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Kershaw's Brigade

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Kershaw's Brigade. McLaws' Division, - Longstreet's Corps. Brigadier General Joseph Brevard Kershaw. September 20, 1863, 1st Position. 2d South Carolina, - Lieutenant Colonel Franklin Gaillard. 3d South Carolina, - Colonel . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

75th Indiana Infantry

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Indiana. Seventy-Fifth Regiment Infantry. (Robinson) Second Brigade. (King) Fourth Division. (Reynolds) Fourteenth Corps. (Thomas) Saturday, September 19th, 1863, 3 P.M.

(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

World Wars Memorial

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Harbor Springs, Michigan.
In Memory Of Corp Leo M. Smith Killed in action at Soissons, France July 19, 1918 Stanley Hoover Killed in action Argonne Forest, France October 26, 1918 and in honor of the men of Harbor Springs who went forth at the call . . .

(War, World I • War, World II • Man-Made Features • Patriots & Patriotism) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Middle Village

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Middle Village, Michigan.
The church below, built in 1889, stand[s] in the vicinity of the first Jesuit mission of 1741, which was rebuilt by local Waganakising Odawak carpenters and craftsmen in 1825

(Native Americans • Churches, Etc.) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

St. Ignatius of Loyola Church and Cemetery

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Middle Village, Michigan.
(Side A) St. Ignatius of Loyola Church and Cemetery By the 1740s, French Catholic missionaries had come to this area, known to the Odawa as Waganakising, to minister to local tribes. Later, missionary work was taken up by . . .

(Native Americans • Churches, Etc.) Includes complete text, location, directions, 11 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Middle Village

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Middle Village, Michigan.
Built in 1889... The church below is the third to stand in the vicinity of the first Jesuit mission in 1741. It was rebuilt by the Indians in 1825 ——————————————— For many years this sign stood on the edge of the bluff on . . .

(Native Americans • Churches, Etc.) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Thelonious Monk

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Rocky Mount, North Carolina.
Jazz pianist, composer, and architect of bebop. Wrote "Round Midnight" (1944). Born 1 mile S.

(Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment • African Americans) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The W. E. Henderson House

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Terrell, Texas.
Built 1898 by William Ebenezer Henderson (1847-1944), who moved from Louisiana to Texas (1862) in an ox-drawn barouche. Going to work at 19 for a cattleman, he became in time a prosperous commission dealer — shipping cattle . . .

(Settlements & Settlers • Architecture) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Johnson's Brigade

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Johnson's Brigade Johnson's Division - Longstreet's Corps. Colonel John S. Fulton. September 20, 1963, 11:20 A.M. 17th Tennessee, - Lieutenant Colonel Watt W. Floyd. 23d Tennessee, - Colonel R. H. Keeble. 25th Tennessee, - . . .

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

Bledsoe's Missouri Battery

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Missouri T. O. Bledsoe's Missouri Battery C.S.A.

(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Trimbleville Historic District

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near Marshallton, Pennsylvania.
Trimbleville, circa 1740, was named after Irish immigrant James Trimble. Located along the 1728 Great Valley Road, the hamlet grew up around one of Chester County’s earliest grist mills, powered by the Broad Run. Due East, . . .

(Colonial Era • Industry & Commerce • War, US Revolutionary • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Desfossé House

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Mansura, Louisiana.
Desfossé House Dr. Jules Charles Desfossé, second mayor of Mansure, acquired this c. 1790 house and rebuilt is c. 1850. This Louisiana French Colonial style dwelling was the 1st structure in Avoyelles Parish listed on the . . .

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

Ben McDonald

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Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
A right-handed pitcher from Denham Springs, LA., Ben McDonald capped a magnificent 1989 season by receiving the Golden Spikes Award, given by the United States Baseball Federation to the nation's most outstanding amateur . . .

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

1996 National Champions

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Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Second baseman Warren Morris belted a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Tigers to a thrilling 9-8 College World Series title game win over Miami (Fla). Morris' dramatic dinger was his only home run . . .

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

Presentation Convent Chapel

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Marksville, Louisiana.
Originally located in Hydropolis (Cocoville). Served as the chapel for the Daughters of the Cross and students at Presentation Academy. Later moved after the Civil War to Marksville and attached to the first St. Joseph . . .

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

Charles Hamilton Houston Residence

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Washington, District of Columbia.
1744 S Street, NW Charles Hamilton Houston (1895-1950) was a legal theorist and mentor to an entire generation of African American lawyers. As Howard University School of Law's vice dean, the Harvard-educated Houston helped . . .

(Civil Rights • African Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Todd Duncan Residence

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Washington, District of Columbia.
1600 T Street, NW Internationally renowned baritone Todd Duncan (1903-1998) lived here from about 1935 until about 1960. Duncan originated the role of Porgy in George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess on Broadway. He later . . .

(Education • Civil Rights • Entertainment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Dr. Copter — Flying Medicine to Tangier

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Tangier, Virginia.
Every week for more than thirty years Dr. David Buell Nichols made the voyage from Hummel Field in Middlesex County to Tangier Island in the Chesapeake Bay to administer health care to those in need. For an island with no . . .

(Science & Medicine • Air & Space) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Admiral Miguel Grau

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Washington, District of Columbia.
Gran Almirante de Peru Miguel Grau 1834-1879 La República del Perú al Caballero de los Mares Inaugurado por el Presidente del Consejo de Ministros Salomón Lerner Ghitis y el Embajador del Perú en los Estados Unidos de . . .

(Patriots & Patriotism • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

9th Indiana Infantry

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Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Text on the Front Side of the Monument: 9th Regiment Indiana Infantry. 2nd Brigade - Hazen. 2nd Division - Palmer. 21st Corps - Crittenden. Text on the Back Side of the Monument: Indiana's Tribute to Her Ninth Regiment . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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