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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D7Q_r-lee-hornbake-library_College-Park-MD.html
Panel 1:R. Lee Hornbake LibraryProfessor of Industrial Education 1947-1979Dean of the Faculty 1957-1960Vice President for Academic Affairs 1960-1979Our American tradition of freedom and justice, of respect for learningand each individual, and of r…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D3C_from-stagecoach-to-streetcar-to-subway-a-college-town-emerges_College-Park-MD.html
College Park was incorporated by referendum in 1945. However, the city's origin goes back much further. During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, College Park began to emerge from farmland both as a transportation hub and as a center fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D3B_calvert-hills-a-national-register-historic-district_College-Park-MD.html
The Calvert Hills neighborhood, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in December of 2003, is an example of the residential development that occurred on the outskirts of Washington, D.C. during the early 20th Century. Calver…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CD2_college-park-airport_College-Park-MD.html
The following notable events occurred on this airfield1909 - Wilbur Wright instructed first flying officers of Signal Corps, U. S. Army 1911 - First Army flying school established hereFirst bombsite tested from an aircraft1912 - First group cross …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1973_the-rossborough-inn_College-Park-MD.html
Erected in 1798 in the infancy of the nation and a few years before the founding of the University of Maryland. The Rossborough Inn stands as one of the landmarks of the nation's and of the University's growth. This historic structure has been res…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18NI_college-park-war-memorial_College-Park-MD.html
Panel 1:This memorial is dedicated to the men and womenof the United States of America- Veterans and Volunteers -who gave of themselves so that the principles ofJustice, Freedom, and Democracymight be preserved30 May 1993 Panel 2:[Seal of the] …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18B1_may-peace-prevail-on-earth_College-Park-MD.html
Spoken in the many languages of the University of Maryland,this was our collective prayer on September 12, 2001when thousands gathered with flowers on McKeldin Mallto mourn the loss of innocent lives at the Pentagon, the World Trade Center, and on…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM183F_the-terrapin-memorial_College-Park-MD.html
Gift of the Class of 1933.Official mascot of theUniversity of Marylandat College Park Presented on Class Day, May 1933 Base presented by the1933 Student Government Associationand the 1933 Reveille Student Yearbook Aristide B. Cianfarani, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM160Z_college-park-airport-oldest-continually-operated-in-the-world_College-Park-MD.html
The following notable events occurred on this airfield:· 1907 - Early aeronautical experiments by Rex Smith and others· 1908 - Oct. 8, Wilbur Wright instructed first flying officers of the Signal Corps, U.S. Army· 1909 - Oct. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15NT_juan-ram-n-jim-nez_College-Park-MD.html
Spanish Poet, 1956 Nobel LaureateMember of the former Department of Foreign Languagesof the University of Maryland (1943-1951) "This is my liberty: smelling the rose, Cutting the cold water with my crazy hand, Plucking the grove bare, Snatchi…
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