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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5KN_kappa-sigma-fraternity_Charlottesville-VA.html
Here on December the tenth MDCCCLXIX the Kappa Sigma Fraternity was founded by William Grisby McCormick · George Miles Arnold · John Covert Boyd · Edmund Law Rogers · Frank Courtney Nicodemus. Manet Mansuraque Est.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5KH_thomas-jefferson-monument_Charlottesville-VA.html
?Proclaim Liberty throughtout the land unto the inhabitants thereof —Leviticus XXIV. This monument to Thomas Jefferson was presented to the people to perpetuate the teachings and examples of the Founders of the Republic. Declaration …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5JH_edgar-allan-poe_Charlottesville-VA.html
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)—writer, poet, andcritic—was born in Boston, Mass. Orphaned at ayoung age, Poe was raised by John and Frances Allan of Richmond. He attended schools inEngland and Richmond before enrolling at the University o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5JE_james-monroes-first-farm_Charlottesville-VA.html
In 1788 James Monroe purchased an 800-acre farm here to be close to his friend Thomas Jefferson and to establish a law office. In 1799 the Monroes moved to their new Highland plantation adjacent to Monticello and sold the first farm. In 1817 the B…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5HA_the-university-corner_Charlottesville-VA.html
In the early 1900s "The Corner," so named by the University crowd, was but a sparse collection of businesses at the entrance to the University Grounds—literally just a corner. In the intervening years "The Corner" has grown into a bustling c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5GU_charlottesville-general-hospital_Charlottesville-VA.html
During the Civil War, the Rotunda at the University of Virginia, the Charlottesville town hall and the courthouse, as well as nearby homes and hotels were converted into a makeshift hospital complex called the Charlottesville General Hospital. It …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5GB_charlottesville_Charlottesville-VA.html
The site was patented by William Taylor in 1737. The town was established by law in 1762, and was named for Queen Charlotte, wife of George III. Burgoyne's army, captured at Saratoga in 1777, was long quartered near here. The legislature was in se…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM596_meriwether-lewis-and-william-clark_Charlottesville-VA.html
Bold and farseeing pathfinders who carried the flag of the young republic to the western ocean and revealed an unknown empire to the uses of mankind. A territory of 385000 square miles was added to the country by the efforts of these men, an ar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM233_revolutionary-soldiers-graves_Charlottesville-VA.html
Jesse Pitman Lewis (d. March 8, 1849), of the Virginia Militia, and Taliaferro Lewis (d. July 12, 1810), of the Continental Line, two of several brothers who fought in the War for Independence, are buried in the Lewis family cemetery 100 yards sou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22Z_union-occupation-of-charlottesville_Charlottesville-VA.html
On 3 Mar. 1865, Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan's Union Army of the Shenandoah entered Charlottesville to destroy railroad facilities as the 3rd Cavalry Division led by Bvt. Maj. Gen. George A. Custer arrived from Waynesboro. Mayor Christopher H. Fow…
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