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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Carroll County, Maryland
Adjacent to Carroll County, Maryland
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| | Around 1750, the community of Eldersburg was founded by John Elder, who was given a land grant from the King of England for as much land as Elder could stake out in 24 hours. John Elder staked an 800-acre farm named Perseverance on a stagecoach . . . — — Map (db m134037) HM |
| | This memorial honors all American veterans who, although separated by generations, shared a common, undeniable goal — — to valiantly protect our country's freedoms.
The memories of these American veterans will continue to live on . . . — — Map (db m133992) WM |
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Flagpoles dedicated in honor
of those who served
our country — — Map (db m133993) WM |
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This property
Wesley Chapel
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m144067) HM |
| | 1827-1977
An original one acre was deeded in 1827 by Allen and Susannah Baker. Civil War issues divided the congregation in 1856 and Pleasant Grove Church was founded. A log meeting house was replaced in 1867 by a stone structure built of local . . . — — Map (db m36846) HM |
| | In memory and grateful appreciation of our heros.
1917 World War I 1918
(list of names)
1941 World War II 1945
(list of names) — — Map (db m2988) WM |
| | Christopher Vaughn laid out the town of Hampstead in 1786 on land called Spring Garden, located along the Indian path from Patapsco (Baltimore) to Letort’s Spring (Carlisle) which had been marked by Christopher Gist and made a public road in 1738. — — Map (db m2987) HM |
| | The birthplace of Francis Scott Key the author of our National Anthem “The Star-Spangled Banner.” — — Map (db m2997) HM |
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Erected by the Patriotic Order Sons of America and the pupils of the public schools,
June 12, 1915.
Terra Rubra Farm, birthplace and early home of the author of the Star Spangled Banner who died in Baltimore January 11, 1843. — — Map (db m2998) HM |
| | Francis Scott Key
Author of
The Star Spangled Banner
Gave This Ground
For Church And
School Purposes
In 1823
Erected by
The P.O.S. of A. Of Maryland
June 10, 1916 — — Map (db m80086) HM |
| | Near here was located a place of worship described as the "Evangelical Lutheran and, according to God's word, reformed, and on both sides, protestant congregations called the German Churche." Continuous worship for 200 years on this site marks it as . . . — — Map (db m3490) HM |
| | The Second Cavalry Division and the Sixth Corps, Army of the Potomac, camped about Manchester June 30, 1863. Headquarters for Major General John Sedgwick was located on nearby Old Fort School House Road. On the night of July 1, the Corps left . . . — — Map (db m2989) HM |
| | On June 29, 1863, Union Gen. George G. Meade ordered the Army of the Potomac to Pipe Creek to counter any move toward Washington or Baltimore by Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia and to engage the Confederates in battle. Meade was . . . — — Map (db m75696) HM |
| | Originally built by John Miller in 1862 as a log cabin, the farmhouse was a brick-cased between 1866-1876 by Jonas Warner Inventory of Historic Properties Carr-1314 — — Map (db m135155) HM |
| | Opened 1923 as Maryland's first tuberculosis sanatorium for African Americans. Treatment at the time sought to provide fresh air, good food, and sanitary living conditions; Henryton featured open porches, broad windows, and southern hillside . . . — — Map (db m80625) HM |
| | In 1925, two years after the Maryland Tuberculosis Sanatorium opened in Henryton, a training school for nurses was established for black students in order to help manage the increasing patient population. The program was revised in 1945 to meet . . . — — Map (db m96080) HM |
| | Headquarters Army of the Potomac moved from Frederick to Middleburg. First and Eleventh Corps marched from Frederick to Emmitsburg. Second Corps from Monocacy Junction via Liberty and Johnsville to Uniontown. Third Corps from near Woodsborough to . . . — — Map (db m29504) HM |
| | On June 29, 1863, Union Gen. George G. Meade ordered the Army of the Potomac to Pipe Creek to counter any move toward Washington or Baltimore by Gen. Robert E Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and to engage it in battle. Meade was uncertain of Lee's . . . — — Map (db m29498) HM |
| | In 1839, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad extended its line through Mount Airy Cut, and a village soon developed here. During the Civil War, Co. K, 14th New Jersey Infantry, guarded the railroad and National Road at Mount Airy. Pine Grove Chapel, . . . — — Map (db m12493) HM |
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Here at Milestone 31, about 130 feet southeast of its original location, the Baltimore and Frederick-Town Turnpike created two towns as it moved west. Both Parrsville and Ridgeville are now a part of Mount Airy. Parrsville, to the east, was . . . — — Map (db m4933) HM |
| | The Pioneer Preacher of American Methodism purchased from John England, Sr. this house and farm March 2, 1773. A part of England's Chance and Brother's Inheritance, on which he had lived for 13 years since his coming to American 1760. Here he . . . — — Map (db m81102) HM |
| | First convert lived here 1764–1827, first class met here 1768–1809, first preacher Robert Strawbridge, first bishop Francis Asbury, preached here.
