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The Quetzalpapálotl Architectural Complex

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Complejo Arquitectónico Quetzalpapálotl Trabajos de conservación A principios de la década de los años sesenta del siglo pasado el Arqueólogo Jorge Acosta trabajó la zona de la Plaza de la Pirámide de la Luna en el marco . . .

(Anthropology • Architecture • Man-Made Features • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

11th Michigan Infantry

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Chickamauga, Georgia.
Eleventh Michigan Infantry Morning September 19, 1863

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

U.S.S. O9 SS-70

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Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
U.S.S. O9 SS-70 June 20, 1941 Dedicated to the shipmates who lost their lives on the U.S. O9 SS-70 off the coast of Portsmouth, New Hampshire “Sailor rest your oar” The names of the 33 U.S. Navy submariners and 2 civilian . . .

(Military • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Loyal Men of Wolfeboro

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Wolfeboro, New Hampshire.
Erected to the memory of the loyal men of Wolfeboro who served in the War of 1861-1865 by grateful citizens

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

Freedom Square Park

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Stanfordville, New York.
Dedicated to the 140 Civil War soldiers of Stanford “Our cause is a good and just one” Talmadge Wood, 156th N.Y. Vol. Inf. Mortally Wounded at Gettysburg July 3, 1863

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

Madison County Movement

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Canton, Mississippi.
(front) CORE Activists David Dennis, Matheo Suarez, and George Raymond opened a Madison County office in 1963 to register black voters, the majority in white~controlled Canton. Co~directors Raymond and Suarez were joined by . . .

(African Americans • Civil Rights) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Woodall Mountain

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Iuka, Mississippi.
According to tradition, Woodall Mountain was called Yaw Hill or Yaw Mountain before 1898. It was renamed for Zaphaniah H. Woodall, who was the sheriff of Tishomingo County when, in 1887, the first Tishomingo County . . .

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

Galloway Memorial United Methodist Church

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Jackson, Mississippi.
This edifice ~ a memorial to Bishop Charles Betts Galloway ~ houses descendants of Jackson's first Christian congregation, worshipping on this site since 1839.

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

Galloway Memorial

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Jackson, Mississippi.
Methodist Episcopal Church South. First M.E. Church South erected A.D. 1838. Present building erected A.D. 1913-1915. Dedicated to the memory of Bishop Charles B. Galloway

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

2nd Michigan Cavalry

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Chickamauga, Georgia.
Second Michigan Cavalry September 1863, 18th, Blue Bird Gap. 19th, Pond Spring, Bird's Mill. 20th, Glass Mill, Crawfish Spring.

(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Smith Park

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Jackson, Mississippi.
Jackson's only surviving "public square" from Peter Vandorn's original city plan of 1822. Named for James Smith, Scottish manufacturer, Confederate benefactor, and Jackson resident, 1834-1855, who donated funds for a fence . . .

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

Woolworth's Sit-in

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Jackson, Mississippi.
(front) Woolworth's variety store was the scene of a pivotal event in the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement on May 28, 1963. When three black Tougaloo College students sat down at the white lunch counter seeking service, the . . .

(African Americans • Civil Rights) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Confederate Burial Ground

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Jackson, Mississippi.
Over 450 Confederate soldiers who died in and around Jackson during the Civil War are buried here. Their names are known bu not the exact site of each grave, as some were reburied here from graves where they fell. As Jackson . . .

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

Grace Church

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Canton, Mississippi.
Earliest services held, 1840, by "Fighting" Bishop Leonidas Polk. Parish organized, 1848, with Edward Fontaine as rector. Building, dating from 1853, is Canton's oldest church structure.

(Churches, Etc. • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Tidmore Cemetery

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Martins Mill, Texas.
Pioneer L.H. Hobbs arrived in this area in about 1850 and was instrumental in the establishment of the community. He owned 320 acres of land, including this site. Hobbs allowed the King family to bury their two-year-old . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Confederate Memorial

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Ocilla, Georgia.
(front panel) “Tell it as you may, it never can be told! Sing it as you will, it never can be sung. The story of the glory of the men who wore the gray. (rear panel) “Silently this stone proclaims the deathless fame of . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Veterans of All Wars Memorial

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Ocilla, Georgia.
Memorial In honor and memory of veterans of all wars Ocilla, Irwin County, Georgia Donated by American Legion Jeff Davis Post 100 Woodmen of the World Camp 757

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

Union Hill School

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Grass Valley, California.
Union Hill School was established in March 1868 as a one-room schoolhouse on the grounds of Union Hill Mine. On June 26, 1875, an argument over a trustee election took place at the schoolhouse, resulting in a stabbing and . . .

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

Irwin County Veteran’s Memorial

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Ocilla, Georgia.
Dedicated to the men and women who served our country in the Armed Forces. God bless all those who died and especially those who paid the ultimate sacrifice so we might live openly. (left panel) World War II Honor Roll . . .

(War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Hatch House

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Franklin, Idaho.
In 1874, Bishop L.H. Hatch built a mansion that has been preserved as a fine example of pioneer Idaho architecture. Idaho's only railroad serving Montana's thriving mining camps, reached here that year -- a time of . . .

(Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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