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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Frederick County, Maryland
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This cross marks the site of Father Dubois house in which Mother Seton and her associates lived from Jun 21, to July 31, 1809.
"Blessed be God in His Angels and in His Saints." — — Map (db m19033) HM
On this site St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first U.S. native to be canonized, founded an academy for girls in 1809. A high school was later added and in 1902 St. Joseph's College was chartered as a three year institution for women. In 1914 the . . . — — Map (db m9474) HM
Born Aug. 28, 1774, in New York, she came to Emmitsburg from Baltimore June 24, 1809, occupying stone house on these grounds July 31. The following year, in White House visible from here, she organized nation's first Roman Catholic Parochial School. . . . — — Map (db m9473) HM
About 80,000 Union troops settled here in Saint Joseph's Valley as June 1863 drew to a close, "until the grounds around were actually covered with Soldiers." Emmitsburg was placed under martial law, and the Vincentian priests at Saint Joseph's . . . — — Map (db m9485) HM
About 38,000 Union troops from three corps passed through Saint Joseph's Valley during the five days before the Battle of Gettysburg, until it seemed to the sisters that "the grounds around were actually covered with Soldiers." Emmitsburg was . . . — — Map (db m147295) HM
Bells pealed throughout Saint Joseph's Valley with the joyful news of Mother Seton's beatification March 17, 1963
The Academy Bell, cast by George Harley of Philadelphia (n.d.), summoned boarding and day pupils of Saint Joseph's Academy to . . . — — Map (db m147288) HM
The Carriage House Inn
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
circa 1857
— — Map (db m147282) HM
The
Emmit
House
1879
The present architectural configuration
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Previously known as:
Black's Tavern
circa - 1850
Old Farmer's Inn
circa - 1863 . . . — — Map (db m130248) HM
This is the first statue of Mother Seton erected in the United States. It was blessed on September 27, 1950, by Bishop John M. McNamara, Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, and unveiled by Francesca Senese - Santoponte of Leghorn, great-great . . . — — Map (db m147293) HM
John Hughes, class of 1826, fourth bishop (1838) and first archbishop of New York (1850-1864), born in County Tyrone Ireland (1797), immigrated in 1817. A gardener and mason, Hughes was employed the 10th of November, 1819, by Fr. John DuBois . . . — — Map (db m9621) HM
1917 1918
Emmitsburg In The Great War
This memorial
erected and dedicated in honor of
those from Emmitsburg District
who served in The World War
The Supreme Sacrifice Made By
Bentzel, Arthur H* Hahn, Martin . . . — — Map (db m44058) HM WM
June 21, 1809
Mother Seton
and her companions removed from Baltimore to Emmitsburg. For a few weeks the little company were domiciled in the mountain house placed at their disposal by
· Rev. John Dubois, S. S. ·
President . . . — — Map (db m147284) HM
This reconstruction log building, faced with clapboard and painted white, was occupied by Mother Seton and her little community in February 1810. At the close of the year the school numbered thirty boarders and forty day pupils. In 1817 this . . . — — Map (db m9617) HM
This calvary group replaces the "old wooden cross" erected by John Dubois of which Mother Seton writes in her journal for the year 1815 --- "Quiet dinner at the Grotto before the old cross, yet standing after winter storms", memorializes forever the . . . — — Map (db m19036) HM
Beginning in the 1730's, German and Swiss immigrants would traverse this area, coming from the eastern Pennsylvania en-route to the Shenandoah Valley. Many would settle on, and beside, Catoctin Mountain.
Family farms were quick to sprout up . . . — — Map (db m159915) HM
Each year, thousands of visitors come to the Thurmont area to enjoy the Great Outdoors. Uniquely positioned amidst a cavalcade of authentic recreational experiences, the Maryland Main Street designee of over 6,000 residents proudly caters to . . . — — Map (db m159918) HM
For more than 200 years, people have journeyed to Emmitsburg for inspiration, enlightenment, and remembrance. Located just south of the Mason-Dixon Line on one of America's Scenic Byways, the town is the site of two internationally-recognized . . . — — Map (db m147281) HM
Emmitsburg's Town Square has been the center of commercial and social activity since William Emmit laid out the town in 1785 on a grid of lots and divided by a four-way intersection. Originally the site of the town water pump, the Town Square was . . . — — Map (db m147279) HM
The tree was a Maryland State Champion White Ash approximately 175 years old when on July 10, 2001 a storm with tornado-like winds took off one of the major limbs and decay was discovered inside the remaining limbs.
