Massachusetts, Suffolk County, Boston
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Rear Admiral John Ancrum Winslow, U.S. Navy, Born in Wilmington N.C. November 19, 1911, Died in Boston Mass. Sept 29, 1873. He conducted the memorable sea fight in command of USS Kearsarge when she sunk the Alabama in the English Channel June 19. 1864.—This boulder from Kearsarge Mt. Merrimack Co., N.H. and is erected to his memory by his wife and surviving children.
(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Rear Admiral John Ancrum Winslow, U.S. Navy, Born in Wilmington N.C. November 19, 1911, Died in Boston Mass. Sept 29, 1873. He conducted the memorable sea fight in command of USS Kearsarge when she sunk the Alabama in the English Channel June 19. 1864.—This boulder from Kearsarge Mt. Merrimack Co., N.H. and is erected to his memory by his wife and surviving children.(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Dedicated to the men and women of Dedham who served their country with honor and Valor and the lasting memory of those who gave their lives during the Vietnam War.
Salem Maritime National Historic Site-Welcome to Salem Maritime National Historic Site, a unit of the National Park System. Since 1938, this park has preserved the wharves and historic buildings associated with Salem’s prosperous years of overseas trade.
The grassy strip of land extending into the harbor in front of you was once a busy commercial wharf. In the late 1700’s and early 1800s, trade goods from around the world were loaded, unloaded and stored here.
Build in 1784, Central Wharf was purchased in 1791 by ship owner Simon Forrester and extended to a length of 795 feet---the fourth longest in Salem. On the foundation in front of you, Forrester built a fine brick warehouse. From his home across the street behind you, Forrester could survey the source of his wealth---the ships and warehouses that lined the wharf.
Not until the later 1800s did we have photographs of sailing vessels berthed along wharves here, but by then we had declined as a world port. The shallow harbor could not accommodate the clipper ships and larger vessels that dominated the seas after 1850. Much of Salem’s trade went to New York and Boston where the harbors were deeper and wider.
Salem Maritime National Historic Site-The modest house in front of you is one of the oldest in Salem. Built here in 1672, the Narbonne House is also one of America’s few surviving middle-class homes of the 1600s.
The Derby House is the oldest brick house still standing in Salem, and one of the finest examples of Georgian colonial architecture in the United States.
Elias Hasket Derby, Salem’s prosperous ship-owner, and his bride Elizabeth Crowinshield began their married life in the brick house behind you in 1762. Seven children later, in 1780, Derby began building a much larger structure on the site in front of you.
Although Centreville wasn't incorporated until 1794, colonial settlement of the county dates back to the 1630s.
Civic Renaissance Center
The Great Fire of 1894 left 3 blocks of destruction around the 1866 Cooper St. Civic Center. The Civic reconstruction promoted Renaissance designs to show “Culture” had arrived in Santa Cruz, and surrounding businesses picked up the theme. Annual “Venetian Water Carnivals” were begun on the river to celebrate the reconstruction. Due to the Cooper Street “Renaissance Center” Santa Cruz was promoted as “The Florence of the West”.
Lumber jack, writer, political activist,
The medico-dental building, erected by Frederick A. Hihn in 1894, stood on this site until it was destroyed by the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
In Memory of Chuck Volwiler (1956-2002)
Booming theatre business in Santa Cruz led the Golden State Theatre chain to replace the 700-seat Unique with the 1,500-seat Del Mar in 1936. The movie palace was a flagship of the chain, with a stage and 25-piece orchestra pit for vaudeville acts and conventions. From his Del Mar offices, Barney Gurnette also managed the New Santa Cruz and Rio Theatres. Live Del Mar shows continued into the 1970s, with concerts by Lionel Hampton, Duke Ellington, Jerry Garcia, Tom Watts, Emmylou Harris and the Tubes.
Erected 1887 for Henry Willey
1850 Home of Francisco Alzina,
Born in Florida, Henry Damon served in the Confederate army and was taken prisoner during the Civil War. After moving to Corsicana in 1873, Damon became a lawyer and established the Texas Loan Agency with his partner, businessman W. R. Bright. Headquartered in this building from 1890 until 1900, the agency was an early real estate mortgage company that became a leader in the area's industrial development. Damon was also an early Chamber of Commerce member and an active prohibitionist. He was buried in Oakwood Cemetery.
25th Tennessee Regiment
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