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Laura Smith Haviland

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Adrian, Michigan.
Front Side Erected by the Adrian Woman's Christian Temperance Union and the Haviland Memorial Association "I was thirsty and ye gave me drink." Matthew XXV 35 Left Side A tribute to a life consecrated to the betterment of . . .

(Abolition & Underground RR • Education • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Francis Scott Key

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Frederick, Maryland.
Lieutenant who first served with the Georgetown Artillary in July 1813, and later under Major George Peter as a Lieut. and Quartermaster from June 19 to July 1, 1814. On Aug. 24, 1814 he helped with the deployment of troops . . .

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

Home of the Brave

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Frederick, Maryland.
“Then did I remember that there were gathered around that banner, among its defenders, men who had heard and answered the call of their country — from these mountain sides, from this beautiful valley, and from this fair city . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War of 1812) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

State House Square

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Milledgeville, Georgia.
This 20-acre square as the center of Georgia's state government and location of its capitol building from 1807 until 1868. The "State House," imposing Gothic edifice that dominates the square contained the offices of the . . .

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

The Old Governor's Mansion

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Milledgeville, Georgia.
Construction of this Executive Mansion was authorized in 1835 and completed in 1839. The governor's earlier residence, Government House, just to the south on the corner of Clarke and Greene Streets, had fallen into . . .

(Notable Buildings • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Shipbuilding

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Marietta, Ohio.
One of the first industries in Marietta was shipbuilding. Due to the abundance of trees and the shipbuilding talent of the New England settlers, twenty-nine ocean-going vessels were built in eight shipyards from 1800 to . . .

(Industry & Commerce • War, US Revolutionary • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Pvt. Willie Lee Duckworth Sr.

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Sandersville, Georgia.
In 1944, at Ft. Slocum, N.Y., Duckworth, an ordinary buck private from Sandersville, Georgia, authored one of the most popular marching cadences in military history. At first, it was known as the "Duckworth Chant." It later . . .

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

The Public Landing

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Marietta, Ohio.
The roadway down to the river from this pint was once the busy route for freight and passengers using the many steamboats that served Marietta. For more than 100 years, boats in a variety of trades on the Ohio and Muskingum . . .

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

Washington County Korean Memorial

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Sandersville, Georgia.
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(War, Korean) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Marietta’s Historic Corner

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Marietta, Ohio.
Directly across from this spot was Picketed Point, a fortification erected for the protection of the early settlers from hostile Indians. Within the stockade were dwellings, the first store and the first tavern in the . . .

(Forts, Castles • Settlements & Settlers • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Washington County Courthouse

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Sandersville, Georgia.
On Thursday, November 24, 1864, the 14th and 20th Corps of Union Major General William T. Sherman's army began entering Washington County. By November 26th the 28,000 soldiers of the two corps arrived in Sandersville, . . .

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

The Brown House

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Sandersville, Georgia.
The Brown House was built about 1850 by Nathan Haynes. It was purchased by merchant and planter William Gainer Brown about 1851. During the 1850s portraits of William and Miriah Brown were painted by an itinerant artist for . . .

(Notable Places • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

John McElroy, S.J.

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Frederick, Maryland.
Born in Enniskillen, Ireland, John McElroy came to this country in 1803 and was ordained a priest at the age of thirty-five. While pastor of St. John's from 1822 to 1845, Father McElroy built the present church on Second . . .

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

Tennille Station

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Tennille, Georgia.
Tennille was founded in 1837 as Franklinville for Sam O. Franklin who gave land for the railroad's right-of-way and the town's creation. Its name was changed in 1842 after a prominent local citizen, Francis Tennille. The . . .

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

First Expansion Period

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Fort Bliss, Texas.
The first major expansion of facilities at Fort Bliss occurred between 1913 and 1917 when the post’s focus shifted from infantry to cavalry. This shift coincided with a build-up of forces and facilities to support a full . . .

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

Initial Construction Period

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Fort Bliss, Texas.
At the close of the Indian Wars in the late 19th century, the U.S. Army consolidated a number of small posts into larger, more permanent installations. As part of this consolidation, construction of a new post at the present . . .

(Military) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Ohio River’s Wild Side

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Marietta, Ohio.
Look carefully and you might see the Ohio River’s wild side! During the warmer months, great blue herons wade the shallows while osprey fly overhead in search of fish. Bald eagles and waterfowl visit in winter, driven by . . .

(Animals • Natural Features • Natural Resources) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Chris’ Hot Dogs

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Montgomery, Alabama.
Greek immigrant Christopher Anastasios Katechis opened Chris’ Hot Dogs on May 1, 1917, at 138 Dexter Avenue. Until the 1960’s, Chris offered curb service for its hot dogs, leading to long lines of cars cued for service. The . . .

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

Lawrence and the Old Trails

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near Lawrence, Kansas.
Between Lawrence and Topeka, the Kansas turnpike passes near the route of the old Oregon-California Trail, traveled in the 1800s by explorers, missionaries, soldiers, emigrants in search of land, and forty-niners in search . . .

(Abolition & Underground RR • Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Bogalusa's Birthplace

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Bogalousa, Louisiana.
City was born here in 1906 just west of here on Bogue Lusa Creek bank when tents were set for 1st campsite of Great Southern Lumber Co. Portable sawmill was erected to cut lumber to build town and what became world's largest sawmill.

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