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The Frederick Town Barracks

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Frederick, Maryland.
The long history of Frederick Town Barracks records in timber and stone the successful transition from sword to plowshare, from bullets to books. Funded by the Maryland Legislature in 1777, the Frederick Barracks soon . . .

(Education • War of 1812 • War, US Civil • War, US Revolutionary) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

United States Army General Hospital #1

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Frederick, Maryland.
This site marks important advances in the history of military medicine. Here Army doctors, nurses, and Daughters of Charity shaped its practice in modern form. Caregivers treated at this 18 acre complex over 30,000 sick and . . .

(Science & Medicine • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Slidell: An Overview

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Slidell, Louisiana.
Slidell, Louisiana was founded in 1883 during construction of a major new railroad from New Orleans to Meridian, Mississippi. The New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad established a building camp at first high ground north . . .

(Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Frederick Evangelical Reformed Church Memorial Ground

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Frederick, Maryland.
In this Memorial Ground which was donated to Frederick County and Frederick City by the Evangelical Reformed Church of Frederick, Maryland lie buried the following persons [List of burials]

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Charity & Public Work • Churches, Etc.) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Concepción Béistegui Hospital

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, Mexico.
En lo que fuera el Convento de Regina Coeli se encuentra esta Casa Hogar para Ancianos que por más de 90 años albergó al Hospital Concepción Béistegui. English translation: In part of what was once the Convent of Regina . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Churches, Etc. • Man-Made Features • Science & Medicine) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Veterans Memorial

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Brunswick, Maryland.
This flagpole is dedicated to America[']s military past, present and future [Dedicated] July 6, 2003

(Patriots & Patriotism • War, 1st Iraq & Desert Storm • War, Korean • War, Vietnam) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Church and Convent of Regina Coeli

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, Mexico.
Templo de Regina Coeli reedificado en el siglo XVIII como parte del Convento del mismo nombre siendo la segunda fundación concepcionista en la Nueva España. English translation: The Church of Regina Coeli rebuilt in the . . .

(Churches, Etc. • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad

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Brunswick, Maryland.
The railroad arrived in 1834, but its major impact on the town of Berlin (as it was then known) occurred fifty years later when the Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) Railroad moved its major rail yard operation here from Martinsburg, . . .

(Railroads & Streetcars) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Call the Cavalry!

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Three Rivers, California.
Shaping a Park Call the Cavalry! The Parker Group owes its name to a cavalry officer who commanded troops here in 1893. Why was the military here? Congress established Sequoia National Park in 1890, but the National Park . . .

(Horticulture & Forestry) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Chapel of the Immaculate Conception of the Waterfall

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, Mexico.
Capilla de la Inmaculada Concepción del Salto del Agua. Erigida en el siglo XVIII perteneció a la cofradía de la Purísima Concepción. Con la ampliación de la Avenida del Salto del Agua en 1935 quedó aislada. English . . .

(Churches, Etc. • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The CCC Boys

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Three Rivers, California.
Shaping a Park The CCC Boys Tunnel Log reminds us of the work of young men who struggled to survive the Great Depression in the 1930s. The drive-through hole in the log was carved by the “boys” of the Civilian Conservation . . .

(Horticulture & Forestry) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Brunswick River Mural

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Brunswick, Maryland.
Brunswick Incorporated – April 8, 1890 The Brunswick River mural celebrates 125 years of hard work and perseverance by citizens of our community in order to maintain and advance the City of Brunswick. Originally known to . . .

(Entertainment • Industry & Commerce • Science & Medicine • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Colonel Young: A Buffalo Soldier

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Three Rivers, California.
Shaping a Park Colonel Young: A Buffalo Soldier The road to Moro Rock is part of the legacy of a young army officer who became America’s first black national park superintendent. Captain Charles Young, a West Point . . .

(Horticulture & Forestry) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Naturalists

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Three Rivers, California.
Shaping a Park The Naturalists Moro Rock is one of the places in Sequoia National Park where, in 1922, naturalists began “translating” the landscape for early park visitors. Naturalists offered walks, talks, and campfire . . .

(Environment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Final Campaign 1864

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Franklin, Tennessee.
In late 1864, the last major campaign of the Civil War swept into Middle Tennessee. The Confederate Army of Tennessee commanded by Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood, moved out of Georgia after the fall of Atlanta, marched across . . .

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

The Battle of Franklin

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Franklin, Tennessee.
Soon after passing this point, the Southern assault came within range of Federal artillery. Just west of here, an advanced line of 3,000 Union troops began to fall back, and the Confederates pursued them into the main Union . . .

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

Hood's Retreat

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Franklin, Tennessee.
Following the Battle of Franklin, the Union army dashed north into their supply base of Nashville and its vast network of fortifications where Gen. George H. Thomas had assembled a sizeable force. In pursuit came Gen. John . . .

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

Before The Battle Of Gettysburg

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Fountaindale, Pennsylvania.
On June 22, 1863, a skirmish erupted at Monterey Pass when Company D of the 4th Virginia Cavalry attacked portions of Union cavalry under the command of Captain Robert Bell, Captain Samuel Randall, and several members of the . . .

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

The Battle Of Monterey Pass

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Fountaindale, Pennsylvania.
On the afternoon of July 4, Union General Judson Kilpatrick left Emmitsburg with three brigades of cavalry, supported by three batteries of rifled artillery. Kilpatrick was ordered to locate and attack a Confederate wagon . . .

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

Allstadt House

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near Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
The Allstadt House and Ordinary was the home of John H. Allstadt. On the evening of October 16, 1859, John Brown and his "army" of would-be slave liberators launched their attack on Harpers Ferry from Kennedy Farm just . . .

(Abolition & Underground RR • African Americans • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.
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