Historical Markers and War Memorials in Mount Savage, Maryland
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Mount Savage is in Allegany County
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Who served their country in the World War, this bridge was built, and in loving remembrance of J. Edward Carney • Walter H. Green • Lloyd H. Hartman • Joseph B. Hammers • Lawrence B. Miller • James Shaffer • H. Earl Snyder who made the supreme . . . — — Map (db m176024) WM
Who served their country in the World War, this bridge was built, and in loving remembrance of J. Edward Carney • Walter H. Green • Lloyd H. Hartman • Joseph B. Hammers • Lawrence B. Miller • James Shaffer • H. Earl Snyder
who made the supreme . . . — — Map (db m177378) WM
Upon declaring war against Germany, the United States joined their allies, Britain, France, and Russia, in World War I on April 6, 1917. The government formed a new national army using volunteers and draftees. Many of the Mount Savage men enlisted . . . — — Map (db m176958) HM
In 1844, the first iron rails made in the United States were produced on this spot by the Mount Savage Iron Works. Erected in 1839, the iron works contributed extensviely to the development of the Mount Savage Community. — — Map (db m5846) HM
On this site in 1844 were rolled the first iron rails made in the United States. For this technological achievement, the Mount Savage Iron Works was awarded a silver medal by the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia
This plaque was dedicated in . . . — — Map (db m114318) HM
Our Dead Are Not Unknown Soldiers
1969
(Additional marker is at ground level in front of main memorial and is barely legible):
To our Nation's unsung Viet Nam Prisoners of War
Vietnam Veterans to your memory and sacrifice the theme of . . . — — Map (db m177533) WM
This monument commemorates St. Patrick School that stood near this site from 1900 to 2001. The cornerstone and bricks are from the original school. — — Map (db m177376) HM
Mass was first celebrated in Mt. Savage on this spot in 1793 by Rev. Stephen Theodore Badin, at the home of Archibald Arnold. Father Badin was the first Priest to be ordained in the United States.
About 1825 St. Ignatius Church was built on . . . — — Map (db m176406) HM
This stone is a remaining part of the first catholic church in Mt. Savage. St. Ignatius Church, built in the late 1700's was located in what is now St. Patrick cemetery.
Stone donated by Jim and Margaret Robison — — Map (db m177377) HM
This property
The Castle
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m134390) HM
This memorial is dedicated to all Veterans of the Mount
Savage community, living and dead, who served in the Armed Forces of the United States of America.
Americanism is an unfailing love of country; loyalty to
its institutions and ideals; . . . — — Map (db m177580) WM
