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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM168J_uss-tulip-monument_St-Inigoes-MD.html
In Memory of Those Who Perished in the Explosion of the U.S.S. Tulip, November 11, 1864
A Sacrifice of Lives In Discharge of Duty and in the Interest of Achieving Peace and Scientific Advance.
Erected June 15, 1940 ~ Under an Act of Congress…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM168I_disaster-at-ragged-point_St-Inigoes-MD.html
Immediately after commissioning the Tulip experienced boiler problems. In August 1863, her boilers were building pressure to hazardous conditions and in mid-October, she was ordered to the Washington Navy Yard for boiler repairs.Steam drums were a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM168G_the-tulip-disaster_St-Inigoes-MD.html
On November 11, 1864, U.S.S. Tulipconverted lighthouse tender gunboat,acting master William H. Smith, U.S. Navycommanding, departed this area forWashington for boiler repair. Whenoff Piney Point, she blew up and sank,presumably due to the defectiv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1560_patuxent-river-naval-air-museum_Lexington-Park-MD.html
This Museum is the vision of a group of Navy and civilian personnel who in 1974 set out to formally organize a museum to preserve and celebrate the history of the Naval Air Test Center at Patuxent River.
They received support from the communit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14Z3_a-place-of-history_Lexington-Park-MD.html
Point Lookout is a witness to much of our nation's history. As you survey the vast expanse of Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac River, remember those who have come before.Early InhabitantsFive thousand years ago, Native Americans first came to this s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14Z2_a-seaside-resort-at-point-lookout_Lexington-Park-MD.html
The grassy area in front of you was once the site of a major resort. The geared wheels peeking out of the grass are all that remain. They were part of a power plant that provided lighting for the resort' buildings and power for its water treatment…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14Z1_contraband-camp_Lexington-Park-MD.html
During the Civil War, thousands of enslaved African-Americans escaped from captivity in the South to liberty in the North. The grounds before once sheltered these freedom-seekers, know at that time as "Contraband".
Conditions in the "Contraban…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14Y9_death-at-point-lookout_Scotland-MD.html
It is hard to imagine this tranquil site as a place of sickness, suffering and death. Yet during the Civil War, five graveyards marked Point Lookout.
Why so many graves? In 1863, Union forces chose this isolated spot for a prisoner of war camp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14Y8_smallpox-epidemic_Scotland-MD.html
Near this location during the Civil War was the smallpox hospital where thousands of people were quarantined.
Highly contagious, horrible to behold and often fatal, smallpox was a dreaded disease. When the scourge hit the prison camp, official…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14Y7_point-lookout-hammond-hospital_Lexington-Park-MD.html
This monument is dedicated to the memory of those soldiers, sailors, and hospital attendants from both North and South, who were here at Point Lookout from July 1862 to July 1865.This monument marks the general location of the Hammond Hospital