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Arctic Campaign Memorial

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Portland, Maine.
In memory of three thousand men and women who gave their lives in the Arctic Campaign 1941-1945 on convoys to and from Russia We will remember them May 2000 This granite is given by the people of Murmansk City, Russia to . . .

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

Walker School

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Concord, New Hampshire.
On this spot, consecrated to religion and learning, was erected in 1751, the first framed Meeting House in Concord, which was used for ninety one years as a place of worship by The First Congregational Society of the town, . . .

(Education • Government) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Whitepath and Fly Smith

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Hopkinsville, Kentucky.
Chief Whitepath served with Chief John Ross on the six-person Management Committee for Cherokee Removal and Subsistence, arranging for ration stops along the "Trail of Tears". Cherokee Memorial Park in Hopkinsville, . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Cherokee "Trail of Tears"

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Hopkinsville, Kentucky.
By the early 1800's white settlers in present-day Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee wanted the Cherokee farms, especially after the discovery of gold on Cherokee land. In 1830 the U. S. Congress passed the Indian Removal Act; . . .

(Disasters • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Cherokee A Civilized People

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Hopkinsville, Kentucky.
The Cherokee people once occupied much of the mid-Atlantic territory of North America. During the American Revolution they sided with the British against encroaching settlers and were forced to live in the mountains of . . .

(Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Revolutionary) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Kung Karl XII / King Karl XII

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, Sweden.
Statyn föreställer Karl XII (1682-1718, kung från 1697) och är skulpterad av Johan Peter Molin (1814-73). Den avtäcktes den 30 november 1868, på 150-årsdagen av Karl XII:s död vid Fredrikshald i Norge. Statyn göts på . . .

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

Ted Poston "Dean of Black Journalists"

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Hopkinsville, Kentucky.
He covered major civil rights stories of his era and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 1949. Poston received numerous other awards, including the George Polk Award in Journalism for national reporting. His book of short . . .

(African Americans • Arts, Letters, Music • Communications) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Bennington Civil War Monument

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Bennington, Vermont.
To the memory of the men from Bennington whose patriotism helped to maintain and perpetuate the Union 1861 – 1865 A tribute by Bennington Post no. 13, American Legion Dedicated at the Department Convention of the Legion, the . . .

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

Camp Ford

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Tyler, Texas.
Confederate training camp and largest Confederate prisoner of war camp west of the Mississippi for captured Union troops.

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

WWII 10th Mountain Division

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Denver, Colorado.
This monument is dedicated to the World War II 10th Mountain Division soldiers. Their unique talents and heroic deeds contributed to the Aleutian Islands Campaign and the earlier termination of the war in the Italian Theater . . .

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

Sarto Old Iron Bridge

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Big Bend, Louisiana.
The Sarto Old Iron Bridge, built in 1916, is a steel truss bridge traversing Bayou des Glaises in the rural community of Big Bend. The Sarto Bridge is a pedestrian and vehicular bridge, one lane wide with a three part . . .

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

Bear River Massacre Monument

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near Preston, Idaho.
Attacks by the Indians on the peaceful inhabitants in this vicinity led to the final battle here January 29, 1863. The conflict occurred in deep snow and bitter cold. Scores of wounded and frozen soldiers were taken from the . . .

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

The Battle of Bear River

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near Preston, Idaho.
The Battle of Bear River was fought in this vicinity January 29, 1863 Col. P.E. Connor, leading 300 California volunteers from Camp Douglas, Utah against Bannock and Shoshoni Indian guilty of hostile attacks on emigrants and . . .

(Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers • Wars, US Indian) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Andrew Jackson at Washington

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Washington, Mississippi.
Here, on April 22, 1815, over 200 citizens of the Old Natchez District entertained General Andrew Jackson on his return from the victory over the British at the Battle of New Orleans, January 8, 1815.

(Notable Persons • War of 1812) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Jefferson Military College

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Washington, Mississippi.
N. 200 yd. Founded 1802. Mississippi's oldest school. Received the first charter to be conferred for any purpose by legislature of Mississippi Territory.

(Education • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Welcome to Blarney Stone Plaza

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Shamrock, Texas.
Irish folklore says “you will never be at a loss for words” after kissing the Blarney Stone (also known as The Stone of Eloquence). Here in Shamrock, Texas, some of our locals swear their luck changed for the better after . . .

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

The Legend of St. Patrick and the Shamrock

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Shamrock, Texas.
Saint Patrick, the Patron Saint of Ireland, is one of Christianity’s most widely known figures. Even with all of his celebrity, much of his life remains a mystery. Historians are still researching and debating the famous . . .

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

Portugees Israëlietisch Ziekenhuis / Portugese Israelite Hospital

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, Netherlands.
Portugees Israëlietisch Ziekenhuis Architect: Harry Elte (1880-1944) Opdrachtgever: Portugees Israëlietisch Gemeente Bouwjaren: 1915, 1916 De gevelsteen boven de ingang van dit voormalige ziekenhuis toont een pelikaan die . . .

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

Scranton Preparatory School Seal

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Scranton, Pennsylvania.
This stone rendition of the seal of Scranton Preparatory School was positioned above the main entrance of the original school building at Wyoming Avenue and Mulberry Street. When Prep moved to its present location in 1963, . . .

(Education • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Norwood & St. Lawrence #210

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Scranton, Pennsylvania.
American Locomotive Company's Cooke Works built #210 in 1923 for the Norwood & St. Lawrence Railroad. Throughout its active career, #210 pulled mixed trains (freight cars with baggage and passenger cars on the rear) across . . .

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