Birthplace of Republican Party

In 1852 Alvan Earle Bovay of Ripon met with Horace Greeley in New York and advocated dissolution of the Whig Party and formation of a new party to fuse together anti-slavery elements. At the same time he suggested the name ...

Birthplace of Charles Willson Peale

First Free School of Queen Anne’s County erected near here 1724. Its sixth master was Charles Peale, father of the distinguished portrait painter and museum founder—born 1741 in living quarters near the school.

Luther Martin, renowned Barister, was among ...

George Washington’s Birthplace

On the ground before you once stood the plantation home of Augustine Washington and his second wife, Mary Ball Washington. Here, on February 22, 1732, George Washington—farmer, general of the Continental Army, and first president of the United States—was born.

George ...

Jefferson Davis Birthplace

Here the only President of the Confederate States of America was born June 3, 1808, the son of Samuel and Jane Cook Davis. The family moved to Mississippi during his infancy.

Marker is on Jefferson Davis Highway near Pembroke-Fairview Road (Kentucky ...

Birthplace of William Henry Rinehart

1825–1874. Sculptor. He began his studies in Baltimore and in 1858 established a studio in Rome. Among his more important works are the monument to Chief Justice Taney in Annapolis and the completion of the bronze doors to the Capitol ...

Birthplace of Francis Scott Key

August 9, 1780.

Erected by the Patriotic Order Sons of America and the pupils of the public schools,

June 12, 1915.

Terra Rubra Farm, birthplace and early home of the author of the Star Spangled Banner who died in Baltimore January 11, ...

Dr. Walter Reed’s Birthplace

Dr. Walter Reed, U.S. Army medical officer and bacteriologist, was born on 13 Sept. 1851 in a nearby cottage at Belroi. He received medical degrees from the University of Virginia medical school and Bellevue Hospital College in New York City. ...

Birthplace of Johns Hopkins

Founder of the Johns Hopkins University and the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Born May 19, 1795. Died December 24, 1873.

Marker is at the intersection of Reidel Road and Johns Hopkins Road, on the left when traveling south on Reidel Road.

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Birthplace of George Washington Carver

Within this area by Act of Congress

of July 14, 1943, is preserved

the birthplace of

George Washington Carver

who rose from slavery to become

a distinguished scientist and

a great force in creating

racial understanding

Courtesy hmdb.org

George Washington Carver's Birthplace

The cabin site offers an impression of the slave cabin in which Carver was born. Its mysteries reflect the confused circumstances of Carver's early life.

The log cabin in which George Washington Carver was born was not built with the intention ...