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Andrew Jackson

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Tennessee, Williamson County, Franklin
On his return from New Orleans
Andrew Jackson
gave a brass cannon to Franklin
A part of his soldiery camped here
on their way to New Orleans.

(War of 1812) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Williamson County

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Tennessee, Williamson County, Franklin

Dedicated to the men and women of Williamson County who served their country in time of need
October 26, 1799 • October 26, 1999

(Military) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Bank of Leiper's Fork / Hillsboro Methodist Church

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Tennessee, Williamson County, Leipers Fork
(side 1)
Bank of Leiper's Fork
The Bank of Leiper's Fork was organized in 1911 with a capital stock of $10,000. Bank officials included President Bennett Hunter, Vice President P.O. Hassell and Cashier W.L. Pinkerton. Board members in 1932 included M.A. Meacham, J.C. Green, J.W. Sullivan, John Locke, H.L. Green, H.M. Cotton, G.A. Gore, and W.H. Bizwell. The bank closed on November 26, 1932 due to unprofitable returns, without loss to depositors or stockholders. The brick bank building burned in 1992 previously housing the cabinet shop of Ben Wilkes, stores owned by Gus Carl, J.T. Kelley and Carl McMillan and service stations operated by Fulton Stutts, Fred Conner, Herbert Furlough, Raymond Earl Howell, Albert Lee Ford, George “Buster” Pewitt and Ricky Binkley.

(side 2)
Hillsboro United Methodist Church
In 1910 the congregation of the Methodist Episcopal Church South of Leiper's Fork purchased a lot for the sum of $500. Over the next year, the current brick sanctuary, featuring a bell tower and front gable, was constructed. In 1939, the name changed to Hillsboro Methodist Church with the merger of the northern and southern Methodists. The current name dates from 1968 when the Methodists and United Brethren merged. Though electricity was added in 1942, the building remained largely unchanged until 1962 when the annex was built. Fellowship Hall was added in 1989. The memorial stained glass windows were installed in the early 1990s. The church is located 100 yards to the west.

(Churches, Etc. • Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

18th Battery, Ohio Light Artillery.

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Georgia, Walker County, near Fort Oglethorpe
18th Battery, Ohio Light Artillery
6 3" Rifles.
Whitaker's Brigade, Steedman's Division, Granger's Corps.

September 20, 1863.
Capt. Charles C. Aleshire, Commanding.
1st Lieut. Albert S. Bierce.
2d Lieut. Casey Roseburgh (wounded).
2d Lieut. James W, Chesnut (wounded).

About noon the Battery followed its Brigade from McAfee's Church across country to Cloud's, thence south along the LaFayette road to McDonald's and thence straight to the vicinity of the Snodgrass house, where it arrived at about 2 P.M. It was placed in position on this ground by order of Gen. Thomas, and so remained until sunset actively engaged most of the time in repulsing repeated assaults of the enemy upon this part of the Union line. About 7 P.M. the Battery withdrew with the infantry to Rossville where it bivouacked. Casualties: 2 officers and 8 enlisted men wounded.

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

Passants, Recueillez-vous

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France, Provence-Alpes-Côte dAzur, Var, near Pontevès
(This marker/monument has two panels) Ici, le 27 Juillet 1944, dix patriotes Résistants enfermés à la prison de Brignoles furent emmenés et maltraités par les nazis qui les chargèrent d’explosifs dans le but de faire sauter le «Jas du Bessillon» pensant qu’il abritait le masquisards. Leur tâche terminées, sur le chemin du retour, ils furent lâchement assassinés a 2 km d’ici au lieu dit «Ste Catherine». Ce même jour dans le maquis du Bessillon les F.T.P.F du camp «Battalglia 1ère compagnie de Provence étaient attaqués par la division allemande «Brandelborg». Les 22 maquisards, embusqués dans la colline, s’etaint séparés en 3 groupes. Le premier groupe déplora un tué. Le second sortit intact de l’encerclement. Le troisiéme groupe, presque au sommet du Besillon, eut à deplorer sept tués sur huit. C’était cela la barbarie nazie.

