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2003 National Champions

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Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Overall Record:13-1 | SEC Record: 7-1 Head Coach Nick Saban LSU entered the 2003 football season with a potent offense and the potential for a dominant defense. The Tigers ranked 15th in pre-season polls, but question marks . . .

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

Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church

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Morgan City, Louisiana.
Erected in 1865, after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. Freed slaves used the land given by Mr. Olympus Young. Mr. Lawrence, former slave owner, gave the worship bell. Its history is rich with over thirteen . . .

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

Heading Out

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Newport News, Virginia.
(panel 1) Looking across the James here on June 2, 1608, you might have seen a strange sight. A large vessel sailed past with a smaller vessel in tow—neither resembling the canoes used by native people on this river. The . . .

(Native Americans • Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers • Exploration) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Lake Biggins

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Newport News, Virginia.
Formed in 1924 when Huntington Park was established. This lake was popularly known as Lake Biggins by action of the Newport News City Council May 14, 1979. The lake became officially named to honor this dedicated public . . .

(Politics • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Virginia War Museum

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Newport News, Virginia.
The main gallery of the War Memorial Museum was erected in 1953-54 under an appropriation of the 1952 General Assembly of Virginia The rear gallery was erected in 1941 under the Joint Appropriations of the 1940 General . . .

(War, World I • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Oldest Church

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Cooperstown, New York.
Oldest Church in Cooperstown First Presbyterian Organized June 16, 1800 Building erected 1805 Land gift of Judge Cooper

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

Indian Grave

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Cooperstown, New York.
Indian remains excavated in this field were reburied in 1874 at the base of this mysterious mound.The tablet, with poem by the Rev. W.W. Lord was placed over the remains by Mrs. Alfred Corning Clark in 1899. "The wide land . . .

(Native Americans • Cemeteries & Burial Sites) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Monument Dedicated to "La Corregidora"

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, Mexico.
Monumento a la Corregidora Homenaje permanente a la memoria de Doña Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, prócer mujer que participó, intelectual y activamente en la gestación e inicio de la lucha por la Independencia Nacional. Fue . . .

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

The Guernsey-Wendover Cutoff

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near Guernsey, Wyoming.
“The most expensive nine miles of the Burlington system” (Guernsey Gazette, December 3, 1915) Before Guernsey Reservoir was constructed in 1927, and before Lake Guernsey State Park was developed for recreation in the . . .

(Railroads & Streetcars) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Guernsey Tunnel No. 2

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near Guernsey, Wyoming.
“Instead of going around the mountains, we went through them…” (Guernsey Gazette, December 3, 1915) Tunnel No. 2 on the Guernsey-Wendover Cutoff was located directly beneath this highway bridge. Over 1,900 feet long, it was . . .

(Railroads & Streetcars) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Roy Wilkins

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Kansas City, Missouri.
News editor, 1923-1931, of The Kansas City Call. This plaque is dedicated in honor of his contributions to journalism and equality while he served as a journalist and, later, as leader of the National Association for the . . .

(Communications • Civil Rights • African Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Old Oratory of San Felipe Neri

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, Mexico.
Antiguo Oratorio de San Felipe Neri Catedral de Queretaro A iniciativa de padre Martín de San Cayetano y Jorganes, se autorizó la construcción del Oratorio de San Felipe Neri, por decreto del Papa Clemente XIII, expedido el . . .

(Churches, Etc. • Colonial Era • Charity & Public Work) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Birthplace of Manuel Montes Collantes

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, Mexico.
En esta casa nacio el Sr. Lic. Manuel Montes Collantes Poeta laureado. Con motivo de cumplir hoy 70 años de su natalicio, amigos y compañeros dedican la presente. 7 de abril de 1979 English translation: In this house was . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Kansas City Call

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Kansas City, Missouri.
Founded in 1919 by Chester A. Franklin 1880 - 1955

(Communications • Civil Rights • Politics • African Americans) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Ms. Myra Taylor

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Kansas City, Missouri.
The Archway of the Attucks School Parking Lot dedicated to Ms. Myra Taylor Dedicated: June 29, 2001

(Arts, Letters, Music • Man-Made Features • African Americans) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Ypsilanti

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Ypsilanti, Michigan.
It was America's "first completely new car in fifty years" and the vision in 1945 of Preston Tucker, who lived at 110 North Park Street in Ypsilanti. He was the general manager of his family's Ypsilanti Machine & Tool . . .

(Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Mt. Pleasant M. E. Church

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Preston, Maryland.
Mt. Pleasant M. E. Church served the communities of Preston, Elwood, Tanyard, Jonestown and Marsh Creek. The church grew spiritually and financially for many years fostering many local preachers. Dedicated leaders of the . . .

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

Maryland Steamboat Company's Joppa Wharf at Denton

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Denton, Maryland.
This site recreates the Golden Age of Steam on the Choptank River Here you'll find the restored Joppa steamboat wharf and terminal from the 1800s, a visitor center and museum, and a Chesapeake Bay skipjack. This area was . . .

(Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Neck Meeting House Native Garden

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Denton, Maryland.
These native plants have evolved in this region over 10,000 years and are well adapted to the area's uniq;ue conditions. They contribute to the health and the environment by filtering pollutants, moderating storm water . . .

(Horticulture & Forestry • Environment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Strawn City Hall

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Strawn, Texas.
The city of Strawn, incorporated in 1917, held its first council meeting in a hall at a local bank building. During an oil, gas, and coal-inspired economic boom the city’s population reached 5,000 in 1920, and in 1921 bonds . . .

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