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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLGA_virginia-military-institute_Lexington-VA.html
The nation's first state military college, VMI was founded in 1839 on the concept of the citizen-soldier. The Corps of Cadets fought as a unit in the 1864 Battle of New Market. Confederate General "Stonewall" Jackson and oceanographer Matthew Font…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLG9_stonewall-jackson-house_Lexington-VA.html
Future Confederate Lt. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson and his second wife, Mary Anna Morrison, owned a house on Washington Street from 1859 to 1861, while he taught at the Virginia Military Institute. It is the only house he ever owned. A typi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLG0_birthplace-of-sam-houston_Lexington-VA.html
On March 2, 1793, the noted soldier and statesman Sam Houston was born in a log cabin on a nearby knoll. Houston served with distinction in the U.S. Army and later as a congressman and governor of Tennessee before moving to Texas in the 1830s. In …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLFY_birthplace-of-sam-houston_Lexington-VA.html
In a cabin on the hilltop to the east Sam Houston was born, March 2, 1793. As commander-in-chief of the Texas army, he won the battle of San Jacinto, which secured Texan independence, April 21, 1836. He was President of Texas, 1836-1838, 1841-1844…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLFV_timber-ridge-church_Lexington-VA.html
This Presbyterian Church was built in 1756, nineteen years after the first settlement in Rockbridge County.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLFU_liberty-hall-academy_Lexington-VA.html
This school, which was founded in 1777 and finally grew into Washington and Lee University, stood a short distance to the southwest of this point.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFRR_william-henry-ruffner_Lexington-VA.html
William Henry Ruffner, educational reformer, clergyman, and geologist, was born in Lexington on 11 Feb. 1824. After pursuing careers as a preacher and a geological surveyor, he was appointed in 1870 as Virginia's first superintendent of public ins…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFRL_original-african-american-cemetery_Lexington-VA.html
Near the intersection of Washington and Lewis Streets stood the original burial ground for Lexington's substantial free black community and slaves dating to the early 1800's. The majority of the original burials were in unmarked graves and no reco…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA6C_rockaway_Lexington-VA.html
A rockaway is a low, four wheeled pleasure carriage with a standing top, open at the sides. It is named for the town of Rockaway, New jersey, where they were originally made.
Jackson probably bought his rockaway in 1859, possibly from the local…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA6B_jacksons-garden_Lexington-VA.html
This backyard kitchen garden provided the household with a variety of flowers, fruit and vegetables. Major Jackson reported in an 1860 letter that the garden included, "lima beans, snap beans, carrots, parsnips, salsify, onions, cabbage, turnips, …