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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VAC_battle-of-green-spring-memorial-a-war-memorial_Williamsburg-VA.html
In memory of the 6 Virginia & 22 Pennsylvania Line Patriots who died in The Battle of Green Spring on July 6, 1781 & are buried near here.
By their sacrifices they made possible the establishment of a free United States of America.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UO3_jamestown-settlement-historical_Williamsburg-VA.html
Jamestown Yorktown Foundation Commonwealth of Virginia, Timothy M. Kaine, Governor
This plaque marks the rededication of Jamestown Settlement on the eve of the Jamestown Quadricentennial and upon the occasion of its 50th anniversary and complet…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UN1_first-poles-historical_Williamsburg-VA.html
Landed in Jamestown, Virginia
October 1, 1608
Arrived aboard the British sailer
"Mary and Margaret"
Michal Lowioki · Zbigniew Stefanski
Jan Bogdan · Jan Mata
Stanislaw Sadowski
Donated by
The Polish Faloons of A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ULK_alabama-historical_Williamsburg-VA.html
Capital-Montgomery
Although the French settled Alabama, they ceded it to England after the French and Indian War. In 1783, England ceded the northern part to the United States and the southern part to Spain, but by 1795 most of the area was cla…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ULJ_maine-historical_Williamsburg-VA.html
Capital-Augusta
John Cabot probably explored Maine for the English in 1498, and in 1607 a temporary English colony was established on the Kennebec River. In 1622 Sir Ferdinando Gorges and John Mason received a land grant in the area. After a di…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ULI_missouri-historical_Williamsburg-VA.html
Capital-Jefferson City
Permanent settlement in the area was not established by France until the 1730s. In 1763 France ceded this region which was part of the Louisiana territory to Spain, who ceded it back in 1800. France sold the region to the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ULH_arkansas-historical_Williamsburg-VA.html
Capital-Little Rock
In 1673, Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet visited the Arkansas region. After La Salle claimed it for France in 1682, colonization began. The first settlement was established in 1686 by Henri de Tonti. Although France cede…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UIM_new-york-historical_Williamsburg-VA.html
One of the thirteen original colonies
Capital-Albany
Following the explorations of Verrazano in New York Bay, French explorer Samuel de Champlain and English explorer Henry Hudson (employed by the Dutch) investigated this area in 1609. By th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UIL_north-carolina-historical_Williamsburg-VA.html
One of the thirteen original colonies
Capital-Raleigh
Queen Elizabeth I of England granted Sir Walter Raleigh the right to establish a colony in 1584. Two settlements at Roanoke Island (1585, 1587) were unsuccessful, the second now known as …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UIK_rhode-island-historical_Williamsburg-VA.html
One of the original colonies
Capital-Providence
Roger Williams established the first settlement at Providence in 1636 with a group of followers from Massachusetts Bay Colony who sought freedom of worship. Portsmouth and Newport were founded …