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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D4S_gold-star-families-monument-a-war-memorial_Annapolis-MD.html
Gold Star Families Monument. . [Front:] Gold Star Families Memorial Monument A tribute to Gold Star Mothers, Fathers, and Relatives who sacrificed a Loved One for our Freedom. . [Back of Monument:] "To Recognize The Sacrifices Ma…
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In Honor of American Prisoners of War and their Sacrifice and Service to our Nation
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IJX_oyster-reef_Annapolis-MD.html
The Chesapeake Bay's native Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) is the keystone species and building block for habitat in the Bay (shown in picture below). The survival rate and diversity of other Bay organisms are directly connected to the abu…
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Enemy ships lying off Sandy Point kept Annapolis on edge in August 1813, as the city braced for attack. It was a trying time for the British, too. A newspaper reported August 14: "Seven deserters came on shore at Sandy Point." It was n…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IJL_standing-guard_Annapolis-MD.html
Fort Severn and Fort Madison on this stretch of the Severn River, along with a gun battery at Horn Point in Eastport, made Annapolis the best-fortified city in Maryland at the start of the War of 1812. British ships hovered near the harbor severa…
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Divided loyalties and ironies tore at Marylander's hearts throughout the Civil War: enslaved African-Americans and free United States Colored Troops; spies and smugglers; civilians imprisoned without trial to protect freedom; neighbors and familie…
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William Evans, a slave of Capt. Thomas Mezick, the owner of Sandy Point Farm here, enlisted in the 30th Regiment, United States Colored Troops, in March 1864. The 22-year-old, thereby, gained his freedom. He joined 122 other area slaves who had be…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZXR_battle-of-the-severn_Annapolis-MD.html
On March 25, 1655, colonial Governor William Stone landed Maryland militia at the Puritan settlement of Providence, located at the mouth of the Severn River. He planned to subdue the settlers who had asserted their independence from the government…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9JO_maryland-world-war-ii-memorial_Annapolis-MD.html
[Marker Panel No. 1]:IntroductionWith their lives before them, they left everything - their families, their loved ones, the serenity and security of their homes - to fight for a just cause. They departed on a journey to places they had never heard…
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[Front]:To those members of the Armed Forces of the United States who served at Pearl Harbor and other military installations on the island of Oahu during the Japanese attack on Sunday morning, December 7, 1941, to perpetuate the memory of those w…
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