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Battle of Franklin, Aftermath

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Franklin, Tennessee.
More than 700 Union soldiers were made prisoners before, during, and after the Battle of Franklin. Although the war was almost over, many of them would never see their homes again. The vast majority were taken to prison . . .

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

Battle of Franklin, Eastern Flank

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Franklin, Tennessee.
(map panels) (left) Distances to Local Landmarks (right) Distances to Major Landmarks

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

Battle of Franklin

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Franklin, Tennessee.
Several Federal gun crews delivered relentless fire to this portion of the Franklin battlefield late in the afternoon of November 30, 1864. At least fourteen of the Union’s thirty-six fieldpieces engaged at Franklin could . . .

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

Korea and Vietnam Wars Memorial

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Suffolk, Virginia.
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(War, Korean • War, Vietnam) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

World War II Memorial

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Suffolk, Virginia.
Dedicated to those who made the supreme sacrifice during World War II Louis M. Artis • Spencer Baker • Lee C. Baggett • Joseph H. Bagley • John G. Barnes • Clyde E. Benton • Howard W. Benton • Arthur M. Bemberry • Horace B. . . .

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

Memorial to the Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Marietta

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Marietta, Ohio.
Erected by the Marietta Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, as a memorial to the revolutionary soldiers buried in Marietta and to honor the heroic men and women who faced the wilderness with courage and hope to . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Revolutionary) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Stela E of Quiriguá

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, Mexico.
Estela E de Quiriguá (Reproducción) Quiriguá se localiza sobre el valle del río Motagua, que nace cerca de la ciudad de Guatemala y desemboca en el Golfo de Honduras. Su trayecto favoreció el comercio de obsidiana y jadeíta . . .

(Anthropology • Native Americans • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Miguel Hidalgo

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, Mexico.
1753 1953 Loor eterno al Padre de la Patria Hidalgo English translation: 1753 - 1953 Eternal tribute to the Father of the Nation Hidalgo

(Colonial Era • Wars, Non-US) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Las Delicias Fountain

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, Guatemala.
El Comité del Barrio de la Concepcion En el quinto aniversario de su fundacion declara patrimonio histórico del barrio "Fuente de las Delicias" construida el año 1620 Santiago de Guatemala La Antigua Guatemala 7 de diciembre . . .

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

First Louisville Slugger Bat

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Louisville, Kentucky.
First Louisville Slugger Bat Site of J.F. Hillerich carpentry shop, 1875-1901. In 1894, J.F.’s son, J.A. “Bud” Hillerich, attended a Louisville Eclipse major league baseball game. After star player Pete Browning broke his . . .

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

Father Juan González Zarate

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, Mexico.
A la santa memoria del Sr. Cura Pbro. Don Juan Gonzalez Zarate, Fundador de la Congregacion de Hermanos de Santa Maria de Guadalupe y San Isidro Labrador. e insigne benefactor de esta parroquia de San Juan Bautista en donde . . .

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

George Upshur Manning

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Charles Town, West Virginia.
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(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Miguel Hidalgo

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, Mexico.
Por acuerdo del H. Ayuntamiento 1967-1969 se erigio este monumento al Padre de la Patria Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla siendo Presidente Municipal el C. Simon Amador Mata Villa Victoria, Gto., diciembre de 1969 English . . .

(Colonial Era • Patriots & Patriotism • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

José Luis de León Diaz

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, Guatemala.
Por qué se empeña la muerte en matar vanamente a la vida si la más humilde semilla rompe la piedra más fuerte Luis de León. José Luis de León Diaz, Nombre literario: Luis de León, Escritor, Novelista Cuentista. Nacido en San . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

George Yount's Millstones

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Yountville, California.
George Yount, American frontiersman, was born in North Carolina in 1794. When he was 10 years old Yount moved with his family to Missouri and in 1831 he came to California. Yount received a large tract of land in the Napa . . .

(Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Map of Groezinger's Addition

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Yountville, California.
On March 7, 1874, the map of Groeziner's addition to Yountville was filed and recorded. This plaque is on a portion of "the lot plotted by G. Groezinger as a flower garden." Therefore it is dedicated in his memory. . . .

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

Groezinger Winery

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Yountville, California.
This winery, once known as one of the finest cellars in the State, was erected by Mr. G. Groezinger in 1870. The winery stands on part of the original land grant made to Salvador Vallejo by the government of Mexico in 1838. . . .

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

Flags over California in 1870

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Yountville, California.
In 1870, the year in which the Groezinger Winery (now Vintage 1870) was built, these flags: the California Bear flag (note how much more primitive in design it is in contrast with the present day version) and the American . . .

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

St. Paul’s Church

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Marietta, Ohio.
Marietta’s second oldest, the German Evangelical “Kirche” built 1849. Became St. Paul’s Evangelical Church 1872. English sermons began in 1909.

(Churches, Etc.) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

John Slidell

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Slidell, Louisiana.
John Slidell rose to prominence as a Louisiana politician in the decades before the War Between the States. A lawyer who began his career as a businessman, he moved to New Orleans in 1819. He was elected to the U.S. House of . . .

(Notable Persons • Politics • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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