The Maryland Department of . . . — — Map (db m19025) HM
William Elder, Sr., named this land Mount Saint Mary's & established (ca. 1743) his home "Pleasant Level" and the Elder Cemetery on the plain below. His family deeded (October 24, 1793) this mountain land for a church. In respect for the living God . . . — — Map (db m17389) HM
When Frederick Town was laid out in 1745, founder Daniel Dulany provided lots to different faith denominations to build churches. These would serve as centers of religious, educational and social life for the new settlers in Maryland's colonial . . . — — Map (db m104185) HM
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
──── . . . — — Map (db m89631) HM
On April 22, 1783, this historic cannon announced the end of the American Revolution here on the western frontier of the new nation Cast at the Mount Aetna forge near Hagerstown, this iron fortification gun entered service at the New Frederick . . . — — Map (db m103370) HM
(Upper Plaque):Erected by the State of New Jersey to commemorate the heroic services of the 14th Regiment New Jersey Volunteer Infantry 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 6th Corps Army of the Potomac, at the Battle of Monocacy, MD July 9th . . . — — Map (db m13301) HM
In this property
At 173 West All Saints Street
Dr. Ulysses G. Bourne
and
Dr. Charles Brooks
Operated a 15-Bed Hospital
for African Americans
from 1919 to 1928
This Plaque Erected By
The Kiwanis Club of Frederick
June . . . — — Map (db m107230) HM
Fresh from victory at the Second Battle of Manassas, Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia crossed the Potomac River on September 4–6, 1862, to bring the Civil War to Northern soil and to recruit sympathetic Marylanders. Union Gen. . . . — — Map (db m2708) HM
Fresh from victory at the Second Battle of Manassas, Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia crossed the Potomac River on September 4–6, 1862, to bring the Civil War to Northern soil and to recruit sympathetic Marylanders. Union Gen. . . . — — Map (db m18382) HM
Fresh from victory at the Second Battle of Manassas, Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia crossed the Potomac River on September 4–6, 1862, to bring the Civil War to Northern soil and to recruit sympathetic Marylanders. Union Gen. . . . — — Map (db m97907) HM
In June 1864, with Union Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant intent on destroying Confederate General Robert E. Lee's army, Lee developed a bold plan to capture Washington, D.C. He sent Lieutenant General Jubal A. Early with 15,000 troops to invade . . . — — Map (db m78623) HM
In June 1864, with Union Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant intent on destroying Confederate General Robert E. Lee's army, Lee developed a bold plan to capture Washington, D.C. He sent Lieutenant General Jubal A. Early with 15,000 troops to invade . . . — — Map (db m104162) HM
The Square Corner, at the intersection of Patrick and Market Streets, has long been the commercial and financial heart of Frederick. It is here that the National Road meets several important north-south roads that lead to Pennsylvania, Virginia, and . . . — — Map (db m2748) HM
This part of downtown Frederick has long been a place of lodging and hospitality for travelers along the National Road. Kimball's Inn, Talbott's Tavern, the City Hotel and the Francis Scott Key Hotel have occupied this site for over two hundred . . . — — Map (db m104243) HM
On the morning of July 9, 1864, John T. Worthington sent his family to safety in the cellar. From an upstairs window he watched Confederate General McCausland lead his cavalry brigade of 1,400 men into an ambush. Concealed behind a fence and waist . . . — — Map (db m89982) HM
Learn to paint at the Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center or catch outrageous improve and other stage productions at the Maryland Ensemble Theatre. Dance on your toes at the Cultural Arts Center or ponder the trompe l'oeil elements of the . . . — — Map (db m129735) HM
At this intersection, President Abraham Lincoln spoke from a railroad car platform to Frederick residents assembled in the street on October 4, 1862. He had just returned from viewing the battlefields of South Mountain and Antietam and had called on . . . — — Map (db m60166) HM
As the Confederate army marched through Frederick on September 10, 1862, feisty local Unionists—mostly women—showed their defiance by waving the Stars and Stripes. The poet John Greenleaf Whittier immortalized one of them in “The . . . — — Map (db m2693) HM
"Over Barbara Frietchie's grave,
Flag of Freedom and Union, wave!"
