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Civil War Years

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Morgan City, Louisiana.
In November, 1862, town was seized by Federal forces: served as major base for Union Army and Navy operations in Teche Campaigns, staging area for advances against salt works on Avery Island and temporary Confederate state . . .

(Forts, Castles • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Virgin Island

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Pierre Part, Louisiana.
Commemorates The Blessed Virgin who the people of Pierre Part believe intervened to save lives in natural disasters from 1882-1976. Restored by the citizens during the Bicentennial Year 1976.

(Churches, Etc. • Settlements & Settlers • Disasters) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Fig Preserving Plant

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Friendswood, Texas.
Figs, the life's blood of Friendswood 1910 to circa 1956, were preserved and shipped from this Fig Preserving Plant. This business, opened in 1924 at this site by Quaker Cecil Brown, (son of the founder) was neither the . . .

(Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Peace Monument

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Virginia Beach, Virginia.
On the 50th anniversary of the USA DAI Nippon Butoku Kai, this peace monument in Red Wing Park was created by the City of Virginia Beach with lofty aims for people-to-people initiatives of sister cities. The monument stands . . .

(Horticulture & Forestry • Peace) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Friendswood Postal Service

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Friendswood, Texas.
In 1899 Friendswood recieved postal service. That year 22 year old widow Flora Knode was appointed postmaster, and residents picked up mail from her home. In 1904 Quaker Charles E. Hoover and family moved here from West . . .

(Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Staff Housing, U.S. Public Health Service Hospital, Carville

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Carville, Louisiana.
The original on-site staff housing began when the Daughters of Charity arrived in April of 1896 to care for the leprosy patients. They lived in the old plantation, indian Camp. When the U.S. Public Health Service officers . . .

(Man-Made Features • Science & Medicine • Charity & Public Work) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

George and Ira Gershwin

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New York City, New York.
George Gershwin 1898 - 1937 Ira Gershwin 1896 - 1983 The composer, and the lyricist, lived here between 1929–33, the years they wrote Broadway show Girl Crazy and, their political satires, Of Thee I Sing, and Let 'Em Eat . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Rhythm of Radio

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Dearborn, Michigan.
Radio has a strong tradition in Dearborn. In 1934, Henry Ford inspired the "Ford Sunday Evening Hour" on Detroit's WWJ - AM radio. The Detroit Symphony Orchestra appeared on the broadcast regularly and became the nation's . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Victor Herbert

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New York City, New York.
The conductor and composer, lived here from 1904 to 1924. During that time, he organized the Victor Herbert Orchestra, wrote the operettas "Naughty Marietta" and "Sweethearts," advocated the Copyright Law of 1909, and helped to found ASCAP.

(Industry & Commerce • Arts, Letters, Music) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Cecil B. DeMille

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New York City, New York.
The director and producer of silent and sound epic films lived here from 1906 to 1913. He directed the first Hollywood feature motion picture, The Squaw Man (1913). Known for his multimillion-dollar spectacles, he produced . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Antonio José de Irisarri

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, Guatemala.
Al ilustre hijo de Guatemala que mostro generoso talento y ardoroso patriotismo, por la noble causa de la Independencia de Chile. Al procer que unio dos pueblos en la historia americana. Al merito y la virtud ciudadana de . . .

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

Runkles Mill and The Mt. Airy Milling Company

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Mount Airy, Maryland.
From the late 1800s to the mid-1960s, Mount Airy was a busy farming community. The B&O Railroad carried commodities from Mount Airy to market, and carried needed manufactured goods into Mount Airy. A grain mill was always . . .

(Agriculture • Industry & Commerce • Railroads & Streetcars • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

13 West Main Street

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New Market, Maryland.
Frederick County Landmarks Foundation Registered [Property] 074

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Food and Drink

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Ypsilanti, Michigan.
Along the road, a welcoming tradition. The road was once called the Sauk Trail, the Military Chicago Road, Congress Road, and, eventually, Michigan Avenue. For travel by foot, horse, stagecoach, truck, or automobile, it has . . .

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

9 West Main Street

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New Market, Maryland.
Frederick County Landmarks Foundation Registered [Property] 261

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5 West Main Street

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New Market, Maryland.
Frederick County Landmarks Foundation Registered [Property] 011

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3 West Main Street

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New Market, Maryland.
Frederick County Landmarks Foundation Registered [Property] 225

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Byron Kilbourn

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Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
(Front) Founded Milwaukee - Kilbourntown Kilbourn City - Wisconsin Dells City of West Bend. Wi. Kilbourn Lodge 3 F. & A. M. (Back) In 1998 Historic Milwaukee Inc., brought Byron Kilbourn back to the city. With grand civil . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Politics) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Bataan Corregidor Memorial

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Little Creek, Virginia.
Navy - Marines - Army - Army Air Corps Dec. 8, 1941 — May 6, 1943 In honor of the 60,000 "Battling Bastards" of Bataan/Corregidor Philippine Islands May we never forget their sacrifices

(War, World II) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Pearl Harbor Memorial

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Little Creek, Virginia.
The same inscription is engraved on both sides of the marker: In memory of those 2403 heroes who made the supreme sacrifice and to the survivors of Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii A day that will live in infamy "Remember Pearl . . .

(War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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