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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Frederick County, Maryland
Frederick is the county seat for Frederick County
Adjacent to Frederick County, Maryland
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Near Catoctin Mountain Highway (U.S. 15) south of North Seton Avenue (Business U.S. 15), on the right when traveling south.
Dedicated in memory of
Monsignor Hugh J. Phillips
Former President of nearby Mount Saint Mary's College and Seminary (now University) and longtime Chaplain of the National Shrine Grotto of Lourdes for his tireless efforts to have a Maryland . . . — — Map (db m217373) HM
Near Grotto Road, 0.6 miles north of St. Anthony's Road, on the right when traveling north.
Here on Sunday afternoons Mother Seton "seated on a rock known as Hers," taught Christian Doctrine to the children of The Mountain Parish.
"They that instruct many to Justice shall Shine as the Stars for all Eternity." - Daniel XII, 3. — — Map (db m19031) HM
On South Seton Avenue (Business U.S. 15), on the right when traveling north. Reported missing.
1808 - 1983 Dedicated to Mount Saint Mary's College Quote from Helmans History of Emmitsburg: "- The great fire occurred June 15th, 1863 it originated in the livery stable of Guthrie & Beam, consuming over fifty buildings in all; the fire . . . — — Map (db m9619) HM
Proclaimed a Public Oratory, December 8, 1965 by His Eminence, Lawrence Cardinal Shehan, Archbishop of Baltimore.
The faithful who out of devotion visit the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes may gain the following special indulgences: A Plenary . . . — — Map (db m92525) HM
On Grotto Road, 0.5 miles north of St. Anthony Rd.
Ave Maria
This monument is dedicated to the glory of God and His Blessed Mother.
It is erected on the site of the “Old Church on the Hill,” which was built in 1805 Father John Dubois, founder of Mount Saint Mary’s . . . — — Map (db m17360) HM
On Grotto Road, 0.6 miles north of St. Anthony's Road, on the right when traveling north.
Describing the conversion of her sister-in-law, Harriet: Harriet left the log house on the evening of Friday, July 21, 1809, between 10 and 11 o'clock to seek the solitude of the Old Church on the Hill... "Harriet stealing up to the church by the . . . — — Map (db m19034) HM
Near South Seton Avenue (Business Route 15) 1.7 miles north of Catoctin Mountain Highway (U.S. 15), on the right when traveling north.
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774-1821)
Mother + Convert + Educator + Foundress
[Plaque near the base of the statue:]
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
Foundress
Sisters of Charity
of
Saint Joseph's
31 July 1809 . . . — — Map (db m147285) HM
On Grotto Road, 0.6 miles north of St. Anthony's Road, on the right when traveling north.
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 South Seton Avenue (Business U.S. 15), on the right when traveling north.
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
On South Seton Avenue (Business U.S. 15), on the right when traveling north.
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 . . . — — Map (db m9473) HM
Near South Seton Avenue (Business U.S. 15), on the right when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
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
Near South Seton Avenue (Business U.S. 15) 1.7 miles north of Catoctin Mountain Highway (U.S. 15), on the right when traveling north.
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 m204242) HM
Near South Seton Avenue (Business U.S. 15) 1.7 miles north of Catoctin Mountain Highway (U.S. 15), on the right when traveling north.
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
On South Seton Avenue (Business U.S. 15) at South School Lane, on the right when traveling south on South Seton Avenue.
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
On West Main Street (Maryland Route 140) at Frailey Road, on the left when traveling west on West Main Street.
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
Near South Seton Avenue (Business U.S. 15) 1.7 miles north of Catoctin Mountain Highway (U.S. 15), on the right when traveling north.
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
On Grotto Road, on the right when traveling north.
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
On North Main Street near Lincoln Avenue & Frailey Road, on the left when traveling north.
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
Near South Seton Avenue (Business U.S. 15) 1.8 miles Catoctin Mountain Highway (U.S. 15), on the right when traveling north.
