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History Underfoot

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Virginia, Charlottesville

Traces of those who came before are all around us. This spot, for example, holds clues to the life of Catherine Foster, a free black seamstress and laundress, who purchased 2 1/8-acres here, in 1833, for herself and her family.

As this "reveal" shows, there are bricks and cobblestones still below ground, not just rubble, but stones laid with purpose. To what end? These bricks and stones are part of a path leading to the Foster home. Archaelogy on this site also uncovered foundations and the basement of the Foster home, a well, a paved courtyard (possibly used for the family laundering business), and many small artifacts.

While each unearthed feature has been covered again for preservation, transparent protection over this feature allows visitors to see something of what lies underfoot and to imagine the generations of Foster who walked this ground.

Both the University and the Fosters
made paths and walkways from similar, readily available materials. Old drawings, artwork and photographs, such as the one to the far left of The Lawn, circa 1890-1895, provide proof.

Archaeology completed in 2008,
such as the work at the Foster site shown to the left, offers continuing comparison.

To learn more about the Foster family, please visit the exhibits on the first floor of Gibson Hall.

(African Americans • Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.


Molly Pitcher

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Pennsylvania, Cumberland County, Carlisle
Mary       McKolly
             McCauley
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Mary Hays
nee
Mary Ludwig

Born   October 13, 1744
Died   January 22, 1832

( Left Marker : )
Mary Ludwig (“Molly Pitcher”)

Daughter of John Ludwig
Born   October 13, 1744   –   Died   January 22, 1832
    Married John Hays   1769 – John Hays enlisted December 1, 1775 in Proctor’s First Pennsylvania Artillery – Re-enlisted January 1, 1777.
    Sergeant John Hays was wounded at the Battle of Monmouth June 28, 1778.
    Mary Ludwig Hays (“Molly Pitcher”) returned to Carlisle, Pa. with her wounded husband and after his death she married Sergeant George McKolly (or McCauley.)
    She died January 22, 1832, and was buried with military honors.
    The Pennsylvania Assembly 1821-1822 granted a pension to Molly McKolly (or McCauley) for services rendered.
    This monument is erected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania June 28, 1916.
Commissioners:
Roy L. Schuyler – Chairman           Herman A. Miller – Vice Chairman
William S. Wacker – Treasurer           William A. Rupp – Secretary
( Right Marker : )
    Mary Ludwig Hays (“Molly Pitcher”) accompanied her husband during his service in the Continental Army and rendered valuable service in the capacity of an army nurse and by reason of her many acts of kindness became known throughout the army, from the oft-repeated expression “Here comes Molly and her pitcher,” as “Molly Pitcher.”
    At the Battle of Monmouth, June 28, 1778, Sergeant John Hays was severely wounded and as he fell to the ground Molly sprang to the cannon he had been serving, which cannon had been ordered to the rear, but before the gun could be withdrawn she had taken her husband’s place and rendered such vallant service that General George Washington after the battle thanked her personally for her bravery and heroic action.

“Molly Pitcher” (Mary Hays)
O’er Monmouth’s field of carnage drear
with cooling drinks and words of cheer,
a woman passed who knew no fear,
the wife of Hays, the gunner.
With ramrod from her husband’s hand,
beside his gun she took her stand
and helped to wrest our well-loved land
from England’s tyrant king.
From the ranks this woman came,
by the cannon won her fame;
’Tis true she could not write her name
but Freedom’s hand hath carved it.
Shall we then criticize her ways?
Nay, rather give her well-earned praise,
then doff our caps and voices raise
in cheers for Molly Pircher.

(War, US Revolutionary) Includes location, directions, 12 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Shadow Catcher

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Virginia, Charlottesville

At this place, on the site of Catherine Foster's home, this "shadow catcher" links the visible with the unseen even as it pulls the eyes upward to the sky. It creates a shadowy, gridlike outline of the house that once stood at this location.

The meandering paths lead away from the home site across the Fosters' yard to a family and community burial ground.

The Foster dwelling site yielded artifacts like those to the far left that suggest details of family life and livelihood.

The woman in the photo to the left launders outside as the Fosters would have.
Image circa 1900-1901, courtesy of The Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University

(African Americans • Man-Made Features • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

'Burying' Ground

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Virginia, Charlottesville

The Foster family kept their ancestors close. Sheltered on a portion of their 2 1/8-acre plot purchased in 1833 by free black Catherine Foster, this burial ground still contains several dozen graves.

