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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1969_hungerford-tavern-site_Rockville-MD.html
On above date aroused Patriots resolved that every lawful means be used to procure relief from oppressions of the English Parliament and that the most effectual way to secure American Freedom would be to break off all commerce with Great Britain.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM123H_hungerford-tavern_Rockville-MD.html
Hungerford Tavern was the site of some of the most important events in the history of Montgomery County. Three [illegible] prior to the Continental Congress in 1774, local citizens met at Hungerford Tavern to protest oppressive actions of the Brit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM123G_prettyman-house_Rockville-MD.html
For many African Americans emancipation from slavery meant transitioning from a household slave to a paid domestic servant.The Johnson-Prettyman family lived in this 1841 house for five generations. During their ownership they transitioned from ow…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY2J_richard-montgomery_Rockville-MD.html
Born in Ireland; served in the British Army in the French & Indian War. Joined the American Revolution as the most experienced general in the Continental Army. Led the invasion of Canada where he was killed in the Battle of Quebec, becoming the fi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTAM_beall-dawson-house_Rockville-MD.html
Upton Beall, wealthy landowner and Clerk of Court, owned 25 slaves when he died in 1827. After Upton Beall died, his family did not purchase additional slaves, however, by 1860 the Beall family owned 52 slaves.
The Beall family did not sell th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT93_hebron-house-and-print-shop_Rockville-MD.html
For over fifty years, Celestine and Jesse Hebron operated one of the most successful printing businesses in the county in this handcrafted building.
Jesse Hebron started his printing business on Falls Road in 1932. After serving in World War II…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT92_galilean-temple_Rockville-MD.html
This was once a vital center of the African American community in Rockville: the Eureka Tabernacle Number 29 of the Order of the Galilean Fisherman.Established in 1903, the Temple allowed Rockville's African American residents to work together to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT8V_hungerford-tavern_Rockville-MD.html
Hungerford Tavern was most likely operated by the tavern owner's African American slaves. African American slaves traveling with their masters were expected to care for them if they became too rowdy or drunk at taverns.
A meeting place for toba…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT8T_dr-james-anderson-house_Rockville-MD.html
Long before the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863, some enslaved people freed themselves by escaping to Canada. In 1856, Alfred Homer walked and ran more than 500 miles from this site to freedom, despite the dangers of the Fugitive Slave Law.
D…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT8S_rockvilles-first-colored-schools_Rockville-MD.html
Rockville's First Colored School246 North Washington Street
In March, 1867, twenty African Americans pledged to support a school by taking responsibility for money "as may be necessary to pay the board and washing of the teacher and provide fue…