Frank Bell Jr.

Frank Bell Jr. (1893–1963) was the son of early La Marque settlers Flavery and Frank Bell, Sr. Although he received little formal education, he was able to achieve business success and became a respected civic leader in La Marque’s African ...

Hungerford Tavern

West Jefferson and South Washington Street

Hungerford Tavern was most likely operated by the tavern owner's African American slaves. African American slaves traveling with their masters were expected to care for them if they became too rowdy or drunk at ...

Battle of Kinston

Foster's Position on Southwest Creek

The yellow sidebar in the upper left provides a brief background: Late in 1862, Union Gen. John G. Foster’s garrison was well entrenched in New Bern and made several incursions into the countryside. On December ...

"We bury’d our Dead next day in the field of Battle, All kill’d

On the morning after the battle, Colonel Adam Hubley of the 10th Pennsylvania wrote, “I sent my Major [Caleb North] with 4 of our Horsemen on the field who counted our Dead bodys, the enemy’s were taken off…” The two ...

Edmund Fanning

Born in New York, Yale

graduate, judge. His

home, nearby, destroyed

by Regulators, 1770.

Later Loyalist, British

General, Governor.

Marker is on S Churton Street, on the right when traveling north.

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Fort Corcoran

Historical Site

Defenses of Washington

1861-1865

Fort Corcoran

During the Civil War, the Union built a series of forts to defend Washington, D.C. By 1865 there were 33 earthen fortifications in the Arlington Line. Fort Corcoran (1861) was part of this defensive strategy. Built ...

Rockville’s First Colored Schools

Rockville's African American Heritage Walking Tour

Rockville's First Colored School

246 North Washington Street

In March, 1867, twenty African Americans pledged to support a school by taking responsibility for money "as may be necessary to pay the board and washing of the teacher ...

USAF Officer Candidate School

Lackland AFB 1947 to 1963

In Memory of

Our Departed Classmates

Marker is at the intersection of Truemper Street and Kenly Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Truemper Street.

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Fort Bennett

Historical Site

Defenses of Washington

1861-1865

Fort Bennett

Here stood Fort Bennett, a small outwork of Fort Corcoran, constructed in May 1861. With a perimeter of 146 yards and emplacements for 5 guns, it was designed to bring under fire the slope northwest of ...

Corricks Ford

This Stone

Commemorates the Battle

of

Corricks FordFought July 13 - 1861,

on Shavers Fork here Gen. Robert

S. Garnett fell the first officer

killed in the Civil War

Marker is on Main Street (U.S. 219), on the right when ...