(Translated by Google Translate with modifications:)
Passersby. Recollect
Here, 27 July 1944, ten Resistant patriots imprisoned in prison Brignoles were taken away and abused by the Nazis who forced them to load explosives for the purpose of blowing up the "Jas Bessillon” thinking it sheltered the masquisards. Their task completed, on the way back, they were cowardly murdered 2 km away at a place called "St. Catherine".

That same day in the bush of the Bessillon FTPF camp "Provence Battalglia” first company was attacked by the German division "Brandelborg”. The 22 guerrillas, hidden in the hill, separating into 3 groups. The first group lamented one killed. The second came in from the surroundings intact. The third group, near the top of Besillon, had to mourn seven killed of eight. That was the Nazi barbarity.

(The second panel, on the monument)
Aux Heros et Martyrs Tombes au Bessillon 27 Juillet 1944
(English: Heroes and Martyrs killed at Bessillon July 27, 1944) Resistants Fusilles (English: Resistance fighters executed) Aune, Marius 60 ans, de Barjols • Durnad, Louis 54 ans, de Barjols • Fave, Marius 72 ans, de Barjols • Volerani, Lucien 20 ans, de Barjols • D’Erano, Raphaél 55 ans, de Belgentier • Gely, Joseph 26 ans, de Toulon • Martin, Nicolas 38 ans, de Brignoles • Philis, Gabriel 54 ans, de Cotignac • Pic, Félix 40 ans, de Le val • Vinçon, Sylvestre 41 ans, de Brignoles Resistants Tues au Combat

(English: Resistance fighters killed in combat) Arnaud, Victor 19 ans, de La Coitat • Donnat, Constant 20 ans, de Mougin • Ferrero, Jean 19 ans, de Draguignan • Gerard, Léon 33 ans, de Cotignac • Kershao, Gilbert 21 ans, de La Valette • Santucci, Orlando 22 ans, de Salernes • Trinquet, Jean 22 ans, de Marseille • Andre 26 ans, de famille inconnue

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

L’insurrection de 1851

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France, Provence-Alpes-Côte dAzur, Var, Aups
(This marker and monument has three parts; The L'insurrection de 1851 marker, the monument to the insurrectionists, and a monument to the local Aups' victims of WWII.) Sur les Chemins du Patrimoine L’attachement des Varois pour la république et la démocratie s’illustre dans ce monument, édifié en 1881. Il commémore l’épisode crucial de la résistance varoise au coup d’état du 2 décembre 1851, lorsque Louis Napoléon Bonaparte, président non rééligible de la république française depuis 1848, a choisi par ce coup de force de conserver le pourvoir. La résistance s’organise. La colonne insurgée marche sur Aups où elle arrive la 8 décembre, des hommes venus de tour le haut Var y convergent. La répression est sans merci. La bataille d’Aups se déroule peu de temps après, au matin du 10, c’est la «gelée de décembre» qui restera dans toutes les mémoires. La troupe fusille les insurgés, ceux qui échappent à la mort seront condamnés au bagne, déportés en Algérie ou bannis du territoire. La loi de réparation nationale du 30 juillet 1881 réhabilite l’action des insurgés. Ce monument est alors édifié à leur memoire. Les bas-reliefs qui ornent la pied de la pyramide sont une veritable profession de foi républicaine. On y voit, au premier plan, la constitution sabrée et enchainée. La silhouette de fort Lamalgue de Toulon, où furent rassemblés les insurgés, se détache en arrière-plan, non loin du mot exil. La place où il se dresse porte le nom de Martin Bidouré, une grande figure de la résistance, qui fut fusille à Aups à l’age de 26 ans. Il se nommait Louis Martin, on le surnommait Bidouré, il était peigneur de chanvre à Barjols.

