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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2GH_globe-inn_York-PA.html
Many distinguished persons stayed at old inn located on this site. Here, in 1825, Lafayette was given a reception. His toast "To the Town of York" is memorable.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2GD_continental-treasury_York-PA.html
This corner was the site of the Continental Treasury while congress was in session in York September 1777 to June 1778in perpetuation thereof this tablet was erected byYorktown ChapterDaughters of the American Revolution1924
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2GA_articles-of-confederation_York-PA.html
Our nation's first constitution. Adopted November 15, 1777, in the York County Courthouse, the Articles united the 13 colonies by establishing the government of the United States of America. Remained in effect until replaced by the Constitution in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2G9_deaths-of-two-generals_York-MD.html
The fight for Fox's Gap on September 14, 1862, claimed the lives of two generals, one from each side. Confederate Gen. Samuel Garland, a Lynchburg, Virginia native, attended the Virginia Military Institute at Lexington and later obtained his law d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2G8_the-first-national-thanksgiving_York-PA.html
Was proclaimed from York by the Continental Congress on November 1, 1777 to be celebrated on Thursday, December 18. It was written by Sam Adams of Massachusetts. "The Father of the Revolution," who advocated for the first time "one day of public t…