Fairland in Silver Spring in Montgomery County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Lee Family Cemetery
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers • Women. A significant historical year for this entry is 1857.
Location. 39° 3.836′ N, 76° 56.949′ W. Marker is in Silver Spring, Maryland, in Montgomery County. It is in Fairland. It can be reached from Kilkenny Street 0.1 miles west of Palermo Drive, on the right when traveling west. The marker is on the grounds of Calverton-Galway Local Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3100 Kilkenny St, Silver Spring MD 20904, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Washington Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies and also the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Snowden's Mill (approx. 1½ miles away); Edmonston's Mill (approx. 1½ miles away); Valley Mill (approx. 1.6 miles away); Ebenezer Meeting House (approx. 1.7 miles away); Fawcett's Mill (approx. 1.7 miles away); Smithville Colored School (approx. 2.6 miles away); Mother Jones (approx. 2.7 miles away); Beltsville Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. and Ladies Auxiliary (approx. 2.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Silver Spring.
Another marker is no longer nearby. Valley Mill (was approx. 1.6 miles
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Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), December 5, 2021
2. The Sara Lee Family Cemetery
The marker is embedded in the ground inside the gate.
Credits. This page was last revised on February 21, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 5, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 1,499 times since then and 98 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 5, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
