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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12PY_southwest-no-8-boundary-marker_Seven-Corners-VA.html
The U.S. Government erected 40 sandstone markers on the boundaries of the District of Columbia in 1791 and 1792. The boundary survey was initiated by President George Washington and executed by Andrew Ellicott, who became Surveyor General of the U…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRSW_taylors-tavern_Falls-Church-VA.html
At the beginning of the war, Union commanders were uncertain of Confederate intentions and military capabilities. On June 22, 1861, civilian balloonist Thaddeus S.C. Lowe inflated his racing balloon Enterprise at the Washington Gas Company to demo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4JX_fort-buffalo_Falls-Church-VA.html
Nearby once stood Fort Buffalo. Thisearthwork fortification was built by the 21st New York Infantry of the Union army in 1861 and named for the troops' hometown. During the Civil War, a concentration of forts existed in the Seven Corners section o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18U_taylors-tavern_Falls-Church-VA.html
Two-story building with verandahs stood on 56 acres bought in 1856 by Wm. Taylor (part of 1731 271-acre T. Harrison grant). Tavern faced Alexandria-Leesburg Pike west of Junction with Georgetown Road (Wilson Blvd.). Near here on June 24, 1861, bal…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18P_fairfax-chapel_Falls-Church-VA.html
Circuit riders brought methodism to area in the late 1700s, holding meetings in homes. Fairfax Circuit initiated in 1776. Clapboard chapel built in 1779 and enlarged in 1798 on acre of land donated in 1918 by heirs of George Minor (a part of 1731 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18I_falls-church_Falls-Church-VA.html
In 1861, Falls Church was a farm village located on the Alexandria-Leesburg Turnpike. On May 24, when Virginia's vote of secession became effective, Union troops crossed the Potomac and occupied Arlington Heights and Alexandria. On June 1, the 2nd…