John Greenleaf Whittier
From the poem, entitled “Barbara Frietchie,”
Atlantic Monthly magazine, October, 1863
Barbara . . . — — Map (db m127719) HM
About 8 o'clock a dash was made by the enemy under cover of artillery fire, to drive us from out position, hoping to gain the pike, and proceed on their way to Washington. — Private Daniel B. Freeman, Company G, 10th Vermont Infantry . . . — — Map (db m78507) HM
(preface)
Confederate Gen. Jubal A. Early drove Union Gen. David Hunter into West Virginia after the Battle of Lynchburg, Va., clearing the Shenandoah Valley of Federal forces. To draw Union troops from Petersburg, Early launched a raid . . . — — Map (db m76651) HM
Here along the Monocacy River on July 9, 1864, was fought the battle between Union forces under General Lew Wallace and Confederate forces under General Jubal A. Early. The battle, although a temporary victory for the Confederates, delayed their . . . — — Map (db m3218) HM
The John T. Best family was going about its chores of tending cows, hogs, chickens, and fields of wheat, oats, and corn. The Bests were used to working amid soldiers, for Union and Confederate troops had camped here on the South Hermitage farm . . . — — Map (db m3223) HM
On April 23, 1755 At a Tavern located near this spot General Edward Braddock Colonel George Washington and Benjamin Franklin Met to plan the British assault on Ft. Dusquesne During the French & Indian War This plaque erected by the Kiwanis Club . . . — — Map (db m2725) HM
A wagon road crossed Brush Creek at this location connecting the Georgetown Pike with roads to Baltimore. As Federal troops withdrew from the battlefield, they passed Gambrill's Mill and followed this road toward Baltimore, leaving the field to the . . . — — Map (db m3272) HM
12:00 noon July 9, 1864 Confederates wearing captured blue uniforms had killed or wounded several Union skirmishers who had been sent across the Monocacy River to hold the Georgetown Turnpike and B&O Railroad bridges "at all hazards." The two . . . — — Map (db m103946) HM
On July 9, 1864, a wooden covered bridge spanned the Monocacy River where you see the present-day Urbana Pike Bridge. The covered bridge provided easy movement for the Confederates, intent on speeding 15,000 troops with their horses, wagons, and . . . — — Map (db m103945) HM
The building in front of you, Kemp Hall, was the capitol of Maryland during the spring and summer of 1861, as the state came perilously close to leaving the Union. Because secession would have placed the U.S. capital, Washington, D.C. between the . . . — — Map (db m67247) HM
The building in front of you, Kemp Hall, was the capitol of Maryland during the spring and summer of 1861, as the state came perilously close to leaving the Union. Because secession would have placed the U.S. capital, Washington, D.C., between . . . — — Map (db m152357) HM
Since the war's onset John T. Best had grown accustomed to seeing Union and Confederate soldiers on his farm, but the morning of July 9, 1864, was different. Shots rang out on the farm and a battle ensued. Confederate artillery moved into the . . . — — Map (db m82336) HM
Frederick High School alumnus Chuck Foreman excelled at track, basketball, and football. He played defensive back, wide receiver, and running back positions for the University of Miami Hurricanes before being drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in . . . — — Map (db m137815) HM
Connections with the Civil War abound around this Courthouse Square, where the first official act of defiance against the British crown - the 1765 Stamp Act Repudiation - occurred almost a century earlier. In 1857, Roger Brooke Taney, Chief Justice . . . — — Map (db m2815) HM
Frederick County's ties to the American Civil War run deep, so it should come as no surprise that it is part of Maryland's Heart of the Civil War Heritage Area and The Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area/National Scenic Byway. . . . — — Map (db m119144) HM
On the morning of July 9, 1864, C. Keefer Thomas hosted two Union officers at his breakfast table, talking about the impeding battle. Later that morning as the battle drew near, the Thomas family, with several houseguests, neighbors, enslaved . . . — — Map (db m89983) HM
John Greenleaf Whittier immortalized Barbara Fritchie and the town of Frederick in his poem about the elderly Frederick resident who supposedly displayed the Union flag as Southern soldiers marched by on September 10, 1862.
On July 9, 1864, . . . — — Map (db m3290) HM
On July 9, 1907, 43 years after the battle of Monocacy, 180 veterans of the 14th New Jersey Regiment returned to dedicate this monument in honor of their comrades and their sacrifices. Most of the men wore a memorial pin on their lapel, given to . . . — — Map (db m82291) HM
In special tribute to those
who participated in the
"D" Day Invasion-Normandy France, June 6, 1944
Since 1775
Dedicated to all those past and present
who have served in peace and war
as members of
Company A, 1st Bn, 115th Infantry . . . — — Map (db m103364) WM
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 . . . — — Map (db m103169) HM
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 here buried.