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
On West Main Street (Maryland Route 140) at South Seton Avenue (Business U.S. 15), on the left when traveling west on West Main Street.
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
Near Catoctin Mountain Highway (Route 15) south of North Seton Avenue (Business U.S. 15), on the right when traveling south.
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 m217371) HM
Near South Seton Avenue (Business U.S. 15), on the right when traveling north.
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
On Grotto Road, 0.6 miles north of St. Anthony's Road when traveling north.
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
Near Catoctin Mountain Highway (U.S. 15) 0.5 miles south of Welty Road, on the right when traveling south.
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
On Catoctin Mountain Highway (U.S. 15) 0.5 miles south of Business U.S. 15, on the right when traveling south.
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
On South Seton Avenue (Business U.S. 15) at East Main Street (Maryland Route 140), on the right when traveling north on South Seton Avenue.
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
Near Seton Avenue (Business U.S. 15) 0.6 miles Main Street (Maryland Route 140) when traveling south.
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
On West Church Street near North Court Street, on the right when traveling west.
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
Near Clarke Place, on the right when traveling west.
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
On Araby Church Road at Baker Valley Road on Araby Church Road.
This monument was erected by the State Of Vermont to designate the position of the Tenth Vermont Infantry during the battle fought here on the ninth day of July 1864 to save Washington, "and we saved it." Seven companies occupied the Washington . . . — — Map (db m170755) HM
On Urbana Pike (State Highway 355), on the right when traveling south.
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 1864. ********* The . . . — — 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
Near Urbana Pike (State Highway 355), on the right when traveling north.
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. George . . . — — Map (db m18382) HM
On East Patrick Street (State Highway 144), on the left when traveling west.
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
Near Urbana Pike (Maryland Route 355) 0.4 miles south of New Technology Way, on the right when traveling south.
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. George . . . — — Map (db m194555) HM
On West Patrick Street (State Highway 144), on the left when traveling west.
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. George . . . — — Map (db m236181) HM
Near New Technology Way, 0.1 miles east of Urbana Pike (Maryland Route 355), on the right when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
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
Near Urbana Pike (Maryland Route 355) at Araby Church Road, on the right when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
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
Near New Technology Way east of Urbana Pike (Maryland Route 355), on the right when traveling east.
In June 1864, Union Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant was intent on destroying Confederate General Robert E. Lee's army at Petersburg, Virginia. Lee saw an opportunity to capture undefended Washington, D.C. He sent Lieutenant General Jubal A. . . . — — Map (db m213591) HM
Near Urbana Pike (Maryland Route 355) at Araby Church Road, on the right when traveling south.
In June 1864, Union Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant was intent on destroying Confederate General Robert E. Lee's army at Petersburg, Virginia. Lee saw an opportunity to capture undefended Washington, D.C. He sent Lieutenant General Jubal A. . . . — — Map (db m213593) HM
On East Patrick Street (State Highway 144) at Market Street (State Highway 355), on the left when traveling west on East Patrick Street.
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
On West Patrick Street (State Highway 144) at South Court Street, on the left when traveling west on West Patrick Street. Reported permanently removed.
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 West Patrick Street (Maryland Route 144) at South Court Street, on the left when traveling west on West Patrick Street.
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 m243565) HM
Near Baker Valley Road, 0.6 miles south of Araby Church Road, on the right when traveling south.
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
On South Market Street (Maryland Route 355) at West Patrick Street (Maryland Route 144), on the right when traveling south on South Market Street.
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
On South Market Street at All Saints Street on South Market Street.
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
Near Stadium Drive south of South Market Street (Maryland Route 355), on the right when traveling south.
Up from the meadows rich with corn,
Clear in the cool September morn,
The clustered spires or Frederick stand
Greenwalled by the hills of Maryland
Round about them orchards sweep,
Apple and peach tree fruited deep.
