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Continental Soldiers Grave

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Manalapan, New Jersey.
Site of a common grave of Continental Soldiers who fell at Monmouth June 28, 1778 Known only to God

(War, US Revolutionary • Cemeteries & Burial Sites) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Patriot Members of the Society of the Cincinnati

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Manalapan, New Jersey.
These Patriots, original members of the Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Jersey lie buried in this churchyard. Lieutenant James Anderson Lieutenant Colonel David Rhea Colonel Nathaniel Scudder Ensign Moses . . .

(War, US Revolutionary • Cemeteries & Burial Sites) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

North Arlington 9/11 Memorial

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North Arlington, New Jersey.
Erected as a perpetual reminder of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks on America at New York City, Shanksville, PA and Washington, DC. This memorial is dedicated in respectful memory of all who perished on . . .

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

Detective James Zadroga

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North Arlington, New Jersey.
A son . . . a husband . . . a father . . . a hero. After the terrorist attacks on the New York World Trade Center, North Arlington resident, New York Detective James Zadroga spent weeks digging through the rubble. First . . .

(Disasters) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Lum Home

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Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Site of Lum Mansion, Hq. of Gen. U.S. Grant, family & staff, after siege of Vicksburg, 1863. The 26 room house, built about 1820, was later destroyed by order of Capt. Cyrus B. Comstock to build fortification.

(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Old San Jacinto County Jail

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Coldspring, Texas.
Approved by the Commissioners Court in 1886 and completed the following year, this structure served as the San Jacinto County jail until 1980. Interior space included second floor cells and jailer's living quarters on the . . .

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

Methodist Church, 1844

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College Mound, Texas.
In 1844 A.J. Beck, Henry Beck Wilson Fogleman, A.H. Henry W.T. Patton, Ed. King settled in this vicinity A Methodist church was organized in 1845 with Rev. J.W. Fields as pastor A.H. Henry, Ed. King, stewards, A.H. Henry . . .

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

Covenant United Presbyterian Church

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Kaufman, Texas.
Organized July 1854 by The Rev. Richard O. Watkins, as Cumberland Presbyterian Church. First church building was erected in 1854-55. First pastor, The Rev. Dempsey W. Broughton, helped found Trinity University. Present . . .

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

Saint Joseph Church

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Thibodaux, Louisiana.
The mother church of Parishes in Lafourche, Terrebonne, St. Mary and lower Assumption was incorporated in 1817. Priests served the area from Assumption Church, Plattenville, until 1822 when Fr. Antoine Potini (1822-1827) . . .

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

Balfour House

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Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Built mid-1830s. Home of diarist Emma Balfour, noted diarist of the Siege. Site of 1862 Christmas ball interrupted by arrival of Federal fleet. Following surrender, July 4, 1863, was HQ. of Maj.-Gen. J.B. McPherson.

(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Lt. Col. John Bond

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McHenry, Mississippi.
Grave 4 mi. S.W. Pioneer of South Mississippi. Captain in war of 1812, 1813-15. Lt. Col. militia & member territorial legislature, 1815, 1817. State legislator, 1838, 1839.

(War of 1812 • Politics • Patriots & Patriotism) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

61 Highway

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Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Side 1: The rise of the automobile and the development of a national highway system in the 1920's and '30s coincided with the initial boom of blues, jazz, and spiritual recordings by African American artists. Songs in the . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment • Roads & Vehicles • African Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Hickory Street

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Canton, Mississippi.
Side 1: Hickory Street, known locally as "The Hollow," was a hub of social life, commerce, and entertainment for the African American community of central Mississippi for several decades, up through the 1970s. Canton's most . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment • African Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Alpha Kappa Alpha National Presidents

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Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Both former residents of Vicksburg, B. Beatrix Scott and Ida L. Jackson served as the fifth and eighth national presidents of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, 1925-1927 and 1933-1936, respectively. During her presidency, . . .

(Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • African Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Military Trail

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Jupiter, Florida.
After the second Battle of the Loxahatchee (January 24, 1838) during the Second Seminole War (1835-1842), Maj. Gen. Thomas S. Jesup directed Maj. William Lauderdale, Commander of the Tennessee Battalion of Volunteers to cut . . .

(Roads & Vehicles • Wars, US Indian) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Historic Jupiter School

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Jupiter, Florida.
This building was constructed in 1927 to serve the town’s approximately 100 white students from grades one through twelve. Prior to its construction, students were transported by boat to attend schools along the Loxahatchee . . .

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

Battle of Okeechobee

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Okeechobee, Florida.
In these woods on Christmas Day 1837, was fought the Battle of Okeechobee, in which a large band of Seminole Indians, under Chief Wild Cat, Alligator, and Sam Jones was routed by a brigade led by Colonel Zachary Taylor, . . .

(Wars, US Indian) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Old West Florida

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Lumberton, Mississippi.
Area to south, originally part of French Louisiana became W. Florida under England & Spain. After West Florida Revolution annexed by U.S. & in 1812 added to Miss. Territory.

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

St. Martha Mission Church

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Sarasota, Florida.
Side 1 Beginning in 1889, circuit-riding Jesuit priests served the pastoral needs of Sarasota's small, but devoted Catholic community. In 1912, after years of meeting in various homes, the congregation built a small wooden . . .

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

British Raid on Tappahannock / The War of 1812

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Tappahannock, Virginia.
(side 1) British Raid on Tappahannock On 2 Dec. 1814, British naval forces commanded by Capt. Robert Barrie shelled and seized the town of Tappahannock during the War of 1812. Aiding the British were three companies of . . .

(War of 1812) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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