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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JEV_solid-ground_Hughesville-MD.html
More than 4,000 British troops camped here August 20, 1814, awaiting orders. After sailing from Bermuda in cramped quarters, they appreciated being on firm ground. One noted they were "made happy by the very feeling of the green sod under the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JEU_enemy-camp_Hughesville-MD.html
More than 4,000 British troops camped in this valley and surrounding hills August 19, 1814. Leaving their ships anchored at Benedict, they headed north on August 20. Over the next ten days they marched through grueling heat and storms, defeated A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JET_keechland_Newburg-MD.html
Part of large tract reserved as public land by Cecilius Calvert, Lord Baltimore. Warrant issued 1667 to John Harrison for 600 acres of which 250 assigned to Thomas and Andrew Baker, called Harrison's gift. Colonel William Dent purchased in 1692. G…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JES_courthouse-at-moores-lodge_La-Plata-MD.html
Charles County was created by the Maryland General Assembly in 1658. In 1674 the first Charles County Courthouse was built near here. In the area known as Moore's Lodge, a prison, ordinary (tavern), and race track also were located there. In 1727 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CK0_marshall-hall_Bryans-Road-MD.html
Marshall Hall, patented as "Mistake" in 1728 by Thomas Marshall, was the estate of the Marshall family from sometime after 1728 until 1857. Thomas Marshall (1694-1759), the first owner, is buried in the family cemetery on the property. Marshal…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CES_navy-railroad_Indian-Head-MD.html
The Naval Base, [then] known as "The Naval Proving Ground", was established in the town of Indian Head in 1890. Its main purpose was to test guns, powder, fuses and other naval ordnances as well as producing smokeless powder. The Naval Proving Gro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CC7_saint-ignatius-church_Port-Tobacco-MD.html
The Manor Land was acquired in 1649, under Lord Baltimore's "Conditions of Plantation." The Chapel was built probably in 1662, the manor house in 1741. Bishop Carroll laid the cornerstone of the present church in 1798. Here occurred in 1805 the vi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ARG_durham-parish_Nanjemoy-MD.html
One of the original thirty parishes established by an act of the General Assembly of Maryland on June the 2nd 1692. A log church was first erected on this site as reported by the vestry to the Governor in 1694. Existing church was constructed in 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AD7_the-british-are-coming_Benedict-MD.html
Residents along the Patuxent watched nervously as wave after wave of British warships approached the tiny town of Benedict. For months enemy raiders had terrorized Southern Maryland. Benedict felt their sting twice in June 1814. Now, August 19-20,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16MS_on-to-yorktown_Port-Tobacco-MD.html
Upon arrival of French forces in Newport, Rhode Island in July 1780, Baron Ludwig von Closen, a captain in the Royal Deux-Ponts Regiment, was selected by General Rochambeau as one of his aides-de-camp. Closen accompanied Rochambeau on most of his …
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