(Translated by Google Translate with modifications:)
The Insurrection of 1851
On the Heritage Path The attachment of the Var for the republic and democracy are illustrated in this monument, erected in 1881. It commemorates the crucial episode Var resistance to the coup of December 2, 1851, when Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, lame-duck President of the French Republic from 1848, who after a coup remained president.

Resistance was organized. The column of insurgents marched on the Aups where she arrived on December 8, men who came from the Haut Var converged here. Punishment was without mercy. The Battle of Aups occured shortly after the morning of 10th, this is the "frozen in December" that will remain in our memories.

The troops fired the on the insurgents, those who escape death were sentenced to prison, deported or banished from Algeria.

The National Compensation Act July 30, 1881 rehabilitated the action of the insurgents. This monument was built in their memory. The bas-reliefs that adorns the base of the pyramid are a true Republican creed. It shows, in the foreground, the constitution slashed and chained. Silhouette of Fort Lamalgue of Toulon, where insurgents were gathered, stands in the background, not far from the word exile. The place where the monument stands is called Bidouré Martin, a major figure in the resistance, who was shot in Aups at the age of 26 years. His name was Louis Martin, but he was nicknamed Bidouré, he was combing hemp at Barjols.
(The Insurrection of 1851 monument) (Front panel}
A la Memoire des Citoyens Mort en 1851 pour la Defense des Lois et la Republique (English: To the memory of the Citizens who died in 1851 for the Defense of the Laws and the Republic) (Back panel) Monument eleve avec le Concours de la Commue d’Aups du Conseil General et des Patriotes du Var (English: Monument erected with the assistance of the Consul General of the Commune of Aups and the Patriots of the Var) (Left side) Aymard du Luc • Aymard du Muy • Aragon du Muy • Bonnet, Fois du Luc • Bonnet du Luc • Coulet des Arcs • Christian du Luc • Dufort de Brignoles • Emeric du Luc • Emeric du Luc • Felix de Bargemon • Feraud de Salernes • Ferland de Salernes • Ganzin du Luc • Imbert du Muy • Jourdan du Luc • Jassaud du Luc • Laborde du Luc (Right side) Martin dit Bidaure (du) Barjols • Martin du Luc • Maurel du Luc • Henri du Luc • Villecleerc du Luc • Gayol 16 ans de Vidauban • Motus de Vidauban • Le Citoyen la jambe de bois (Citizen with a wooden leg) (Memorial to the Aups' victims of World War II) La Ville d’Aups Aux Victimes de la Barbarie Allemande Tombees a Aups et ses environs Pour la Liberation de la France Juin – Juillet – Aout 1944 (English: City of Aups Victims of Barbary German Killed at Aups and its surroundings For the Liberation of France Juin – July - August 1944) Benoit, Victor – Aubagne 19 ans • Berne, Gustave – Darguignan 32 ans • Bagini, Marin – Aups 24 ans • Bondil, Emile _ Auduen 27 ans • Boyer, Charles – Aups 60 ans • Chaude, Andre – Cannes 23 ans • Ciofi, Rose – Aups 17 ans • Courbis, Roger – Aups 20 ans • Chiesa, Serge – La Palu 18 ans • Duchatel, Francois – Aups 28 ans • Gautier, Louis – Aups 47 ans • Gillot, Henri – Toulon 23 ans • Luciani, Domonique – Draguignan 44 ans • Millet, Ernest – Hyeres 46 ans • Rouvier Louis – La Seyne 21 ans • Serafino, Frenand – Aups 20 ans • Tric, Raoul – Moissac 39 ans • Zurletti, Andre – La Seyne 33 ans

(War, World II) Includes location, directions, 8 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

White House Kitchen Garden

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District of Columbia, Washington, Downtown

”. . . Now I shall plant, if at all, more for the public than for myself.” John Quincy Adams, diary entry for July 5, 1826, shortly before beginning the first major planting program at the White House. Massachusetts Historical Society

During his eight years as president (1801-09), Thomas Jefferson hired the White House’s first gardener, whose duties included the cultivation of a kitchen garden. However, it was
not until 1825, when John Quincy Adams became president, that the vegetable garden and surrounding grounds began to flourish. Adams established a tree seedling nursery
and an impressive two-acre garden filled with vegetables, herbs, and fruit trees, as well as flowers, shrubs, and shade trees.