Bicentenary of Methodism, 1962. — — Map (db m3022) HM |
| | Founded 1797 *National Register Listing*
(National Register of Historic Places) — — Map (db m65103) HM |
| | Poulson Chapel, c.1763. Stone Chapel, 1783. Rebuilt 1800 and 1883. — — Map (db m3491) HM |
| | In June 1863, as Gen. Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia marched north, Gen. J. E. B. Stuart’s Confederate cavalry rode east of the main army. Soon, Federal cavalry hunted Stuart. Gen. David McM. Gregg’s division left Frederick about 4 . . . — — Map (db m105244) HM |
| | The first preacher of Methodism in America. He formed at his house (still standing, 1938) one-half mile east of here the first Class and the first Society of American Methodism. He built the first log meeting house (1764) for Methodists in America . . . — — Map (db m3561) HM |
| | Here Robert Strawbridge formed the first Methodist class in America about 1763. Nearby he built the first log meeting house. Although without official sanction American Methodists first received Baptism and Holy Communion by his hand. Named national . . . — — Map (db m3021) HM |
| | Built in 1764 by Robert Strawbridge, the first Methodist place of worship erected in America. Successors are Stone Chapel (1783) 3 miles northeast, and Bethel (1821) 1 mile south.
← — — Map (db m3020) HM |
| | One of many handsome structures designed by B&O architect E. Francis Baldwin, the station was built in 1884 along the Old Main Line. The building contained a ticket and telegraph office, separate waiting rooms for men and women, and a freight room. . . . — — Map (db m133983) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m50196) HM |
| | Near here the Confederate cavalry of Major General J. E. B. Stuart entered Carroll County from Cooksville about daybreak June 29, 1863. After damaging the tracks and bridge of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Sykesville, they marched to . . . — — Map (db m133800) HM |
| | Millard Cooper Park, Sykesville's first Town recreation facility, was founded in 1982 in memory of Millard Cooper for his unselfish devotion to the Town of Sykesville. "Coop" as he was known to his friends and co-workers, served the Town as . . . — — Map (db m133987) HM |
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Springfield
Presbyterian Church
Built 1836
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m50193) HM |
| | Has been place on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m50195) HM |
| | In June 1863, as Gen. Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia marched north, Gen. J.E.B. Stuart’s Confederate cavalry rode east of the main army. Soon, Federal cavalry hunted Stuart. Before dawn on June 29, several former area residents . . . — — Map (db m13883) HM |
| | Iron gates once marked the entrance to Springfield State Hospital, about one-half mile in front of you. The hospital, which opened in 1896, was one of the largest mental health facilities on the East Coast. For decades, medical staff, hospital . . . — — Map (db m133988) HM |
| | Dedicated to the pupils and teachers who learned within these four walls. 1904 - 1939 Restoration dedicated on September 15, 2006 With appreciation to the organizations and individuals whose generous donations of time, expertise and revenues led . . . — — Map (db m50194) HM |
| | This stone gate was part of the original entrance to
The Strawbridge Home for Boys
Old Sykesville Road, MD Route 32
Sykesville, Maryland
1924-1959
The Strawbridge Home was dedicated to the protection, training and development of young . . . — — Map (db m133832) HM |
| | Sykesville architect J. Harvey Fowble built this home in 1883 for Irish immigrant John McDonald and his wife Kate. A successful businessman, McDonald owned a dry goods store on Main Street. A succession of prominent families resided here until 1968, . . . — — Map (db m133984) HM |
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Dedicated to
the heroic memories of
all who gave their lives
for their community
state and nation
We herewith offer this
silent and everlasting
tribute to them for
their supreme sacrifice,
made so that we, the living,
might . . . — — Map (db m133986) WM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m155330) WM |
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School Sisters of Notre Dame
[Names of Sisters]
Dedication June 3, 2012 — — Map (db m91273) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m91239) HM WM |
| | Site of Adam Good Tavern visited by George Washington July 1st & 2nd 1791. — — Map (db m3563) HM |
