You searched for Postal Code: 21401
Page 7 of 16 — Showing results 61 to 70 of 155
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FK7_the-claude-house_Annapolis-MD.html
During the second half of the 18th century, shoemaker Allen Quynn owned or leased a large portion of both sides of the first block of West Street. At one time this building was Quynn's home, but in 1767 Quynn leased the house to watchmaker William…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FK6_baron-johann-de-kalb-1721-1780_Annapolis-MD.html
Baron Johann de Kalb was a distinguished German soldier who served as a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He was a friend and mentor of the Marquis de Lafayette.
De Kalb served at Valley Forge during the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FK3_dred-scott-1700-1858_Annapolis-MD.html
Dred Scott was born a slave in Southampton, Virginia. His family was owned by Peter Blow who sold Scott to an army doctor named John Emerson. Dr. Demerson took Scott to live in the free states of Illinois and Wisconsin where, in 1836, Scott marrie…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FK1_roger-brooke-taney-1777-1864_Annapolis-MD.html
Roger Brooke Taney was born in Calvert County, Maryland. After serving as attorney general of the U.S. and secretary of the Treasury, he was sworn in as chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court on March 15, 1836. He served until his death in 1864.
…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BV4_peggy-stewart-house_Annapolis-MD.html
Peggy Stewart HouseHas been designated a National Historic LandmarkThis site possesses National SignificanceIn commemorating the History of theUnited States of America
1974National Park ServiceUnited States Department of Interior
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BSI_the-generals-highway_Annapolis-MD.html
Across the road stood the three mile oak under which General George Washington passed on his way to Annapolis December 19, 1783 to resign his commission as Commander in Chief of the Continental Armies. According to tradition, General Smallwood, Ge…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM193I_camp-parole_Annapolis-MD.html
Located in this vicinity, one of three camps established during the Civil War to accept paroled Union prisoners of war for Confederate prisoners similarly confined in the south. Over the course of the war, thousands of soldiers were held here unti…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18W3_in-honor-of-albert-abraham-michelson_Annapolis-MD.html
Class of 1873. While Instructor at the Naval Academy in 11879 made first accurate measurement of speed of light. Invented interferometer. First American scientist to receive Nobel Prize, for physics in 1907. Performed with Morley ether drift exper…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18T3_for-civilization-liberty-country_Annapolis-MD.html
Erected by the Alumni of St. John's College to their fellow Alumni who in the World War gave their all. Four hundred & fifty two of our men answered their country's call. There is no records that one failed in his duty.
The list of names:A. Gar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18DZ_dr-martin-luther-king-jr-memorial-tree_Annapolis-MD.html
This tree is dedicated to the memory ofDr. Martin Luther King, Jr.1929-1968"Freedom must ring from every mountainside...and when this happens, all...will be able to stand together...and sing a new song...Free at last, free at last, great God Almig…