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Emma Smith Devoe

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Tacoma, Washington.
Emma Smith Devoe moved to Tacoma in 1905. She was President of the Washington Equal Suffrage Association and worked constantly to win the women's right to vote.

(Civil Rights) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Alice Maude Smith, M.D.

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Tacoma, Washington.
Despite the attempted interference by her physician peers, Dr. Alice Maude Smith came to Tacoma from Chicago in 1898 where she built a successful practice.

(Science & Medicine) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Chief Justice Charles Evan Hughes

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Washington, District of Columbia.
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(Notable Persons) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Earth Day Park

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Washington, District of Columbia.
Welcome to Earth Day Park Earth Day Park is a living example of the United States Government’s commitment to environmentally conscious landscape design and use of renewable resources. As part of the celebration of Earth Day . . .

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

The Battle of Hartville

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Hartville, Missouri.
(LEFT PANEL) The Battle of Hartville The Civil War Comes to Hartville The battle of Hartville, Mo., on Jan. 11, 1863, was a chance meeting of two armies. On Jan. 8, Confederates led by Brig. Gen. John S. Marmaduke attacked . . .

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

1942 Willys Jeep / Jeep Willys de 1942

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Victoria, British Columbia.
Through arctic cold, desert heat, or jungle humidity, the rugged reliability of this no-frills "Vehicle, General Purpose" (G.P.) made it the most successful and recognizable Allied vehicle of the Second World War. Between . . .

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

Development in the neighborhood

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Washington, District of Columbia.
Development in the neighborhood got its first start in 1871 when the Board of Public Works, under the leadership of Alexander “Boss” Robey Sheperd, installed sewers, paved roads, extended gas pipes and planted trees here and . . .

(Man-Made Features • Politics • Architecture) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Walker's Division.

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Walker's Division, - Walker's Corps. Major General W. H. T. Walker. September 19, 1863, 9 a.m. Ector's Brigade, - Brigadier General Matthew D. Ector. Wilson's Brigade, - Colonel Claudius C. Wilson. Ector's Brigade crossed . . .

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

Butterfield's Overland Dispatch

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Atchison, Kansas.
Text on the Front of the marker: (picture of Concord Coach) Butterfield's Overland Dispatch 1865 Text on Reverse of marker: Butterfield's Overland Dispatch Established 1865 by David A. Butterfield The B.O.D. followed . . .

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

Strong, tall, redheaded Nance

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Fort Recovery, Ohio.
"Strong, tall, red headed Nance clung her baby tight, and ferociously wielding her frying pan, held off the brutal Indian attackers." St. Clair Battle, 1791

(Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers • Wars, US Indian) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Wilder's Brigade

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Wilder's Brigade. Reynolds' Division - Thomas' Corps. Colonel John T. Wilder. 92d Illinois - Colonel Smith D. Atkins. 98th Illinois - Colonel John J. Funkhouser. 123rd Illinois - Colonel James Monroe. 17th Indiana - Major . . .

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

2001 SEC Champions

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Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Overall Record: 10-3 | SEC Record: 5-3 Head Coach Nick Saban The Tigers got off to a flying start in 2001 with home victories over Tulane and Utah State before the terrorist attacks of September 11 postponed LSU's SEC opener . . .

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

2007 SEC Champions

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Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Overall Record: 12-2 | SEC Record; 6-2 Head Coach Les Miles The 2007 LSU Tigers built on the momentum of the two previous seasons, each of which produced at least 11 wins, by posting a 6-2 league record en route to the SEC . . .

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

Battle of Lake Borgne

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Shell Beach, Louisiana.
December 14, 1814 - desperate delaying action by a small squadron of five American gunboats, a tender, and one dispatch boat under the command of Lt. Thomas ap Catesby Jones. Facing them was a large flotilla of armed British . . .

(War of 1812 • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

2011 SEC Champions

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Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Overall Record: 13-1 | SEC Record: 8-0 Head Coach Les Miles LSU produced perhaps the greatest regular season in school history and one of the finest in all of the annals of college football as the Tigers blitzed to a 13-0 . . .

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

2003 SEC 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 and the Tigers started quickly as LSU opened the season with a . . .

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

Officer's Quarters / Logements des officiers

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Victoria, British Columbia.
When the Second World War began in 1939, tents were used to accommodate the sudden influx of troops. They were quickly replaced by temporary wooden huts of this type. This building is the only example that has survived in . . .

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

A Walk of Faith

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New Iberia, Louisiana.
Consecrated in 1858 on land donated by plantation owner Harvey Hopkins, the Episcopal Church of the Epiphany is the oldest church building still in use in New Iberia. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places . . .

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

The Arts in Sheridan-Kalorama

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Washington, District of Columbia.
Writers, sculptors, painters, and collectors made Sheridan-Kalorama their home: best-selling mystery writer Mary Roberts Rinehart at 2419 Massachusetts; classicist Edith Hamilton at 2448 Massachusetts; poet/novelist Elinor . . .

(Education • Arts, Letters, Music • Architecture) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Alberto Santos-Dumont

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Washington, District of Columbia.
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(Air & Space) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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