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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTD5_west-salisbury-little-league-2007-mid-atlantic-champions_Salisbury-MD.html
In the summer of 2007, eleven boys from West Salisbury Little League embarked on a spiritual journey that captured the hearts and minds of our town and surrounding communities. The journey began in June 2007, where they were assembled together for…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS3F_here-we-mark-the-price-of-freedom_Salisbury-MD.html
To honor and commemorate all Wicomico County citizens whose valor and sacrifice in defense of our country must never be forgotten. "All gave some - some gave all." Those listed here gave all.Dedicated on May 26, 2003 by the Wicomico County War Mem…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS2X_the-four-immortal-chaplains_Hebron-MD.html
During the early morning hours of February 3, 1943, the USAT Dorchester was part of a convoy of six ships heading for Greenland when an enemy u-boat attacked, firing a torpedo into the ship's midsection. The Dorchester quickly began taking on wate…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS2M_charles-h-chipman-cultural-center_Salisbury-MD.html
Built in 1838, the Chipman Center is the oldest standing African-American church on Delmarva. It occupies the site of a former open meadow where slaves gathered for worship services conducted by Methodist circuit riders. In 1837 five local freedme…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQNG_plantation-barnyard_Salisbury-MD.html
Like most Chesapeake plantations, Pemberton used a wide range of domestic animals for food, clothing, transportation, and commercial products. Most animals served multiple purposes. Cattle provided milk, meat, hides to tan, and cattle horns for pr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQNF_the-peculiar-institution-at-pemberton-plantation_Salisbury-MD.html
Like most 18th-century plantations in the Chesapeake region, Pemberton Hall Plantation depended on slave labor. Between 1700 and 1740, some 54,000 slaves were brought to the Chesapeake region. When Isaac Handy died in 1762, records show that he ow…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQNE_a-show-of-wealth_Salisbury-MD.html
Isaac Handy designed Pemberton Hall to impress his neighbors. At the time, over 90 percent of people in the Chesapeake region lived in small, low, clapboard houses, about half the size of the Great Room of Pemberton Hall. Building a brick, gambrel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQND_an-apple-a-day_Salisbury-MD.html
The apple trees you see here are a reminder that fruit orchards were an essential part of Chesapeake Bay plantation life in the 18th century. Apples, peaches, and pears were on the daily menu for plantation residents. The abundant fruit was also u…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQNC_a-water-connection_Salisbury-MD.html
Beneath these waters lie the buried timbers of the oldest documented wharf of its kind in the United States. The timbers date back to 1746 when Colonel Isaac Handy built a 200-food bulkhead wharf here at Mulberry Landing. Colonel Handy had a perso…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQNB_the-original-residents_Salisbury-MD.html
For millennia before Europeans arrived, the Chesapeake region was home to Native Americans and to a rich diversity of wildlife. Black bears and wolves roamed the woods while beaver, muskrat and otters foraged the wetlands. Schools of sturgeon, per…