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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25RO_george-washingtons-resignation_Annapolis-MD.html
"Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action."
After the 1781 victory at Yorktown, some Americans thought the triumphant General George Washington should be crowned the new nation's first king. But Washin…
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"And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm Reliance on the Protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor."
With these ringing words of resolve, the signers of the Declar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25RM_light-house-bistro_Annapolis-MD.html
Light House Bistro serves the community as a gathering place for patrons from all walks of life. This Artwork by Sally Wern Comport pays tribute to the area's history and the people that make it special. The Presidents Hill neighborhood is named f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WE0_the-tripoli-monument-historical_Annapolis-MD.html
The oldest military monument in the United States honors heroes of the War against the Barbary Coast Pirates, the new republic's first war. In 1804, President Jefferson ordered the nation's tiny naval force to the Mediterranean to protect the expa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WDZ_the-tripoli-monument-a-war-memorial_Annapolis-MD.html
In the memory of Somers, Caldwell, Decatur, Wadsworth, Dorsey, Israel.
The love of Glory inspired them, Fame has crowned their deeds, History records the event. The Children of Columbia admire and Commerce laments their fall.
Erected in the me…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WDJ_the-english-frigate-augusta_Annapolis-MD.html
was destroyed and sunk
in the Delaware River,
by Col. Smith's American Battery
October 23rd, A.D. 1777
This Cannon is one of the sixty four.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IJW_the-city-spared_Annapolis-MD.html
British vessels anchored offshore several times in 1813 and 1814, giving Annapolis good reason to expect an attack. Lookouts watched enemy maneuvers from the statehouse dome. Public records were removed from the city for safekeeping. When British …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FTA_the-general-highway_Annapolis-MD.html
Across the road stood the three mile oak under which General George Washington passed on his way to Annapolis December 19, 1783 to resign his commission as Commander in Chief of the Continental Armies. According to tradition, General Smallwood, Ge…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FL8_the-jonas-green-house_Annapolis-MD.html
The 1718 Stoddert survey map indicates William Bladen as the first recorded owner of lot 42. Charles Carroll purchased the property in 1725 and may have been responsible for the construction of the original side hall, double parlor plan when he an…
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Built about 1680 The dwelling house ofMr. Jonas GreenPrinter to this province 1738 - 1767Printer and publisher of theMaryland Gazette, 1745 - 1767Flag Day, June 14, 1932