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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMELE_leedstown_Colonial-Beach-VA.html
Here at the then thriving port of Leedstown on February 27, 1766, ten years before the Declaration of Independence, the Leedstown Resolutions (or Westmoreland Association) were drawn. This association, a protest against the Stamp Act and a pledge …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMELD_bristol-iron-works_Colonial-Beach-VA.html
On the river a short distance south is the site of the Bristol Iron Works, which were projected by John King and Company, of Bristol, England, and established in 1721 by John Tayloe, John Lomax and associates. The works, which were on the Foxall's…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDR5_colonial-beach-roll-of-honor_Colonial-Beach-VA.html
In reverent tribute to the men and women of Colonial Beach, VA. who have served our country.
Left Column:World War IIStanley G. Adams · James W. Allison · William D. Bankett · James R. Barnes · Willia…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7PK_soldier-statesman-president-james-monroe_Colonial-Beach-VA.html
On the morning of December 26, 1776, a small detachment of American Light Infantry, led by Lieutenant James Monroe, aged 19, breached the Hessian defenses at Trenton. This gallent action, in which Monroe was severely wounded, enabled the Continent…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7PJ_james-monroe_Colonial-Beach-VA.html
Soldier * Patriot * StatesmanThis marks the birthplace of James Monroe, April 28, 1758Westmoreland County, Virginia
Attended college of William & Mary; Officer, Continental Army, American Revolution; Married Elizabeth Kortright, 1786; US Senato…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7PI_birthplace-of-james-monroe_Colonial-Beach-VA.html
April 28, 1758July 4, 1831Fifth president of theUnited States 1817- 1825Governor of Virginia1799 and 1811Proclaimed the Monroe DoctrineDecember 2, 1823Declares the Americasno longer subject toEuropean colonization
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7GQ_birthplace-of-monroe_Colonial-Beach-VA.html
In this vicinity stood the Monroe home where James Monroe, fifth president of the United States, was born, April 28, 1758. His father was Spence Monroe and his mother, Elizabeth Jones. He left home at the age of sixteen to enter William and Mary C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM40K_john-muse_Colonial-Beach-VA.html
The land encompassing this marker has been in the continuous possession of the Muse family since September 16, 1668.
Possession has been handed down through the toils of the descendants of the founding father of the Muse family in America.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3Y7_old-westmoreland-courthouse_Montross-VA.html
At a public meeting here, on June 22, 1774, resolutions of Richard Henry Lee offering aid to Boston, whose port had been closed by the British government, were adopted. Here, on May 23, 1775, the Westmoreland Committee on Safety passed resolutions…