Port Washington Light Station

This property has been listed in the

National Register of Historic Places

by the United States Department of the Interior

Port Washington Light Station

1860

Marker is at the intersection of Johnson Street and East Van Buren Street, on the right when traveling ...

“The Memorial Church of Washington Irving”

This Church, known as St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, was built in 1868 as “The Memorial Church of Washington Irving.”

Since 1957, it has been The Roman Catholic Church of Immaculate Conception.

Marker is at the intersection of North Broadway (U.S. 9) and ...

Washington County Honor Rolls Memorial

The following twenty-one (21) honor roll memorials are arranged as one single ‘marching army in review.’ They are arrayed east to west (starting from the side-walk stairs) in a chronological order (from the American Revolution and ending with Vietnam War.)

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President Washington's Last Visit - 1794

Center Plaque

On October 16, 1794, President George Washington arrived in Cumberland to review about 5,000 troops of the Maryland and Virginia militia gathered here during th Whiskey Rebellion. A few days later, this militia army assembled upon the parade ground ...

Headquarters of George Washington

As colonel under General Braddock at Fort Cumberland during the French and Indian War 1755 - 1758 and as Commander-in-Chief of the American Army in 1794Presented to the City of Cumberland by

James Walter Thomas, L.L.D.; Litt.D.

dedicated April 21, 1921 in ...

Washington Meridian

"The Stone"

The stone marking the Washington Meridian was formerly located 52 feet, nine inches west of this tablet which was presented by the Army and Navy Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution.

Marker is on 16th Street, NW, on ...

Washington Light Infantry Monument

[South side]:

At every board a vacant chair fills with quick tears some tender eye, and at our maddest sport appear those well loved forms that will not die; we lift the glass, our hand is stayed - we jest ...

Washington

Side A

This township includes the villages of Woodville, New Preston, Marbledale, Washington, and Washington Depot. The eastern section, first settled by Joseph Hurlbut in 1734, was known as the Parish of Judea and belonged to Woodbury. The western section, first ...

Ora Washington

(1899 – 1971)

African American athlete who dominated black women’s tennis, 1929-1937. She won eight national singles titles from American Tennis Association; Tribunes, women’s basketball team, 1932-1942; played and taught here at YMCA.

Marker is on Germantown Avenue west of ...

Washington Square

Washington Square, originally called the Mall and later the Parade, is ringed by buildings constructed over two centuries. The Square reflects Newport’s transformation from a rudimentary outpost to one of the five major trading posts in colonial North America. Originally ...