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Pine Cottage

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Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
“Pine Cottage”, (reconstructed) demonstrates vertical log construction. Instead of laying logs horizontally and joining them at the corners with “custom” cut, corner notches, logs were placed upright and tied together at the . . .

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

Hardin County Ohio Civil War Soldier Monument

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Kenton, Ohio.
In memory of our comrades. 1861—1865

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Sergeant Frederick A. Counsel

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Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
Frederick A. Counsel, a native of Altoona, Pennsylvania, entered the Army Air Corps in December, 1942 and became an Army artist. He served stateside and recorded many aspects of military life. He also painted murals at . . .

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

Hardin County War Memorial

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Kenton, Ohio.
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(War of 1812 • War, French and Indian • War, Korean • War, Mexican-American • War, Spanish-American • War, US Civil • War, US Revolutionary • War, World I • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Hardin County Veterans Memorial Park

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near Kenton, Ohio.
Hardin County Veterans Memorial Park Dedicated to all who have faithfully served in the U.S. Armed Forces

(War of 1812 • War, 1st Iraq & Desert Storm • War, 2nd Iraq • War, Afghanistan • War, Cold • War, Korean • War, Mexican-American • War, Spanish-American • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Hardin County Korean War Memorial

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Kenton, Ohio.
Lest We Forget in memory of the Korean Conflict June 25, 1950 - July 27, 1953 54,236 Dead 103,000 Wounded 7,000 P.O.W.'s 3,450 Returned Alive 51% Died Prison Camps 389 P.O.W.'s Unaccounted For

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

Vatican Pavilion Sculpture

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Kennebunk, Maine.
This magnificent sculpture, designed and executed by Vytautas K. Jonynas, adorned the façade of the Vatican pavilion at the Worlds Fair in New York City (1964-1965). It depicts the church militant, the church suffering, and . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Churches, Etc.) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Historic Duval House

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Floral City, Florida.
This house is the oldest surviving residential structure in Citrus County. It was purchased in 2012 by the Duval Preservation Trust, a non-profit institution organized for the purpose of restoration and preservation of this . . .

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

LaRue Veterans Memorial Column

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LaRue, Ohio.
Dedicated to the memory of veterans of the Civil War Spanish American and World War

(War, Spanish-American • War, US Civil • War, World I) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Confederate Attack Towards This Position

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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
The cemetery archway ahead is shown behind the guns in this wartime engraving.

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

Battle of Gettysburg

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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
This hallowed ground witnessed a furious struggle in a climactic moment on July 2, 1863, during the Battle of Gettysburg. Confederate forces attacked and briefly broke the Union line here. After a fierce struggle, the . . .

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

Josef Sonnleithner

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, Austria.
In dem bis 1874 an dieser Stelle gestandenen Arkadenhaus lebte und starb Josef Sonnleithner (1766 - 1835), der 1812 die Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien gegründet hat. Gewidmet von der Österreichischen . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Pleasant C. Sams

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near Benjamin, Texas.
In 1850's came to Texas from Arkansas. At 16, on outbreak of Civil War, was left in charge of family mills, instructed by his father to give entire flour output to widows of Confederates. In 1862, captured in Missouri, as he . . .

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

Quanah Parker Trail

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Benjamin, Texas.
Comanches, Kiowas & Apaches used a well-marked trail over “The Narrows” that US 82/SH 114 follows today Arrow Sculptor: Charles A. Smith

(Native Americans) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Emile Jacques-Dalcroze

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, Austria.
Komponist, Pianist, Pädagoge und Begründer der Rhythmik Er wurde im diesen Haus geboren und lebte hier bis 1875. Seine Methode beruht auf der Erziehung zur Musik und durch Musik. Rhythmik vereint Musik und Bewegung und ist . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Education • Science & Medicine) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Brazos River Bridge

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near Knox City, Texas.
This bridge was constructed in 1938-39 to replace a 1901 bridge and provide a crossing over the Brazos River. Located on State Highway 6 (originally State Highway 16 and later State Highway 283) south of Benjamin, the bridge . . .

(Bridges & Viaducts) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Orchard Lake Museum

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Orchard Lake, Michigan.
The Orchard Lake Museum has been an intersection where paths cross and people meet. The first building here was a small tavern named the Orchard Lake House, built in 1857 for stagecoach travelers. Various owners rebuilt and . . .

(Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

King County Courthouse

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Guthrie, Texas.
Created in 1876, King County organized in 1891. Its first courthouse, a two-story frame structure, was destroyed in 1905 by a tornado. The next house of justice, built of sandstone, burned in 1914. That same year, the county . . .

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

Gustav Mahler

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, Austria.
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(Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

House of Culture/Public Market

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, Belize.
House of Culture/Public Market Arriving from England by ship in 1885, the cast iron frame of an intended market was assembled and a building was constructed along the shoreline close to the public pier. Inaugurated in 1886, . . .

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