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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM194W_wwii-memorial-wall_Mechanicsville-VA.html
Bon Secours MemorialRegional Medical Center
Memorial Gardens & WWIIMemorial Wall
Made possible by a grant from theRichmond Memorial Hospital FoundationMay 16, 1988
Dedicated to the Glory of Godand in loving memory ofour sons and daughterw…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16GZ_hanover-tavern_Hanover-VA.html
John Shelton opened the first tavern at the permanent site of Hanover Courthouse about the 1750s. The current tavern's earliest segment dates from about 1791. The tavern prospered with the establishment of the stage coach line until the railroad d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1615_stuarts-ride_Mechanicsville-VA.html
In May 1862, Union Gen. George B. McClellan led the Army of the Potomac up the Peninsula to the gates of Richmond. Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee assumed command of the Army of Northern Virginia in June and began planning a counterattack. On June …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15FL_the-polegreen-story_Mechanicsville-VA.html
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15FK_welcome-to-historic-polegreen-church_Mechanicsville-VA.html
Cradle of Religious Freedom
From time to time, the power of a unique person and place changes the course of history. Here at Polegreen, between 1747 and 1759, the Reverend Samuel Davies inspired a small rural community—free and slave-to c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM129C_confederate-grand-assault_Mechanicsville-VA.html
"All was disorder and excitement; the field was full of men running for their very lives, and it was almost impossible to make any resistance to the tide of humanity pressing down upon us."John E. Stewart, 44th New York
General James Longstreet…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11MF_texas_Mechanicsville-VA.html
(front)Remembers the valor and devotion ofits soldiers who participated in the battleof Gaines' Mill, Virginia - June 27, 1862
Here, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Leecontinued his attacks against Union Maj.Gen. George B. McClellan's Army of thePot…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM111U_william-latan_Mechanicsville-VA.html
Captain Co. F, "Essex Troop," 9th Va. Cavalry, C.S.A., killed in action June 13, 1862, aged 29.
"A brother bore his body from the field" and "woman's voice.....read over this hallowed dust the ritual for the dead."
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM111T_hanover-town_Mechanicsville-VA.html
Site of Old Forte Matuxon, dismantled in 1676 by Major John Page.
Page's Warehouse, port of entry and export, established by Matthew Page long prior to 1734. Town incorporated November 1762. Competed with Richmond for capitol of Virginia.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10NH_reuben-ford-and-hopeful-baptist-church_Montpelier-VA.html
Hopeful Meeting House began services under the ministry of Baptist pastor Reuben Ford in 1807. Ford played an important role in the post-Revolutionary struggle for religious freedom. In the 1780s, he lobbied the Virginia General Assembly on behalf…