Andre Captured

Here in 1780 three honest

militiamen arrested Major

John Andre Adjt-Gen. British

Army, disguised, preventing

disaster to the American cause.

Marker is on N Broadway (U.S. 9), on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Baltimore Slave Trade

Although the United States banned the Transatlantic Slave Trade in 1808, a domestic trade from the Upper South to the emerging cotton-growing regions of the Deep South thrived until the 1860's. Baltimore-based dealers supplied the trade, operating slave pens at ...

Humpback Bridge

Humpback Bridge constructed of hand hewn timbers in 1835 for the James River Kanawha Turnpike Corporation remained in public use until 1929.

In 1953, through the efforts of the Covington Business and Professional Women's Club, the Chamber of Commerce and from ...

Chinese American Soldiers Memorial

Seattle

Dedicated to American Soldiers of Chinese Ancestry in Seattle and vicinity who died in the service of their country during World War II,

1941 - 1945

[Translation in Chinese calligraphy]

Yeu Louie

Lee Hong Chew

Bak Hong Chin

John ...

This Memorial is Dedicated to all the Men and Women of the Caton

This memorial is dedicated to

all the men and women of

the Catonsville area who served

their country in the armed force

to preserve freedom for

future generations.

Some did not return.

May they all be long remembered.

Marker is on Frederick Road (Maryland Route 144) near Ingleside ...

Battery B, Fourth U.S. Artillery

Artillery Brigade - First Corps

Army of the Potomac

First Corps

Artillery Brigade

Battery B Forth U.S. Artillery

Six 12 pounders

Lieut. James Stewart commanding

July 1 In position about 200 yards south of the Seminary until 3 p.m. when ordered to the support of Brig. General ...

Asians in the American Civil War

Side A:

Despite exclusionary laws preventing U.S. citizenship, Asians served in the Union and Confederate armies and navies during the American Civil War (1861-1865). Many of these soldiers were denied citizenship following their services due to the anti-Asian sentiment, which culminated ...

Meridian Hill/Malcolm X Park

Roads to Diversity

Long before Europeans arrived, Meridian Hill was a sacred place for Native Americans. As recently as 1992, a delegation of Native Americans walked across the continent to this park to mourn the 500th anniversary of Columbus’s arrival. ...

Lucy Selina Furnace

This furnace was built in 1827 by ironmasters John Jordan and John Irvine and was named for their wives. During the Civil War, iron produced here was used in the manufacture of Confederate Munitions.

Marker is at the intersection of Longdale ...

Old Durham Church, Episcopal - 1692

11.8 miles West near Ironsides, MD. Oldest church in Charles County. Served by thirty rectors through 257 years. Present building erected 1732. Visited by George Washington 1771. Restored by Governor Smallwood 1791.

Marker is at the intersection of Crain Highway (U.S. ...