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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B9F_this-site-is-dedicated-to-the-men-and-women-of-our-armed-forces-a-war-memorial_Woodbridge-VA.html
This site is dedicated to the men and women of our armed forces who have sacrificed their lives, and those who will make that sacrifice for our country and our way of life. We Thank You!
From the grateful men and women of PMG
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21YX_world-trade-center-monument_Woodbridge-VA.html
On September 11, 2001 terrorists attacked our nation by crashing planes into the Pentagon, a field in Pennsylvania, and the World Trade Center. These four pieces of steel came from the remains of the World Trade Center and are arranged to represen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1736_selecmans-snyders-ford_Woodbridge-VA.html
Near here on the Occoquan River was Selecman's Ford, a rocky, narrow river crossing used by both sides during the Civil War. The 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry with 100 men of the 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry crossed this ford on December 19, 1862 to defen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQWI_washington-rochambeau-wagon-route_Woodbridge-VA.html
In September 1781, General George Washington directed the repair and clearing of roads leading to and from Wolf Run Shoals, the main ford of the Occoquan River, located seven miles upstream from the main ferry at Colchester. Prince William and Fai…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPEC_selecmans-snyders-ford_Lake-Ridge-VA.html
Near here on the Occoquan River was Selecman's Ford, a rocky, narrow river crossing used by both sides during the Civil War. The 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry with 100 men of the 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry crossed this ford on December 19, 1862 to defen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAGM_bacon-race-church_Woodbridge-VA.html
Confederate Col. Wade Hampton's South Carolina Legion appropriated Bacon Race Church as a field hospital in mid-August 1861 and named the site "Camp Griffin" for Hampton's subordinate, Lt. Col. James B. Griffin. The unit broke camp on September 20…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5F5_the-chinn-family_Woodbridge-VA.html
Near this site lived six generations of the Chinn family, one of Prince William County's early African-American families. The family traces its heritage to Nancy, a slave born in 1794 on the William Roe farm in Fauquier County. William Roe's nephe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4TZ_old-bethel-high-school_Woodbridge-VA.html
On this site once stood the first high school in eastern Prince William County. The original two-story wood frame building was built in 1914. Lightning struck and destroyed the school on June 12, 1927. It was rebuilt as a two-room brick elementary…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1K6_military-operations_Woodbridge-VA.html
Preparatory to the Battle of Yorktown (c.?1781) General Washington ordered a troop road cut through this area to move American and French forces via the ford on the Occoquan River at Wolf Run Shoals. The road was again used during the Civil War fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JS_bacon-race-church-and-cemetery_Woodbridge-VA.html
The first of three churches, variously known as Occoquan Meeting House, Bacon Race Church, and Oak Grove Church, was built on this site c. 1774. Led by Elder David Thomas, it was Prince William County's first Baptist Church. These churches were Ol…