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Sampson Naval Training Base World War II Honored Dead

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near Romulus, New York.
This memorial is dedicated to those brave Sampson Navy Men who gave their lives fighting our enemies in action during World War Two. Our national organization of 6000 Sampson WW-2 Navy Veterans, we the survivors, dedicate . . .

(Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Mozart Lived Here

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, Austria.
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(Arts, Letters, Music) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Riverside Mortuary Chapel / Wirt Rowland

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Clinton, Michigan.
Riverside Mortuary Chapel This chapel, completed in 1913, embodies the dream of Cemetery Superintendent George Kies, the design of Clinton-born architect Wirt Rowland, and the artistry of the mason, a "Mr. Uhr" of . . .

(Architecture • Cemeteries & Burial Sites) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Watering Fountain

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Suffolk, Virginia.
Restored in 2007 by the Nansemond River Garden Club, this circa late 19th century fountain was utilitarian. Originally it was fed by a shallow well. Water was drawn by a foot pump and rainwater helped fill the basin. The . . .

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

A Living Memorial

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Portsmouth, Virginia.
In honor of those from West Haven, who served in defense of their country and humanity and in cherished memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice during the Second World War.

(War, World II) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

General Lafayette Memorial

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Portsmouth, Virginia.
To the memory of General Lafayette in grateful recognition of his valiant services and in commemoration of the hundredth anniversary of his visit to our city.

(Notable Persons • War, US Revolutionary) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Old Stone Fort

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Monument, Colorado.
This tablet is the property of the State of Colorado _____ Due south 610 feet is the Old Stone Fort built at the pioneer home of David McShane. Constructed as a defense against Arapaho and Cheyenne raiders. it was a refuge . . .

(Forts, Castles • Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

First Gas Well in the Panhandle of Texas

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near Amarillo, Texas.
The discovery well in the vast Panhandle-Hugoton Gas Field, largest known gas field in the world, is located one mile east of this point on the east slope of John Ray Butte. The geological structure was discovered by Dr. . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Natural Features • Natural Resources) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

44th Bomb Group (Heavy)

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Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
(Obverse) 44th Bomb Group (Heavy) 8th Air Force – U.S. Army Air Corps Station 115, Shipdham, England Sept. 1942 – May 1945 66th, 67th, 68th, 506th Squadrons 8000 personnel/344 combat missions 153 B-24s lost/330 Axis aircraft . . .

(War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

80th Infantry

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Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
80th Infantry Blue Ridge Division Only Moves Forward A.E.F. 1917-1919 Artois-Picardy Somme St. Mihiel Meuse-Argonne Battle Deaths 1232 Casualties 5000 E.T.O. 1942-1946 Northern France Ardennes Rhineland Central Europe Battle . . .

(War, 1st Iraq & Desert Storm • War, Afghanistan • War, World I • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

88th Infantry

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Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
(Obverse) 88th Infantry Blue Devil Division The first all-draftee unit in WWII WW-I 1917-1919 Alsace KIA-12 WIA-66 WW-II 1942-1945 Rome-Arno North Appennines Po Valley KIA-2937 WIA-8248 MIA-510 Dedicated by Northeastern . . .

(War, World I • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Integrity

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Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
Integrity Inter-Allied Games June-July 1919 “Run the Army Heritage Trail” Distance: Approximately ¾ mile

(War, World I) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Traditions Field

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Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
Since the earliest days of the military, the numbers of Soldiers required dictated the need for an open area for unit formations, training, close order drill, practice, ceremonial events and interaction. As time passed, the . . .

(Military • Sports) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Gainsford House

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Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.
This double tenement, built by John and Elizabeth Gainsford, became a landmark in a city largely built of wood. It is Charlottetown’s oldest surviving brick building. For many years the east side was the home of John Iags, . . .

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

Casselman Hotel

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Grantsville, Maryland.
The Casselman is a mid 19th-century hostelry, probably built in the early 1800's by Soloman Sterner, to serve travelers on the National Road. The stylistic features of the building show strong early 1800s Federal influence, . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features • Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

New Riegel Parish and Convent

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New Riegel, Ohio.
Side 1 St. Boniface Catholic Church began in 1834 as a mission of several area churches and in 1836, the parish built its first church. in 1844 Bishop John Purcell commissioned Swiss born Father Francis de Sales Brunner, a . . .

(Churches, Etc. • Education • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Sam Walter Foss

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Candia, New Hampshire.
Candia is the birthplace of the well-known poet, journalist and publisher, Sam Walter Foss. Son of Dyer and Polly Foss, he was born on June 19, 1858. His homespun verse and country poems were great favorites. “The House by . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Professor Eduardo Loarca Castillo

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, Mexico.
Profesor Eduardo Loarca Castillo 1922-2004 Hombre con un alto sentido de los valores humanos y una marcada sensibilidad hacia el pueblo queretano, a sus tradiciones y costumbres. Generoso, caritativo, alegre y jovial, fue . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Chateauesque Architecture / Gilded Age Mansions

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Louisville, Kentucky.
Chateauesque Architecture Alongside the impressive examples of Romanesque, Victorian Gothic, Italianate, Queen Anne, Beaux Arts and Eclectic styles found in Old Louisville is Chateauesque, a rare French-inspired design . . .

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

Churchill Downs

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Louisville, Kentucky.
Churchill Downs Home of the Kentucky Derby, the oldest continuously held sporting event in America, for 3-year-old thoroughbreds. Aristides, owned by H.P. McGrath & ridden by black jockey Oliver Lewis, Warren the 1st Derby . . .

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