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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24AE_lockhouse-6_Bethesda-MD.html
From its inception the vision of the C&O Canal has evolved, constantly finding ways to be relevant. Built in 1829, Lockhouse 6 stands a mile upstream from Little Falls, site of the canal's July 4th groundbreaking the previous year. Lockhouse 6 wit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBKV_col-guilford-dudley-bailey_Bethesda-MD.html
[Panel 1]Born June 4, 1834, in Martinsburg, New York, this 1856 West Point graduate returned to his alma mater as an instructor following a tour of duty in the west and midwest. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Bailey organized the First New York…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBJL_battery-bailey_Bethesda-MD.html
During the Civil War, fortifications were constructed around the perimeter of Washington to defend the city from attack by the Confederate Army. Paramount to survival under siege was protection of the city's water supply. Forts Sumner and Mansfiel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4GR_a-canal-home_Bethesda-MD.html
"When I was 7, we moved [to the] lock, and we were very happy. My mother was so happy to have a home; she was just about wild. And we did love it here, as a locktender, you know?" —Lavenia Cross Waskey
The canal company supplied locktende…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OU_fort-sumner_Bethesda-MD.html
Forts Alexander, Ripley and Franklin, built to protect the Washington water system in 1861, were connected by earthworks in 1863 and renamed Ft. Sumner to honor Maj. Gen. Edwin V. Sumner, A hero of Antietam. The fort's 28 cannon providea a formida…