Showing posts with label Maryland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Maryland. Show all posts

Monday, December 2, 2013

L'Enfant was buried here

This cenotaph in the back yard of the Pallotine Seminary at Green Hill in Chillum, Maryland, marks the spot where Pierre L'Enfant was buried in 1825.

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Saturday, April 14, 2012

The Jug and the Bridge

This stone jug stands in an obscure park on the east side of Frederick, Maryland. It was originally an ornamental monument on the stone turnpike bridge over the Monocacy River.

Sunday, March 25, 2012

The Funkstown Turnpike Bridge

This stone arch bridge across Antietam Creek was built in 1823, by James Lloyd, as part of the construction of the National Pike, an eastern feeder of the National Road. Suitably modified in 1931, it became part of US Route 40. Today this is Alt. 40.

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

L'Hermitage

French Caribbean Slavery in Maryland
 The Best Family Farm, Monocacy National Battlefield near Frederick, Maryland