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Passage and Emigration

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
In hopeless circumstances at home, the Irish fled their homeland by the hundreds of thousands each year. From 1845-1855, nearly a quarter of the population emigrated, mostly from rural, Catholic, often Irish-speaking areas . . .

(Politics • Waterways & Vessels • Disasters) Includes complete text, location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Ypsilanti Woolen Mill Company

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Ypsilanti, Michigan.
In 1827, a sawmill was built on the Huron River just south of Forest Avenue. Later a grist mill was built on the site and finally in 1839, the Eagle Flouring Mill was constructed there. It burned in 1856. In the early 1860s, . . .

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

Arrival of José Martí to Mexico

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, Mexico.
A Jose Martí Perez en el CXXX aniversario de su llegada a tierras mexicanas por el puerto de Progreso el 8 de febrero de 1875 H. Ayuntamiento de Progreso de Castro 2004-2007 Progreso de Castro Yuc febrero 8 del 2005 Jose . . .

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

Fort Wright, C.S.A.

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Randolph, Tennessee.
Lincolns call for troops to invade the south prompted Gov. Isham G. Harris to send Tennessee militia here to defend the Mississippi valley. During the next two years, 6,000 Confederate volunteers camped on these bluffs, . . .

(Forts, Castles • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Arrival and Reception

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The New World was often hostile to this flood of impoverished Irish immigrants. In America's cities, including Philadelphia, they arrived to face the native "Know-Nothing" movement, which defined "American" in terms that . . .

(Settlements & Settlers • Civil Rights • Politics) Includes complete text, location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Rockville Town Square

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Rockville, Maryland.
Rockville started in the 1750s as a tiny Village Crossroads. It was called Owens Ordinary, Hungerford's Tavern, Montgomery Court House, Williamsburgh, and finally in 1803 Rockville. § Route 355 began as an Indian path that . . .

(Notable Places) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Benedict Arnold 1775 Kennebec River Crossing

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near Bingham, Maine.
This tablet marks the place where Colonel Benedict Arnold with his soldiers left the Kennebec River October 1775 and marched from the west shore in a north-westerly direction to Dead River on their way to Quebec.

(Native Americans • War, US Revolutionary • Waterways & Vessels) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Collinsville, Town of Canton

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Canton, Connecticut.
Driving along Maple Avenue, circa 1915 Some early transportation at the corner of Maple Avenue & River Road, circa 1910 CNE Station on Canton Springs Road with cemetery in the background, circa 1900 Patrons of Cherry Park, . . .

(Railroads & Streetcars • Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

James Cardinal Gibbons Monument

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Baltimore, Maryland.
James Cardinal Gibbons Archbishop of Baltimore Devoted Churchman Exemplary Citizen Friend of Humanity July 23, 1834 March 24, 1921 Citizens of many faiths hereby honor a great American

(Churches, Etc. • Charity & Public Work) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Pope John Paul II Monument

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Baltimore, Maryland.
Pope John Paul II on the occasion of his visit to Baltimore October 8 1995 Maryland holds a special place in the history of American Catholicism, indeed in the religious history of the nation. It was here that religious . . .

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

Heroes of Chapultepec and Veracruz

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, Mexico.
A la memoria de nuestros heroes Niños que ofendaron sus vidas en defensa de la patria en las epicas jornadas de Chapultepec y Veracruz, La Asociacion de la Heroica Escuela Naval Militar en su XIX Asamblea Anual Ordinaria . . .

(Patriots & Patriotism • War, Mexican-American) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Irish in America

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The first wave of Hunger Emigrants faced enormous difficulties, but they found a foothold in what became America's first urban, ethnic ghettos. Often, they lived in overcrowded hovels beset by disease, crime, unemployment, . . .

(Notable Events) Includes complete text, location, directions, 8 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Lessons of The Great Hunger

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
This memorial commemorates the struggle and pain of those Irish who fled their homeland in the face of a hunger of catastrophic proportions. It celebrates their courage and honors them for opening the door for others. Their . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers • Civil Rights • Disasters) Includes complete text, location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Irish Memorial / Leacht Cuimhneacháin na nGael

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Erected to commemorate An Gorta Mór - Ireland's Great Hunger of 1845 - 1850 when more than one million Irish were starved to death and another million forced to emigrate. We celebrate the indefatigable spirit of the Irish . . .

(Settlements & Settlers • Civil Rights • Waterways & Vessels • Disasters) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Rodriguez-Avero-Sanchez House

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St. Augustine, Florida.
Fernando Rodriguez, sergeant in the Spanish Army at the Castillo de San Marcos Fort, built his house on this site during the first Spanish occupation (1565-1763). In 1760, he commissioned Juan Perez, Master Builder, to add . . .

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Rodriquez-Avero-Sanchez House

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St. Augustine, Florida.
This house is a significant example of the evolution of Spanish Colonial dwelling which began as a small, wooden, single-room Spanish domicile. An expanded ground floor built with coquina stone and a second wood floor with . . .

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Acosta House

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St. Augustine, Florida.
Built between 1803 and 1812 by Jorge Acosta (c.1764-1812), a native of Corsica, and husband of Margarita Villalonga, born in St. Augustine of Minorcan parents.

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

Villalonga House

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St. Augustine, Florida.
Home of Bartolome Villalonga (1789-1825), son of Juan Villalonga of Minorca, and husband of Maria Acosta, of Corsican Greek parentage, erected between 1815 and 1820.

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

Oliveros House

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St. Augustine, Florida.
Built c. 1798 by Sebastian Oliveros, a Corsican mariner and trader. This historic house was reconstructed by L.C. Ringhaver in 1965.

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

Sanchez-Burt House

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St. Augustine, Florida.
Historic records indicate that in 1816 a wooden structure occupied this property and by 1829 it was replaced with this prominent two-story coquina stone structure. Concerted efforts to preserve this structure began during . . .

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