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West Wing of Federal Lines

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Knoxville, Tennessee.
The west wing of Burnside's entrenchments in the Federal defense of Knoxville, Nov. 17 - Dec. 4, 1863 was anchored here on the river. His line ran northeast to the site of Melrose Hall, University of Tennessee, then north to . . .

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

Everlasting Vigilance

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Norwich, Connecticut.
Everlasting Vigilance Spec Jacob D. Martir US Army Operation Iraqi Freedom 18 August 2004 1st Lt Keith N. Heidman US Army Operation Iraqi Freedom 28 May 2007

(War, 2nd Iraq) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Veterans Dedication Stone

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Norwich, Connecticut.
This Tract Of Land Is Dedicated To Veterans Of All Conflicts And Wars By The Veterans Council Of The Norwich Area By City Council Resolution Sept. 1968

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

The Freedom Tree

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Norwich, Connecticut.
The Freedom Tree With The Vision of Universal Freedom For All Mankind This Tree Is Dedicated To Col. Paul G. Underwood And All Prisoners Of War And Missing In Action 1973

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

Norwich POW MIA Monument

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Norwich, Connecticut.
POW?MIA You Are Not Forgotten

(Military) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Norwich Vietnam War Memorial

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Norwich, Connecticut.
Norwich Vietnam War Memorial In Honor Of The Brave Servicemen Who Gave Their Lives In Vietnam Cooley, Robert Karl May 31, 1970 Donohue, Francis Charles March 1, 1967 Donovan, Thomas Edward March 23, 1968 Greene, James . . .

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

The Return of the C.A. Thayer

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San Francisco, California.
The 1895 lumber schooner C.A. Thayer has gone to a shipyard in Alameda, CA for installation of her masts and rigging. The last West Coast lumber schooler in existence, the ship will be undergoing restoration boat at the yard . . .

(Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Schooner C.A. Thayer

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San Francisco, California.
She was a steady little ship. She wasn't too fast to sail and beat, or anything like that, but she was a solid-built ship. - Captain Emil Anderson, Master 1915 Thayer was one of 123 three-masted schooners built on the West . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Paddle Tug Eppleton Hall

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San Francisco, California.
"The Eppleton Hall is the handiest type of tug that was ever built." - Captain John Gibson, Sunderland, England. Eppleton Hall is typical of the tugs used in the coal ports of Northern England to tow barges and shipping. . . .

(Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Steam Tug Hercules

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San Framcisco, California.
... we picked up six million feet of timber in a raft to tow South to San Diego. Long, slow lazy days, making no more than three knots. We rigged a fishing line and caught beautiful King Salmon on the way." - Albert Hody, . . .

(Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Clarke County War Memorial

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Jackson, Alabama.
Dedicated 1998 A.D. to the Clarke Countians Known and unknown That made the Supreme sacrifice By giving their Lives for their Country and for What they believed in

(War, US Civil • War, World I • War, World II • War, Vietnam) Includes location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Archaeology And Our Understanding of the Creek People

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Fort Mitchell, Alabama.
Archaeology is the scientific study of the past through analysis of physical traces of daily life discovered through excavation. It enables us to extend our knowledge of human history beyond the limits of written records and . . .

(Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers • Environment • Exploration) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

First City Hall

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Covington, Kentucky.
(side 1) Covington's first permanent city hall erected on this site in 1843: one of the first in the entire Ohio Valley. During Republican State Convention in 1860, fiery emancipationist Cassius M. Clay spoke here. Almost . . .

(War, US Civil • Politics • Abolition & Underground RR • Charity & Public Work) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Methodist Church and Masonic Lodge 1908

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Loretto, Tennessee.
(side 1) An agreement was made with the Masons to build and share the two-story wood clapboard building. Different protestant denominations contributed labor, materials, and money. The graveyard, donated in 1908, became . . .

(Settlements & Settlers • War, US Civil • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Great Train Wreck of 1956

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near Floral City, Florida.
You are standing on the site of one of the worst train disasters in Florida history. The tragedy occurred October 18, 1956, on a dark and foggy morning in Pineola. At 5:12 a.m., people from five miles around were awakened . . .

(Railroads & Streetcars • Disasters) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Pokkecheta, or the Ball Play

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Fort Mitchell, Alabama.
Pokkecheta, or the ball play, was an ancient and vital part of the social life of the Creeks and a popular game among many groups of Southeastern Indians. The game enhanced interaction between towns and provided highly . . .

(Native Americans • Entertainment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Ship Balclutha

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San Francisco, California.
"No one who has not been there can imagine the strain on the captain in trying to get around Cape Horn. This passage in the Balclutha was about my hardest time. - Captain Alfred Durkee, Master 1894-1899 Balclutha was a cargo . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Dedicated to Lt. Richard Wickes

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near Cape May, New Jersey.
...mortally wounded June 29 1776 in the cause of American freedom at the Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet Presented by the Cape May Patriots Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution

(War, US Revolutionary • Patriots & Patriotism) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Nauvoo Bell

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Salt Lake City, Utah.
The Nauvoo Bell originally hung in the temple that Church members built in Nauvoo, Illinois, in the 1840’s. The Saints removed the bell in 1846 when they were forced to leave Illinois because of persecution. Following . . .

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

Faust Brothers Building

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Baltimore, Maryland.
When constructed in 1870, the Faust Brothers Building incorporated the latest innovations in building construction methods and materials. The building’s intricate front and rear facades, composed entirely in cast iron, were . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Disasters • Architecture) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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