These Citizens by Subscribing for the Park Stock in 1860

Enabled the city to purchase

Druid Hill

Thomas Swann, Mayor

George S. Brown, Chauncey Brooks, Benjamin Deford, John S. Gittings, William E. Hooper, John H. B. Latrobe, Columbus O'Donnell, John M. Orem, Enoch Pratt, Thomas Winans

Park Commission

1860Thomas Swann, ...

King William Confederate Monument

To our soldiers

of the

Confederacy.

King William Co. Va.

Marker can be reached from the intersection of Courthouse Road (Virginia Route 1301) and Horse Landing Road (Virginia Route 619).

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A Sense of Sanctuary

A Safe Place for Friendly Competition and Open Discussion for Social Change

From 1909 to 1951, in the days of an unwritten "Jim Crow" segregation policy, the Parks Commission of Baltimore maintained "separate but equal" facilities. Druid Hill became the ...

The Woman's Club of DeLand

Established 1906

The Woman's Club of DeLand was organized in March 1906, and was incorporated on July 26 of that year with ninety-two charter members. Nearly from its inception club members wanted to have their own clubhouse. The organization purchased a ...

In Memory of Harvey J. Burns, Jr.

1923-1988

A Black pioneer in Baltimore tennis.

Teacher - promoter - mentor

of youth seeking entry

into the tennis circuit.

Marker is on Hanlon Drive, on the right when traveling north.

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Telfair Hospital for Females

In her will, Mary Telfair (1791-1875) provided for the establishment of a women’s hospital and also named the first president (Louise Gilmer) and six directresses to manage it. Originally located at the southwest corner of Drayton and New Houston (now ...

Battle of Springfield

This point marks the farthest advance of the Confederates into the city. After finally routing the 72nd Enrolled Missouri Militia, Confederates were forming along Walnut Street for the final assault into the city when drums along Jordan Creek to the ...

Origins of Richmond

There was "no place so strong, so pleasant, and delightful in Virginia, for which we called it None-such." So wrote Captain John Smith about the site he chose in 1609 when he established the first English settlement near the falls ...

Campaign of 1781

About a mile to the east, August 13, 1781, Lafayette, then commanding American forces in Virginia, placed in camp his militia, consisting of Campbell's, Stevens' and Lawson's brigades. Wayne was at Westover; Muhlenberg and Febiger were in camp on the ...

Campaign of 1781

Lafayette's Encampment

On 13 August 1781, the Marquis de Lafayette encamped his army in King William County. He placed his militia four miles east between the Pamunkey and Mattaponi Rivers and stationed his light infantry - commanded by Gen. John Peter ...