Chestertown Monument Row (Chestertown, Maryland)

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A collection of monuments located in a parking median along High Street. Monuments include:

From this point on May 23, 1774, a group of Chestertown citizens, undisguised and in broad daylight boarded the brigantine Geddes and threw its cargo of tea into the Chester River.

www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=3060

George Vickers was born in Chestertown in 1801. He opposed secession in 1861. Assisted Governor Hicks to raise an Eastern Shore Regiment and attained the rank of Major General of Militia. In the trial of President Johnson, Senator Vickers voted for acquittal.

www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=3049

Presented to The Historical Society of Kent County, Inc., in memory of Morris Keene Barroll 1893–1962.

www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=3061

This Monument honors • the area Veterans • who have sacrificed • for their country.

World War I 1917–1918 • World War II 1941–1945 • Korean War 1950–1953 • Vietnam War 1964–1973.

www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=3063

White & Black, Blue & Gray
Social Battlefield Split Kent Families
www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=5585

John Leeds Barroll
Publisher Accused of Treason and Exiled
www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=3066

In Memory of More Than 400 Prominent United States Colored Troops from Kent County
www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=5414