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Pleasant Forest Church & Cemetery

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Farragut, Tennessee.
David Campbell, who owned much of the land in the fertile region called Grassy Valley, donated a portion of it for the purpose of erecting a "Meeting House", as churches were then called. A school building at the location . . .

(Churches, Etc. • Cemeteries & Burial Sites) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

First National Bank, 1918

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Chandler, Arizona.
John Dobson and John Anderson built the First National Bank in the Neo Classical Style. In 1925 the Bank of Chandler moved into this building, complete with its marble faced columns. In the late 1930’s, the prominent Valley . . .

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

Holtzclaw's Brigade / Confederate Redoubt No. 4

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Spanish Fort, Alabama.
Side 1 Brig. Gen. James Holtzclaw's Alabama Infantry Brigade occupied the center of the Confederate line during the Battle of Spanish Fort. The brigade was positioned between Battery Blair and the Sandbag Battery. The 38th . . .

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

Red Fort

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Spanish Fort, Alabama.
Built of red clay, armed with 12 heavy guns and served by 307 crack Confederate Artilleryman from Batteries Perry (Tenn.) Phillips (Tenn.) Lumsden (Ala.) and Garrity (Mobile, Ala.). It was the keystone in the defense of Spanish Fort, 1865.

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

Confederate Redoubt No. 3 / Gibson’s Brigade

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Spanish Fort, Alabama.
Side 1 Capt. Cuthbert Slocomb of the 5th Company, Washington Artillery of New Orleans, commanded Redoubt No. 3, also known as Battery Blair, consisted of one 8-inch Columbiad, two 12-pound Napoleons, one 3-inch ordinance . . .

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

The McCormick Building

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Chandler, Arizona.
Designated Historical as part of Downtown Chandler Built in 1928 as the original IOOF Hall and Armory Remodeled in the 60’s into a medical and apartment complex Restored back to it’s original design in 2001 by the McCormick . . .

(Notable Buildings • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Confederate Main Line of Resistance

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Spanish Fort, Alabama.
Twenty-nine Union field guns, manned by men of the 3d Indiana, 1st Illinois and 2d Iowa Batteries, shelled these Confederate trenches for 13 consecutive days and nights. The fact that these trenches were never breached, . . .

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

Confederate Redoubt No. 5 / Ector's Brigade

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Spanish Fort, Alabama.
Side 1 Also called the Sandbag Battery, Redoubt No. 5 was originally commanded by Lt. Andrew Hargrove of Lumsden's Tuscaloosa Battery, Company F, 2nd Alabama Light Artillery Battalion. During the early stages of the battle, . . .

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

Caisson Trace

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Spanish Fort, Alabama.
A trail used in early times by Indians, Spanish Explorers, French Settlers and later by soldiers during the battle of Spanish Fort 1865. At one time a stream driven train paralleled this trace. Its ancient road bed can still . . .

(Native Americans • War, US Civil • Roads & Vehicles • Exploration) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Confederate Drive

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Spanish Fort, Alabama.
Named in honor of the 1,810 Men in Gray who defended the eastern approaches to Mobile in the battle of Spanish Fort March 26 ~ April 8-9, 1865. Here Brig. Gen. R. L. Gibson, C.S.A. engaged “…more than 20,000” enemy troops in . . .

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

Great War Heroes.

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Bedminster, New Jersey.
In honor of our great war heroes.

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

Michigan: Historic Crossroads / Michigan: Twenty-Sixth State

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Monroe, Michigan.
Michigan: Historic Crossroads Because of its location in the heart of the upper Great Lakes, Michigan has been a historic crossroads. Its waterways and trails were favorite routes of Indians many centuries ago. French . . .

(Native Americans • Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers • War of 1812) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Albert Carey Danner

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Spanish Fort, Alabama.
Born in Winchester, Virginia, he moved to Missouri where at age 17 he enlisted in the State Guard. In 1861 he became a Private in the Confederate States Army, was captured during the Battle of Wilson's Creek and escaped. . . .

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

The 8th Iowa Infantry

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Spanish Fort, Alabama.
On the evening of April 8th, 1865, while the Confederate fortifications were being shelled by Union artillery, the 8th Iowa Infantry advanced from near this point to the Confederate left and captured a part of the works, in . . .

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

Zachary Taylor Home

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Louisville, Kentucky.
Col. Richard Taylor of Va., veteran of French and Indian War and the Revolution, built original part of "Springfield" ca. 1790. Boyhood home of son "Old Rough and Ready" Zachary Taylor (1784-1850), veteran of 1812 and Black . . .

(War of 1812 • Politics • War, Mexican-American) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Zachary Taylor Home

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Louisville, Kentucky.
Soldier and 12th President of the United States, lived here between 1785 - 1808, and was buried here Nov. 1, 1850

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

Mary Church Terrell

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Washington, District of Columbia.
Terrell Place is named after Mary Church Terrell (1863-1954) Teacher, Writer, Civil Rights Activist Mary Church Terrell championed equal rights throughout her life — locally, nationally, and internationally. From 1951 to . . .

(Civil Rights • African Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Tribute to the 201st Squadron of the Mexican Expeditionary Force

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, Mexico.
Reconocimiento del Pueblo de Cozumel A la heroica participación de la “Fuerza Aérea Expedicionaria Mexicana Escuadrón 201”, también conocida como “Águilas Aztecas”, en misiones de combate durante la II Guerra Mundial en . . .

(War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Veterans Memorial

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La Plume, Pennsylvania.
Honoring all who have proudly served our great nation

(Patriots & Patriotism • War, 2nd Iraq • War, Afghanistan • War, 1st Iraq & Desert Storm) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Former Town of Fogartyville/Former Town of Wilhelmsenburg

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Bradenton, Florida.
(side 1) Former Town of Fogartyville This marker stands on the eastern boundary of Fogartyville, a town founded on land acquired under the Homestead Act after the War Between the States by Fogarty bros., Capt. Bartholomew . . .

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