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(Center Plaque):Ferdinand RudolphHasslerOctober 7, 1770 - November 20, 1843The first superintendent of the United States' survey of the coast, founded in 1807, led America's efforts in establishing the geodetic framework for all land measurement a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP4W_silver-spring-in-the-civil-war_Silver-Spring-MD.html
On July 11-12, 1864, General Jubal Early's 20,000 Confederate troops marched down Georgia Avenue (formerly Seventh Street Turnpike), in their attack on Fort Stevens in the District of Columbia (1). Francis Preston Blair's vacant home (2) "Silver S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOQS_daniel-carroll-of-rock-creek_Silver-Spring-MD.html
Near this spot was the home of Daniel Carroll, member of the Second Continental Congress and of the Federal Constitutional Convention. He was a Representative from Maryland in the first United States Congress and served as one of the three commiss…
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[Panel 1:]Blair Mansion: Silver Spring Prior to the development of modern Silver Spring, this immediate area was a bucolic, rural landscape in a portion of Montgomery County then known as Sligo. The property was owned by Francis Preston Blair (…
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Original Federal Boundary StoneDistrict of ColumbiaPlaced 1791-1792Protected by Maryland ChapterDaughters of the American Revolution1916
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB_the-silver-spring_Silver-Spring-MD.html
The community of Silver Spring derives its name from a mica flecked sparkling spring which existed in the immediate area and is now commemorated in this park. Francis Preston Blair, who came to Maryland from Kentucky to publish a newspaper in supp…
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