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Monument to the Heroes of 1914

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1825 · 1838 · 1847 · 1914 La patria agradecida a los héroes que defendieron su libertad y soberanía. Centenario de la Gesta Heroica Hca. Veracruz Ver. Abril 21 de 2014 Cadete Virgilio Uribe. Murio por la patria. 21 de abril . . .

(Military) Includes complete text, location, directions, 10 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Block House

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near Guy Hollow, Virginia.
The starting point of the road through the wilderness to Kentucky, and the station where travelers used to wait until parties collected large enough to defend themselves against Indians on the journey. Built about 1777 by . . .

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

Major General Álvaro Obregón

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, Mexico.
Este monument fue erigido en memoria del General de Division C. Alvaro Obregon, por los empleados de la Aduana Maritima de este puerto. MCMXXIX English translation: This monument was erected in memory of the Major . . .

(Patriots & Patriotism • Politics • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Hickory Cove

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Rogersville, Tennessee.
This hill-locked body of land was discovered in 1774 by Castleton Brooks, onetime Long Hunter, who settled here in 1775 and was killed by Indians in 1777. A fort was here in 1775, under the command of Captain Robert Kyle.

(Forts, Castles • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Confederate Rifle Pits

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Grand Gulf, Mississippi.
During the April 29, 1863 bom- bardment of Grand Gulf these rifle pits and the "covered way" which linked Fort Wade and Fort Cobun were held by the 3rd Missouri (Confederate).

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

Claiborne County Courthouse

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Port Gibson, Mississippi.
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War Memorial

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Forest City, Pennsylvania.
Dedicated by Post No. 524 American Legion Forest City, Pa. in memory of their comrades of Forest City and vicinity who offered their lives in defense of humanity in the World War 1914 - 1918 ———————— Those who made the . . .

(War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Port Gibson Boycott

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Port Gibson, Mississippi.
On April 1, 1966, the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) imposed an economic boycott on the majority of the white-owned businesses in Port Gibson/Claiborne County. In the . . .

(African Americans • Civil Rights • Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

First Settlers

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Mt Carmel, Tennessee.
About 1½ miles west and north of here, in Carter’s Valley, Joseph Kinkead and John Long, first known pioneers to what later became Hawkins County, settled in 1769-70. The valley is named for Colonel John Carter, who first . . .

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

Gov. McMinn’s Home

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Mt Carmel, Tennessee.
Near here was the site of “New Market,” home of Joseph McMinn, Revolutionary veteran, governor of Tennessee, 1815–1821, and Indian agent for the Cherokee from 1822 to his death near Calhoun, on Hiwassee River, in 1824. He is . . .

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

Temple Gemiluth Chassed

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Port Gibson, Mississippi.
706 Church. 1891-92 Victorian Moro-Byzantine Revival. The architects of Temple Gemiluth Chassed, which means gift of the righteous, combined Moorish, Byzantine and Romanesque styles to produce a building unique in Mississippi.

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

Guthrie Home

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Port Gibson, Mississippi.
703 Church. Ca. 1840 Greek Revival/Italianate. Italianate long windows and protruding bay windows are typical of many houses built just before the Civil War. The interesting and unusual etched glass panel in the front door depicts a pelican.

(Architecture • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

First Presbyterian Church

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Port Gibson, Mississippi.
609 Church. 1859-60 Romanesque Revival. This church with the hand pointing to heaven is the most famous building in Claiborne County. The original hand of gilded wood was carved by young Daniel Foley.

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

The Veracruz City Museum

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Museo de la Ciudad Don Manuel Gutiérrez Zamora Gobernador del Estado tuvo la idea de crear un lugar para dar hogar y escuela a los huérfanos veracruzanos asegurando su subsistencia en el futuro siendo que para su . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Education • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Shreve House

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Port Gibson, Mississippi.
701 Church. Ca. 1825 Federal. The original floor plan consisted of four rooms, no center hall, front and back galleries. The designer and builder was Horatio Nelson Spencer, a prominent local attorney.

(Antebellum South, US • Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

First Baptist Church Bicentennial Celebration

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Mountain City, Tennessee.
Organized on April 20, 1794, the first Baptist congregation in Johnson County was known as the Roan Creek Church of Christ. Originally located near Shouns, the church sponsored by the congregation of the Three Forks Baptist . . .

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

Roderick Random Butler

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Mountain City, Tennessee.
Born in Wythesville, Virginia, April 8, 1827, he came to this county at the age of 14 as a tailor apprentice. During the Civil War, he served as Lieutenant Colonel of the 13th Tennessee Cavalry. First elected in 1867, he was . . .

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

Cage Door of Harry T. Chimpanzee

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Carville, Louisiana.
Harry was a "bull" chimp (alpha male). His importance in Laboratory Research was that his blood was used to make an extract called transfer factor that was given to patients. His "official" designation was a special study . . .

(Science & Medicine) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Laurel Bloomery

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Laurel Bloomery, Tennessee.
The first forge in this area was built about ½ mile north on Laurel Fork in 1810. Later, two forges were built in the area west of here, the last in 1849. An orebank on Ackerson Creek, about 1 mile upstream, furnished ore . . .

(Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Evan Williams

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Louisville, Kentucky.
Evan Williams Kentucky’s 1st Distiller Arrived in Ky. as early as 1781. Williams was picked in 1797 to serve on Louisville’s first elected Board of Trustees and was appointed Harbor Master for Port of Louisville same year. . . .

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