Historical Markers and War Memorials in Rising Sun, Maryland
Elkton is the county seat for Cecil County
Rising Sun is in Cecil County
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Near Telegraph Road (Maryland Route 27/3) 0.4 miles west of Thankless Lane, on the left when traveling west.
The American bison, is a North American species of bison that once roamed the grasslands of North America in massive herds. They became nearly extinct by a combination of commercial hunting and slaughter in the 19th century and . . . — — Map (db m210780) HM
Near Telegraph Road (Maryland Route 273) 0.4 miles west of Thankless Lane, on the left when traveling west.
First mill on this site built by Jeremiah Brown, Sr., in 1734.
Partially rebuilt in 1892 by Howard Brown and again reconstructed in 1971.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. — — Map (db m227876) HM
Near Brick Meeting House Road, 0.2 miles west of Maryland Route 272, on the right when traveling west.
In memory of the Unknown Soldiers buried at Brick Meetinghouse while it was used as a hospital in 1778.
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May 30, 1929 — — Map (db m147741) HM
Near Telegraph Road (Maryland Route 273) 0.4 miles west of Thankless Lane, on the left when traveling west.
Koi are an informal group of the colored variants of the Amur carp. Koi varieties are distinguished by coloration, pattering, and scalation. Some of the major colors are white, black, red, yellow, blue, and cream. Koi, were developed . . . — — Map (db m210777) HM
On Conowingo Road (U.S. 1) east of Arbor Lane, on the right when traveling west.
General Lafayette and his army camped around this tree April 12, 1781. A Civil War cavalry unit later occupied the site. The oak, over 500 years old, was owned by the Thomas Richards family for over a century. A huge limb fell August, 1964, . . . — — Map (db m145616) HM
Near Telegraph Road (Maryland Route 273) 0.4 miles west of Thankless Lane, on the left when traveling west.
Sheep are ruminants typically kept as livestock. Sheep are descendants of the wild mouflon of Europe and Asia. They are one of the earliest animals to be domesticated for agricultural purposes. They are raised for fleece, meat and milk. A sheep's . . . — — Map (db m210778) HM
On Telegraph Road (Maryland Route 273) 0.6 miles east of Stevens Road, on the right when traveling east.
37 lots of approximately 500 acres each given by William Penn to his colonists in 1702 although they lay in Maryland and were part of George Talbot’s “Susquehanna Manor” of 32,000 acres granted him in 1680 by Lord Baltimore. — — Map (db m1760) HM
On Conowingo Road (U.S. 1) at Slicers Mill Road, on the right when traveling west on Conowingo Road.
Founded 1744 by by Samuel Finley, Presbyterian Minister and a native of County Armagh, Ireland. He remained in charge of the academy and church until 1761 when he was chosen President of the College of New Jersey, now Princeton University. — — Map (db m145628) HM
