Fort Marcy, Virginia

A Civil War Defense

of Washington

The Virginia approaches to the Chain Bridge were guarded by Fort Marcy on the old Leesburg Turnpike and Fort Ethan Allen on the Military Road. The sites were occupied by Union troops on September 24, 1861, ...

Home of Gen. Butler

Gen. William O. Butler, born Kentucky 1791, died here, 1880. War of 1812: River Raisin, Pensacola, and New Orleans. Gen. Andrew Jackson's staff 1816-17. Cited for heroism in Mexican War 1846-48. Practiced law here. Congressman 1839-43. Defeated as candidate for ...

Wickliffe

Major Joseph Wickes, who settled on Eastern Neck Island c. 1658, was Chief Justice of Kent County. Before 1674 the Court met at Wickliffe, his home here (no longer standing). By 1680 he had acquired 864 acres, the southern half ...

Fryar Field

Named in honor of

Pvt Elmer E. Fryar

Congressional Medal of Honor

511th Parachute Infantry Regiment

United States Army

Marker can be reached from 101st Airborne Division Road, on the right when traveling south.

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Battle of Clark’s House

Near this site on May 1, 1862, Battle of the Henry Clark House occurred. Lt. Col. Rutherford B. Hayes’ 23rd Ohio Vol. Inf. engaged Confederates under Col. Walter Jenifer. Captain Richard B. Foley, commanding the “Flat Top Copperheads,” the “eyes ...

Virginia Home for Boys

The Virginia Home for Boys is the oldest boys' home in continuous service in Virginia and the second oldest in the United States. Founded as the Richmond Male Orphan Society on 30 March 1846 for the "maintenance and instruction" of ...

Site of the 2nd House of Worship

Site of the 2nd

House of Worship in Sharon

George Whitefield

Preached Here June 18, 1770

Text – "Marvel not that I said unto Thee,

Ye must be born again." John 3, 7

An Immense Congregation Assembled

Marker is at the intersection of Upper Main Street ...

Caulk’s Field Monument

The British commanded by Sir Peter Parker, Baronet and the Americans commanded by Col. Philip Reed met in engagement on this field Aug. 31st 1814. The British were defeated and Sir Peter Parker killed.

Erected A. D. 1902 by Marylanders ...

Manufacturing Metropolis of the Midwest

Historic Wayside Tour #2

In the late 1800s and early 1900s Leavenworth was the most important manufacturing city in Kansas and one of the largest in the entire United States. It had sixty-seven prosperous and growing industries. It was third in ...

Sisters of Charity

Commemorating the arrival of the

Sisters of Charity

in Leavenworth

November 11, 1858

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