Historical Markers and War Memorials in Aquasco
Aquasco, Maryland and Vicinity
▶ Prince George's County (523)
▶ Anne Arundel County (435)
▶ Calvert County (134)
▶ Charles County (142)
▶ Howard County (116)
▶ Montgomery County (533)
▶ Washington, D.C. (1957)
▶ Alexandria, D.C. (297)
▶ Fairfax County, Virginia (474)
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▶ Anne Arundel County (435)
▶ Calvert County (134)
▶ Charles County (142)
▶ Howard County (116)
▶ Montgomery County (533)
▶ Washington, D.C. (1957)
▶ Alexandria, D.C. (297)
▶ Fairfax County, Virginia (474)
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Touch blue arrow, or on map, to go there.
GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| 1► Maryland (Prince George's County), Aquasco — Alarming Sight — Star-Spangled Banner Historic Trail — |
| On Aquasco Road at Saint Mary's Church Road, on the right when traveling north on Aquasco Road. | |||
| Amid rumors of a large British force on the Patuxent, Secretary of State James Monroe scouted the situation. From heights near Aquasco Mills August 20, 1814, he spotted the enemy vessels landing at Benedict. Alarmed, Monroe positioned . . . — — Map (db m75347) HM | |||
| 2► Maryland (Prince George's County), Aquasco — Brig Gen Leonard Covington — 1768 - 1813 — |
| On Aquasco Road (Maryland Route 381) at St. Mary's Church Road, on the right when traveling north on Aquasco Road. | |||
| War of 1812 hero born at nearby Covington Farm, Aquasco. Covington served in the Maryland Senate (1802, 1807-1809) and U.S. House of Representatives (1805-1807). Mortally wounded on November 11, 1813, at the Battle of Crysler's Farm, Ontario, he is . . . — — Map (db m79348) HM | |||
| 3► Maryland (Prince George's County), Aquasco — Woodville School — |
| On Aquasco Road (Maryland Route 351), on the right when traveling north. | |||
| Constructed in 1934 to serve area African-American children, with labor furnished by the Federal Emergency Relief Administration and materials purchased by the county board of Education. Larger better equipped than the typical rural schools of the . . . — — Map (db m79909) HM | |||