Honor To the Brave
. . . — — Map (db m103172) WM
7:00 a.m, July 9, 1864 Confederate troops under Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early streamed through the gaps of South Mountain and the Catoctins and headed south past Frederick. Bound for Washington, D.C., they were stopped here at the Best family farm by . . . — — Map (db m3246) HM
Two tides of immigration met at Frederick Town, the westernmost settlement in Maryland at the time of its founding in 1745. English people came primarily from southern Maryland, the oldest and first developed section of the colony. Germans came . . . — — Map (db m152364) HM
After Union General Wallace ordered the covered bridge burned, the railroad bridge became the only route of escape for Lieutenant Davis and his men, who were seperated from the rest of the Union forces by the river. His troops fought bravely all . . . — — Map (db m82115) HM
The original memorial, unveiled on August 17, 1911, was dedicated to the humane efforts of Marie Diehl (1855-1907), a founder of the Frederick Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, now the Frederick County Humane Society.
The . . . — — Map (db m119143) HM
The success of miller James H. Gambrill became apparent when he built Edgewood, the grand house on the hill. When it was constructed around 1872, the brick, three-story Second Empire style house was one of the largest single-family residences in . . . — — Map (db m90479) HM
The Home of
Enoch Louis Lowe
Aug. 10, 1820 — Aug. 23, 1892
Governor of Maryland
1851 — 1854
Marked by the Historical Society
of Frederick County March 25, 1956 — — Map (db m103320) HM
This tablet is erected
to the Glory of God
and
in grateful recognition of those
who organized this congregation
and have maintained it for
two hundred years
1738 Congregation organized.
1743 Log church built on the Monocacy. . . . — — Map (db m14022) HM
The Northerners held, then lost, then retook the Thomas house grounds as the fighting ebbed and flowed in the stifling heat. Casualties mounted quickly on both sides. Union Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace could see that his numbers were dwindling and that the . . . — — Map (db m3274) HM
After skirmishing on July 8 with Confederates west of Frederick, MD, Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace’s 5,800 Union troops—many of them “raw and untried”—took a stand at the Monocacy River. Wallace carefully chose this critical . . . — — Map (db m3247) HM
Come on, Georgians, follow me and we will show these (Confederate) cavalrymen how to fight.
Confederate General Clement Evans (As heard by Private N. Harris, 16th Virginia Cavalry)
After the failed cavalry attacks on Thomas Farm, . . . — — Map (db m89984) HM
In the final months of his life Francis Scott Key enjoyed visits to Terra Rubra farm, his boyhood home not far from Frederick Town. He thought and wrote about the end of life and his hopes of immortality in a life to come.
Key died at his . . . — — Map (db m75758) HM WM
The Union troops held the Confederates at bay for most of the day. Around 4:30 p.m. the Union front collapsed and fell back to the Georgetown Pike, where they used the protection of the road bank in their final stand. The Union soldiers fronted . . . — — Map (db m78505) HM
Founded by
Mr. John W. Burner
Supervisor of All Black Schools
in Frederick County
Principal
Mr. Maurice Reid
Sponsor
Frederick Chapter NAACP — — Map (db m107198) HM
Distressed that their main escape route had been burned, the stranded Federal skirmishers fought on as they faced periodic Confederate attacks. Late in the afternoon, they gradually fell back towards the Baltimore & Ohio bridge. About 5:00 p.m., . . . — — Map (db m3271) HM
A log jailhouse (gaol), built to house British prisoners or Tories, stood on this site in June, 1776. The tiny two story gaol was 30 feet long and 20 wide. The six-room facility held prisoners throughout the Revolutionary War. Converted to a stable . . . — — Map (db m4960) HM
Francis Scott Key Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”Born in Frederick County, Maryland, 1779. Died in Baltimore 1843 and there buried. Removed to Federick 1866 and interred in family lot. In 1898 the remains of Francis Scott . . . — — Map (db m2731) HM
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 defending . . . — — Map (db m103219) HM
The Thirty Fourth District
·Rotary International·
At Its First Conference
March 1923
Pays This Tribute to
Francis Scott Key
· Author of·
Our National Anthem
⟵·⟶
“And the Star Spangled Banner,
Oh, . . . — — Map (db m104597) HM
The National Society
United Daughters
of 1812
State Presidents