Rediscovered in 1993, the Foster cemetery most likely contains the remains of not only family members but also neighbors from the local community called Canada.

In deference to those buried here, the graves remain undisturbed, but no longer overlooked. Gentle mounds and depressions recall the contours of other historic African American cemeteries. A stone wall embraces the elevated ground, inviting the introspection of passerby.

One of the only known photographs of her descendants, taken at the turn of the century, is shown on the far left. After Catherine's death in 1863, family members held onto this land, well into the twentieth-century.

Catherine Foster's will, part of which is shown on the left, carefully preserved ownership of the family homestead.

(African Americans • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Chase-Crowley-Keep House

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New York, Niagara County, Lockport

This property
has been placed
on the
National Register of
Historic Places
by the United States
Department of
the Interior

(Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Chase-Hubbard-Williams House

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New York, Niagara County, Lockport

This property
has been placed
on the
National Register of
Historic Places
by the United States
Department of
the Interior

Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Site historique et archéologique de l’Habitation-Samuel-De Champlain

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Quebec, Capitale-Nationale (region), Québec
French:
C’est sur cet emplacement stratégique, fréquenté par les Amérindiens depuis environ 3000 ans, que Samuel de Champlain fonde le comptoir de Québec, le 3 juillet 1608. Il y fait ériger une habitation en bois qui est reconstruite en pierre à partir de 1724. De 1633 à 1682, ce bâtiment sert de magasin avant d’être détruit par un incendie. L’église de Notre-Dame-des-Victoires est élevée sur une partie des vestiges de l’habitation, vers 1688.

Ce lieu symbolique rappelle le premier établissement français permanent en Amérique. Il témoigne de l’oeuvre de Champlain, de la fondation de la ville de Québec et de la naissance de la Nouvelle-France.

Ce site a été classé le 27 mars 2008 par la ministre de la Culture, des Communications et de la Condition féminine.

English translation:
It is on this strategic location, frequented by Native Americans for about 3000 years,that Samuel de Champlain found the Quebec tableland, July 3, 1608. He erected a wooden home that was rebuilt in stone from 1724. From 1633 to 1682, the building serves as a storehouse before being destroyed by fire. The church of Notre-Dame-des-Victoires was built on part of the house remains, about 1688.

This symbolic place recalls the first permanent French settlement in America. It reflects the work of Champlain, the founding of Quebec City and the birth of New France.

This site was classified 27 March 2008 by the Minister of Culture, Communications and the Status of Women.

(Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Sellers Hall

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Pennsylvania, Delaware County, Upper Darby
First permanent home in Upper Darby, built about 1684 by Samuel Sellers who occupied it with his bride, Anna Gibbons. Their son, Samuel Sellers, Jr., was the first of many family members active in mechanical and scientific pursuits. Birthplace of John Sellers, a founder of the American Philosophical Society. In 1769 he served on a select committee that observed the planet Venus in its passage across the sun.

(Colonial Era • Science & Medicine • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Hilldale Athletic Club

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Pennsylvania, Delaware County, Yeadon
This baseball team, whose home was here at Hilldale Park, won the Eastern Colored League championship three times and the 1925 Negro League World Series. Darby fielded Negro League teams from 1910 to 1932. Notable players included baseball hall of fame members Pop Lloyd, Judy Johnson, Martin Dihigo, Joe Williams, Oscar Charleston, Ben Taylor, Biz Mackey, and Louis Santop. Owner Ed Bolden helped form the Eastern Colored League.

(African Americans • Sports) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Dr. George Smith

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Pennsylvania, Delaware County, Drexel Hill
A doctor, judge, scientist, and State Senator. Smith came to Collenbrook in 1829 upon his marriage to Mary Lewis, heir to this eighteenth-century family estate. He was founder of the Delaware County Institute of Science and author of the 1862 "History of Delaware County." While a Senator as chairman of the Education Committee, he drafted the 1836 law providing for this State's first public school code.

(Politics) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Collen Brook Farm

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Pennsylvania, Delaware County, Drexel Hill
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior

(Notable Places) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Springfield Friends Meeting

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Pennsylvania, Delaware County, Springfield
Site of Friends Meeting since 1686. Present building erected 1851. A school and library were established here in 1832. Benjamin West, noted American artist, attended this Meeting when he was a boy.

