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Historic Downtown

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Big Rapids, Michigan.
Upper Image Caption Don's Radio & T.V. and Lutzke's Pianos and Organs were once located on the west side Michigan Avenue, across from City Hall, where we now have a shopping center parking lot. Lower Image Caption This is . . .

(Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

General James P. S. Devereux Memorial

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Timonium, Maryland.
In memory of James Patrick Sinnott Devereux Brigadier General United States Marine Corps. Hero of Wake Island. When all is said and done actions speak louder than words.

(War, World II) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

World War II and Korean War Memorial

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Timonium, Maryland.
Dedicated to the men and women of the Armed Services of the United States especially the citizens of Baltimore County who saved the world from tyranny December 7, 1941-August 15, 1945 and preserved the independence of South . . .

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

Welcome to Historic Tangier Island

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Tangier, Virginia.
For almost 250 years the people of Tangier have wrested a living and a lifestyle from the waters that surround them. Most of their days have been occupied with family, work, church, and the other normal pursuits in which we . . .

(African Americans • Churches, Etc. • Native Americans • War of 1812) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Heart of the Parkway

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Swann Fountain sits halfway between City Hall and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. It was built to honor Dr. Wilson Cary Swann and is a focal point of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Swann was a 19th-century doctor who founded . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Bigelow-Kuhn-Thomas House

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East Lansing, Michigan.
By 1986 this Greek Revival house was the only privately-owned pre-Civil War house still used as a residence in East Lansing. Horace Bigelow (c. 1822-1891) built it in 1849. According to the 1874 Atlas of Ingham County, . . .

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

Camden Water Battle

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Camden, Arkansas.
In the fall of 1864, much of the Confederate infantry in Arkansas was ordered to move to Camden to protect the approaches to Texas during General Sterling Price’s absences in being transferred to the Missouri Campaign. In . . .

(War, US Civil • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Field of Honor

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Timonium, Maryland.
The flag of our country flies today in freedom and glory, proudly and solemnly honoring her sons and daughters, named below, who dedicated their lives to her service and to the principles of equal justice and liberty for . . .

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

Parks Marina

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Tangier, Virginia.
Owner Milton Parks has provided warm hospitality to boaters for decades. His marina serves local watermen, commercial and recreational boat traffic. (captions) Milton Parks on his scooter - Kaye, 2005 Oyster Buy Boats at . . .

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

The American Gold Star Mothers

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Timonium, Maryland.
To the truly brave-The Mothers. Do you ask for a song of courage. In this day of bloodshed and woe, when all about us are heroes and brave men wherever we go! To grown all of these, could there yet be another who’s ahead in . . .

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

Memorial to All Marylanders who lost lives to Terrorists

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Timonium, Maryland.
In memory of all Americans, especially the men and women of Maryland who lost their lives at the hands of terrorists while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States. Charles Keith Bailey, USMC Berlin, Beirut, Lebanon . . .

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

Haslett

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Haslett, Michigan.
Settlement on Pine Lake, now Lake Lansing, began in the 1830s, but real growth came after the opening of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad in 1877. Easy access prompted the Nemoka Spritual Association to begin in 1883 . . .

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

Memorial to Marylanders-Liberation of Kuwait

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Timonium, Maryland.
In memory of all Americans especially those courageous Marylanders, who died during the liberation of Kuwait. Their devotion to duty, bravery, and patriotism will never be forgotten by a grateful nation and state. LT James . . .

(War, 1st Iraq & Desert Storm) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Spanky's Place

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Tangier, Virginia.
Spanky's Place, now an ice cream parlor with a 50's theme, is one of many businesses to occupy this site. These include Michael Thomas's store that sold stoves and propane, Jolly Jim's Restaurant, Nice's Place, and the . . .

(Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

John Gurney Park / Auto Tourist Camps

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Hart, Michigan.
John Gurney Park Former state senator Theron Gurney and his wife, Helen, donated land to the village of Hart in 1912 for a park to honor their son, Lieutenant John Gurney (1871-1898), a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy . . .

(Entertainment • Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Camp Albert Mills

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Garden City, New York.
Site of Camp Albert Mills Established August 1917 A World War 1 Army Camp Used by the 42nd Infantry Known as the Rainbow Division

(War, World I) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Edward Crockett House

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Tangier, Virginia.
The Edward Crockett House was formerly the home of "Sugar Tom" Crockett (1833-1905) the Island's first historian, and author of Facts & Fun, the first written history of Tangier Island. It later served as a hotel and the . . .

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

The Joshua Pruitt House

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Tangier, Virginia.
The Joshua Pruitt House is one of the oldest on Tangier. Joshua Pruitt (1866-1949) and his wife Amanda took in boarders, teachers, and held worship services in their front yard. Pruitt traveled to Washington, DC, during the . . .

(Churches, Etc. • Industry & Commerce • Politics) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Tangier History Museum and Interpretive Cultural Center (THMICC)

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Tangier, Virginia.
This is the site of the former Lewis Crockett Store. It is also the site where in 1936, the Goodyear Blimp arrived with provisions to feed the islanders, who had been frozen in for over two months during a record freeze. The . . .

(Education • Environment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Graveyard of Ships / Veterans' Day Storm

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Pentwater, Michigan.
Graveyard of Ships The twenty-mile span of Lake Michigan between Little Point Sable, at Silver Lake, and Big Point Sable, north of Ludington, has earned a reputation as the "Graveyard of Ships." Beginning with the loss of . . .

(Disasters • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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