| | Headquarters Army of the Potomac moved from Middleburg to Taneytown. First Corps marched from Emmitsburg to Marsh Run, Third Corps from Taneytown to Bridgeport, Fifth Corps from Liberty via Johnsville Union Bridge and Union to Union Mills, Sixth . . . — — Map (db m3004) HM |
| | First Corps marched from Marsh Run, Eleventh Corps from Emmitsburg to Gettysburg, Second Corps from Uniontown via Taneytown to near Gettysburg, Third Corps from Bridgeport via Emmitsburg to the field of Gettysburg, Fifth Corps from Union Mills via . . . — — Map (db m3005) HM |
| | As part of General Meade’s screen for Washington as the Confederates invaded Maryland and Pennsylvania, the Third Corps, Army of the Potomac, arrived here June 30, 1863, from Taneytown, next day General Daniel E. Sickles marched this Corps to . . . — — Map (db m3000) HM |
| | Settlers like German Protestants along with the French-and English-speaking Roman Catholics brought their unique cultures and their different religious denominations to Taneytown. By the 1750s, the German Reformed Church had organized its . . . — — Map (db m65104) HM |
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The arrival of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company in 1871 placed the town's merchants and farmers in an advantageous economic situation. Edward Reindollar expanded a grain elevator by including a steam flour mill in 1892, while Edward Zepp set up . . . — — Map (db m80556) HM |
| | Whitelaw Reid, a Civil War correspondent, began reporting for The Cincinnati Gazette in 1862. On June 30, 1863, Reid took the train from Washington, D.C, and traveled to General George Gordon Meade’s headquarters just outside of Taneytown on the . . . — — Map (db m65131) HM |
| | Major General George G. Meade, commander of the Army of the Potomac, maintained headquarters on the nearby Shunk Farm from June 30 until the night of July 1, 1863. From here he directed the initial concentration of the Union forces at Gettysburg. — — Map (db m2996) HM |
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John Augustus Dempwolf, a Pennsylvania architect, was asked to design Trinity Lutheran Church in 1896. He had previously designed the Taneytown Presbyterian Church in 1883 and the Hagan House and Grocery Store in 1890. Several other prominent . . . — — Map (db m80555) HM |
| | On June 29, 1863, Union Gen. George G. Meade ordered the Army of the Potomac to Pipe Creek to counter any move toward Washington or Baltimore by Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia and to engage the Confederates in battle. Meade . . . — — Map (db m155348) HM |
| | Dedicated to the honor of the men and women of Taneytown who served in the armed forces of the United States of America in all wars.
Mayor Raymond J. Perry
Councilman James C. Baumgardner
Councilman Carel E. Frock
Pres of Council James C. . . . — — Map (db m3001) HM |
| | Taneytown was founded in 1754 by Raphael Taney, a land speculator from St. Mary’s County. Some of the first buildings to line the dusty road were taverns-public houses where weary travelers could have a meal and spend the night. In fact President . . . — — Map (db m65105) HM |
| | The Downtown Taneytown Main Street Organization dedicates this sign restoration to the Taneytown community.
The "Zile's Ice Cream“ sign was originally completed in the 1920's by Roy Strine and restored in the year 2001 by Lewis Shlitt. It . . . — — Map (db m80463) HM |
| | About 1735 William Farquhar and Ann his wife held a Friends (Quaker) Meeting at his house. In 1771 he deeded two acres of land on which the Meeting House and burying ground are located. Ex-President Hoover’s ancestors were members of this Meeting. — — Map (db m3015) HM |
| | He began his studies in Baltimore and in 1858 established a studio in Rome. Among his more important works are the monument to Chief Justice Taney in Annapolis and the completion of the bronze doors to the Capitol in Washington. Died in Rome 1874. — — Map (db m3016) HM |
| | Donated by Isaac A. and Betty Myers Sayler through Plymouth Masonic Lodge erected by Union Bridge Business Association — — Map (db m91341) HM |
| | Elmer A. Wolfe High School was built just east of this site in 1931. The building was demolished in 1996 and replaced by the present Elmer A. Wolfe Elementary School. — — Map (db m91315) HM |
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Awarded
Lehigh Portland Cement Company
Union Bridge, Md. Plant
for a perfect safety record
in 1932
Reawarded for a perfect safety record in
1933 · 193x · 193x · 1939 · 1940 · 1941 · 1942 · 1945 · 1946 · 1947 · 1948 · 1949 · 1950 · 1951 . . . — — Map (db m91338) HM |