and Charter Members
April 5, 1979
Pay this tribute to
Francis Scott Key
Author of
Our National Anthem
⟵·⟶
“Then Conquer We Must
When . . . — — Map (db m104602) HM
Frederick's favorite son is celebrated throughout the US before every kickoff, face-off and first pitch. The author of the “Star Spangled Banner,” Francis Scott Key was born in Frederick County and launched his law career here in 1801. . . . — — Map (db m107306) HM
Frederick Town was founded in 1745 when Daniel Dulany the Elder carved out an eastern portion of his 7,000 acre parcel patented as "Tasker's Chance." The town was then laid out in an orderly grid with Patrick Street designated as the east-west . . . — — Map (db m2805) HM
Killed in Action
Charles Austin Brandenburg • Paul Kenneth Carty
Manville Eugene Dagenhart • Jacob Augustus Ely
Raymond Randolph Flair • Edward Ray Fisher
Samuel Oliver Frye • Albert Eugene Green
Raymond Louis Kemp Jr • Harvey Elmer . . . — — Map (db m103314) WM
This memorial is placed
in remembrance of
Frederick County's Sons and Daughters
who served our nation
at home and abroad
May we always remember
that the price of liberty
is eternal vigilance. . . . — — Map (db m103277) WM
Dedicated to those who served
Those who gave their lives
in the service of their country
Robert E. Smith, Jr
HN USN • May 15, 1966
Daniel S. Brittain
2Lt USMC • May 20, 1966
Richard W. Meehan
1LT USA • August 8, 1966
Robert H. Lerner . . . — — Map (db m103264) WM
This monument was erected
in honor of
the sons and daughters
of
Frederick County
who served their country
in the Great World War
1917 • 1918
—————
These died for their country
[Roll of Honored . . . — — Map (db m103389) WM
In this Memorial Ground
which was donated to
Frederick County and Frederick City
by the Evangelical Reformed Church
of Frederick, Maryland
lie buried the following persons
[List of burials] — — Map (db m103425) HM
These barracks served as the first public building for the new state. Founded in 1777, the limestone twins stood tall two years later, thanks to contractor Abraham Faw and local craftsmen. Set atop strategic ground, the Barracks controlled the . . . — — Map (db m103418) HM
Born in what was then northeast Frederick County, Key’s parents first brought him to “Frederick-Town” to be baptized. His parents often rode to the county seat here. Key walked these streets whenever the family came to Frederick. . . . — — Map (db m67248) HM
On this site Frederick's Boys High School was constructed in 1911-12 as a "public secondary school for boys" (minutes Frederick County Board of School Commissioners).
The co-educational Frederick High School served as the community's primary . . . — — Map (db m129740) HM
Frederick Town was strategically laid out along both sides of Carroll Creek in 1745 by Daniel Dulany, a prominent Annapolis land speculator. Like many colonial towns, the town creek would be the lifeblood of the community, provider of drinking and . . . — — Map (db m119142) HM
James H. Gambrill prospered as a miller after the Civil War, and the family moved up in the world - from a modest dwelling on the lowlands near the mill to this 17-room house on the hill. The three-story frame structure, built about 1872, has . . . — — Map (db m90481) HM
Mill owner James H. Gambrill used his wits to survive the turmoil. A Southern sympathizer, he sold flour to Northern troops as they set up their line of defense on his land. During the battle he took refuge inside the mill with Samuel S. Thomas and . . . — — Map (db m3262) HM
(preface)
In June 1864, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee sent Gen. Jubal A. Early’s corps from Richmond battlefields to the Shenandoah Valley to counter Union Gen. David Hunter’s army. After driving Hunter into West Virginia, Early invaded . . . — — Map (db m75747) HM
General Edward Braddock traveled over this road in April 1755 (in a coach and six horses purchased from Gov. Horatio Sharpe of Maryland)after a protracted conference in Frederick with Benjamin Franklin and others concerning the securing of teams, . . . — — Map (db m1247) HM
Friend of America and Liberty Arrived at the bridge nearby on his way to Frederick December 29, 1824 —————— Created by a delegation of citizens including the gallant Lawrence Everhart who had come to escort him . . . — — Map (db m2326) HM
On August 5 and 6, 1785, and again June 30 and July 1, 1791, was the guest of Thomas Johnson at the latter's manorial residence which stood on the site of the present farm house, about 150 yards east of this point. Thomas Johnson, a member of the . . . — — Map (db m1538) HM
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