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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM202X_columbia-air-center_Upper-Marlboro-MD.html
Columbia Air Center provided access to aviation for African American pilots during an era of discrimination. It began operations in 1941 as Riverside Field with one east-west turf runway an office and a hangar. The land was leased by pilot John W.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YND_woodland-indian-villages-on-the-patuxent-river_Upper-Marlboro-MD.html
Long before European contact in the 1600s, Tribes of the Confederacy established settlements along the River. The location of a village was determined by how conducive the area was to fishing, planting, gathering, hunting, and trading, which enabl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IZT_the-blacksmith-shop_Upper-Marlboro-MD.html
Blacksmithing is an ancient profession which began over six thousand years ago. It is the craft of forging and shaping iron with a hammer and anvil. The work of the blacksmith allowed for advances in transportation and industry by providing the to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IJK_croom_Upper-Marlboro-MD.html
Christopher Rousby patented Croome in 1671. Home of Thomas John Claggett (1743-1816). First Episcopal Bishop of Maryland (1792), First Protestant Bishop consecrated in the United States, And first Chaplain of the US Senate. In August 1814 British …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FCH_shaded-reprieve_Upper-Marlboro-MD.html
Well-shaded Fenno Road provided relief for sweltering British soldiers marching from Benedict. On August 22, 1814, their fourth day of travel, they set out from Nottingham along the road that has
existed since at least 1729. Vestiges of the sunken…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FBS_enemy-bluff_Upper-Marlboro-MD.html
On August 22, 1814, American Brigadier General William Winder Spotted the enemy invasion force approaching this church, then called Page Chapel. The British marched west toward Bellefields, Woodyard, and Fort Washington, then doubled back before h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EM9_tried-for-treason_Upper-Marlboro-MD.html
John Hodges, the wealthy merchant who owned Darnall's Chance, jailed the British soldiers that his neighbor William Beanes and other citizens arrested on August 27, 1814. The British threatened to "lay the town in ashes" unless their men were free…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ELC_restless-time_Upper-Marlboro-MD.html
About 3,200 American Troops waited at Long Old Fields on August 22, 1814,while Brigadier General William Winder Considered his next move. Camped eight miles from Washington, they could respond if the enemy advanced from either the Patuxent or the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BV7_the-site-of-the-residence-of-dr-william-beanes_Upper-Marlboro-MD.html
On the site of the Marlborough High School stood the residence of Dr. William Beanes. Here General Ross made his headquarters August 22, 23, 1814, on his march to Bladensburg and Washington. Here Dr. Beanes was made a prisonor for instigating the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BV6_william-beanes_Upper-Marlboro-MD.html
Within these walls rest the remains of William Beanes, 1749 - 1828, Prince George's County physician, planter, patriot. Served on the Committee of Prince Georgians to carry into effect the resolutions adopted by the First Continental Congress. Sur…