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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JC6_the-general-humphreys-cannon_Salisbury-MD.html
Gift to the Wicomico Historical Society by
Mary Elizabeth Humphreys, Granddaughter of
General Humphrey Humphreys
Restored by
Liebman-Berger Memorial Post No. 707
Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A.
Dedicated May 7, 1977
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I22_pemberton-hall_Salisbury-MD.html
Pemberton Hall is gambrel-roofed, three room plan house built in 1741. It is distinguished by Flemish bond brickwork with glazed header patterning, plastered cove cornices and extensive original mid-eighteenth century interior woodwork and detail.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYHR_world-war-ii-memorial-salisbury-college_Salisbury-MD.html
In honor of those students and faculty who served in the Armed Forces in World War II.(List of 100s of names).
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYFF_harriet-tubman_Salisbury-MD.html
"The midnight sky and the silent stars have been the witness of your devotion to freedom and of your heroism," wrote fellow abolitionist and Eastern Shore native Frederick Douglass of Harriet Tubman. A Civil War nurse, scout, spy, military strateg…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUFK_parsons-cemetery_Salisbury-MD.html
The land for the original portion of the cemetery was bequeathed by Benjamin Parsons to Saint Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church. The first plat was recorded in 1873 showing the location of the burial plot of the Parsons Family. Additional lands …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTD5_west-salisbury-little-league-2007-mid-atlantic-champions_Salisbury-MD.html
In the summer of 2007, eleven boys from West Salisbury Little League embarked on a spiritual journey that captured the hearts and minds of our town and surrounding communities. The journey began in June 2007, where they were assembled together for…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS2M_charles-h-chipman-cultural-center_Salisbury-MD.html
Built in 1838, the Chipman Center is the oldest standing African-American church on Delmarva. It occupies the site of a former open meadow where slaves gathered for worship services conducted by Methodist circuit riders. In 1837 five local freedme…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQNG_plantation-barnyard_Salisbury-MD.html
Like most Chesapeake plantations, Pemberton used a wide range of domestic animals for food, clothing, transportation, and commercial products. Most animals served multiple purposes. Cattle provided milk, meat, hides to tan, and cattle horns for pr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQNF_the-peculiar-institution-at-pemberton-plantation_Salisbury-MD.html
Like most 18th-century plantations in the Chesapeake region, Pemberton Hall Plantation depended on slave labor. Between 1700 and 1740, some 54,000 slaves were brought to the Chesapeake region. When Isaac Handy died in 1762, records show that he ow…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQNE_a-show-of-wealth_Salisbury-MD.html
Isaac Handy designed Pemberton Hall to impress his neighbors. At the time, over 90 percent of people in the Chesapeake region lived in small, low, clapboard houses, about half the size of the Great Room of Pemberton Hall. Building a brick, gambrel…