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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Orange
Orange, Virginia and Vicinity
▶ Orange County (125) ▶ Albemarle County (83) ▶ Culpeper County (106) ▶ Greene County (7) ▶ Louisa County (34) ▶ Madison County (31) ▶ Spotsylvania County (380)
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GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| On Constitution Highway (State Highway 20) at Bloomsbury Road, on the right when traveling west on Constitution Highway. |
| | A mile north is Bloomsbury, estate of the pioneer, James Taylor, ancestor of Presidents James Madison and Zachary Taylor. He was a member of Spotswood's expedition over the mountains in 1716. — — Map (db m4699) HM |
| On Constitution Highway (Virginia Route 20) at Clifton Road (County Route 628), on the right when traveling west on Constitution Highway. |
| | Two miles north, near Pisgah Church, Jackson, Ewell and A.P. Hill camped, August 15-20, 1862 — — Map (db m4698) HM |
| On James Madison Highway (U.S. 15), on the right when traveling south. |
| | Near here Stonewall Jackson camped, August 13-15, 1862, just after the Cedar Mountain engagement. — — Map (db m4765) HM |
| On South Madison Road (U.S. 15) at West Church Street, on the right when traveling south on South Madison Road. |
| | Andrew Maples grew up in Orange and completed the Civilian Pilot Training Program at Hampton Institute in 1941. He graduated from the Advanced Flying School at the Tuskegee Army Air Field on 14 Jan. 1943, was commissioned a second lieutenant in the . . . — — Map (db m104683) HM |
| On Constitution Highway (State Highway 20) at Clifton Road (County Route 628), on the right when traveling west on Constitution Highway. |
| | Courageous leader of the Baptist Doctrine Ardent advocate of the principles of democracy Vindicator of separation of church and state. Near this spot in 1788, elder John Leland and James Madison, the father of the American Constitution, held a . . . — — Map (db m4697) HM |
| On West Main Street (State Highway 20) at Madison Road (U.S. 15), on the right when traveling west on West Main Street. |
| | A valiant soldier General Zachary Taylor 1784-1850 Twelfth President of the United States Born in Orange County Virginia Erected by Orange County Post No. 156 The American Legion 1934 — — Map (db m83144) HM |
| Near West Main Street (Business Virginia Route 20) just west of North Madison Road (U.S. 15), on the right when traveling west. |
| | Honoring the People of Orange County who served the Cause of Liberty 1775-1783 Dedicated May 31, 1976 by Golden Horseshoe Chapter D.A.R. Erected by American Legion Post 156 — — Map (db m157205) WM |
| On James Madison Highway (U.S. 15) at Little Skyline Drive (County Route 674), on the right when traveling south on James Madison Highway. |
| | A mile south is the grave of James Lawson Kemper, who led his brigade of Virginia troops in Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863, and fell desperately wounded, he became a Major-General in 1864. Kemper was governor of Virginia, 1874-1878. — — Map (db m104736) HM |
| On Constitution Highway (State Highway 20), on the right when traveling west. |
| | Half a mile west, at the Rogers farm called Middle Hill, Gen. Robert E. Lee kept his headquarters from Dec. 1863 to May 1864. His Army of Northern Virginia, in winter camp, guarded the south side of the Rapidan River from the vicinity of Liberty . . . — — Map (db m4700) HM |
| On West Main Street (State Highway 20) at Madison Road (U.S. 15), on the right when traveling west on West Main Street. |
| | Five miles southwest is Montpelier, the home of James Madison, "Father of the American Constitution" and fourth president of the United States, 1809-1817. Near the house is the tomb of Madison, who died at Montpelier on June 28, 1836. — — Map (db m4703) HM |
| On Constitution Highway (State Highway 20), on the right when traveling west. |
| | Dr. Robert Thomas, a prominent Orange County physician, constructed Oakley in the Greek Revival style in 1843. His daughter Sarah (Sally) Thomas Browning and her husband, G. Judson Browning, later owned it. George W. Bagby (1828-1883), Southern . . . — — Map (db m22226) HM |
| On James Madison Highway (U.S. 15) at Little Skyline Drive (County Route 674), on the right when traveling south on James Madison Highway. |
| | Orange County Formed from Spotsylvania County in 1734, Orange County, a pastoral Piedmont county, was probably named in honor of William IV, the Dutch prince of Orange, who married Anne, the Princess Royal, daughter of George II of England, . . . — — Map (db m4758) HM |
| On Dailey Drive west of Caroline Street (U.S. 15) and Berry Hill Road (Virginia Route 20), on the left when traveling west. |
| | Orange Graded School, built in 1925 to replace
the African American schoolhouse on West Main
Street, stood here. Of the several county schools
for black students, Orange Graded was the only
one built using the Julius Rosenwald Fund, which
was . . . — — Map (db m89880) HM |
| On East Main Street (State Highway 20) at Short Street, on the right when traveling east on East Main Street. |
| | Beginning in 1749, Orange County's successive courthouses have been located just west of here. In 1854, the Orange & Alexandria Railroad, constructed to link Alexandria with central Virginia, reached Orange and a train station was built near here. . . . — — Map (db m4702) HM |
| On Short Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Lee vs. Grant - The 1864 Campaign After Gettysburg and some minor operations during the summer and fall of 1863, Gen. Robert E. Lee and his Confederate army settled into winter quarters on the hills around the town of Orange Court House. Lee . . . — — Map (db m4701) HM |
| On Constitution Highway (State Highway 20), on the right when traveling west. |
| | Here, on 12 July 1888, occurred one of Virginia's largest train disasters, the wreck of the Virginia Midland Railroad's Train 52, the Piedmont Airline. As it crossed the 44-foot-high, 487-foot-long trestle, called the Fat Nancy for a local African . . . — — Map (db m41517) HM |
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