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Historical Markers in Fort Ritchie, Maryland
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ADJACENT TO WASHINGTON COUNTY
Allegany County (294) ►
Frederick County (558) ►
Franklin County, Pennsylvania (228) ►
Fulton County, Pennsylvania (47) ►
Loudoun County, Virginia (345) ►
Berkeley County, West Virginia (107) ►
Jefferson County, West Virginia (349) ►
Morgan County, West Virginia (109) ►
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1 ► Maryland, Washington County, Fort Ritchie — D-Day Anniversary —  |
| On Castle Drive, on the left when traveling north. | |||
| On this day, June 6, in the year 1944 allied forces invaded Normandy - the most massive invasion attempt in history. By nightfall, they had liberated 80 miles of French soil and a toehold for the consequential drive into Germany was established. . . . — — Map (db m103019) HM | |||
| 2 ► Maryland, Washington County, Fort Ritchie — Military Intelligence Training Center — |
| On Boyd Street at Barrick Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Boyd Street. | |||
| In the early days of World War II, Camp Ritchie, then a National Guard training camp, was taken over by the federal government. A Military Intelligence Training Center was established to train intelligence units. A tight wall of security was drawn . . . — — Map (db m103022) HM | |||
| 3 ► Maryland, Washington County, Fort Ritchie — Robert F. Barrick Memorial Library — |
| On Barrick Avenue at Boyd Street, on the right when traveling west on Barrick Avenue. | |||
| Robert Frederick Barrick entered the military service in 1909 as a private in the Maryland National Guard in Frederick, Maryland. He was commissioned in 1917. In 1926, he was given the task of building a Maryland National Guard training camp on a . . . — — Map (db m103021) HM | |||
| 4 ► Maryland, Washington County, Fort Ritchie — The Ice Lakes — |
| Near Lake Royer Drive. | |||
| Until the mid-1920s, the Buena Vista Ice Company of Germantown (now Cascade), Maryland, was located on this site for the harvesting of natural ice used to preserve produce and dairy products during shipment. It was one of the southernmost operations . . . — — Map (db m103023) HM | |||
| 5 ► Maryland, Washington County, Fort Ritchie — WW II Veterans Memorial — |
| On Castle Drive, on the left when traveling north. | |||
| This monument and a memorial woods are set aside to forever preserve the memory of the 7900 Washington County World War II veterans, 228 of whom gave their lives for the good of their country. Dedicated this 11th day of November, 2004. Historical . . . — — Map (db m103020) HM | |||