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Memphis National Cemetery

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Memphis, Tennessee.
This National Cemetery has been listed in The National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior 1996

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

POW*MIA Monument

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Sparta, Tennessee.
You are not forgotten George W. Andrews • Eurell Rasco Broyles • Herbert B. Burns • Bailey Daniels • Joe D. Goodwin • Joe M. Goodwin • Joe J. Hickey • Alford Humphrey Jr. • Wallace Jenkins • William A. Jones • John M, . . .

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

Joseph Kerr Monument

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Sparta, Tennessee.
This historical monument honors Joseph Kerr hero of the battle of Kings Mountain who lived and died in White County and those soldiers who fought in the American Revolution and who also made their home in White County *** . . .

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

White County Veterans Memorial

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Sparta, Tennessee.
In honor of White County Veterans who paid the supreme sacrifice in defense of the United States of America. Donated by Disabled American Veterans White County Chapter 19 and Ladies Auxiliary

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

The Double Eagle Memorial

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Sparta, Tennessee.
The Double Eagle celebrates our Country’s founding. One eagle looks proudly back on a glorious past, the other eagle gazes confidently to an unlimited future---Proudly presented to the people of White County by the members . . .

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

U. S. Army M60A3 Main Battle Tank

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Tuscumbia, Alabama.
Obtained from Ft. Rucker, AL by American Legion Post No. 31 April 28, 1999 *Weapons: 105 mm rifled cannon. 7.62 mm and .50 caliber machine guns. *Engine: 750 hp. 12 cylinder air-cooled diesel. *Crew-4 men: Weight-107.900 . . .

(Military) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Union National Bank Building / Central Square (1798-1899)

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Youngstown, Ohio.
Union National Bank Building The First National Bank erected the present building in 1926 during a period of great industrial and social development in the Mahoning Valley. This bank merged with the Commercial National . . .

(Architecture • Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Central Tower / Mahoning National Bank Building

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Youngstown, Ohio.
Central Tower One of northeast Ohio's finest Art Deco examples, the 17-story Central Tower was designed by Morris W. Scheibel (1887-1976) for Central Savings & Loan in 1929. Scheibel's use of stepped-back upper floors, an . . .

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

The First Log School

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Youngstown, Ohio.
Bicentennial 1776 ? July 4 ? 1976 The first log school in Mahoning County 1803

(Education) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Jamestown Community Veterans Memorial

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Jamestown, Pennsylvania.
Jamestown Community Veterans Memorial To all those of our community who have served our nation in peace and war. Freedom is not free. All gave some, some gave all. May God bless them all.

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

Daniel Marsh

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Brighton, Michigan.
Daniel Marsh was elected as the first President of the new Village of Brighton. He arrived in Brighton in 1839 and was this small town's first attorney and the first prosecuting attorney in Livingston County. He married the . . .

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

St. John’s Protestant Episcopal Church

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near Kenbridge, Virginia.
Three miles west stood St. John’s Protestant Episcopal Church of Cumberland Parish. Bishop William Meade consecrated the building, later known as St. John’s Woodend, in 1832. The Rev. Charles C. Taliaferro was its first . . .

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

Brunswick County, Virginia

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near Blackstone, Virginia.
According to local tradition, while Dr. Creed Haskins and several friends were on a hunting trip in Brunswick County in 1828, his camp cook, Jimmy Matthews, hunted squirrels for a stew. Matthews simmered the squirrels with . . .

(Political Subdivisions) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Blue Streak

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Lake Conneaut, Pennsylvania.
Ace Roller Coaster Landmark American Coaster Enthusiasts (ACE) recognizes Conneaut Lake Park's Blue Streak as an ACE Roller Coaster Landmark, a designation reserved for rides of historical significance. Constructed as part . . .

(Entertainment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Ashley County in the Civil War / 3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment

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Hamburg, Arkansas.
Front Ashley County in the Civil War Thirteen companies were raised and organized in Ashley County for Confederate service during the Civil War: Co. F, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry; Cos. A, B, K and L, 3rd Arkansas Infantry; Co. . . .

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

Skirmish at Amos Bayou

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Kelso, Arkansas.
In mid-February 1863, Confederate troops at Cypress Bend fired on Union transports on the Mississippi River. On Feb. 19, a force of Union cavalry and mule-mounted infantry set out in pursuit. The Union troops drove off enemy . . .

(Animals • War, US Civil • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Orphan Company

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Tyro, Arkansas.
In 1861, John G. Gibson recruited a company at Tyro, Ark., that would become Co. H, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, nicknamed the Orphan Company, in the Army of Northern Virginia. Thirty-three Arkansas men joined in 1861, 22 in 62, . . .

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

Battle of Arkansas Post

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near Gillett, Arkansas.
On January 9, 1863, Gen. John McClernand and Adm. David D. Porter led a 30,000 man army and a flotilla of Union gunboats up the Arkansas River to confront Gen. T.J. Churchill's 5,000 Confederates at Arkansas Post. The . . .

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

Willow Hill Elementary School for Negroes

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near Portal, Georgia.
Willow Hill School was established in 1874 during Reconstruction as one of the first schools for African Americans in Bulloch County. It was privately supported until being sold to the local Board of Education in 1920. In . . .

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

This Carousel

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Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania.
Welcome children of all ages. This Carousel has been making memories at Conneaut Lake Park - formerly Exposition Park - since approximately 1914. Assembled by T.M. Harton of Pittsburgh, who also owned and operated carousels . . .

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