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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKZ0_frenchs-church_Farmville-VA.html
An Episcopal church, built in 1757, formerly stood one-eighth of a mile east of here. According to tradition, a detachment of Rochambeau's army wintered here after the Battle of Yorktown, and seventy French soldiers were buried in the church yard.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKYZ_kingsville_Farmville-VA.html
Here, before the Revolution, stood King's Tavern. The British cavalryman, Tarleton, raiding, camped here in 1781. In the same year sick and wounded French soldiers were brought to this place from Yorktown; seventy of them are buried here. Nearby i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKYR_hampden-sydney-college_Farmville-VA.html
Hampden-Sydney College, in continuous operation since November 10, 1775, was established "to form good men and good citizens." One of the few remaining all-male colleges, it was named for John Hampden (1594-1643) and Algernon Sydney (1622-1683), c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKYO_prince-edward-county-public-schools_Farmville-VA.html
In 1954, after the Supreme Court ruled in Brown vs. the Board of Education of Topeka, that United States schools must integrate, Senator Harry S. Byrd and several Virginia governors followed the policy of "massive resistance." Integration was post…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKYN_robert-russa-moton-high-school_Farmville-VA.html
On this site 4-23-51, the students staged a strike protesting inadequate school facilities. Led by Rev. L. Francis Griffin, these students' actions became a part of the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision, which ruled ra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKYM_r-r-moton-high-school_Farmville-VA.html
On this site of the former R.R. Moton High School, the actions of some brave African-American students to achieve equal educational opportunities for blacks eventually led to the end of legal segregation in American public schools. Moton High S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKYL_beulah-ame-church_Farmville-VA.html
Beulah African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church was founded in 1868. Originally, it was known as The Colored Methodist Church of Farmville. The original wooden-framed building was destroyed, by fire in 1898. The cornerstone on the present building…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKYK_dr-william-w-h-thackston_Farmville-VA.html
On this site was the home ofDr. William W. H. Thackston1820-1899 A distinguished pioneer dentist who practicedhis profession in Farmvillefor more than fifty-five years A founder ofThe Virginia Society of Surgeon Dentists-1842and ofThe Virgin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKYG_four-sororities-founded_Farmville-VA.html
Longwood College, formerly known as the State Female Normal School, is the only U.S. school where four national sororities were founded. Kappa Delta, founded on 23 Oct. 1897, was the first sorority organized in Virginia. The sorority with the long…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKYE_confederate-veterans-monument_Farmville-VA.html
1861 Virginia 1865Defenders of State "Sovereignty".Confederate Heroes Erected byConfederate Veteransand the Daughtersof the ConfederacyOct. 11, 1900. List of companies organizedIn the county 1861.Company F 18th. Va. Inf''ty. " " D 18th, " " …
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