Fair as . . . — — Map (db m213586) HM WM
On West Patrick Street (State Highway 144), on the left when traveling west.
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 Ballad of Barbara . . . — — Map (db m2693) HM
Near South Market Street (Maryland Route 355) south of Mt Olivet Boulevard, on the right when traveling south.
"Over Barbara Frietchie's grave,
Flag of Freedom and Union, wave!"ť
John Greenleaf Whittier
From the poem, entitled “Barbara Frietchie,”
Atlantic Monthly magazine, October, 1863
Barbara . . . — — Map (db m127719) HM
On Urbana Pike (Maryland Route 355) at New Technology Way on Urbana Pike.
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
Near West Patrick Street (U.S. 40) at Linden Avenue, on the right when traveling east. Reported missing.
(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 . . . — — Map (db m167015) HM
Near Linden Avenue at West Patrick Street (U.S. 40), on the right when traveling north.
(preface) 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 . . . — — Map (db m232188) HM
On Urbana Pike (State Highway 355), on the right when traveling south.
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
Near Urbana Pike (State Highway 355), on the right when traveling south. Reported permanently removed.
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 m194537) HM
Near South Court Street, on the right when traveling north.
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
Near Urbana Pike (State Highway 355), on the right when traveling north. Reported missing.
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 sides traded shots all . . . — — Map (db m194546) HM
Near Urbana Pike (Maryland Route 355) at Araby Church Road, on the right when traveling north.
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 m194547) HM
Near Urbana Pike (State Highway 355), on the right when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
A wagon road crossed Bush 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 m194553) HM
On East Church Street at North Market Street, on the right when traveling east on East Church Street.
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
Near Urbana Pike (Route 355) 0.4 miles south of New Technology Way, on the right when traveling south.
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 m194539) HM
Near Stuart Drive south of Rutherford Court, on the right when traveling south.
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
On Counsil Street, on the right when traveling east.
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
Near South Carroll Street north of East All Saints Street, on the right when traveling south.
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 Baker Valley Road, 0.3 miles south of Araby Church Road, on the right when traveling south.
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
Near Interstate 270, on the right when traveling west.
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 Urbana Pike (Maryland Route 355) 0.4 miles north of Araby Church Road, on the left when traveling north.
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
On 2nd Street at Memorial Parkway, on the right when traveling west on 2nd Street.
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
Near South Market Street (Maryland Route 355) south of Mt Olivet Boulevard, on the right when traveling south.
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
Near South Market Street south of Mt Olivet Boulevard, on the right when traveling south.
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
Near Urbana Pike (State Highway 355), on the right when traveling south. Reported permanently removed.
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 m194536) HM
On East Church Street just east of North Market Street (Maryland Route 355), on the left when traveling east.
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
Near Stadium Drive south of South Market Street (Maryland Route 355), on the right when traveling south.
Major who served as a Captain in the 2nd Regt. of Infantry, U.S. Army, under General Andrew Jackson's staff at the Battle of New Orleans in 1814. Promoted to 2nd Lieut 2nd Regt. on Feb. 12, 1801, and Major on Feb. 21, 1814. — — Map (db m213570) HM
Near Urbana Pike (Maryland Route 355) at Araby Church Road, on the right when traveling west.
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 m194549) HM
Near South Market Street (Maryland Route 355) north of East All Saints Street, on the right when traveling north.
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
Near East Second Street at Maxwell Alley, on the right when traveling east.
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
On Church Street, on the left when traveling east.
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
On Baker Valley Road, on the right when traveling south. Reported permanently removed.
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 . . . — — Map (db m194544) HM
On Urbana Pike (State Highway 355), on the right when traveling south.
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 intersection of the river, . . . — — Map (db m3247) HM
On Baker Valley Road, 0.3 miles south of Araby Church Road, on the right when traveling south.
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 m194545) 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
On Araby Church Road south of Rickie Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
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
On West All Saints Street, on the right when traveling east.
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
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