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The first
reaping machine
in the world was invented by
Jacob R. Thomas
and tried near this spot in 1811. Obed Hussey perfected and patented the invention in 1839 one year prior to the McCormick reaper. — — Map (db m3564) HM |
| | Gettysburg Campaign
Union Gen. John E. Reynolds was killed at Gettysburg on July 1, 1863 while directing his command along the Chambersburg Turnpike in the early fighting. His body was carried to a house in town. Orderlies searched for a coffin . . . — — Map (db m3017) HM |
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[Honor Roll of Veterans]
[not transcribed]
Paid the Supreme Sacrifice
Walter E. Campbell · Benjamin F. Cline · Aby B. Crawford · George A. Flechtner · Daily Godwin · Hugh H. Hahn · Eli C. Hornick · Bernard T. Houck · Charles Kelly · . . . — — Map (db m3018) WM |
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On this location in the Year of 1811,
Jacob R. Thomas
designed and assembled the first
reaping machine in the world. The
machine was given a trial operation
in a field of wheat
owned by Sarah Clemson
at the north end of Union . . . — — Map (db m91342) HM |
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In 1863, brothers Andrew K. and William Shriver resided on either side of the Littlestown Turnpike here and likewise were divided in their loyalties, with William supporting the Confederacy and Andrew the Union. When officers at the head of Gen. . . . — — Map (db m155368) HM |
| | After stunning victories at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, Virginia, early in May 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee carried the war through Maryland, across the Mason and Dixon Line and into Pennsylvania. His infantry marched north through . . . — — Map (db m2994) HM |
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After stunning victories at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, Virginia early in May 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee carried the war through Maryland, across the Mason-Dixon Line and into Pennsylvania. His infantry marched north through . . . — — Map (db m155337) HM |
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At daybreak on June 30, 1863, Gen. J. E. B. Stuart arrived here from his bivouac at the Orendorff farm north of Westminster. He then gathered his brigade commanders to discuss Union Gen. Judson H. Kilpatrick’s cavalry division, which was encamped . . . — — Map (db m2995) HM |
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At daybreak on June 30, 1863, Gen. J.E.B. Stuart arrived here from his bivouac at the Orendorff farm north of Westminster. He then gathered his brigade commanders to discuss Union Gen. Judson H. Kilpatrick's cavalry division, which was encamped . . . — — Map (db m155339) HM |
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A Memorial
to the men of Myers District
who served God and Country in
the World War for Freedom
• Roll of Honor •
Capt. Bernard S. Lawyer
Lieut. James M. Shriver • Sergt. Carl L. Schaeffer
• Privates •
Vernon D. . . . — — Map (db m135082) WM |
| |
[Died in Service]
Calvin C. Myers • Leonard C. Humbert • John Vernon Krumrine
[Veterans Honor Roll]
[see photos] — — Map (db m135085) WM |
| | Headquarters Army of the Potomac moved from Frederick to Middleburg. First and Eleventh Corps marched from Frederick to Emmitsburg. Second Corps from Monocacy Junction via Liberty and Johnsville to Uniontown. Third Corps from near Woodsborough to . . . — — Map (db m50088) HM |
| | On and about the nearby Babylon Farm Major General Winfield Scott Hancock rested his corps June 29, 1863. On July 1, the corps marched through Taneytown to take part in the Battle of Gettysburg. — — Map (db m3013) HM |
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Historic
Uniontown
circa 1800
listed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
— — Map (db m147266) HM |
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The John Hyder House
and Post Office c. 1813
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
[Additional plaque on the house:]
John Hyder, Postmaster . . . — — Map (db m147268) HM |
| | On June 27, 1863, Union Gen. Winfield S. Hancock’s II Corps, Army of the Potomac camped at Monocacy Junction near Frederick. The next day, Gen. George G. Meade assumed command of the army and devised a plan to march it through Frederick and Carroll . . . — — Map (db m3014) HM |
| | [Top plaque:]
Weaver - Fox House
1875
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
[Bottom plaque:]
Built by Dr. Jacob Weaver Jr.
