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11th Michigan Infantry

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Eleventh Michigan Infantry Afternoon September 19, 1863

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

Rocky Swamp Rosenwald School

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near Neeses, South Carolina.
(front) This is the site of the Rocky Swamp Rosenwald School, a frame three-room school built here in 1920-21 for African-American students in Neeses and vicinity. An elementary school with two to three teachers in grades . . .

(African Americans • Education) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Robert C. Henry

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Springfield, Ohio.
Robert Clayton Henry, the first African- American mayor of an Ohio city, was born in Springfield, Ohio on July 16, 1921. He attended Springfield High School and graduated in 1939. After high school, he attended Wittenberg . . .

(African Americans • Politics) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Union Township Town Hall

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South Lebanon, Ohio.
??????Side One The Union Township Hall was a center of community life from the time of its construction around 1907. The hall included the offices of township government, a community hall, and club meeting rooms, a rarer . . .

(Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

St. Mark's Episcopal Church

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near Boonsboro, Maryland.
St. Mark's Episcopal Church is located just six miles north of Sharpsburg, site of the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862, the bloodiest one-day battle in American history. With approximately 23,000 Americans on both . . .

(African Americans • Churches, Etc. • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Frederick Douglass Sculpture

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Baltimore, Maryland.
Frederick Douglass is one of the best-known Americans of the 19th century. Schools, churches and other community buildings across the United States have been named after him. Known for bravery, vision and insightfulness, . . .

(Abolition & Underground RR • African Americans • Civil Rights • Education) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Marine Railway

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Baltimore, Maryland.
During the early 1800s, shipyards dotted Baltimore’s Harbor. Many of them drew vessels in need of repair from waters up and down the Atlantic coast. Repairs ranged from minor sail mendings to complicated restorative hull . . .

(African Americans • Industry & Commerce • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Veterans Memorial

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near Hamilton, Ohio.
In honor of all veterans in times of peace and war The patriots blood is the seed of the freedom tree -Thomas Campbell

(Military) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Frederick Town Barracks

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Frederick, Maryland.
These barracks served as the first public building for the new state. Founded in 1777, the limestone twins stood tall two years later, thanks to contractor Abraham Faw and local craftsmen. Set atop strategic ground, the . . .

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

From Dirt Path to Main Street

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Brunswick, Maryland.
By 1787, Leonard Smith laid out the town of Berlin in 96 lots, most of which were half acre in size. Geographic location made this locale a natural transportation crossroads. Settlers and merchants traveled to and through . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Railroads & Streetcars • Settlements & Settlers • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Levitt & I.T.T. "Del Mar" Model and Palm Coast Golf Club

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Palm Coast, Florida.
The Levitt & International Telephone & Telegraph Corporation (I.T.T.) purchased 68,000 acres in 1969 for the development of a planned community. The site, named Palm Coast, offered numerous amenities, including a marina and . . .

(Architecture • Environment • Sports) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

St. George Public High School/St. George Graded School

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St. George, South Carolina.
(front) St. George Public High School St. George High School was built in 1927 on the corner of Raysor and Ridge Sts. In 1936 the school district received a W.P.A. grant to build a new gymnasium. The building continued as a . . .

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

The Trial of John Brown

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Charles Town, West Virginia.
One of the most famous trials in American history was held in this building in 1859, when John Brown and his followers faced charges of treason against Virginia, inciting slaves to rebel, and murder. Judge Richard Parker . . .

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

Palace of the Counts of San Mateo Valparaiso

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, Mexico.
Esta casa (hoy reconstruida) fue de los Condes de San Mateo Valparaiso construida en 1769-1772 por el Maestro de Arquitectura Francisco Guerrero Torres. Dirección de monumentos coloniales y de la República. English . . .

(Colonial Era • Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features • Politics) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Hotel de la Gran Sociedad

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, Mexico.
Aquí estuvo el Hotel de la Gran Sociedad en donde fué asesinado Don Juan de Dios Canedo 29 de marzo de 1850. Catálogo de la Insp. Gral. de Monumentos Artísticos e Históricos. English translation: Here was located the . . .

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

House of José y Francisco Fagoaga y Villaurruña

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, Mexico.
Aquí vivieron Don José y Don Francisco Fagoaga y Villaurruña benefactores de escuelas y hospitales 1800 Dirección de monumentos coloniales y de la República English translation: Here lived José y Francisco Fagoaga y . . .

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

House of Pedro Romero de Terreros

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, Mexico.
Esta fue la casa de Don Pedro Romero de Terreros Conde de Regla fundador del Monte de Piedad, reedificada en 1928. 1768. Dirección de monumentos coloniales y de la República English translation: This was the house of . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Colonial Era • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

123rd Illinois Infantry Monument

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Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Illinois 123 Infantry. 1st Brigade – Wilder. 4th Division - Reynolds. 14th Army Corps - Thomas. Text on the Back Side of the Monument The plaque is missing

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

86th Indiana Infantry Regiment Marker

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Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Indiana Eighty-Sixth Regiment Infantry (Major Dick) Second Brigade. (Col. Dick) Third Division. (Van Cleve) Twenty-First Corps. (Crittenden) Friday night, September 18th, 1863

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

44th Indiana Infantry Regiment Marker

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