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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z0Q_rockabilly-pioneer-janis-martin_Danville-VA.html
Born in Sutherlin, Rockabilly pioneer Janis
Martin combined country influences with rhythm-and-blues singing, crossing musical boundaries
and helping launch Rock and Roll. Singing and
playing guitar, she won numerous talent contests
before she…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YZ9_high-street-baptist-church_Danville-VA.html
In 1865 emancipated African Americans withdrew
from First Baptist Church, where they had
worshiped from the balcony, and founded a
congregation later known as High Street Baptist
Church. Members erected their first sanctuary
here in 1873. Fir…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18XH_danville-confederate-soldiers-monument_Danville-VA.html
Danville, Virginia1878
Gen. Robert E. LeeConfederate dead memorial tribute of Virginia's daughters to the fallen brave.
Gen. Thomas J. JacksonThey died as men who nobly contend for the cause of truth and right. "They softly and sweetly sleep…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18X5_berry-hill_Danville-VA.html
Berry Hill is situated 5? miles to the south on the Dan River. The original portion of the main house was built in 1745 and there have been several additions. The property was used as a hospital for General Nathanael Greene's army during the sprin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18X3_saponi-religious-beliefs-explained_Danville-VA.html
On 12-15 October 1728, Col. William Byrd II and his party camped just west of here while surveying the Virginia-North Carolina boundary. Bearskin, Byrd's Saponi guide, described his tribe's religious beliefs, which, wrote Byrd in his diary, contai…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18X2_schoolfield_Danville-VA.html
Schoolfield, established in 1903 as a textile mill village, was named for three brothers who founded Riverside Cotton Mills, later Dan River Mills. By the 1920s, this company town—complete with a school, churches, stores, a theatre, and othe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18X1_frederick-delius_Danville-VA.html
In this building, on January 30, 1897, the composer Frederick Delius (1862-1934) and his traveling companions - Halfdan Jebe and the "stowaway" Princess de Cysteria - gave a public concert at the Danville College for Young Ladies, later Stratford …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18X0_stratford-college_Danville-VA.html
Stratford College (1930-1974) and its constituent preparatory school, Stratford Hall (1930-1964), maintained the tradition of liberal arts education for women begun in 1854 at the Danville Female College. Main hall was built in 1883 to house the D…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18WY_lady-astor-birthplace_Danville-VA.html
In this house Nancy Witcher Langhorne was born 19 May 1879. As Lady Astor she became the first woman to sit in the British House of Commons, serving from 1919 to 1945. Through the Langhorne family, her roots in Virginia run deep into the Seventeen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18WW_the-gibson-girl-lady-astor_Danville-VA.html
(side 1)The Gibson Girl
Here stood the residence in which Irene Langhorne Gibson, 1873-1956 was born. Her beauty, charm, and vivacity captivated the artist Charles Dana Gibson who, following their marriage in 1895, cast his celebrated, style-se…