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The Old Powder House

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Plymouth, Massachusetts.
was built here in 1770. This building erected in 1920 is dedicated to those descendants of the Pilgrims, by birth or of the spirit, who helped establish American Independence. ---------- Massachusetts Society of the Sons of . . .

(Colonial Era • Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Powder House

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Plymouth, Massachusetts.
The Massachusetts Society of the Sons of the American Revolution came to Plymouth on October 12, 1920 to dedicate this replica of the old Powder House. The original structure had been erected in Plymouth in 1779 and removed . . .

(Colonial Era • Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Betty Jane France

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Daytona Beach, Florida.
Dedicated to a champion of Women's and Children's Health As the founder of our state-of-the-art children's center, Speediatrics, we are proud to honor and pay tribute to an icon of our community Betty Jane France. This . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Entertainment • Sports • Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

United States POW-MIA History

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North Platte, Nebraska.
The scourge of every war has been service personnel that are missing in action or have not been accounted for as prisoners of war, and sadly, there is no definite closure for the loved ones, friends and comrades in arms of . . .

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

The Frederick Law Olmsted Park

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Newport, Rhode Island.
Stoneacre, these three acres opposite Vernon Court on Bellevue Avenue (American’s most elegant street), are named for the mansion designed in 1884, by architect William Potter for John W, Ellis, which once occupied this . . .

(Architecture • Environment • Horticulture & Forestry) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Hope College

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Providence, Rhode Island.
Erected in 1822 by Nicholas Brown, 1786 Trustee 1791 – 1825, Treasurer 1796 – 1825, Fellow 1825 – 1841, as a gift to the University which bears his name. Renovated in 1891 under the direction of Marshall Woods, 1845, Trustee . . .

(Architecture • Education • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Brown University Slave Trade Memorial

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Providence, Rhode Island.
This memorial recognizes Brown University’s connection to the trans-Atlantic slave trade and the work of Africans and African-Americans, enslaved and free, who helped build our university, Rhode island, and the nation. In . . .

(Abolition & Underground RR • African Americans • Colonial Era) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Welcome to David Crockett State Park

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Lawrenceburg, Tennessee.
In the summer of 1817, just before his 31st birthday, David Crockett entered Lawrence County with his second wife Elizabeth (his first wife, Polly, died in 1815), her two children from her first husband (James Patton, died . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Politics • Wars, US Indian) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

A Summary of the Life of Davy Crockett:

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Lawrenceburg, Tennessee.
Be always sure you are right, then go ahead!” • Raised in frontier poverty without any education until he is a teenager, David is often hired out to others for additional income while still a child; once held against his . . .

(Politics • War, Texas Independence • Wars, US Indian) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

1786-1836 David Crockett

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Lawrenceburg, Tennessee.
In the 49 years that David Crockett called Tennessee his home he migrated from one end of the Volunteer state to the other. From his birthplace near Limestone on the banks of the Nolichucky River to his last home in present . . .

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

Veterans Memorial

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Daytona Beach, Florida.
Dedicated To Those Who Served Our Country

(War, 2nd Iraq • War, Afghanistan • War, Korean • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

West End High School

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near Skipwith, Virginia.
Just to the east is the former West End High School, which served African Americans during the segregation era. With the help of Matilda M. Booker, Mecklenburg County’s Jeanes Fund supervisor of education for blacks, local . . .

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

Wilson-Kautz Raid

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Randolph, Virginia.
In late June 1864, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia were engaged in a desperate defense of the city of Petersburg. Victory for Lee depended on a steady flow of supplies, brought in by rail. To . . .

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

Plaisance School

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Plaisance, Louisiana.
Plaisance School was built in 1921 at a total cost of $4,500.00. Funds for construction were donated by Julius Rosenwald Fund - $1,200.00; the Plaisance black community - $3,100.00; and the St. Landry parish school . . .

(African Americans • Education • Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

White's Chapel United Methodist Church

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Bunkie, Louisiana.
Gothic Revival church built in 1894 by Hugh and Lee Evans on land donated by Wilson A. O'Quin, Sr. It was named in honor of Rev. Frederick White who organized it in 1870. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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

The Bridge of Glory

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, Guatemala.
Puente de la Gloria o del Molino Estructura Colonial del siglo XVI declarado Monumento Nacional Noviembre de 1967 Su restauración responde a la voluntad y responsabilidad de autoridades municipales, conscientes en rescatar . . .

(Bridges & Viaducts • Colonial Era • Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Seven Brothers Oak

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Opelousas, Louisiana.
On April 4, 1809, Louisiana cotton planter Jean Henri Lastrapes became the proud father of a new baby boy. Because this was his seventh son, he immediately sent workers out to gather seven small live oak trees, intending to . . .

(Agriculture • Horticulture & Forestry) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Fort McDermitt

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near McDermitt, Nevada.
Established in 1865, Fort McDermitt was originally called Quinn River Camp #33 on the East Fork, then renamed in honor of Lt. Col. Charles McDermitt who died while fighting American Indians. The fort consisted of several . . .

(Forts, Castles • Native Americans • Wars, US Indian) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Fogleman Cemetery

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Eola, Louisiana.
John Fogleman, a native of Virginia, was in this area in 1816, a witness to his sister's wedding in the St. Landry Courthouse. He married Polly Sandefur there Jan. 1, 1819. On Nov. 28, 1853, the states of the deceased John . . .

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

Welcome to the Leif Ericson Trail

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Cape Forchu, Nova Scotia.
A Yarmouth - Viking Connection? This scenic trail is named after the famous Norse explorer, and son of Eric the Red, Leif Ericson, who may have visited these shores sometime around 1000 AD. Many scholars regard Leif Ericson . . .

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