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Enid Yandell (1869-1934) / Renowned Woman Sculptor

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Louisville, Kentucky.
Enid Yandell (1869-1934) Challenged the role of women in the art world as a renowned sculptor. Born 1869 in Louisville and graduated Cinn. Art Acad. in 1899. Gained prominence sculpting caryatids for Woman's Building at 1893 . . .

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

Ignacy Jan Paderewski

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Schenectady, New York.
1860 1941 In This Auditorium On October 8, 1917 At The 35th-th National Convention Of The Polish Roman - Catholic Union Of America Ignacy Jan Paderewski Polish Pianist And Statesman Prime Minister Of Poland - 1919 Leader . . .

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

Norwich Soldier’s Monument

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Norwich, Connecticut.
( south east plaque ) 2nd Regt. Infantry: Enlisted Man: Joseph Stokes. 3rd Regt. Infantry: Enlisted Man: David C. Case. 5th Regt. Infantry: Enlisted Man: Alexander S. Avery. 6th Regt. Infantry: Enlisted Men: Charles Meissor. . . .

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

Norwich Veterans Memorial

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Norwich, Connecticut.
In Solemn Remembrance Of Those Who Paid The Supreme Sacrifice In All Wars, Actions And Conflicts.

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

Norwich World War I Monument

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Norwich, Connecticut.
1917 1918 Dedicated To The Men And Women Of Norwich Who Served Their Country In The World War ( 697 names are listed on the south side. The following have stars indicating they made the supreme sacrifice. ) Allen Horace . . .

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

Norwich World War II & Korean War Monument

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Norwich, Connecticut.
( east side ) 1941 1945 To Commemorate Those Who Served In World War II And To Those Who Paid The Supreme Sacrifice In Order That Our Nation May Continue To The Glory Of God And To Continue In His Principles Amongst . . .

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

The Castle or Temple of Kukulcán

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, Mexico.
El Castillo o Templo del Kukulkan También llamado Templo de Kukulcán, es la construcción dominante del sector norte de la ciudad. Junto con la plataforma de Venus y el sacbé que conduce al Cenote Sagrado forma un conjunto . . .

(Native Americans • Man-Made Features • Anthropology) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Platform of Eagles and Jaguars

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, Mexico.
Plataforma de las Aguilas y los Jaguares Esta plataforma rectangular guarda semejanza con la de Venus y otras construcciones de estilo Maya-Tolteca. Posee cuatro escalinatas, una en cada uno de sus lados. En las alfardas de . . .

(Native Americans • Man-Made Features • Anthropology) Includes complete text, location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Ticknor-Campbell House

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Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Side 1 In 1844 Benjamin Ticknor, a U.S. naval surgeon from Connecticut, built this Classic Revival house on his 183-acre farm in Pittsfield Township. He used cobblestone construction, which originated in upstate New York. . . .

(Agriculture • Education • Settlements & Settlers • Architecture) Includes complete text, location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Melrose High School

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Melrose, Florida.
Established to educate children of west Putnam County and surrounding communities, Melrose High School began in 1882 as a wooden building on Wynwood Street. In 1927, the school moved to this location when Putnam County . . .

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

Melrose Cemetery

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Melrose, Florida.
Formerly known as the "Banana burying grounds," the Melrose non-denominational cemetery was established in 1860 by the Eliam Baptist Church, founded in 1859. The farming community of Banana consisted of small farms, a post . . .

(Churches, Etc. • War, US Civil • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, Vietnam) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Melrose Woman's Club

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Melrose, Florida.
Since its beginning as the Literary and Debating Society in 1890, the Melrose Woman's Club has been a major contributor to community development. The formation of the Improvement Society for Melrose in 1891 was one of its . . .

(Education • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Charity & Public Work) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Battle At Horse Landing

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near Palatka, Florida.
At this site, on May 23rd, 1864, Captain John Jackson Dickison, with men from the 2nd Florida Cavalry and a battery from the Milton Light Artillery, disabled and captured the Federal gunboat, Columbine. At the time, Union . . .

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

Cross Florida Barge Canal Memorial

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near Palatka, Florida.
President Lyndon B. Johnson dedicated the start of construction of the 185-Mile long canal at this site on February 27, 1964

(Man-Made Features • Waterways & Vessels) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Turnbull Canal

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New Smyrna Beach, Florida.
One of two main canals into which flowed the vast network of smaller irrigation and drainage canals from Turnbull Hammock, through New Smyrna Colony indigo plantations and the rise of farms of Minorcan, Greek and Italian . . .

(Agriculture • Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers • Man-Made Features • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Site of Old Stone Wharf

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New Smyrna Beach, Florida.
Built by Turnbull colonists in 1768 it formed a terminus of the Kings Road completed in 1771 and marked the beginning point of all of the early surveys of the community. It was the scene of a Civil War engagement March 24, . . .

(Colonial Era • War, US Civil • Man-Made Features • Roads & Vehicles • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Gabordy Canal

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New Smyrna Beach, Florida.
The Gabordy Canal, also known as the South Canal, was built by colonists brought to the New Smyrna area in 1768 by the Scottish physician, Dr. Andrew Turnbull. As part of the largest single attempt at British colonization, . . .

(Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers • Man-Made Features • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Evergreen Cemetery

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Casselberry, Florida.
(side 1) The history of the cemetery dates back to 1890 when Laura and William Brawner donated 16 acres of land for the establishment of a cemetery for black slaves. It was named Evergreen. During this time, blacks and . . .

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

The New Smyrna Odyssey

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New Smyrna Beach, Florida.
(side 1) The story of New Smyrna's first immigrants is one of hardship, endurance and survival by a group of religious colonists of several nationalities who came to the New World seeking freedom and a better life. After . . .

(Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers • Man-Made Features • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Fort Byington

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Knoxville, Tennessee.
"The Hill", dear to University of Tennessee alumni, was protected by a battery of Federal cannon and a brigade of infantry during Longstreet's siege of Knoxville, in Nov., 1863. A line of entrenchments ran across the west . . .

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