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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HQU_appointed-to-serve_Richmond-VA.html
Founded by the Presbyterian Church U.S. in 1914, the Assembly's Training School was the church's first coeducational "lay workers" school. Through the school, women barred from seminary received a theological education. Among the earliest faculty …
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(Preface): In May 1862, Union Gen. George B. McClellan led the Army of the Potomac up the Peninsula to the gates of Richmond. Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee assumed command of the Army of Northern Virginia in June and began planning a counterattac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10N9_sheridan-maneuvers-east_Richmond-VA.html
In 1864, Brook Road provided the most direct avenue of approach from the north for Union cavalry raids on Richmond. After defeating Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's Confederate cavalry at Yellow Tavern, four miles north of here, on 11 May 1864, Union cav…
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Ad?le Goodman Clark fought tirelessly to champion both women's rights and the arts in Virginia. Clark gained prominence for pro-suffrage speeches and writings as a founding member in 1909 of the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia. She used her artw…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVVY_outer-fortifications_Richmond-VA.html
The Exterior Line of Richmond's Civil War defenses crossed Brook Road near here. Occasional Union cavalry raids threatened from the north, making this portion of the city's elaborate earthen defenses especially significant. Union troops briefly ca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGFO_bective-abbey-mainistir-bheigt_Richmond-Meath.html
Bective Abbey — from Mainistir Bheigth? (Abbey of Beigtheach)
This Cistercian abbey was founded in 1147 as a "daughter house" of Mellifont Abbey.
The community here was Anglo-Norman. In 1386 men of Irish birth were effectively barred f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGFN_joseph-bryan-park_Richmond-VA.html
Before becoming a park, this property was part of the Young family's Westbrook estate in the 1700s and later Rosewood, home of the Mordecai family. It was a gathering place for participants in Gabriel's Rebellion in 1800. During the Civil War, Con…
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Built directly west by John Stewart of Brook Hill and consecrated by the Right Reverend John Johns on 6 July 1860, Emmanuel Church (Episcopal) is a classic example of late-antebellum Gothic Revival architecture. Considerable military activity took…
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD1L_a-p-hill_Richmond-VA.html
Front of Monument:Born in Culpepper Co.November 9th 1825Killed before PetersburgApril 2nd 1865.
Back of Monument :His remainswere interred hereJune 24, 1891.