Physician . . . — — Map (db m147267) HM |
| | The City of Westminster and the citizens of Carroll County proudly honor the brave men of the 1st Delaware Cavalry and the vanguard of Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry who fought and died during this engagement in the Gettysburg Campaign. We comment the . . . — — Map (db m103828) WM |
| | After the cavalry engagement here on June 29, 1863, Westminster’s citizens cared for dozens of wounded of both sides. Besides the human toll, shattered and broken cannons, gun carriages, and caissons lined both sides of Court Street to Main Street . . . — — Map (db m13848) HM |
| | First and Second Brigades First Cavalry Division marched from Taneytown to Westminster, the Reserve Brigade of First Cavalry Division from Emmitsburg to the field of Gettysburg, and the Second Brigade Second Cavalry Division from Manchester to . . . — — Map (db m13854) HM |
| | Headquarters Army of the Potomac moved from Frederick to Middleburg, First and Eleventh Corps marched from Frederick to Emmitsburg, Second Corps from Monocacy Junction via Liberty and Johnsville to Uniontown, Third Corps from near Woodsborough to . . . — — Map (db m13856) HM |
| | This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior. — — Map (db m65148) HM |
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Sgt. Charles L. Billingslea, Jr., USAF
Pfc. Charles A. Crew, USA
Pfc. Louis A. Damewood, USA
Pvt. William H. Dolson, USA
Pvt. Charles K. Eckard, USA
Sgt. Leslie L. Fairchild, USA
1st Lt. Nelson E. Fenwick, USA
Pfc. Charles E. . . . — — Map (db m155342) WM |
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[Entrance plaque:]
Carroll County
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
[Small plaque laid in the ground:]
We bond this memorial with the national and state memorials by the names enclosed below
The names were brought to this . . . — — Map (db m114517) WM |
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Carroll Hall - 1873
President's House - 1889
Levine Hall - 1891
Baker Chapel - 1895
Alumni Hall - 1896
Ward Memorial Arch - 1898
Designated Historical Places
on the
National Register
U.S. Department of the . . . — — Map (db m147270) HM |
| | Here June 29, 1863, Captain Charles Corbit led Companies C and D, First Delaware Cavalry, against General J. E. B. Stuart’s cavalry division. Though repelled by overwhelming force, the attack delayed Stuart, and was a factor in his failure to reach . . . — — Map (db m3024) HM |
| | In June, 1863, as Gen. Robert E. Lee’s infantry marched through Maryland on its second invasion of the North, Lee lost contact with Gen. J.E.B. Stuart as the cavalry commander led his force east and north around the Union army. Here, on the . . . — — Map (db m13832) HM |
| | During the Civil War, some Westminster families supported the Confederacy while others stood by the Union. Among the latter was Mary Ann “Mollie” Huber, who organized a dozen other like minded ladies into a sewing circle that met at her . . . — — Map (db m13849) HM |
| | A block away, at what is now 71 East Main Street, stood the Abner Neal house. In August 1862, Federal soldiers arrested sixteen Westminster residents as Southern sympathizers and escorted them to Baltimore for questioning. The group, soon released, . . . — — Map (db m114404) HM |
| | On June 29, 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s infantry was in Pennsylvania, and Gen. J.E.B. Stuart’s cavalry arrived here on the outskirts of Westminster. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee’s division led the column, which numbered 6,000 including cavalrymen . . . — — Map (db m13826) HM |
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First Lutheran
Parsonage
Serving the five churches
of the
Westminster Charge
1854-1870
— — Map (db m114407) HM |
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In June 1864, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee sent Gen. Jubal A. Early's corps from the Richmond battlefields to the Shenandoah Valley to counter Union Gen. David Hunter's army. After driving Hunter into West Virginia, Early invaded . . . — — Map (db m155346) HM |
| | After stunning victories at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, Virginia, early in May 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee carried the war through Maryland, across the Mason and Dixon Line and into Pennsylvania. His infantry marched north through . . . — — Map (db m75738) HM |
| | After stunning victories at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, Virginia, early in May 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee carried the war through Maryland, across the Mason and Dixon Line and into Pennsylvania. His infantry marched north through . . . — — Map (db m114403) HM |
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Presented to the citizens of Westminster
by the Mayor and Common Council
History Is Also Now
Designed by Lewis Schlitt ©1999
and created with help of
Drury Bynum, Thomas Van Damme, and James Veenstra.
Based on . . . — — Map (db m114431) HM |
| | This memorial honors all American veterans who, although separated by generations, shared a common, undeniable goal—to valiantly protect our country's freedoms.
The memories of these American veterans will continue to live on whenever and . . . — — Map (db m114408) WM |
| | Established in 1909, became largest organization in Maryland advocating for women’s suffrage. Local chapters were founded throughout the state including in Westminster in 1913. By 1915 statewide membership numbered 17,000. The League’s campaign . . . — — Map (db m139586) HM |
| | Landon C. Burns was born in 1897 in Virginia. He graduated from the University of Maryland with a B.S. Degree in Agriculture Education and later earned an M.S. Degree in Rural Sociology. The man who was often called "Mr. Carroll County" was . . . — — Map (db m114412) HM |
| | A tribute
Mayor Joseph L. Mathias 1884-1963
A community leader who served the city of Westminster with dedication and distinction over a period of thirty -two years.
City Councilman 1927-1937
Mayor of Westminster 1942-1963
Eliminated . . . — — Map (db m103912) HM |
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