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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XSM_gwynns-falls-park-at-wilkens-avenue-historical_Baltimore-MD.html
Swimming pools and a basketball court were once located on the floodplain here along the Gwynns Falls. Now, trees stabilize the stream banks to help reduce erosion during periodic floods and restore the stream's health. The basketball court was mo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XSL_world-war-ii-memorial-a-war-memorial_Baltimore-MD.html
Dedicated to the men and women of this community who served in World War II.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XR4_gwynns-falls-park-at-frederick-avenue-historical_Baltimore-MD.html
Here at this narrow point in the Gwynns Falls the historic Baltimore and Frederick Turnpike crossed the Gwynns Falls. The Ellicott family built the road to connect Baltimore with the wheat fields and mills to the west. The Ellicotts acquired the G…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WZN_edgar-allan-poe-house-historical_Baltimore-MD.html
For several years, Edgar Allan Poe shared this modest home with his invalid grandmother (Elizabeth Cairnes), his first cousins (Virginia and Henry Celmm), and his aunt (Maria Clemm) who was desperately poor but still willing to provide a home for …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WYT_lucille-clifton-historical_Baltimore-MD.html
Lucille Clifton lived in West Baltimore from 1967. She became poet-in-residence at Coppin State University in 1971. By 1974, she had published two important collections of poetry that focused on black urban life at a very personal level. The stren…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WYR_mother-lange-and-the-oblate-sisters-of-providence-historical_Baltimore-MD.html
Born in Haiti in 1784, Elizabeth Clovis Lange immigrated to Baltimore where she taught children of French-speaking black immigrants. In 1829, she formed the Oblate Sisters of Providence, the nation's first black Catholic order, and guided it throu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WYQ_the-maddox-family-and-time-printers-historical_Baltimore-MD.html
Under the leadership of Booker T. Washington, Gabriel B. Mattox, Sr., set up the first print shop at Tuskagee Institute in Alabama. In 1907, Maddox migrated to Baltimore, where he opened a print shop on Druid Hill Avenue in West Baltimore. In 1954…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WYP_the-arabbers-historical_Baltimore-MD.html
For over a century, Arabbers have guided brightly colored wagons and belled horses down narrow streets, knocking on doors to sell fresh fruits and vegetables in West Baltimore. Arabbers always advertised with distinctive chants, "Watermelon! …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WYO_the-murphy-family-and-the-afro-american-historical_Baltimore-MD.html
In the pages of The Afro-American newspaper and beyond, the Murphy family fought for civil rights for over a century. In 1892, John Henry Murphy, a Union Army Veteran, combined newsletters from three black churches to form a modern newspaper. The …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WYN_mary-rosemond-and-the-movement-against-destruction-historical_Baltimore-MD.html
Growing up in Florida, Mary Rosemond saw her mother fight to stop the demolition of their home for a highway. In 1958, she discovered the city's plan to build an expressway through Greater Rosemont and her own West Baltimore home. Rosemond and her…
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