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Diversity in a Segregated Community

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Baltimore, Maryland.
The sudden rise of Old West Baltimore’s premier African American community occurred on a foundation of diversity. Even though it was segregated from many white areas, it was still made up of a variety of people. African . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Civil Rights • African Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Battery I Second Illinois Light Artillery

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Text on the Front Side of the Monument: Illinois Battery 1, 2nd Light Artillery. 2nd Brigade - Daniel McCook. 2nd Division - Morgan. Reserve Corps - Granger Text on the Back Side of the Monument: Commanded By Captain . . .

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

125th Illinois Infantry Regiment

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Text on the Front Side of the Monument: Illinois 125th Infantry. 2nd Brigade - Daniel McCook. 2nd Division - Morgan. Reserve Corps - Granger Text on the Back Side of the Monument: Commanded By Colonel - Oscar F. Harmon. . . .

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

69th Ohio Infantry Regiment

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Text on the Front Side of the Monument: 69th Ohio Infantry Stanley's Brigade, Negley's Division. 14th Army Corps Text on the Back Side of the Monument: The 69th Regiment Ohio Infantry Lieutenant Colonel Joseph H. . . .

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

General José María Morelos y Pavón

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, Mexico.
El Generalisimo Don Jose Maria Morelos y Pavon, dirigió desde este sitio su segunda campaña del 10 de agosto al 10 de noviembre de 1812. Firmaba sus documentos desde el "Palacio Nacional en Tehuacan" Aquí ordeno el entierro . . .

(Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Hotel Mérida

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, Mexico.
“El Hotel Merida” Abrio sus puertas al turismo nacional e internacional en agosto de 1942 Hoy a 54 años de aquel gran acontecimiento el Sr. Gobernador Constitucional del estado C. Victor Cervera Pacheco nos honro, develando . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

52nd Ohio Infantry Regiment

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Text on the Front Side, Top, of the Monument: 52nd Ohio Infantry, 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Reserve Corps. Text on the Front Side, Middle, of the Monument: The 52nd Regiment, Major James T. Holmes, Commanding, moved . . .

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

McCook's Brigade

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
McCook's Brigade Steedman's Division, Granger's Reserve Corps. Colonel Daniel McCook. September 19, 1863, 7 a.m. 85th Illinois, - Colonel Caleb J. Dilworth. 86th Illinois, - Lieutenant Colonel David W. Magee. 125th Illinois, . . .

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

18th Indiana Battery

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Indiana. Eighteenth Battery. (Lilly) First Brigade. (Wilder) Fourth Division. (Reynolds) Fourteenth Corps. (Thomas) Friday, September 18th, 1863, 10:00 A.M. to 4 P.M.

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

Weatogue Bridge

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Simsbury, Connecticut.
A toll bridge was built here in 1734 by order of the General Assembly it was the first highway bridge across the Farmington River

(Colonial Era • Bridges & Viaducts) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Nurturing the Arts

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Baltimore, Maryland.
Old West Baltimore helped shape some of America’s greatest African American writers, artists and performers. From novelists like Amelia Johnson and Zora Neale Hurston, to artists like Romare Bearden, to the performers who . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Civil Rights • African Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

First School House

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Simsbury, Connecticut.
Site of the first school house in Simsbury December 17, 1701 “One place at the Plain... and the first school to begin there”

(Colonial Era • Education) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Militia Training Ground

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Simsbury, Connecticut.
Established by vote of the Traine Band May 28, 1685 “One day on one syd the river and an another on the other syd ye river” John Terry, Ensign Jeremiah Gillit, Sargent

(Colonial Era • Patriots & Patriotism) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Myrtle Beach Air Force Base

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Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
To commemorate the history of the Myrtle Beach Air Force Base and the people who were a part of it, the City of Myrtle Beach and the Myrtle Beach Air Force Base Redevelopment Authority erected a signage program to capture . . .

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

51st Illinois Infantry

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Text on the Front Side of the Monument: Illinois 51st Infantry. 3rd Brigade - Bradley. 3rd Division - Sheridan. 20th Army Corps - McCook Text on the Back Side of the Monument: Commanded By Lieutenant Colonel - Samuel B. . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 9 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Thousand Islands Bridge System

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Darlingside, Ontario.
The tons of explosives, concrete and steel used to create the five spans of the bridge system only hint of the tremendous efforts to create the bridge system. Glad of getting work in the Great Depression, the workers took . . .

(Man-Made Features • Bridges & Viaducts) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

27th Illinois Infantry

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Text on the Front Side of the Monument: Illinois 27th Infantry. 3rd Brigade - Bradley. 3rd Division - Sheridan. 20th Army Corps - McCook Text on the Back Side of the Monument: Commanded By Colonel - Johnathan R. Miles. . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 8 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

42nd Illinois Infantry

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Text on the Front Side of the Monument: Illinois 42nd Infantry. 3rd Brigade - Bradley. 3rd Division - Sheridan. 20th Army Corps - McCook Text on the Back Side of the Monument: Commanded By Colonel - Nathan H. Walworth, . . .

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

Rockville Town Square

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Rockville, Maryland.
In 1784 William Prather Williams divided part of his farm into 85 building lots, making “Williamsburgh” the first subdivision in Rockville. § 15 Cemeteries can be found with Rockville's borders. The oldest known burial — . . .

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

First House and Ferry

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Simsbury, Connecticut.
Site of the first home in Simsbury Captain Aaron Cook circa 1660 Site of the Pent Road Ferry circa 1668 The Traine Band passed here

(Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers • Waterways & Vessels) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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