(Churches, Etc. • Colonial Era) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Site of the Methodist Episcopal Meeting House (c.1847)

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Maryland, Saint Marys County, Leonardtown
The Oldest Surviving Building on Washington Street
A Prime Example of Adaptive Re-Use
Listed in the Maryland Historical Trust
1852 – Wesley Chapel
1875 – St.Mary's Reading Room
        and Debating Society – Library
1895 – Town Hall Company
        •First Town Hall.
        •Community Center.
        •Silent Movie Theatre
        •Site of one of Al Jolson's first performances.
1936 – Roland and Lillian Duke – Private Residence
1973 – Patrick and Judith O'Brien –
        Commercial and residential use.
1992 – Billy Parks Price – Commercial and residential use.
2002 – Colonel (AUS, Ret.) Christopher and Barbara Aiken –
        Commercial and residential use.

Originally 316 Washington Street,
Now 22760 Washington Street, Leonardtown, MD

(Churches, Etc. • Man-Made Features) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Thomas Massey House

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Pennsylvania, Montgomery County, Haverford
A fine example of early Pennsylvania rural architecture. Brick section was built before 1708 by Thomas Massey, who by 1696 was owner of a 300-acre “plantation” here. An earlier central wooden section was replaced by stone about 1730 by his son. Original wood kitchen replaced by stone about 1800. Room above the kitchen added sixty year later. The house was deeded in 1964 to Marple Township and was restored.

(Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

1696 Massey House

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Pennsylvania, Montgomery County, Haverford
Thomas Massey left England on the ketch "Endeavor" arriving at Upland (Chester) 1683. Married Phebe Taylor 1692, bought 900 acres in Marple Township and build this brick house in 1696.

(Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Governing

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Maryland, Saint Marys County, St. Mary's City
This building is a reconstruction of the colony of Maryland's State House finished in 1676.

The original brick State House was located just north of here on a bluff that is now the cemetery of Trinity Episcopal Church. In that building the Maryland Assembly and courts of law met for nearly twenty years, until the capital moved to Annapolis in 1695.

This reconstruction, like its predecessor, is two and half stories tall. The main floor holds a large chamber for gatherings of the Assembly and the Provincial Court. On the second floor is a committee room for joint business of the Lower House and the Proprietor's Council, as well as the Council meeting room and Secretary's office. Fire-arms and gunpowder for public defense were kept under lock and key in the attic.

This building was constructed as the centerpiece of the Tercentenary Celebration in 1934, marking the 300th anniversary of the founding of Maryland.

“…there by and Equal Assessment uppon the taxable persons of the said province the sume of three hundred and thirty thousand pounds of Tobacco to be payed to John Quigley his heires Executors or administrators who had undertaken to build the said state house & prison by the Last day of October which shall be in the yeare of or Lord God 1676…” — Assembly Proceedings, May–June 1674.

(Government • Man-Made Features) Includes location, directions, 11 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

All U.S. War Veterans Memorial

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Pennsylvania, Delaware County, Fernwood
Lord, God of Hosts, be with us yet, lest we forget-lest we forget.

Dedicated to the memory of all U.S. War Veterans, who here rest in peace, awaiting the call of the supreme commander to their justly earned reward of eternal glory.

The combined veterans memorial association of west Philadelphia and their auxiliaries. 1861 Grand Army of the Republic 1865; 1898 United Spanish War Veterans 1902; 1917 The American Legion 1918; Memorial Day May 30th 1937; Jewish War Veterans, U.S.A. Irish War Veterans, U.S.A.

(War, Spanish-American • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Stephen Girard (1750 -1831)

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Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia
Merchant, financier, philanthropist. Born in France, he came to this city in 1776. Girard gave strong support to both the First and Second Banks of the United States. By his will he established Girard College, which opened in 1848. Gentilhommiere, located here, was his country house after 1797. Girard added the center and western sections of the house and operated a 583 acre farm here.

(Colonial Era • Industry & Commerce • Patriots & Patriotism) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Tommy Loughran

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Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia
World Light Heavyweight Champion from 1927 to 1929. He boxed during the "Golden Age of Boxing" in many weight classes, besting 10 champs in his 18-year career. The "Philly Phantom" had a scientific style, built on precision and maneuverability rather than brute force. Considered a gentleman both in and out of the ring. In 1991 he was elected to the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Loughran was devoted to his neighborhood and church here.

(Sports) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Federal Street Burial Ground

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Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia
Congregation Mikveh Israel's second cemetery, founded 1849. Here are buried Abraham Hart the publisher; Alfred Mordecai, soldier and engineer; Dr. Sabato Morais rabbi and educator; Judge Mayer Sulzberger; and noted Civil War veterans..

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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