By the 1840s, a new kitchen garden had been planted southwest of the White House, and a corresponding ornamental garden to the southeast. Most of the surviving records for this kitchen garden date to the administration of President Abraham Lincoln (1861-65). Receipts for seeds show that the Lincolns enjoyed an assortment of fresh fruits and vegetables. The kitchen garden was finally removed in 1871 during the presidency of Ulysses S. Grant, to make way for the construction of West Executive Avenue

First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt used the grounds during World War II to showcase her avid support of a Civilian Defense program for producing home-grown fruits and vegetables. Under her guidance, 10-year-old Diana Hopkins planted a demonstration “victory garden” in a flower bed south of the East Garden in the spring of 1943.
Diana, who lived in the White House with her father, Harry Hopkins, advisor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, maintained the garden throughout the summer as an example for Americans to follow nationwide.

In spring 2009, First Lady Michelle Obama, with the assistance of local schoolchildren, planted a new White House kitchen garden at the southwest end of the south grounds (to your left). This garden will provide fresh, seasonal produce for the first family to enjoy, and will educate American children about the importance of eating more vegetables and fruits as part of a healthier lifestyle.

"John Saul: Seed Voucher" [captions below illustrations, upper left:]
Local nurseryman and horticulturist John Saul (1819-97) supplied the seeds for the kitchen garden during the Lincoln administration. Under the guidance of the preeminent landscape gardener A.J. Downing, Saul also undertook the improvement of the National Mall, Smithsonian Grounds, Lafayette Square, and the Ellipse.

Receipts for seeds show that the Lincolns enjoyed an assortment of fresh fruits and vegetables. Many of these selections, such as pears, strawberries, celery, carrots and lettuce are still common today.
John Saul, Receipt for Seed, Record Group 217, National Archives

". . . No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden. Such a variety of subjects, some one always coming to perfection, the failure of one thing repaired by the success of another, and instead of one harvest, a continued one thro’ the year. Under a total want of demand except for our family table. I am still devoted to the garden. But tho’ an old man, I am but a young gardener."
- Thomas Jefferson, letter to Charles Willson Peale, Poplar Forest, August 20, 1811, Library of Congress.

1867 Landscape Plan
This color plan of the White House grounds includes the only known rendering of the historic kitchen garden, located immediately west (left) of the house itself. Drawn in 1867, the plan shows the approximately one-acre garden as it appeared during the presidency of Abraham Lincoln.
- Drawing No. 15, Record Group 121, National Archives.

From Planting to Harvest – White House Kitchen Garden Today:
[Three photos of the present garden: its seedling beds, harvested vegetables, and Michelle Obama with visiting youngsters.]

(Agriculture • Government • Horticulture & Forestry • Notable Persons) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

William Clark Monument

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Missouri, St. Louis
Born in Virginia August 1, 1770, entered into life eternal September 1, 1838. Soldier, Explorer, Statesman and Patriot. His live is written in the history of this country.

(Exploration • Notable Persons) Includes location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Present Site of The Gray Family Cemetery

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Illinois, White County, Grayville


The first Presbyterian Church in Grayville was organized in 1850 under the leadership of Mrs. Thomasann Gray. In 1868 the members built a small wooden Church on this corner of the cemetery, a gift from a member of the Gray Family.

It was replaced by a large brick structure in 1915. The congregation disbanded in 2005 and the land was returned to the Gray Family.

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Charity & Public Work • Churches, Etc. • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Gray Family Cemetery

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Illinois, White County, Grayville


Established by James R. Gray
First Internment - 1831
Obelisk Erected - 1901
Church Plaza Constructed - 2005
Memorial Plaza and Fountain Dedicated - 2007

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Charity & Public Work • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Thomasanne Payne Home Site

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Illinois, White County, Grayville


On this site was the home of Thomasanne Payne, Authoress of the Song 'Sleep Soldier Sleep' which she wrote in honor of James Bethel Gresham from Evansville, Indiana. He was the first American Soldier to die in World War I. The song was accepted as a national fneral song and made her famous all over the world.

