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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF37_the-mary-ann-forge-and-furnace_Hanover-PA.html
The Mary Ann Forge and Furnace was one half mile east of this marker. Founded 1761-62 by George Ross, Signer of the Declaration of Independence and Mark Bird on Friendship Tract along Furnace Creek, cannon and cannon balls were produced for Genera…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF1I_destruction-of-private-property_Hanover-PA.html
During the June 1863 invasion of Pennsylvania, Confederate Lieutenant General James Longstreet explained to English observer Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Freemantle that the army planned to live off Northern land - and its citizens. But they would no…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF1F_women-tending-to-wounded_Hanover-PA.html
On June 30, 1863, the quiet little town of Hanover suddenly exploded in gunfire and bloodshed. The Battle of Hanover, fought between Confederate Cavalry led by Major General J.E.B. Stuart and Brigadier General Judson Kilpatrick's Union Cavalry, la…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF0R_pleasant-hill-hotel-becomes-hospital_Hanover-PA.html
"Every desired comfort is furnished in great abundance, and every luxury, with which this country abounds in great profusion, is supplied by sympathetic people, and administered to the suffering wounded by devoted women. A heartier response to the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF03_the-battle-of-hanover_Hanover-PA.html
The engagement fought in Hanover may have had an effect on the outcome of the Battle of Gettysburg. As General Robert E. Lee moved north toward Pennsylvania in June 1863, Major General J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry began to ride around the Union Army an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEZ9_history-of-the-ten-commandments-monolith_Hanover-PA.html
May 1958 the Hanover Eagles Aerie #1406 Fraternal Order of Eagles erected the 10 Commandments Monument in Wirt Park, a Hanover Borough Park. April 2004 Hanover Borough Council Petitioned the York County Orphan's Court for the right to sell the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEZ7_mother-loses-two-sons-to-war_Hanover-PA.html
Mother Loses Two Sons to War - Within the span of one year, Elizabeth Hoffacker of West Manheim Township received the news of her two sons' deaths in combat during the Civil War. John, 24 years old, was promoted to corporal after being in the army…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEYO_general-george-armstrong-custer_Hanover-PA.html
George Armstrong Custer was appointed brigadier general on June 29, 1863, and assigned as commander of the Michigan brigade which he led as the Union cavalry entered Hanover on the morning of June 30, 1863. Pastor Zieber stated, "During the charge…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMETF_conrad-moul-the-public-commons_Hanover-PA.html
The original Moul Townhouse stood to your right. It was the mirror image of the 215 Broadway townhouse behind you. By 1915, the Moul Family replaced it with the Neoclassical Revival style brick home designed by Dempwolf Architects of York, which y…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9PV_trinity-united-church-of-christ_Hanover-PA.html
Founded in 1883 to preserve Germanic teaching and Reformed dogma. The present church occupies the first lot sold in Hanover in 1763 to the German Calvinist Church. Present church constructed in 1884, renovated in 1910, 1932, 1954, and 1995.
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