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General Mariano Escobedo

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, Mexico.
A 116 años del triunfo de la Republica, pueblo y gobierno de Queretaro rinden tributo de gratitud al patriota General Mariano Escobedo y junto con el a los hombres y mujeres que ofrendaron su vida en aras del ideal . . .

(Patriots & Patriotism • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Colman Building

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Seattle, Washington.
Only the base of this building, designed by the well-known firm of Bebb and Gould, in 1915 was designated. In 1982 the Bumgardner Partnership saved the facade and merged it into the new tower for the Cornerstone Development Corporation.

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

Milford GAR Veterans Memorial

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Milford, Ohio.
erected by S.R.S. West Post No. 544 G.A.R. in memory of the soldiers of Miami Township 1909

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

Henry Clark Corbin

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Milford, Ohio.
In grateful remembrance of Henry Clark Corbin Lieutenant General U.S.A. a soldier of Clermont County

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

Henry Clark Corbin / Colclazer Run

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near New Richmond, Ohio.
Henry Clark Corbin Henry Clark Corbin was born September 15, 1842 and reared here on the family farm along Colclazer Run near Laurel. He attended public school and the private Parker Academy in nearby Clermontville. After . . .

(Settlements & Settlers • War, Spanish-American) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

St. Nicholas Church and Mala Jaska

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
About 500 feet northeast of this site, St. Nicholas Church was located in an area that was once the heart of a large Croatian community called Mala Jaska. Croatian immigrants began settling in Allegheny City (now . . .

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

American-Armenian Volunteer Memorial

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Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.
In memory of the American-Armenian Volunteer who fell in the defense of freedom and human rights Argonne-Arara Presented by Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America on behalf of the Armenian Survivors April 28, . . .

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

War of 1812 Memorial

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Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.
Fourteen Unknown Soldiers and Sailors of the War of 1812 Symbolic of all who made the supreme sacrifice in that war

(War of 1812) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Salem

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Salem, Missouri.
Salem, an Ozark plateau town, 1,180 feet above sea level, was laid out, 1851, as the seat of newly organized Dent County. The town was named by early settler David R. Henderson for Salem, North Carolina, and the county name . . .

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

Birthplace of Oliver Ellsworth

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Windsor, Connecticut.
Birthplace of Oliver Ellsworth A Framer of the Constitution Chief Justice of U.S.

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

Bellevue Collegiate Institute

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near Caledonia, Missouri.
First college owned by St. Louis Conference of the Methodist Church south

(Education) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Heritage of Caledonia Missouri

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near Caledonia, Missouri.
Bellevue Valley lies between Ozark spurs. Buford Mountain on east, second highest in Missouri, named for William Buford. Came from Virginia in 1810. Name carried on in valley. First people mound-builders, then Indians. . . .

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

Windsor Locks Korean Conflict Monument

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Windsor Locks, Connecticut.
In Honor To Those Men and Women From Windsor Locks Who Served In the Armed Forces of The United States of America During the Korean Conflict 1950 — 1953 Erected by the Town of Windsor Locks And the Veterans Memorial . . .

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

West Side Grade School

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Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
The West Side Grade School was the second elementary school built in the Fort Lauderdale School District. The school was designed in 1923 by locally prominent architect Morris Peterman, and opened on September 21, 1923. The . . .

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

Father William Sullivan

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Seattle, Washington.
Father Sullivan served as president of Seattle University from 1976-1996, leading it into a prosperous time of record enrollment, financial stability and new academic programs. An insightful leader in the Seattle community, . . .

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

Start of Seattle Fire Site

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Seattle, Washington.
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(Disasters) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Gerard Schwarz

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Seattle, Washington.
Longtime Music Director of the Seattle Symphony, Maestro Schwarz has initiated concert series, led award-winning recordings and introduced many new American works. He is active as a spokesman for music education, and was . . .

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

Crystal Pool

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Seattle, Washington.
The Cristalla site is the original home of the Crystal Pool Natatorium. Known as Crystal Pool, the building was commissioned in 1913 by Seattle dignitary C. D. Stimson and designed by architect Marcus Priteca, a prominent . . .

(Entertainment • Sports) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Speakeasy Café

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Seattle, Washington.
Just like that - it was gone. An electrical fire gutted the building at Second Avenue and Bell Street on May 18, 2001, putting an end to a storied Belltown place. Constructed in 1925 as the Seattle Taxicab Company . . .

(Education • Industry & Commerce • Arts, Letters, Music) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Christ Episcopal Church

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Covington, Louisiana.
Built 1846 by Jonathan Arthur of London for descendants of English settlers in British West Florida. Consecrated by Bishop Leonidas Polk, April 11, 1847. Christ Church is the oldest public building being used in Covington.

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