(Arts, Letters, Music • Patriots & Patriotism • War, World I) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Gray Opera House

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Illinois, White County, Grayville


This building was erected in 1895 by the Gray Family for their Gray Bank on the bottom floor and the Gray Opera house on the second floor. The Opera House was the center of entertainment for many years.

(Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment • Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

"Empire Corner"

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Illinois, White County, Grayville


The first trading post was established here in 1830 by James Gray and Robert Waldem. A post office was opened here in 1836. Later, a two-story frame building was erected here by the Empire Milling Company and this corner was known as 'Empire Corner.' That building burned in 1884, was re-built in 1886 and burned again in 1888. Another building was erected in 1895, but was destroyed by fire in 2003.

(Disasters • Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Vincennes to Shawneetown Stage Coach Line

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Illinois, White County, Grayville


On July 1, 1838, the Vincennes to Shawneetown Stage Coach Line began operations and made regular stops at a log cabin hotel located on this corner. The stage carried passengers and provided mail service for the first time in this area.

(Communications • Industry & Commerce • Roads & Vehicles • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Magnolia Cannon

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Texas, Navarro County, Coriscana

  Fires were a major concern of oil fields. This cannon stood at the Magnolia Petroleum tank farm in Corsicana. It was used to shoot a hole in the bottom of the cyprus tanks if lightning struck. The oil would drain into a pit around the tank to be pumped away. The cannon was donated by Mobil Oil Company in 1969

Corsicana Preservation Foundation

(Environment • Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

James Gray's Stables and Slave Quarters

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Illinois, White County, Grayville


In the 1830's, James Gray's Stables and Slave Quarters were located here. Later, he donated the barn to the city to use as a city hall and police station. In 1866, the city built a two story building with a jail in the basement. The second story was removed in 1969.

(African Americans • Charity & Public Work • Man-Made Features • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Veterans Memorial

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Illinois, White County, Grayville


Donated to
City of Grayville
and dedicated to
The Veterans of All Wars

September 1969

(Patriots & Patriotism • War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

First Lieutenant Jimmie W. Monteith, Jr.

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Virginia, Richmond

Commemorating the beautiful life of
First Lieutenant Jimmie W. Monteith, Jr.
He died June 6, 1944 on the shores of Normandy and lies buried at St. Laurent, France. Age 26 years. A Virginia by birth, descending from a long line of her patriots, he kept the Faith. “Tall men, sun crowned who live above the fog.” So beloved.

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Hippolyte Grignon

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Wisconsin, Outagamie County, Appleton
In 1835, just west of this marker, Hippolyte Grignon, the first white settler in what was to become Appleton, built a log house known as “White Heron” with two attached wings for a trading post and quarters for travelers. Within the walls of the log house, Father Florimond Bonduel, a Belgian priest, Celebrated the first mass in the Appleton region in 1848.

Erected by St. Mary Court 182
National Catholic Society of Foresters
1984

(Churches, Etc. • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Parc Aux Vaches

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Michigan, Berrien County, near Bertrand
Known as Parc aux Vaches, or “cow pasture,” this area was named by the French for the wild buffalo that once grazed here. Two major Indian trails crossed here: the Sauk Trail, also called the old Chicago Trail, which linked Detroit and Chicago; and the Miami Trail, which linked the Grand and the Wabash rivers. About 1808 French fur-trader Joseph Bertrand established a post in this area. Bertrand married Madeline, said to be the daughter of Potawatomi Chief Topenebee. Under the 1821 Treaty of Chicago, which ceded much of the lower southwest corner of Michigan to the United States, this site was deeded to Madeline Bertrand. Parc aux Vaches is now part of Niles Township.

(Native Americans • Roads & Vehicles • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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