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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25T6_sharpening-our-governing-teeth-the-1708-charter-of-annapolis_Annapolis-MD.html
Annapolis, one of America's earliest chartered cities, celebrated its 300th anniversary of its charter in 2008.
Colonial Governor John Seymour granted the Annapolis municipal charter in the name of England's Queen Anne in 1708, during the brief…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25T5_address-by-president-lincoln-at-the-dedication-of-the-gettysburg-national-cemetery-a-war-memorial_Annapolis-MD.html
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that natio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25T4_from-the-bivouac-of-the-dead-a-war-memorial_Annapolis-MD.html
The muffled drum's sad roll has beat
The soldier's last tattoo;
No more on life's parade shall meet
That brave and fallen few.
On Fame's eternal camping-ground
Their silent tents are spread,
And Glory guards, with solemn round,
The bivouac …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25T3_remembering-the-foot-soldiers-of-the-march-on-washington_Annapolis-MD.html
[Left plaque:]
This memorial is dedicated to the quarter of a million people of all races, religions and nationalities who, on a sweltering summer day, August 28, 1963, gathered in our nation's capital in front of the Lincoln Memorial to particip…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25SL_art-in-annapolis_Annapolis-MD.html
Annapolis Charter 300, the city wide commemoration in 2008 of the 1708 city charter granted during Queen Anne's reign, was especially rich in inspiring original public art, music and choral work, a ballet suite, films, sculpture, photography, th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25SK_marion-warrens-six-photographs-capture-this-historic-annapolis-neighborhood-in-a-sleepier-time_Annapolis-MD.html
Marion Warren's six photographs capture this historic Annapolis neighborhood in a sleepier time: a lone midshipman slowly trudging through the snow by St. Anne's Church; the official vehicle in front of Farmer's National Bank; men chatting by the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25SJ_159-main-street_Annapolis-MD.html
This commercial structure was one of several built between 1908-1913 after a fire destroyed the City Hotel. Merchant James F. Strange had the building constructed during his ownership. The building has remained in the Strange Family and in retail …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25SH_planned-in-the-past_Annapolis-MD.html
1694
Governor Francis Nicholson
Governor of the Province of Maryland, 1694-1698
[Image captions:]
· Photograph by Carol M. Highsworth. [LC-N3503-1883]
· Portrait thought to be of Francis Nicholson, c.1710. MSA SC 1621-590. P…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25SG_framework-of-history_Annapolis-MD.html
State House
Maryland's Capitol Building
[Image captions:]
· Current Day View of State House from Maryland Avenue
· Munroe Family Photo: Francis Street from Main Street Toward the State House c.1890 [MSA SC 535-1-88]
Beyond…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25SF_liberty-tree-a-war-memorial_Annapolis-MD.html
This tree was bud-grafted from the last standing Revolutionary era Liberty Tree. These trees served as gathering places for American colonists fighting for their independence. May this tree serve as a living testimony to our American founding hi…