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Veterans Memorial

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near Canal Winchester, Ohio.
Flag Flying In Memory Of Army • Navy • Marines Air Force • Coast Guard

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

Hoffman Cemetery

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near Ballinger, Texas.
Historic Texas Cemetery

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Sheep and Goat Industry

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near San Angelo, Texas.
Spanish explorers introduced sheep to the southwest in the 1500s, and Spanish missions depended on the animals for food and clothing. The first Angora goats, known for the beauty and strength of their mohair, were brought to . . .

(Agriculture • Animals) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Falls Mill Bridge

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Logan, Ohio.
The previous bridge at this location was a 250 foot long, steel Pennsylvania truss. It was originally built in 1914 by the Pennsylvania Bridge Company and located in Hamilton County. In 1956 it was moved for reuse at this . . .

(Bridges & Viaducts) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

World War I Peace Monument

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Water Valley, Texas.
At the close of “The Great War,” the citizens of Water Valley wanted to honor those of their community who had served overseas. They were inspired by a small family monument erected on the eastern ridge of Mount McLaughlin . . .

(War, World I • Patriots & Patriotism) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Veterans Memorial

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Georgetown, Indiana.
Dedicated to All Veterans of Georgetown, Indiana

(War, World II • War, Vietnam • Patriots & Patriotism • War, 1st Iraq & Desert Storm) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Patrick Shields

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Georgetown, Indiana.
Patrick & Mary Nantz Shields Children James & Henry 1811 Aide to General Wm H Harrison in Tippecanoe Campaign 1816 Delegate to the Indiana Constitutional Convention and signed the historical document at Corydon's . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers • Politics • Patriots & Patriotism) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Saluda A La Basilica

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, Ecuador.
El Gobierno Provincial de Pichincha En homenaje a los barrios libertarios de Quito Saluda a la Basilica En nombre de los gloriosos lideres protagonistas de las llamadas guerras de Quito educando la Independencia quienes . . .

(Churches, Etc.) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Mormon Battalion

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Pueblo, Colorado.
This memorial is the Property of the State of Colorado ____ A detachment of United States Soldiers of The Mormon Battalion in the Mexican War spent the winter of 1846-47 near this site. With their families and Mormon . . .

(Churches, Etc. • Settlements & Settlers • War, Mexican-American) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

George W. Waltz

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Georgetown, Indiana.
1807 George W. Waltz/Walts, Anna Brewer Walts & family left Pennsylvania to go west 1808 Recorded 170 acre purchase in Harrison Co. Indiana Territory 1809 Petitioned Congress for U.S. Government intervention of pioneer . . .

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

Georgetown

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Georgetown, Indiana.
Named for George Walts, from Pennsylvania, who settled here in 1807. The earliest settler was Patrick Henry Shields, a Virginian, who arrived in 1805 and became prominent in early Indiana affairs as statesman and soldier. . . .

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

John Whitaker

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Weaubleau, Missouri.
1853 Joined The Christian Church. Was an active member the remainder of his life. 1861-1865 Served in The Union Army 1863 Ordained a Christian Minister 1866 Married Emeline Earnest Organized Weaubleau Christian Church . . .

(Churches, Etc. • Education • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Politics) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Mesoamerica and the Mayan Civilization

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, Guatemala.
Mesoamérica y la Civilización Maya La Civilización Maya a la cual pertenece los Kaqchikeles se desarrolló en el sector sur de Mesoamérica, región que se extiende desde el actual noroeste de México hasta Honduras y parte de . . .

(Agriculture • Anthropology) Includes complete text, location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Spanish War Veterans Statue

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Wichita Falls, Texas.
This monument erected to commemorate the valor and patriotism of the men who served in the war with Spain, Philippine Insurrection, and China Relief Expedition, 1898 – 1902

(War, Spanish-American) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Henryton School of Practical Nursing

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Marriotsville, Maryland.
In 1925, two years after the Maryland Tuberculosis Sanatorium opened in Henryton, a training school for nurses was established for black students in order to help manage the increasing patient population. The program was . . .

(Science & Medicine • Charity & Public Work • African Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Seneca Schoolhouse

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Poolesville, Maryland.
In 1865, local farmer and miller Upton Darby canvassed neighbors for subscriptions to construct a one-room schoolhouse of red sandstone from the Seneca quarries. Darby donated the land and building materials; families . . .

(Education) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Historic Seneca Schoolhouse

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Poolesville, Maryland.
The 1866 Seneca Schoolhouse—the oldest surviving one-room school building in Montgomery County—today offers a unique “living history” experienced for Washington area children. Leaving their cell phones and computer tablets . . .

(Education) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Appleby Devoe Memorial Library

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East Brunswick, New Jersey.
Built on an indian camping ground, this library faces the route of America's first steam train. Across the river, stage coaches once plied their way from South Amboy to Burlington. In 1778 Washington's troops passed near . . .

(Education • War, US Revolutionary • Railroads & Streetcars • Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Trinity Church Episcopal

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New Orleans, Louisiana.
This building erected 1852-54 George Purves, Architect-Builder In 1867 the chancel was extended 32 feet. The entrance tower was added in 1873 Charles L. Hillger, Architect Peter R. Middlemiss, Builder. The parish house in . . .

(Churches, Etc.) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Historic Site in Journalism

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Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Solomon Juneau founded the Milwaukee Sentinel in 1837. A fur trader and the founder of Milwaukee, Juneau was also the city's first mayor. In 1987, the Sentinel marked its 150th Anniversary and the 25th Anniversary of its . . .

(Communications) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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