Birthplace of William Tyler Page

Birthplace

William Tyler Page

Oct. 19, 1868

Author of

The American's Creed

Placed by Frederick, Chapter, D.A.R.

Marker is at the intersection of Record Street and Council Street, on the right when traveling south on Record Street.

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New Monmouth Church and Morrison's Birthplace

This is the site of the first church, built 1746. Just northeast was the birthplace of William McCutchan Morrison, born, 1867, died, 1918. A missionary to the Belgian Congo, he translated the Bible into native languages and exposed conditions there. ...

Birthplace of Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806-1873)

The Battle of Chancellorsville

This jumble of bricks and stones tucked deep within Spotsylvania's Wilderness marks the birthplace of Matthew Fontaine Maury, the "Pathfinder of the Seas." All but forgotten now, Maury was a legend during his lifetime. While superintendent of ...

Birthplace of James Monroe

April 28, 1758

July 4, 1831

Fifth president of the

United States 1817- 1825

Governor of Virginia

1799 and 1811

Proclaimed the Monroe Doctrine

December 2, 1823

Declares the Americas

no longer subject to

European colonization

Marker is on James Monroe Highway (Virginia Route 205), on the left when traveling south. ...

Clay's Birthplace

Three miles northwest is Clay Spring, where Henry Clay was born, April 12, 1777. He passed most of his early life in Richmond, removing to Kentucky in 1797. His career as a public man and as a peacemaker between North ...

Birthplace of Sam Houston

On March 2, 1793, the noted soldier and statesman Sam Houston was born in a log cabin on a nearby knoll. Houston served with distinction in the U.S. Army and later as a congressman and governor of Tennessee before moving ...

Birthplace of Sam Houston

On March 2, 1793, the noted soldier and statesman Sam Houston was born in a log cabin on a nearby knoll. Houston served with distinction in the U.S. Army and later as a congressman and governor of Tennessee before moving ...

Birthplace of Greyhound Lines

It was in Hibbing, during 1914, that the Greyhound Bus System, through its predecessor company, first began operation.

Marker can be reached from Greyhound Boulevard/3rd Avenue East 0.2 miles north of 13th Street, on the left when traveling north.

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Birthplace of a Confederate Hero

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William Thomas Overby was born on this site in the 1840s. He enlisted May 31, 1861, in Co. A, 7th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, C.S.A. Later served with the 43rd Battalion, Virginia Cavalry, Mosby’s Rangers, and participated in many raids ...

Birthplace of Des Moines

Polk County, Iowa

Fort Des Moines No. 2

Established May 1843 — Evacuated March 1846

This cabin is a memorial to the military outpost, Fort Des Moines No. 2, occupied by Company I, First Regiment U. S. Dragoons and Company F First U. ...