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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28OG_gold-star-families-memorial-monument-a-war-memorial_Havre-de-Grace-MD.html
The monument is in tribute to and honors families who lost one or more loved ones serving in the Armed Forces of the United States. The first panel depicts their homeland Harford County and Havre de Grace Maryland of the United States of America.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YZM_the-lafayette-trail_Havre-de-Grace-MD.html
This three-mile trail begins here at the Susquehanna Museum at the Lock House and winds through the historic district. As you follow the fleur-de-lis trail marker, you will travel by our museums and over 800 historic structures within the old town…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X3K_alfred-b-hilton-memorial-park-historical_Havre-de-Grace-MD.html
Alfred Hilton lived at his father's farm on Gravel Hill Road until August 1863, when he enlisted in Company H., 4th United States Colored Troops. He fought with distinction in several engagements in Virginia. As the national Color Sergeant, he was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SYG_deer-creek-harmony-presbyterian-church-historical_Havre-de-Grace-MD.html
This property has been place on the National Register of Historic Places by the United StatesDepartment of the Interiorcirca 1870
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QBG_alfred-b-hilton_Havre-de-Grace-MD.html
After the Emancipation Proclamation was issued in 1863, the U.S. Army recruited both free blacks and slaves. In August 1863, freedman Alfred B. Hilton and his brothers Aaron and Henry enlisted in the 4th U.S. Colored Troops (USCT) in Havre de Grac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IW1_home-of-refuge_Havre-de-Grace-MD.html
As the British savagely burned the buildings in Havre de Grace during their morning attack May 3, 1813, the townspeople ran west for protection to a home that stood near this location. The home, known as Bloomsbury, was owned by Baltimore business…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IW0_river-crossing_Havre-de-Grace-MD.html
Little evidence remains of what was once the northernmost navigable deep-water port on the Susquehanna River. The "Upper Ferry" crossed between here and Port Deposit. When the British attacked May 3, 1813, they helped themselves to a ba…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IBT_susquehanna-river-crossing_Havre-de-Grace-MD.html
Beginning in 1838,the cars of the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad were carried across the Susquehanna River by the first railroad ferry in the U.S. A rail bridge replaced the ferry in 1866. The surviving granite piers carried the bri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B7S_british-landing_Havre-de-Grace-MD.html
The town's defenders — numbering about 20 — failed to prevent some 400 British troops from coming ashore May 3, 1813. A gun battery, probably located north of where the lighthouse now stands, was manned single-handedly by John O'Nie…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B6X_no-respect_Havre-De-Grace-MD.html
St. John's Episcopal Church survived the British attack on Havre de Grace May 3, 1813. The enemy spared the 1809 structure but damaged the interior. According to a newspaper account: "Finding nothing to steal (the raiders) 'magnanimously' attacked…
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