view gallery |  St. Matthew's African Methodist Episcopal Church - Boonville, MO
in Civil Rights Memorials St. Matthew's Chapel A.M.E. Church is a historic African Methodist Episcopal church located at 309 Spruce Street in Boonville, Cooper County, Missouri posted by: YoSam. location: Missouri date approved: 09/23/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  The Nanjing Bell - Riverside, CA
in Civil Rights Memorials A large bell near the entrance to the Mission Inn in Riverside, California. posted by: bluesnote location: California date approved: 09/21/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Tempting Target - Montross, VA
in Civil Rights Memorials The marker is located at 1650 State Park Rd, on the grounds of Westmoreland State Park near the Visitor Center, Montross, VA United States 22520 posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/18/2023 last visited: 09/18/2023 |
view gallery |  John Smith Explores the Chesapeake-Native Inhabitants - Marbury, MD
in Civil Rights Memorials The marker is at 2750 Sweden Point Road, near the Discovery Room in Smallwood State Park, Marbury, MD USA 20658 posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 09/18/2023 last visited: 09/18/2023 |
view gallery |  Powhatan’s Headquarters - Williamsburg, VA
in Civil Rights Memorials At the time Captain John Smith traveled the York River, several Eastern Virginia Algonquian tribes paid tribute to a spiritual and political leader named Powhatan. In return, he provided military assistance, guidance, and food. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/17/2023 last visited: 09/17/2023 |
view gallery |  Crafting a Legacy Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail - Baltimore MD
in Civil Rights Memorials Too large for Mary’s house, the 30 x 42-foot garrison flag was finished on the floor of a nearby brewery. Her helpers included an African American indentured servant named Grace Wisher. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 09/16/2023 last visited: 07/06/2019 |
view gallery |  Free to Fight Star - Colonial Beach VA
in Civil Rights Memorials During the War of 1812, to weaken the American economy, the British took tobacco and lured the enslaved labor force from plantations along the Potomac River. Physically fit males also provided the British with a valuable source of new recruits. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/12/2023 last visited: 09/12/2023 |
view gallery |  Gibson School - Wright City, MO
in Civil Rights Memorials The retention of the history of the former "Black Schools" in Missouri is a major project of the DNR, this is one of them. There is no place to park, and Hwy is traveled heavy and fast ... USE CAUTION when visiting. posted by: YoSam. location: Missouri date approved: 09/09/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Carl Burton Stokes Historical Marker - Cleveland, OH
in Civil Rights Memorials An historical marker honoring Carl Stokes, former mayor of Cleveland and first African American mayor of a major American city posted by: jonathanatpsu location: Ohio date approved: 09/05/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  The Heart of the Household-Andrew Johnson National Historic Site - Greeneville TN
in Civil Rights Memorials The marker is located at the intersection of E Depot Street and N College Street, Greeneville TN 37745. It is next to the Early Home of Andrew Johnson, a unit of the Andrew Johnson National Historic Site posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 09/04/2023 last visited: 09/04/2023 |
view gallery |  Loyal Quaker and Brave Slave-Rebecca Wright and Thomas Laws - Winchester VA
in Civil Rights Memorials Sheridan had learned that a loyal Quaker named Rebecca Wright lived in Winchester on this site. Also, a slave named Thomas Laws often passed through Confederate lines to sell vegetables in town. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 08/30/2023 last visited: 08/30/2023 |
view gallery |  A las Victimas Ignoradas - Turballos, Muro de Alcoy, Alicante, España
in Civil Rights Memorials Según Naciones Unidas mueren 100.000 personas al día. posted by: GURUGU location: Comunidad Valenciana, Spain date approved: 08/29/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Sappony Baptist Church - Stony Creek VA
in Civil Rights Memorials Marker is near Stony Creek, Virginia, in Sussex County, 23882 on 17352 Concord Sappony Road. Virginia Marker number is K-309-a. Church membership grew and at one point half of Sappony's congregants were enslaved people. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 08/25/2023 last visited: 08/25/2023 |
view gallery |  Fort Huger - Smithfield VA
in Civil Rights Memorials Beginning in July 1861, enslaved and freed blacks assisted in the construction of Fort Huger. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 08/24/2023 last visited: 08/25/2023 |
view gallery |  Master and Slaves - Newport News VA
in Civil Rights Memorials Marker located on the grounds of Lee Hall Mansion, Yorktown Road (Virginia Route 238), Newport News , VA USA 23603. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 08/24/2023 last visited: 08/24/2023 |
view gallery |  Franklin Street Baptist Church [Historic] - St. Charles, MO
in Civil Rights Memorials This structure in the Frenchtown Historic District is classified as C. This church today is the Freedom Church. posted by: YoSam. location: Missouri date approved: 08/24/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Franklin School - St. Charles, MO
in Civil Rights Memorials Built as a private school by St. Borromeo, sold to city school district for Black students. posted by: YoSam. location: Missouri date approved: 08/23/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  War Comes to Fairfield - Woodford VA
in Civil Rights Memorials War brought profound changes to the Chandler family, Fairfield, and the slaves who toiled on the plantation. Three of Thomas Chandler’s sons enlisted in the Confederate army. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 08/22/2023 last visited: 08/22/2023 |
view gallery |  Joseph Smith, Jr. - Carthage, IL
in Civil Rights Memorials After founding FAR WEST, and losing the "Mormon War" in MO; he moved to Illinois, and things got worse. posted by: YoSam. location: Illinois date approved: 08/19/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  The Chancellor Slaves The Battle of Chancellorsville - Chancellorsville VA
in Civil Rights Memorials Their names are unrecorded, their labors are rarely noted. No images of them survive. But slaves outnumbered Chancellor family members when Frances Chancellor moved into this house in 1861. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 08/11/2023 last visited: 08/18/2014 |
view gallery |  Andres Bello - Los Angeles, CA
in Civil Rights Memorials A bust of Venezuelan-Chilean humanist, diplomat, poet, legislator, philosopher, educator and philologist, Andres Bello. His political and literary works constitute an important part of Spanish American culture. posted by: bluesnote location: California date approved: 08/11/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  For All Anguish – For Some Freedom - Waverly Village VA
in Civil Rights Memorials Most white Spotsylvanians owned small farms of a few hundred acres. More than 6,000 slaves – half the county’s population – toiled on these farms, usually in groups of two or three, often alongside their owners. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 08/09/2023 last visited: 08/09/2023 |
view gallery |  Ben Franklin - Riverside, CA
in Civil Rights Memorials A quote from Ben Franklin in Riverside, California. posted by: bluesnote location: California date approved: 08/05/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  James Robinson House - Manassas VA
in Civil Rights Memorials To the south stood the farmhouse of James Robinson, a former slave freed by Landon Carter. There, during the First Battle of Manassas on 21 July 1961, Col. Wade Hampton’s Legion covered the Confederates falling back to Henry Hill. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 08/02/2023 last visited: 08/03/2023 |
view gallery |  Betty Washington - Brandy Station VA
in Civil Rights Memorials Marker is near Brandy Station, VA in Culpeper County at Brandy Road (Business U.S. 15/29), Brandy Station VA 22714. The marker was erected in 2000 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number F-12.) posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 08/02/2023 last visited: 08/03/2023 |
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