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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HXS_lopez-hall_Stafford-VA.html
1st Lt Baldomero Lopez United States Marine Corps Platoon Commander Company A, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines 1st Marine Division, X Corps Posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for actions during the Battle of Inchon, Korea 15 S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HXQ_mt-hope-baptist-church_Stafford-VA.html
Sunday School gathered in 1877. Church established October 16,1880 by Rev. Natus Washington. Originally worshipped at St. John School House near Brooke. Pickle Factory building nearer to church later became Brooke School. May 1904 Church cornersto…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HXP_masons-homestead_Stafford-VA.html
Near here was the home of George Mason (1629-1686), the great grandfather of George Mason of Gunston Hall. Well educated and with some financial means, the elder Mason came from Worcestershire, England and settled in Virginia c. 1652. He acquired …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HXO_patawomeck-tribe-village_Stafford-VA.html
The Patawomeck Tribe, members of the Powhatan Confederacy and millennial original residents of Indian Point, greeted Captain John Smith as he sailed up the Potomac River in 1608. Smith viewed the Tribe's palisaded villages, built by the Patawomeck…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HJV_little-forest-baptist-church_Stafford-VA.html
Founding members met in homes or under a persimmon tree. Led by Pastor Uriah Johnson, in 1905 they built their first church west of here. In 1959 that building was demolished to make a road later renamed Interstate-95. Some church members met at n…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HJ6_shiloh-old-site-baptist-church_Stafford-VA.html
Established in 1870 by purchasing one acre of land from E. G. Phillip for $1.00. The first Pastor, Reverend Horace Crutcher, served as pastor for 38 years. The first church was bush harbor, the second a log building. In 1894 a frame structure was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HBF_stafford-training-school_Stafford-VA.html
Stafford Training School, later known as H. H. Poole School, was constructed in 1939 by the Public Works Administration after African American parents raised money to buy the land. During the segregation era, this was the only school in Stafford C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H15_gari-melchers-home-and-studio_Falmouth-VA.html
Overlooking the Falls of the Rappahannock River on a major 17th and 18th century trade route, this site became the setting for the artist's internationally acclaimed early 20th century paintings celebrating the lives and character of the citizens…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G2G_lincoln-visit_Stafford-VA.html
On April 10, 1863, President Lincoln was here at the Stafford Courthouse headquarters of General O.O. Howard. Taking off his hat to get in Howard's tent, he noticed scripture written on tablets. The men discussed Psalm 23:1 "The Lord is my Shepher…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G1R_oak-grove-baptist-church_Stafford-VA.html
Organized 1873 in a log cabin as St. Ross Baptist Church. An 1879 group meeting at Oak Grove Church of concerned parents determined to strive for their children's education, resulted in Oak Grove School being organized. Widewater native, Palmer Ha…
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