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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX0K_the-burning-of-washington-d-c_Oxon-Hill-MD.html
"I cannot express to you the distress it has occasioned at the Battle of Bladensburg. We heard every fire. ?Our house was shook repeatedly by the firing upon forts and bridges, and illuminated by the fires in our Capital." Mary DeButts, writing to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX0J_root-cellar_Oxon-Hill-MD.html
This root cellar may not look much like a refrigerator. But in the 1830s, it was probably the closest thing the DeButts family had.
A good root cellar is damp, well ventilated, and very cool but never freezing. Like this one, most root cellars…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX0I_wheat-and-tobacco_Oxon-Hill-MD.html
In spring and summer, wheat and tobacco grow in this garden. These two plants alone tell an important part of the history of this farm.
Tobacco was the most valuable crop in the American colonies in the 1600s and 1700s. Planters such as John A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX0E_why-a-brick-stable_Oxon-Hill-MD.html
A 175-year-old brick stable is rare in this region. Most stables and barns built in Maryland in the 1800s were made of wood and had one story, not two. Brick buildings were more expensive to build, but lasted longer. When this stable went up, perh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUZA_john-hanson_Oxon-Hill-MD.html
[Panel 1:] John HansonHonored Patriot of the American Revolution[Picture of John Hanson and Seal of the "Sons of the American Revolution"]
[Panel 2:]Born 3 April, 1721, Mullberry Grove, Charles Co., MD.Died 15 November 1783 at the original Oxon…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUZ9_john-hanson_Oxon-Hill-MD.html
President of the United States in Congress Assembled, 1781-2, died November 15, 1783 at "Oxon Hill" 1½ miles west of here. The original mansion house, built by the Addison family, was burned February 6, 1895.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR9C_saint-lorenzo-ruiz_Oxon-Hill-MD.html
Saint Lorenzo RuizFirst Filipino SaintBorn: Binondo, Manila, Philippines, 1600[?]Died for the Faith: Nagasaki, Japan, 1637—Spirit of the Living God Charismatic Community, Filipino Ministry and St. Columba Parish. Dedicated, November 1, 2003S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD2T_shifting-sands-the-story-of-rosalie-island_Oxon-Hill-MD.html
You're now standing in the cove protected by Rosalie Island, the point of first landfall for the Woodrow Wilson Bridge in Maryland. Rosalie Island is actually not an island at all-it is a peninsula. Indeed it is not even a natural landform. The "i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD06_woodrow-wilson-memorial-bridge_Oxon-Hill-MD.html
[Center Panel]This bridge is named in honor of Woodrow Wilson.
An early automobile enthusiast, he reportedly spent an average of two hours per day riding in his automobile to relax and "loosen his mind from the problems before him." In 1916, he…