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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21JI_west-baltimore-street_Hagerstown-MD.html
The development and use of this area was heavily influenced by the presence of two rail yard areas owned by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the Western Maryland Railroad. Hood Street was named after John Mifflin Hood, a former Confederate army…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21ID_milling_Hagerstown-MD.html
Before it was transformed into the Mural of Unusual Size, this industrial building operated one of the largest milling institutions in Western Maryland. The operations were so extensive, the mill consumed more grain than the community could produc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM213D_bloom-park_Hagerstown-MD.html
Bloom Park was one of the very first monuments erected in the United States to honor the veterans of the Spanish-American War (1898-99). It was dedicated on July 4, 1900. The keynote speaker at the ceremony was Henry Kyd Douglas a former Adjutant …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM211F_jacob-wheaton_Hagerstown-MD.html
Raised in Middletown in Frederick County, Wheaton had a prominent role in the post-civil war civic involvement of African Americans in the state. Contemporary accounts credit Wheaton as the first African American in Maryland to vote when he partic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM211B_hagerstonians-in-the-civil-war_Hagerstown-MD.html
Douglas was raised at Ferry Hill Place, on the Maryland side of the Potomac River at Shepherdstown. In 1861, he enlisted in the 2nd Virginia Infantry and fought in the Battle of First Manassas. From April to October, 1862, Douglas was the youngest…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM210C_united-states-colored-troops_Hagerstown-MD.html
The Robert Moxley Band was a group of African-American musicians, mostly local slaves, who formed a military-style brass band in the years before the Civil War. The band held regular concerts in what is now Jacob Wheaton Park. In 1863 the U.S. Gov…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20ZW_maurice-edward-frock_Hagerstown-MD.html
Frock enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1916. During world war I, he served in France with the 5th Marine Regiment. in June, 1918, he was detached from his company to serve at battalion headquarters. Frock earned two silver star medals for hero…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20ZV_anna-spencer-brugh-singer_Hagerstown-MD.html
Anna Spencer Brugh Singer was born in Hagerstown and married William H. Singer, Jr. in 1895. Together they pursued an artistic life; he as an artist, she as an art collector and musician. They traveled the United States and Europe, befriended many…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20ZT_jacob-francis-wheaton_Hagerstown-MD.html
Jacob Wheaton was born in Middletown, Maryland and moved to Hagerstown in the 1850s. he is believed to be the first African-American to vote in Maryland after the civil war for casting h1s vote in the Hagerstown Mayoral Election of 1868. In 1897, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20Z2_edward-mayberry-mobley_Hagerstown-MD.html
In 1862 Mobley organized volunteers from Hagerstown to serve in the Civil War, forming Co. A, 7th Maryland Infantry (US). He served as its captain. He was promoted to major in January, 1864 and commanded the regiment in numerous battles. on August…
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