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Born in Enniskillen, Ireland, John McElroy came to this country in 1803 and was ordained a priest at the age of thirty-five. While pastor of St. John's from 1822 to 1845, Father McElroy built the present church on Second Street and established St.…
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Lieutenant who first served with the Georgetown Artillary in July 1813, and later under Major George Peter as a Lieut. and Quartermaster from June 19 to July 1, 1814. On Aug. 24, 1814 he helped with the deployment of troops in Bladensburg defendin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y61_home-of-the-brave_Frederick-MD.html
"Then did I remember that there were gathered around that banner, among its defenders, men who had heard and answered the call of their country — from these mountain sides, from this beautiful valley, and from this fair city of my nativ…
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Veterans Buried In This Cemetery French and Indian War 1754 - 1763 Revolutionary War 1775 - 1783 Whiskey Rebellion 1791 - 1794 War of 1812 1812 - 1815 Mexican War 1846 - 1848 Civil War 1861 - 1865 Indian Wars 1800's Spanish Americ…
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Dedicated to the Memory of The Children Who Served and Died In the Civil War 1861-1865
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y5E_confederate-row_Frederick-MD.html
Frederick County was central to the Civil War military campaigns of 1862, 1863, and 1864, while Frederick City served as a major hospital center for soldiers of both armies. Hundreds of men died here, prompting the need for local Burial. Many Sout…
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Erected A.D. 1880. By the Ladies Monumental Association of Frederick County In honor of the soldiers of the Confederate Army who fell in the battles of Antietam, Monocacy, and elsewhere and are buried. Honor To the Brave To the Unknown…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y4S_jane-hanson-national-memorial_Frederick-MD.html
First Lady Jane Contee Hanson, 1728-1812 In the unmarked mass grave behind this memorial rests Jane Hanson, the original first lady of the United States. She is buried here with 285 others reinterred in 1913 from Frederick's Old Episcopal Gr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y4Q_o-say-can-you-see_Frederick-MD.html
On the evening, of September 13, 1814, British warships in Baltimore harbor threatened the sovereignty of the United States. They had already burned Washington, D.C. As they bombarded Fort McHenry, the fate of our new nation was uncertain. Fra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OM1_south-magnetic_Frederick-MD.html
The compass Meridian Stones of Frederick County. One of two stones set in 1896 by USC&GS to establish a true meridian line. Used by surveyors to check compass variations pursuant to Article 25, Code of MD ──── North Magnetic lies 1…
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