John Clayton, Botanist

One and a half miles north is the site of his home "Windsor" where he developed an excellent botanical garden. He was first president, Virginia Society for the Promotion of Useful Knowledge, and clerk of Gloucester County from 1722 until ...

Joe Ronnie Hooper

Captain United States Army

Born in Piedmont, South Carolina

August 8, 1938

Earned the Medal of Honor

while serving as Staff Sergeant

Company D, 2nd Battaloin, 501st

Infantry, 101st Airborne Division

on February 21, 1968 near

Hue, Vietnam

His other ...

Luther P. Jackson High School

Luther P. Jackson High School, opened in 1954, was the first and only high school in Fairfax County created to serve the African-American community. The school was named after Luther Porter Jackson, a prominent historian, educator and founder of the ...

Governor John Page

John Page, planter, scholar, and Revolutionary patriot, was born in 1743 at Rosewell, three miles west of here. He attended the College of William and Mary with Thomas Jefferson. The two men developed a lifelong friendship and shared an interest ...

Site of Huguenot Church of Saint John's Berkeley

Eastern face:

Site of the

Huguenot Church

of

Saint John's Berkeley

Constructed prior to

1701

Western face:

Erected A.D. 1928

by the

Huguenot Society

of

South Carolina

Marker is on Old Blackoak Road 2 miles west of Highway 52, on ...

George Chaffey, Jr.

1848–1932

Man of Vision

Land, Water and Power

Father of

The Model Colony

Sponsored by

Upland Sister Cities Association.

Upland's Sister City

Mildura, Australia,

was founded by

George and W.B. Chaffey.

John Edward Svenson, FNSS

Sculptor

Marker is on Euclid ...

John Chads House

c. 1725

JOHN CHAD’S HOUSE

Proctor’s American Artillery

Occupied Several Redoubts Near

This House at the Battle of

Brandywine, September 11, 1777

Marker is on Creek Road, on the right when traveling north.

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Lieut. General James Longstreet

1st Corps Headquarters

Army of Northern Virginia

1st Corps Headquarters

Lieut. General

James Longstreet

—————

Division

Major Genl. Lafayette McLaws

Major Genl. George E. Pickett

Major Genl. John B. Hood

July 1,2,3,4,5. 1863

These Headquarters were located at a

school ...

Colonel William Few, Jr.

[Marker Front]:

One of Georgia's two signers of the United States Constitution.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland June 18, 1748.

Lieutenant Colonel, Georgia Militia during the American Revolution, 1776-1770.

Representative, Georgia General Assembly 1777, 1779, 1783, 1793.

Delegate, Continental Congress 1780-1788.

James Ryder Randall

1839 — 1908

"Better the fire upon thee roll,

Better the blade, the shot, the bowl,

Than Crucifixion of the soul,

Maryland! My Maryland!"

Marker is on Greene Street.

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