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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3OB_crucifix_Clinton-MD.html
Erected by friends and relatives of Reverend Father Horstkamp to commemorate the tragic death of his mother Mary Eve Horstkamp on August 28, 1931.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3KN_the-duckett-cabin_Upper-Marlboro-MD.html
This hand hewn log cabin was built in Aquasco, Maryland around 1880 as a farm tenant house. This one up and one down design with one room and a loft was typically used for slave cabins during the early 1800s. By the late 1800s, it was the standard…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3KA_thrift-school_Clinton-MD.html
One of the oldest surviving one-room schoolhouses in Prince George's County, Thrift School was built in 1884. It replaced an earlier school from 1869 located on the same site. The School Commissioners, having acquired the one-acre tract from the B…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3JZ_the-first-telegraph-line-1844_Bladensburg-MD.html
In 1844, the first magnetic telegraph line was being constructed between Washington and Baltimore by its inventor, Samuel F. B. Morse. The line followed the railroad tracks from Washington, through Bladensburg, and on to Baltimore. Congress had ap…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3JX_encampment-of-coxeys-army-1894_Bladensburg-MD.html
In the wake of the economic "Panic of 1893", social reformer Jacob Coxey and his "Army of the Commonwealth," consisting of approximately 500 unemployed workers, marched from Ohio to Washington, D.C., to demonstrate at the Capitol for unemployment …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3JV_the-battle-of-bladensburg-1814_Bladensburg-MD.html
On August 24, 1814, British forces broke camp at Melwood Park and moved northwest to Bladensburg. The Baltimore militia, under the command of General Tobias Sansbury, was positioned west of the Anacostia River along the Bladensburg-Washington Road…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3BA_city-of-college-park_College-Park-MD.html
Welcome to the City of College Park The city is perhaps best known as home to the flagship campus of the University of Maryland. More surprising is that a significant chapter in early aviation history began here in 1909 at the world's oldest conti…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2WS_world-war-ii-honor-roll_Bladensburg-MD.html
Honor Roll In memory of the men and women of Prince George's County who made the supreme sacrifice that freedom might live. Prince George's CountyWorld War II
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2WR_veterans-memorial_Bladensburg-MD.html
KoreaJune 1950 - July 1953 VietnamJuly 1959 - May 1975 DUTY - HONOR - COURAGE
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2WQ_peace-cross_Bladensburg-MD.html
1917-1918. This memorial cross dedicated to the heroes of Prince George's County, Maryland who lost their lives in the Great War for the liberty of the world. Albert N. Baden, Henry H. Boswell, Herman E. Burgess, Clarence Butler, Vincent G. Coo…