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Ventnor City World War I Monument

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Ventnor City, New Jersey.
Erected In Honor Of The Boys From Ventnor City Who Served In The World War This Memorial Was Made Possible Through The Efforts Of Navajo Tribe No. 275 I.O.R.M. And Citizens Of This City Committee James C. Scull · Dahlgren . . .

(War, World I) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Our Honored Dead

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Lyndonville, New York.
Our Honored Dead World War I Ernest Harris Howard Houseman John Lyell Potter World War 2 Herbert Tanner Oliver McCanty Homer M. Pringle Harry G. Cooper Newell C. Breed George F. Staller Charles B. Squire Gordan MacMillan . . .

(War, 1st Iraq & Desert Storm • War, Korean • War, World I • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Ventnor City Veterans Memorial

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Ventnor City, New Jersey.
Veterans Memorial In Honor And Memory Of All Men And Women Of All Wars And Those Who Made The Supreme Sacrifice WWI WWII Korea Vietnam Persian Gulf ( bronze plaque ) A Tribute By The Citizens Of Ventnor City To . . .

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

Ventnor City POW-MIA Monument

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Ventnor City, New Jersey.
POW ? MIA You Are Not Forgotten Dedicated Sept. 20, 2002 V.F.W. Post 3361 Ventnor, N.J.

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

Totem Pole

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Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
This totem pole, carved by three Kwakiutl Indian carvers from a log of western red cedar, is a gift to the 1969 Canada Games Society on the occasion of the first Canadian Summer Games, held in the twin cities of Halifax and . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Man-Made Features • Native Americans • Sports) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Sullivan's Pond

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Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
Sullivan’s Pond was a vital feature of the historic Shubenacadie Canal, the traditional water route of Mi’kmaq Indians connecting the harbour at Dartmouth with Minas Pasin and the Bay of Fundy. When the Canal operated, from . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Man-Made Features • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Prospect Cemetery

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Jamaica, New York.
Original Jamaica town burying ground, established 1660. Egbert Benson born 1746 died 1833, buried here. First Attorney General, N.Y. State.

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

The West Montrose Covered Bridge

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West Montrose, Ontario.
This structure, the only remaining covered bridge in Ontario, was designed by John Bear in 1880, on the authority of Woolwich Township Council, to replace an earlier bridge over the Grand River. Built a year later by John . . .

(Bridges & Viaducts) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

E.J. van Det School Memorial

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, Netherlands.
In het gebouw Hortusplantoen I werden door de Duitse bezetter bijna alle bestuursleden, vele leerkrachten en de meeste leerlingen van der E.J. van Detschool, nijverheidsschool voor meisjes (1931-1943) weggehaald en vermoord. . . .

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

Orson Quackenbush

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Brighton, Michigan.
Orson Quakenbush played a key role in establishing Brighton as a viable rural community with the downtown construction of his dam and grist mill on Ore Creek in 1838. The flowing water of Ore Creek would turn a water wheel . . .

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

Lincoln Academy

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near Kings Mountain, North Carolina.
Founder: Emily Pruden, educator and philanthropist from Orange, Connecticut. A co-educational boarding and day school, grades 1-12, for children of African descent. Accredited 1923. Home of Mildred Wellmon Elementary School, . . .

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

Stuart W. Cramer

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Cramerton, North Carolina.
Engineer and inventor. Pioneered advances in textile mill air conditioning. Home 3 mi. SW.

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

J.C. Amman School Memorial

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, Netherlands.
In het gebouw Hortusplantsoen 2 was van 1928 tot 1976 het J.C. Ammanschool gevestigd vor onderwijs aan dove kinderen van allen religies en uit alle bevolkingsgroepen. Tijdens de Wereldoorlog (1940 - 1945) werden ook hier de . . .

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

Calhoun County War Memorial

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Bruce, Mississippi.
Dedicated to the memory of all citizens of Calhoun County Mississippi who gave their lives in the service of our country ________ World War I World War II Korean Conflict Vietnam Era ________ 1917 — 1975 If Ye Break Faith We . . .

(War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Friar Pablo de Betancur

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, Mexico.
“fray Pablo de Betancur, ministro de la doctrina de los indios chichimecos del Cerro Gordo…y dijo misa..” 29 de junio de 1640 Fray Pablo de Betancur nació en el pueblo de Tepozotlán hacia 1590, tomó el hábito franciscano, y . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Churches, Etc. • Colonial Era • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Calhoun County Veterans Monument

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Calhoun City, Mississippi.
Dedicated to the citizens of Calhoun County who served our country in peacetime and war with honor

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

The Temple of Our Lady of Refuge

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, Mexico.
Templo del Refugio El matrimonio formado por Desiderio Ortega y Refugio Nava, costean la construcción de este templo en terrenos de su propiedad, para darle culto a la escultura de la Virgen en su advocación de Nuestra . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Churches, Etc. • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Lope Díez de Aux de Armendáriz

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, Mexico.
Ciudad de Cadereyta a Don Lope Diez de Aux de Armendáriz Marqués de Cadreita a quien en su honor se fundara esta Noble y Leal Ciudad el: 29 de junio de 1640 H. Ayuntamiento de Cadereyta 2015-2018 Ciudad de Cadereyta Don Lope . . .

(Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

United Distributors

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Smyrna, Georgia.
Founded in Atlanta in 1940, United Distributors exemplifies the entrepreneurialism that characterized Georgia business during the twentieth century. With the repeal of prohibition in 1933, the Twenty-first Amendment . . .

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

José Francisco Peña Gómez International Airport

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, Dominican Republic.
Conocido histórica e internacionalmente en el Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP, por sus siglas en inglés) como Aeropuerto Internacional de Las Américas, esta terminal aeroportuario fue denominado oficialmente como . . .

(Air & Space • Charity & Public Work • Man-Made Features • Politics) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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