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Burnham-Munger Manufacturing Company Building

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Kansas City, Missouri.
National Register of Historic Places Wholesale District Historic Garment District

(Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

J. Marion Sims, M.D., L.L.D.

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New York City, New York.
[First Panel:] Surgeon & Philanthropist Founder of the Wo- mans Hospital State of New York His brilliant achievement carried the fame of American surgery through- out the entire world [Second Panel:] In recognition of . . .

(Science & Medicine) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The 82nd Airborne Division Association

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Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.
Dedicated 1 May 1992 by the "Col" Reuben H. Tucker Chapter 82nd Airborne Division Association To the memory of every member past and present - living and deceased who served in the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment "The . . .

(War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

McPike Drug Company Building

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Kansas City, Missouri.
National Register of Historic Places Wholesale District Historic Garment District

(Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Kansas City Paper House

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Kansas City, Missouri.
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior

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

Howe Institute

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New Iberia, Louisiana.
Site of the first organized school for Black students in Iberia Parish, controlled by the Union 6th District Missionary Baptist Association, with Mr. Jonas Henderson, Sr. , principal and a dedicated staff of professionals.

(Education • African Americans) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Cambridge

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Cambridge, Ohio.
Cambridge was platted in 1806 and became Guernsey County seat just four years later. The town flourished with the construction of the National Road, and by 1834 Cambridge was served daily by four stagecoach lines. . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Railroads & Streetcars • Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Lechtman Printing Company Building

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Kansas City, Missouri.
National Register of Historic Places Wholesale District Historic Garment District

(Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Peacock Road

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near Cambridge, Ohio.
Named for the peacocks that once lived on a neighboring farm, this narrow brick road was on the National Roads original alignment when it was built through Guernsey County in 1828. Peacock road is typical of the steep grades . . .

(Industry & Commerce • War, World I • Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

John Glenn

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New Concord, Ohio.
John Glenn, Jr. is a retired U.S. Marine Corps pilot, astronaut, and U.S. Senator. He was born in Cambridge, Ohio, on July 18, 1921, and moved to New Concord when he was two. On February 20, 1962, Glenn flew on the . . .

(Politics • Air & Space) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

New Concord

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New Concord, Ohio.
In 1827, construction of the National Road began through Muskingum County, and the Scotch-Irish settlement that became New Concord was laid out on March 24, 1828 by Judge David Findley. Judge Findley, born in Belfast, . . .

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

U.S.S. Pompon (SS 267)

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Manitowoc, Wisconsin.
Keel Laid 26 November 1941 Launched 15 August 1942 Commissioned 17 March 1943 On 10 July 1943 the U.S.S. Pompon left Brisbane, Australia, to begin her first patrol. She sank a 5,871 ton transport during this patrol. On her . . .

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

199th Light Infantry Brigade

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Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.
In honor of the Redcatchers for their sacrifice and selfless dedication to duty in the Republic of Vietnam, 1966-1970. They shall remain a steadfast example in the hearts of their fellow soldiers and countrymen. Insignia of . . .

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

Andy Warhol

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New York City, New York.
The Pop artist best known for his silkscreens of cultural icons, including Jackie Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, Chairman Mao, and Campbell's Soup cans, lived here from 1974 to 1987. The founder of Interview magazine and producer . . .

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

Charles Evans Hughes

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New York City, New York.
The lawyer and former New York governor lived here from 1917 to 1921, after losing the 1916 presidential elections to Woodrow Wilson. Hughes served as U.S. Secretary of State during the Harding Administration (1921-23) and . . .

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

Thaddeus Kosciuszko

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New York City, New York.
New York City Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Honors the memory of Polish born Brigadier General Thaddeus Kosciuszko (1746 - 1817) A Patriot of the American Revolution Planner of the . . .

(War, US Revolutionary • Patriots & Patriotism) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

U.S.S. Puffer (SS 268)

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Manitowoc, Wisconsin.
Keel Laid 16 February 1942 Launched 22 November 1942 Commissioned 27 April 1943 On 7 September 1943 the U.S.S. Puffer departed Darwin, Australia, to begin her first patrol. She sank 3 vessels, including a submarine tender . . .

(War, World II • Patriots & Patriotism • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

U.S.S. Rasher (SS 269)

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Manitowoc, Wisconsin.
Keel Laid 4 May 1942 Launched 20 December 1942 Commissioned 8 June 1943 On 3 October 1943 the U.S.S. Rasher departed Darwin, Australia, to begin her first patrol. By the end of the war she completed 8 patrols. She was . . .

(War, World II • Patriots & Patriotism • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The New York Academy of Medicine

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New York City, New York.
This structure, a gift from the Carnegie Foundation to the New York Academy of Medicine (founded in 1847) was designed in Romanesque style by York & Sawyer and built by Eidlitz & Son in 1925-26. It was cited by the Municipal . . .

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

1025 Park Avenue

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New York City, New York.
This elegant house was completed in 1912 by John Russell Pope in the style of an early 17th Century Jacobean Manor for the well-known composer of light opera and popular music, Reginald DeKoven, and his wife, Anna. DeKoven . . .

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