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Members of Congress

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Olinger, Virginia.
Three men who served in Congress were born within a one-mile radius of this point James B. Richmond (1842–1910) was a member of the House of Representatives from 1879 to 1881 as a Democrat. Campbell Slemp (1839–1907), a . . .

(Notable Persons • Politics) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Hawkins Cemetery

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Arlington, Texas.
Named for Harvey Hawkins (1804-1869), a pioneer settler who came to Texas from Tennessee and first settled in Rusk County, the Hawkins Cemetery is the final resting place for families of the Tate Springs community. In 1848, . . .

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

Pauline Adams

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Norfolk, Virginia.
Pauline Adams, a native of Ireland who immigrated to the United States in her youth, was a woman’s rights activist who advocated a militant approach to the campaign for suffrage. The Equal Suffrage League of Norfolk was . . .

(Civil Rights • Politics • Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The United States Life-Saving Service Stations & Crews

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Virginia Beach, Virginia.
In 1871 Congress created the United States Life-Saving Service (USLSS), an organization dedicated to rescuing the men and woman whose ships wrecked off of the United States coast. The USLSS built a total of 285 stations . . .

(Disasters • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Veterans Memorial

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St Augustine Beach, Florida.
For those who have fought for it, Freedom has a flavor the protected will never know Dedicated to all of the United States Armed Forces November 11, 2009

(Military) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Fairmount-Southside Historic District

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Fort Worth, Texas.
The Fairmount-Southside Historic District is a predominately residential area in the center of Fort Worth's Historic Southside. Located approximately two miles south of present-day downtown, the district is comprised of 22 . . .

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

Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit

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Apopka, Florida.
This little church began as a simple rectangular board and batten structure built in 1886 by the First Congregational Church on Main Street in Apopka. Services were held in the church for ten years until the Great Freeze of . . .

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

Sampson Air Force Base Veterans Memorial

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near Romulus, New York.
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(Patriots & Patriotism • War, Cold • War, Korean) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

War Memorial

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Ovid, New York.
Dedicated to those who served their country in time of need

(Patriots & Patriotism • War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

St. Theresa of Avila Church

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New Orleans, Louisiana.
When the Faubourgs of uptown New Orleans were subdivided in 1838, Bishop Antoine Blanc accepted a donation from the estate of Mrs. Theresa Perie Saulet, of a square in Faubourg Saulet "for charitable purposes." It was her . . .

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

Father Paul Joseph Volk

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, Panama.
Diocesis de David XL Aniversario Homenaje al Padre Pablo Jose Volk (1919) Insigne misionero aleman A quien se debe la edificacion de este templo entre 1898 y 1901 1955 David 1995 English translation: Diocese of David . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Churches, Etc.) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

1845 Seneca County Historic Court House Complex

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Ovid, New York.
The Three Bears have been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior 1845 • 1860 • 1845

(Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Norton

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Norton, Virginia.
As early as 1750 Christopher Gist explored in this vicinity. The first house here was built about 1785 by William Prince, for whom the settlement was called Prince’s Flat. It was later named Norton for Eckstein Norton, . . .

(Political Subdivisions • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The School in the Forest

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Red House, New York.
Welcome to Science Lake, a favorite park attraction with an interesting history. Science Lake was built in 1926 as the new location for a science camp popularly called "The School in the Forest." Chauncey J. Hamlin, . . .

(Education • Man-Made Features • Science & Medicine) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Francisco del Rosario Sanchez

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, Dominican Republic.
Francisco del Rosario Sanchez 1817 1861

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

Presbyterian Church

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Romulus, New York.
Organized 1796 by Rev. Daniel Thatcher of Virginia This building erected 1838

(Churches, Etc. • Man-Made Features) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Deceased Veterans Memorial

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Geneva, New York.
In memory of All Deceased Veterans Dedicated October 8, 1994

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

The Santa Fe Trail

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Trinidad, Colorado.
This memorial is the Property of the State of Colorado The Santa Fe Trail 1840 - 1878 Two roads or forks of the Mountain Branch of the Santa Fe Trail-Bent's Old Fort to Taos and Santa Fe-joined here until the coming of the . . .

(Forts, Castles • Roads & Vehicles • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Orlando Martínez

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, Dominican Republic.
Dedicada al periodista mártir de la humanidad en la persona de sanjuanero Orlando Martinez nacido en las Matas de Farfan el 23 de Septiembre del 1944 Ayuntamiento de S.J.M. 2012 Liga Municipal Dominicana English . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Communications • Patriots & Patriotism) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Old Masonic Cemetery

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Abbeville, Louisiana.
On this site was the first of our city's three Masonic cemeteries & served Masons and Protestants alike. It has been virtually unused since 1905, although the latest tombstone reads 1954. The earliest recorded death was . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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