Ferndale, Maryland

Named in 1921, formerly Wellham. Railroads have long been part of Ferndale’s history. The WB&A Railroad steamed through the neighborhood from 1888 to 1950, carrying as many as 1,750,000 passengers a year. With the historic spike pulling ceremony on February ...

Christ Episcopal Church, Columbia Maryland

“Old Brick”

Original log chapel of ease, Queen Anne’s Parish, erected on “New Years Gift,” a present from the Proprietary to Edward Dorsey and Charles Carroll. Improved and made Queen Caroline Parish Church, 1728. First rector, James McGill, served 1730–1776. ...

Chestertown, Maryland

County seat of Kent County. Established in 1706. Situated on the most traveled highway between south and north during the revolutionary period. George Washington made eight known visits here between 1756 and 1793. Rich in Colonial History.

Marker is at the ...

Maryland’s First Women Voters

In the village of Still Pond, twelve years before the 19th Amendment established women’s suffrage, Mary Jane Clark Howard, Anne Baker Maxwell and Lillie Deringer Kelley cast their ballots in the municipal election of 1908. That year, an act for ...

Western Maryland Railway Honor Roll

World War 1917–1918. (list of names)

Marker is on Main Street, on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Christ Church Episcopal, Belleville Maryland

Bicentennial 1976

King George of England granted

charter to Christ Church, Belleville

on Feb. 10, 1746. First church built here 1836. Oldest grave marker date 1785. Church now at 393 Washington Ave. Original bell, 1837 and organ, 1875 there.

Belleville ...

The Second Maryland Brigade

Morristown National Historical Park

Like all the brigades at Jockey Hollow, the Marylanders faced shortages of supplies and provisions. Baron von Steuben, the army’s inspector general, noted their condition in January 1780:

“The Cloathing is in very bad order for want of ...

The First Maryland Brigade

Morristown National Historical Park

The Marylanders were ordered south in April 1780 to reinforce the garrison at Charleston, South Carolina. The New Jersey Brigade, just back from guard posts near the British lines, moved into the Maryland huts for the next ...

Jefferson County / State of Maryland

(East Facing Side): Jefferson County

Formed in 1801 from Berkeley. Named for Thomas Jefferson. Home of Generals Gates, Drake, and Charles Lee. Here four companies of Washington's men organized. Shepherdstown was strongly urged as the seat of the National Capital.

(West ...

Maryland State House

Built 1772–1779

Capitol of the United States

November 26, 1783 – August 13, 1784

In this state house, oldest in the nation still in legislative use, General George Washington resigned his commission before the Continental Congress December 23, 1783. Here, January 14, 1784, ...