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Cherry Hill Cemetery

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Canton, Michigan.
1828 - Granted from the U.S. government 1867 - Property deeded to trustees as a burial ground 1905 - Cherry Hill Cemetery Association was formed. Managed by the Cherry Hill Cemetery Association as a non-profit . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

In Memory Challenger Crewmembers

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Rocky Hill, Connecticut.
In Memory Challenger Crewmembers January 28, 1986 Francis R. Scobee Judith A. Resnik Ronald E. McNair Michael J. Smith Ellison S. Onizuka Gregory Jarvis S. Christa McAuliffe

(Air & Space) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Richard Caputo Memorial

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Rocky Hill, Connecticut.
Richard Caputo April 25, 1948 – September 22, 1968 Richard Caputo was the only resident of Rocky Hill to be killed in action during the Vietnam War. Richard was drafted into the Army and attained the rank of Private First . . .

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

Major John Mason

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Windsor, Connecticut.
Major John Mason Born 1600 in England Immigrated to New England in 1630 A Founder of Windsor, Old Saybrook and Norwich Magistrate and Chief Military Officer of the Connecticut Colony Deputy Governor and Acting Governor A . . .

(Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Founders Of Windsor

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Windsor, Connecticut.
To the Founders of Windsor and The First Congrgational Church In Connecticut Which Came to America In the Mary and John With Its Pastor – John Warham May 30, 1635 Settled in Dorchester, Massachusetts And Migrated To Windsor . . .

(Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Saint Bernard Church

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Saint Bernard, Louisiana.
This church and St. Bernard civil parish were named after the patron Saint of Spanish Governor Bernardo de Gálvez who, in 1778, sent Canary Islanders (Isleños) to settle at the Post of La Conceptión, later variously called . . .

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

German Patiño

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, Mexico.
Mtro. Dn. German Patiño (1879-1963) Insigne y benemérito maestro, custodio fiel del tesoro artístico de Queretaro, no solo en su monumental arquitectura, sino en todas las expresiones de las bellas artes, fue director por . . .

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

Horace H. Hayden, M.D.,D.D.S.

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Windsor, Connecticut.
To the Memory of Horace Hayden M.D., D.D.S. “The Father of the Dental Profession" Born in Windsor October 13, 1769 Died in Baltimore January 26, 1844 Architect Geologist Teacher Soldier And Acting Surgeon in the War of . . .

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

General José María Arteaga Magallanes

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, Mexico.
Gral. Jose Maria Arteaga Magallanes 1827-1865 Insigne liberal mexicano Defensor de la Republica, héroe de Acultzingo, es condecorado en Puebla por el Presidente Juarez el 4 de diciembre de 1862. Gobernando Queretaro promulgo . . .

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

Félix Osores y Sotomayor

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, Mexico.
Pbro. Dr. Don Felix Osores y Sotomayor (¿ - 1851) Ilustre tulancinguense, padre del estado de Queretaro al cual defendió denodada y amorosamente en el Congreso Constituyente de la primera Republica Federal en 1823, en donde . . .

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

Josefa Vergara y Hernández

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, Mexico.
Doña Josefa Vergara y Hernandez (1747-1809) Eximia benefactor queretana, quien siendo de origen humilde lego la cuantiosa fortuna que hizo con su trabajo a obras de beneficencia en favor de la niñez y la juventud queretanas . . .

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

Ignacio Mariano de las Casas

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, Mexico.
Don Ignacio Mariano de las Casas (1719-1773) Insigne alarife (arquitecto) queretano, constructor del Real Beaterio de Santa Rosa de Viterbo de esta ciudad, obra maestra del estilo barroco en el siglo XVIII. H. Ayuntamiento . . .

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

Hill of the Bells

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, Mexico.
Cerro de las Campanas Esta mínima elevación fue escenario de un momento de transformación para la República Mexicana, cuando en acatamiento de la resolución del Tribunal de guerra, el 19 de junio de 1867 cayeron fusilados . . .

(Churches, Etc. • Education • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Webster County War Memorial

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Marshfield, Missouri.
In Memory of the Men and Women from Webster County who died in the military service of their country during World War I and II, Korean and Vietnam Conflicts. This memorial was erected by patriotic citizens and veterans of . . .

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

Webster County

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Marshfield, Missouri.
Webster County, organized March 3, 1855, encompasses 590 sq. miles of the highest extensive upland area of Missouri’s Ozarks. The judicial seat, Marshfield, lies 1490 feet above sea level, highest county seat in Mo. Pioneer . . .

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

Water Box Fountain of the Virgin of the Pillar

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, Mexico.
Fuente Caja de Agua de la Virgen del Pilar Primera fuente construida con el auspicio del Marqués de la Villa del Villar del Aguila, para el reparto de agua que venía desde la Cañada a través del Acueducto de Querétaro, en . . .

(Colonial Era • Man-Made Features • Charity & Public Work) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Tod R. Caldwell

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Morganton, North Carolina.
Governor, 1870-1874, during Reconstruction, member State Convention of 1865. His home stood here.

(War, US Civil • Politics) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Burke Courthouse

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Morganton, North Carolina.
Built of local cut stone, ca. 1835, by James Binnie. August terms of State Supreme Court held here, 1847-61. Raided by Union force 1865. Remodeled 1901.

(War, US Civil • Man-Made Features • Politics • Architecture) Includes location, directions, 8 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Morganton

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Morganton, North Carolina.
On March 24, 1865, Union Gen. George Stoneman led 6,000 cavalrymen from Tennessee into southwestern Virginia and western North Carolina to disrupt the Confederate supply line by destroying sections of the Virginia and . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Waightstill Avery

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Morganton, North Carolina.
First attorney general of North Carolina, 1777-79, member provincial congresses, colonel in Revolution. "Swan Ponds," his home, was 3 mi. S.W.

(War, US Revolutionary • Politics • Architecture) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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