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St. Joseph Cathedral

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Columbus, Ohio.
St. Joseph Cathedral November 11, 1866, the cornerstone of St. Joseph Cathedral was laid at the N.W. corner of E. Broad and 5th Sts. The beautiful gothic structure was completed n 1872. The consecration service took place . . .

(Churches, Etc. • Architecture) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Wesley Chapel Methodist Church

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Columbus, Ohio.
This site was formerly occupied by the Wesley Chapel Methodist Church and its successor Central Methodist Church merged with Broad Street Methodist Church October 1935

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Joe Magarac • 1940

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Braddock, Pennsylvania.
Joe was of eastern European stock and worked in the steel mills of Pittsburgh. His physical power and his courageous, giving and industrious character made Joe the greatest steelworker who ever lived. In fact, Joe was made . . .

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Braddock's Spring

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Braddock, Pennsylvania.
was near this tablet. Here General Braddock was refreshed and the wounds bathed that he received in the Battle of Braddock's Defeat. July, 9, 1755, From these wounds he died July 13, 1755 ----------------- Erected 1917. That . . .

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Camp Hill

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Camp Hill, Pennsylvania.
Camp Hill Named from adjoining camp ground Founded 1756

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

History Preserved and Adapted

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Washington, District of Columbia.
Georgetown began in the 1740s as a tobacco port, where ships departed for Britain, Europe and the West Indies filled with flour, lumber, coal, grain and, above all, tobacco. The fine harbor brought visitors and goods and, . . .

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

Lemoyne

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Lemoyne, Pennsylvania.
Lemoyne Formerly named Bridgeport Incorportated 1905

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Through the Eyes of a Scientist

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Washington, District of Columbia.
Rachel Carson (1907-1964), a renowned writer and scientist who helped launch the modern environmental movement, once walked these woods. In her groundbreaking book, Silent Spring (1962), Carson warned citizens that the . . .

(Environment • Charity & Public Work) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Healing in War and Peace

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Washington, District of Columbia.
Georgetown University Hospital, set atop a row of hills along Reservoir Road, promotes good health through patient care, research and education. Founded in 1898 and shaped by Georgetown's Catholic Jesuit heritage, the . . .

(Education • War, US Civil • War, Spanish-American • Science & Medicine) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Pirates of Penzance Composition Site

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New York City, New York.
On this site Sir Arthur Sullivan composed "The Pirates of Penzance" during 1879

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

Field Headquarters Army of the Cumberland.

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Field Headquarters Army of the Cumberland. Major General William S. Rosecrans. September 19th to morning September 20th, 1863. 14th Army Corps - Major General George H. Thomas. 20th Army Corps - Major General Alexander . . .

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

Hilleary's Smiling Corner

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Washington, District of Columbia.
Welcome to "Hilleary's Smiling Corner," named for Albert and Flora Hilleary, who ran the corner grocery store here from about 1919 to 1961. Like many other corner stores in Georgetown, this was a gathering place for the . . .

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The Original Georgetown Reservoir

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Washington, District of Columbia.
Site of the original Georgetown Reservoir 1859-1932 Stone wall and iron fence 1871

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1667 Wisconsin Ave. NW

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Washington, District of Columbia.
Georgetown Historic District 1667 Wisconsin Ave. NW National Register of Historic Places

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Lebanon Revolutionary War Patriots

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Lebanon, Connecticut.
. . .

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

The War Office

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Lebanon, Connecticut.
The War Office (Across the Green) Here Were Directed The State’s Activities In the Revolution

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Shopp Cemetery

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Camp Hill, Pennsylvania.
In the 1780's United Brethren circuit riders began preaching at the home of John Shopp located one half mile north of this site. A Meeting House was erected in the present cemetery in 1827 on land donated by John Shopp. The . . .

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Brotherhood Synagogue

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New York City, New York.
In 1859, the Society of Friends, known as Quakers, commissioned the firm of King & Kellum to design a structure "exactly suited for a Friends Meeting, entirely plain, neat and chaste, of good taste, but avoiding all useless . . .

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The Morris Canal 1824-1924

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Stanhope, New Jersey.
The Morris Canal was an engineering marvel of its time. A system of 23 lift locks and 23 inclined planes enabled the canal to overcome more elevation change than any other transportation canal ever built. Large changes in . . .

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

Waterloo: A Transportation Crossroads

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Stanhope, New Jersey.
Waterloo has been a transportation hub since 1760 when wagons brought pig iron from nearby Andover Furnace to the village’s iron forge. When the Morris Canal opened in 1831, horse-drawn wagons brought iron ore to the docks . . .

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