Meigs's Red Barn

The old pension building at 440 G Street in Northwest D.C.

The Underground Railroad & The Silver Spring Three

The Moorings in Jesup Blair Park, Silver Spring, Maryland

Robert S. "Beau" Hickman -- King of the Bummers

This thin marble headstone in Congressional Cemetery, in Southeast DC, marks the final resting place of Beau Hickman.

Treason -- 1814

 John Hodges was indicted for treason in 1814.

The Birthplace of American Methodism

Strawbridge Methodist Shrine, Carroll County, Maryland

Chew Mail Pouch

W. Va. Cole Slaw At Cross Manor, St. Inigoes Maryland.

The Tulip Disaster

November 11, 1864

George Washington Unclothed

Horatio Greenough's semi-naked statue of George Washington personifying Zeus is on the second floor of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History near the elevators.

Fort Washington on the Potomac

An utter failure when when it was needed, Fort Washington was never needed again.

Anna Ella Carroll

Maryland's Most Distinquished Lady

Anna Ella Carroll has been called a feminist heroine, military strategist and unacknowledged member of Lincoln's cabinet and a self-promoting fraud.

The Tallest Building in Washington

 Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception

Frank Kameny's Way

Once Upon a Gay Time

 17th Street between P Street and R Street: Frank Kameny Way

I Cannot Tell a Lie.

Ferry Farm:

A house that's no longer there, where several famous historic events didn't actually happen.

Witness (Tree) Protection Program

The 1812 Witness Tree, Oxon Hill Maryland

Dr. Houck's Acre

Battle Acre in Dundalk, Maryland

Virginia Hensley [Patsy Cline]

 608 Kent Street in Winchester, Virginia

Can I Die on Your Porch?

William D. Scott at Saint Rose of Lima Catholic Church
in Gaithersburg Maryland 

William D. Scott was a 21-year-old Confederate cavalryman from Greebrier County, Virginia (now West Virginia). When the Cloppers found him wounded on their porch in 1864, he asked, "Can I die on your porch?".

The La Plata Tornado -- 1926

In the Heart of Charles County 

Originally on Charles Street (Rt. 6) near Somerset Street, this marker is now on Willow Lane, the approach to Milton M. Somers Middle School from Charles Street in La Plata.

Big Guns

At Fort Foote

Port Tobacco: A Charles County Ghost Town

Guest Blogger: Allen is on vacation this weekend, so today's Landmarks blog is written by Charles Duvall -- 1943.

A Freedman's Home

The Gilmore Farm in the Shadow of James Madison's Montpelier

This was George and Polly Gilmore's farm in the second half of the 19th century. Both George and Polly were born into slavery at James Madison's Montpelier. The Gilmore family lived here until the 1930's.

Dr. Beanes' Grave

Upper Marlboro

Dr. William Beanes was an important if small player in the pageant of the Star-Spangled Banner.

The Tree of Hippocrates

A Cloned Plane Tree at the National Library of Medicine

 

Stonewall Jackson's Arm

 at Ellwood

Arm of Stonewall Jackson, May 3, 1863

If You Don't Have a Good Reason -- You'd Better Have a Hell of a Lot Better Excuse

 The Northeast Corner of Maryland

Hoye Crest -- Maryland's High Point

The Indian Queen Tavern

George Washington House

The Queen of the Corporate Jungle

- Evelyn Y. Davis -

Queen of the Corporate Jungle

1929 --- Forever

Parson Weems

Mason Locke Weems

The first biographer of Washington and the origin of the cherry tree tale.

The Kidnapping of Pocahontas

on US 1, at Potomac Creek

How Beautiful is Death

The Aquila Randall Monument in Dundalk

This small monument was erected in 1817 by the comrades of Aquila Randall who at age 24 was killed defending Baltimore at the battle of North Point on September 12, 1814. It stands on North Point Road in Dundalk near Old Battle Grove Road.

The Conojacular War

This 1924 memorial marks the location of Thomas Cresap's 1730 home "Pleasant Garden" on the Conojohela flats along the Susquehanna river near present day East Prospect, Pennsylvania.

The Bladensburg Dueling Grounds

We find this 1955 historical marker on Bladensburg Road at the Maryland/D.C. line just east of the IHOP at 38th Street. It declaims the "Dark and Bloody Grounds" where 19th century Washington gentlemen came to shoot each other.

The Smallest Church in 48 States

Our Lady of the Pines, Silver Lake, West Virginia

This tiny Catholic church is said to be the smallest in 48 states.

Belfort Meteorological Observatory

and the Baltimore Rescue Mission

Along East Baltimore Street, at the corner with Central Avenue, in the Jonestown neighborhood of Baltimore, we find this intriguing building. It identifies itself as Belfort.

Fenwick Island Lighthouse

Eastern end of the Transpenisular Line

This stone at the base of the Fenwick Island lighthouse marks the eastern end of the Transpeninsular Line, the southern boundary of Delaware with Maryland.

Becky Phipps and the Battle of the Ice Mound

The Next-to-Last Battle of the War of 1812

Confederate Monument

at Grace Episcopal Church, Silver Spring

George Washington Slept Here, Twice.

Richfield

Monument to a Tulip Tree

This particular Liriodendren Tulipifera was used by Early's Confederates as a signal station and sharpshooter's post during the battle of Fort Stevens in July 1864.

The Middle Point

of the Transpeninsular Line



Photo by Leven Browne, ca. 1997

The Grave of Little Orphant Annie

  Greenfield, Indiana

Moncure Conway

 A Man Who Freed Himself ...

Foot Print Rock

New Paris, Ohio

A piece of glaciated gneiss with a human footprint in it,size 9.

Surratt's Boarding House

Wok 'n Roll

The Lincoln assassination conspirators met at Mary Surratt's Boarding House on H Street in Washington.

The Post Mark'd West

The Base Point on the Mason Dixon Line

Site of Post Mark'd West set up by Mason and Dixon June 12, 1764

This post used as base point in the survey of Mason Dixon Line 1763 - 1767

Il Lugano -- 1763

The Pittsgrove/Pole Tavern Cannon

The Cabin John Bridge

The Cabin John Bridge carries MacArthur Blvd. across Cabin John Creek and the Cabin John Parkway. It also carries part of Washington's water supply.

Anderson Cottage

Lincoln's Summer White House at the Soldiers' Home