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The Burning of the Alhóndiga de Granaditas

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, Mexico.
En este lugar estaba una tienda, de donde el 28 de septiembre de 1810, el Pípila y la muchedumbre tomaron lo necesario para incendiar la puerta principal de la Alhóndiga de Granaditas. Ayuntamiento de Guanajuato 1989-91 . . .

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

Historic Spencer Shops

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Spencer, North Carolina.
In commemoration of the 1977 gift to the State of North Carolina by Southern Railway Company of the property and buildings which formerly housed Southern's largest steam locomotive servicing facility. Historic Spencer Shops, . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Railroads & Streetcars • Man-Made Features • Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

José M. Arteaga

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, Mexico.
En memoria del patriota Gobernador Gral. Jose M. Arteaga Protector de la instrucción popular Queretaro, Octubre, 21 de 1888. English translation: In memory of the patriot Governor General José María Arteaga Protector of . . .

(Education • Patriots & Patriotism • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Mexico's Ratification of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

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, Mexico.
En este Edificio, el 19 de mayo de 1848, el Congreso de la Unión ratificó el Tratado de Paz, de Guadalupe Hidalgo, firmado con los Estados Unidos de Norte América el 2 de febrero del mismo año. En diciembre de 1916 se . . .

(Politics • War, Mexican-American) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Waterway of the Sad Indian

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, Mexico.
Alcantarilla del Indio Triste Fue una de las más importantes de la ciudad por la cantidad de agua que recibía; formó parte del sistema de distribución de agua limpia con el que contó la ciudad, su finalidad era contabilizar . . .

(Colonial Era • Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Camp Mast

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Sugar Grove, North Carolina.
In July 1863, Gov. Zebulon B. Vance created the Home Guard to protect communities and capture deserters, Unionists, and bushwhackers. The Guard was made up of men not liable for conscription because of age, health, and other . . .

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

Cove Creek High School

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Sugar Grove, North Carolina.
This Property Was Placed On The National Register Of Historic Places June 18, 1998 By The United States Department of the Interior

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

Military Veterans of Western Watauga County

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Sugar Grove, North Carolina.
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(Military) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Temple and Convent of San Antonio

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, Mexico.
Templo y Convento de San Antonio En 1613 se inició la construcción del Convento por los religiosos franciscanos adscritos a la observancia de los dieguinos. Templo y convento quedaron bajo la advocación de San Antonio de . . .

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

St. Augustine on Anastasia Island

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St. Augustine, Florida.
St. Augustine, the oldest European-settled city in the United States, was located on Anastasia Island from 1566 until 1572. Spanish settlers had founded the city on the west shore of the Matanzas River on Sept. 8, 1565. They . . .

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

Remnant of Rodriguez Arsian House

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St. Augustine, Florida.
These low stone walls are the remnants of a building constructed during the First Spanish Period (1513-1763) from native rock known as coquina. The building belonged to Antonio Rodriquez Arsian, a soldier whose family lived . . .

(Settlements & Settlers • Man-Made Features • Hispanic Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Pioneer Cabin

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New Bremen, Ohio.
This home has been restored from logs and the floor plan of the second oldest cabin in Mercer County. It is an example of a shelter the earliest settlers used in the 1830's. At the first sign of spring, a German immigrant . . .

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

Shawnee Council House

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Lima, Ohio.
In 1831, the Shawnee Indians built a 20 x 30 ft. hewed-log council house within their Hog Creek Settlement. It was located about 270 ft. east of this marker. After the Indians’ forced exodus west, it served as a temporary . . .

(Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

General Miguel Garcia Granados

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, Guatemala.
La Municipalidad Sampedrana, construyo este pedestal a la memoria del General y Licenciado Miguel Garcia Granados, Heroe intelectual de la Revolucion del 71. San Pedro Sac. 24 junio 1988 English translation: The Municipality . . .

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

On This Spot Were Found

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near Newville, Pennsylvania.
On This Spot Were Found Three Babes in the Woods Nov. - 24 - 1934

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

Airmen Memorial Bridge

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Tucson, Arizona.
On November 30, 1944, at 7:40 A.M. 18 airmen from Davis-Monthan Army Air Field died following a mid-air collision between two B-24 Liberator Bombers over the Pantano Wash. This bridge is dedicated to those brave men who lost . . .

(War, World II • Bridges & Viaducts • Air & Space) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Bernal Diaz de Castillo

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, Guatemala.
El marcador está hecho de tres paneles Guatemala al insigne “Cronista – Soldado” Don Bernal Diaz del Castillo En el IV centenario de haber concluido su inmortal libro “Historia Verdadera de la Conquista de la Nueva España” . . .

(Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Parish of Santo Domingo Xenacoj

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, Guatemala.
Para perpetua memoria de futuras generaciones Este templo se principió a construir el año 1580 por Fray Benito de Villacañas. Se terminó de construir en el año de 1604. Se bendijo solemnemente el 15 de septiembre de 1604 por . . .

(Churches, Etc. • Colonial Era • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Manuel Tzoc, Founder of Nahualá

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, Guatemala.
Homenaje a: Manuel Tzoc, fundador del pueblo de Nahuala, en el año 1,871. Señor Dios Todopoderoso, recibe en tu reino a tu siervo Manuel Tzoc y bendice a tu pueblo para que reine la paz y alegría entre sus moradores, por . . .

(Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Jesus Castillo

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, Guatemala.
El Concejo de la Ciudad de Quetzaltenango exalta a perpetuidad de esta manera la memoria del Maestro Jesus Castillo insigne recreador de la musica Maya-Quiche. Palacio Municipal; IX de Septiembre de MCMLVIII English . . .

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