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May 8 1945 On this date the Hastings & Prince Edward Regiment and the Royal Canadian Regiment, both part of the 1st Canadian Infantry Brigade, took the surrender of the German occupational forces in the area of Haarlem, . . .
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May 8 1945 On this date the Hastings & Prince Edward Regiment and the Royal Canadian Regiment, both part of the 1st Canadian Infantry Brigade, took the surrender of the German occupational forces in the area of Haarlem, . . . (War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Mile 743.6 from San Francisco Nella was an uninhabited siding built(?) in 1902 to serve local ranchers. The siding was removed in 1906, and relaid in 1916. In 191(?) a train car body and freight platform where present.
Formerly Fort Turnbull, built by the Confederates to defend Shreveport, then capital of Louisiana. In 1864, charred logs simulating cannon were used to deter Union forces from attacking.
Son of John and Rebecca Montanye Bird Born Dec. 20, 1785 Served with great distinction in the Battle of Lake Erie. For leaving his command later to join army at New Orleans, was condemned, shot and buried at Erie, Nov. 10, . . . 
Pasaje Aycinena Tipo: Arquitectura Civil Construcción: 1891-1894 Estilo: Neoclásico Se encuentra en el espacio que ocupaba la huerta del “Marquesado de Aycinena". Fue construido por Luis Monzón, en 1892. El maestro Monzón . . . 
The ballad is a narrative song which deals with murder, suicide, natural calamities, & unrequited love. Although ballads were sung throughout Europe, most American ballads parallel the British Isle's ballads. Pa. Dutch . . . 
Built in 1806, this house was occupied by Harriet Beecher Stowe and her family from 1850 to 1852. It was here that Stowe harbored fugitive slave John Andrew Jackson in late 1850. Stowe would go on to write her first novel, . . . 
The first step in making cider in the days gone by was to grind the apples into pulp, called pomace in English and "dreschter" in the dialect. Then the "dreschter" was imbedded [sic] in layers of flailed rye straw. The cider . . . 
"The idea of separatism is harkening to the past and it is undesirable even if it could be realized, because the progress of mankind has been based upon ... social, intellectual and cultural contact." —A. Philip Randolph, . . . 
Although many Pa. Dutch colour their Easter eggs with commercial dyes, some still use the traditional methods. To get the different colours, various vegetables and roots are boiled with the eggs. Adler [sic - Alder] catkins . . . 
A native of Camden, on duty at the Pensacola Navy Yard, January 12, 1861, was ordered to haul down the American flag in token surrender. He indignantly refused. Honoring his sturdy loyalty the Town of Camden erects this . . . 
The Dutch folk culture is divided into two completely different ways of life. The Amish & related religious sects represent a minority of the Dutch population & are known as Plain Dutch. The majority of Pa. Dutch Lutherans & . . . 
Es nuestro deseo erigir este símbolo para dignificar los centenares de mujeres, niños, y hombres que sufrieron los estragos y el horror de la violencia política durante treinta y seis años desde 1960 a 1996. Los nombres aquí . . . 
Brick-end decorated barns are one of the finest classics of rural American architecture. These southern & central Pennsylvania barns were very expensive to build. The brick ends were constructed with designs which were . . . 
Two blocks east is site of Coates Bluff settlement and homes of early area settlers Larkin Edwards, c.1803, James Coates, c.1817, and John McLeod, c.1835. The first local post office was located here in April, 1838.
Hvitabandið er Ilknarfélag kvenna sem var stófnað 17. apríl 1895. Félagið lét byggja húsið að Skólavörðustig 37 og var það vígt þann 18. febrúar 1934. Húsið er teiknað af Arinbirni þorkelssyni húsasmiðameistara. Upphaflega . . . 
Literally, in the Pa. Dutch dialect this means Green Thursday. The day is also known as Holy Thursday, or Maunday Thursday. For the Pa. Dutch, the day before Good Friday became known as Green Thursday because you had to eat . . . 
La Asamblea Legislativa de la Republica Mandó colocar esta placa en el Salón de Honor del Ayuntamiento de Tecpan Guatemala, en conmemoración del día 25 de Julio de 1924 en que esta Villa fue elevada a la categoría de Ciudad . . . 
The first building at Bankastraeti 10 was a mill built for the merchant P.C. Knudtzon, named "Hollenska Myllan"(The Dutch Mill). The Dutch Mill was not efficient enough and was therefore torn down 1902. A new house was built . . . 
Torfhildur Hólm (1845-1918) var brautryðjandi á ýmsum sviðum íslenskra bókmennta. Hún var fyrsti atvinnnurithöndur landsins og fyrst íslenskra kvenna til að hljóta skáldastyrk úr landssjóði, árið 1891. Þvi var reyndar . . . 
