Mount Pleasant c. 1750s

First Madison Family Home Site

James Madison's grandfather, Ambrose Madison, had his slaves construct Mount Pleasant sometime after 1723. Ambrose moved his family here in 1732 from Virginia's Tidewater and unexpectedly died within a few months. Court records show that three ...

Rockville Methodist Episcopal Church - Jerusalem/Mount Pleasant

Rockville was an early center of Methodism in Montgomery County. Methodists first met in private homes with occasional visits from a "circuit rider" minister. In 1835, the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church purchased lot 82 of the Original Town ...

Mount Pleasant Veterans Memorial

We Are Free Because They Served

World War I

World War II

Korea

Vietnam

July 4, 1973

Andrew P Palenchar, Army KIA

Clyde E Whetsel, Army KIA

John Macheska, Army POW

George Stefano, Army KIA

John M Ulrey, Army KIA

Frank C Kurpiel, Coast Guard KIA

Charles E Overly, Army KIA

Clyde E ...

Mount Pleasant War Memorial

Erected to

the memory of

our gallant sons

who

endured the hardships

and

fought our nations

battles

Dedicated Nov. 11, 1924

1775-1783 Revolutionary War •

1812 War of 1812

1846-1848 Mexican American War •

1861-1865 Civil War

1898-1899 Spanish-American War •

1917-1918 World War I

1941-1945 World War II •

1950-1955 Korean War

1961-1975 Vietnam War •

1982-1984 ...

Jerusalem - Mount Pleasant Church and Parsonage

21 & 17 Wood Lane

Racial tensions between African American and white church members peaked immediately before the Civil War. Pro-slavery parishioners joined the M. E. Church South in 1863. By 1868 the predominately African American M. E. Church North owned ...

Mount Pleasant

Built by Dr. John Thompson Veasey, 1825, “of Mount Harmon” as he was known, who, with Colonel Thomas Ward Veasey assisted in the defense of Duffy’s Fort, 1813. He was a greatnephew of George Ross, signer of the Declaration of ...