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Landmarks: Margaret Toogood
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Destroy not the ancient landmarks that thy fathers have set up." (Proverbs 22:28). Monday, February 9, 2015. The Last Slave in Maryland. There are no pictures of Margaret "Maggy" Toogood, but the chain removed from her neck in 1864 survives. She is described as a handsome, "bright" mulatto girl of 19 years. The 87,000 slaves of Maryland, including Margaret, were legally freed on the first of November, 1864, after the Maryland Constitution of 1864. On March 31, 1864:. Hon Sec. of War. Gen Wallace has been...
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Landmarks: Ishmael Day
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Destroy not the ancient landmarks that thy fathers have set up." (Proverbs 22:28). Wednesday, September 10, 2014. From Between The Lines. By HB Smith, 1911. Barbara Fritchie with a Shotgun. Along Sunshine Road just east of the tiny town of Fork in Baltimore County, Maryland, we find this 1934 road-side marker pointing to Ishmael Day's house and briefly telling his story. The last remnants of Day's house were destroyed in March of 1984. The arrow on the marker points to a distant cornfield:. On the mornin...
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Landmarks: March 2014
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Destroy not the ancient landmarks that thy fathers have set up." (Proverbs 22:28). Tuesday, March 4, 2014. The Most Insignificant Justice. Gabriel Duvall, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, built Marietta in 1812, and died here in 1844. Links to this post. Location: 5626 Bell Station Road, Glenn Dale, MD 20769, USA. Sunday, March 2, 2014. Patty Cannon and the Tangent Line. Kidnapping, Murder, and the Reverse Underground Railroad . On Mason and Dixons Line. Links to this post. C and O Canal. Allen C...
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Landmarks: February 2015
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Destroy not the ancient landmarks that thy fathers have set up." (Proverbs 22:28). Monday, February 9, 2015. The Last Slave in Maryland. Links to this post. Labels: African Americans; Civil War. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Let me recite what history teaches. History teaches. -. I’m just average, common too. I’m just like him, the same as you. . It ain’t no use a-talking to me; It’s just the same as talking to you." - Dylan. View my complete profile. African Americans; Civil War. C and O Canal.
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Landmarks: March 2015
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Destroy not the ancient landmarks that thy fathers have set up." (Proverbs 22:28). Thursday, March 12, 2015. New Yorker C. Wesley Breese left three monuments of his Civil War service. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Let me recite what history teaches. History teaches. -. I’m just average, common too. I’m just like him, the same as you. . It ain’t no use a-talking to me; It’s just the same as talking to you." - Dylan. View my complete profile. African Americans; Civil War. C and O Canal.
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Landmarks: April 2015
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Destroy not the ancient landmarks that thy fathers have set up." (Proverbs 22:28). Monday, April 6, 2015. Haliaeetus Washingtonii - Washington's Sea Eagle. Of all the monuments to George Washington, Audubons dedication of this eagle to Washington is perhaps the strangest. Strange because this species doesnt exist. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Let me recite what history teaches. History teaches. -. View my complete profile. Haliaeetus Washingtonii - Washingtons Sea Eagle. C and O Canal.
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Landmarks: Haliaeetus Washingtonii - Washington's Sea Eagle
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Destroy not the ancient landmarks that thy fathers have set up." (Proverbs 22:28). Monday, April 6, 2015. Haliaeetus Washingtonii - Washington's Sea Eagle. Of all the monuments to George Washington, Audubon's dedication of this eagle to Washington is perhaps the strangest. Strange because this species doesn't exist. In the Smithsonian Museum of American Art in Washington, we find an oil painting of an eagle by John James Audubon. Its label tells us that it is " Washington Sea Eagle. Ornithologists today ...
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Landmarks: The Bladensburg Dueling Grounds
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Destroy not the ancient landmarks that thy fathers have set up." (Proverbs 22:28). Sunday, July 17, 2011. 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. This picture from an article in Harper's Magazine. Shows the dueling grounds as they looked in 1858. Shows the original lay of the land. The c...
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Landmarks: The Death and Resurrection of Hippocrates' Plane Tree
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Destroy not the ancient landmarks that thy fathers have set up." (Proverbs 22:28). Saturday, May 3, 2014. The Death and Resurrection. Of Hippocrates' Plane Tree. Back in 2011, this blog. Reported on the Tree of Hippocrates on the NIH Campus, a clone of the Tree of Hippocrates on the Island of Kos under which Hippocrates is said to have taught. Tree of Hippocrates - Alive. By the spring of 2013, it was clear that the tree had died and the bronze plaque was removed. Tree of Hippocrates - Dead. The new tree...
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Landmarks: May 2014
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Destroy not the ancient landmarks that thy fathers have set up." (Proverbs 22:28). Saturday, May 3, 2014. The Death and Resurrection. Of Hippocrates' Plane Tree. 160; Hippocrates Sycamore. Of Hippocrates Plane Tree' Read more. Links to this post. Location: National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Let me recite what history teaches. History teaches. -. View my complete profile. The Death and Resurrection of Hippocrates Plane T. African Americans; Civil War.
