his Union division in this area in support of other federal units in Fredericksburg.
On the morning of May 3, Gibbon's troops rushed forward to assault the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D_stating-inalienable-rights_Fredericksburg-VA.html
On October 7, 1776, three months after the Continental Congress had adopted the Declaration of Independence, the Virginia Assembly held its first session, in Williamsburg. The Assembly appointed Thomas Jefferson and four delegated to a Committee o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C_weedons-tavern_Fredericksburg-VA.html
Constructed shortly after Fredericksburg's founding in 1728, the tavern across the intersection became a popular gathering place under the proprietorship of its first owner, John Gordon, and then of his son-in-law, George Weedon. George Washington…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B_seeking-civil-rights_Fredericksburg-VA.html
On July 2, 1960, minority citizens of Fredericksburg began a protest to effect social and political change through direct action. A larger Civil Rights Movement had begun in earnest following the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14_the-carolina-road_Haymarket-VA.html
The Carolina Road, earlier an Indian hunting path, roughly approximating Route 15 at this point, derived its name from trade between Frederick, Maryland, and Georgia. Later the road was used by settlers emigrating to western lands. Because of noto…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMU_keenes-mill_Springfield-VA.html
A saw and grist mill built by James Keene between 1796 and 1800, when it was expanded, stood on the north side of the original Keene Mill Road right-of-way just to the east of this marker. The mill served the surrounding farm community for approxi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN_occoquan-workhouse_Lorton-VA.html
In the nearby Occoquan Workhouse, from June to December, 1917, scores of women suffragists were imprisoned by the District of Columbia for picketing the White House demanding their right to vote. Their courage and dedication during harsh treatment…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML_barton-heights-cemeteries_Richmond-VA.html
The Burying Ground Society of the Free People of Color of Richmond established its cemetery (later renamed Cedarwood) here in 1815. African Americans eventually founded five more cemeteries here: Union Burial Ground (later called Union Mechanics),…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI_clara-h-barton_Fairfax-Station-VA.html
Here at Fairfax Station in early Sept. 1862, after the Second Battle of Manassas and the action near Chantilly, Clara Barton ministered to the suffering. By her humane and tireless efforts this Angel of the Battlefield helped move over 3000 wounde…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6_earlys-washington-campaign_Leesburg-VA.html
Jubal A. Early passed over this road on his return to the Shenandoah Valley, July 16, 1864. After leaving Lee before Richmond, June 13, Early traveled 450 miles, defeating Hunter at Lynchburg and Wallace on the Monocacy River in Maryland, and thre…