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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WL9_william-watters-historical_McLean-VA.html
William Watters (1751-1827) was appointed to a circuit at the first American Methodist Conference in Philadelphia in 1773, making him the first officially appointed American-born Methodist itinerant circuit rider. During the Revolutionary War Amer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WJC_chesterbrook-historical_McLean-VA.html
Lincolnville, a farming community that developed along Kirby Road after the Civil War, was renamed Chesterbrook ca. 1897. The "First Colored Baptist Church of Fairfax County" was founded ca. 1866 by Reverend Cyrus Carter. The one-room Chesterbrook…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C9O_fort-marcy-virginia_McLean-VA.html
The Virginia approaches to the Chain Bridge were guarded by Fort Marcy on the old Leesburg Turnpike and Fort Ethan Allen on the Military Road. The sites were occupied by Union troops on September 24, 1861, and the earthworks completed in short ord…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C9N_who-was-claude-moore_McLean-VA.html
Mr. Claude Moore was a philanthropist who donated $250,000 in the 1980s to keep the Turkey Run Farm alive as the only privately owned and operated national park.
The Farm then changed its name to the Claude Moore Colonial Farm.
Why 1771?The …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18IZ_salona_McLean-VA.html
Salona was built on part of the 1719 Thomas Lee 2,862 acre grant known as Langley. During the War of 1812, the estate's owner, the Rev. William Maffitt, reputedly gave refuge to President James Madison as the British burned Washington. Civil War C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12ZA_the-laughlin-building_McLean-VA.html
This building, dedicated in 1988 by William and Dara Laughlin, replaced a long-standing McLean landmark. In 1906, Matthew J. Laughlin, owner of a nearby dairy farm, purchased this lot. He built a residence/store here, which became a focal point of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12E7_battle-of-lewinsville_McLean-VA.html
On September 11, 1861, Lt. Orlando Poe led a party of U.S. Army Topographical Engineers to map the area around Lewinsville for military use. Col. Isaac Stevens and 1,800 men protected the engineers. Stevens's command included the 79th New York (Hi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSCI_fort-marcy_McLean-VA.html
Civil War Defenses of Washington1861-1865
The earthworks and other visible remnants of Fort Marcy and related batteries still remain.
Fort Marcy was built in 1862 to protect the Chain Bridge approach to Washington, D.C.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDFT_william-whann-mackall_McLean-VA.html
Graduate U.S. Military Academy, West Point, 1837, 8th in ClassResigned Commission to serve with Confederate Army May 1861-April 1865Adjutant General to General Albert S. JohnstonCommanded at Island No. 10, taken prisoner, later exchangedCommanded …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FD_auxiliary-battery_McLean-VA.html
An extensive line of rifle trenches connected the advance works of Fort Ethan Allen and Fort Marcy and extended to the west bank of the Potomac River. Auxiliary batteries for the field guns, strategically placed, provided additional strength to af…