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The Bluejackets

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Morehead, Kentucky.
As its primary support of the war effort in World War II, this campus hosted the training of more than 4,400 sailors as shipboard electricians between June 1942 and July 1944. The U.S. Navy Training School (Electrical) had . . .

(Education • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

First Faculty And Staff

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Morehead, Kentucky.
President Frank C. Button employed nine persons to constitute the faculty and administrative staff of Morehead State Normal School when it reopened in 1923-24 as a public institution. They included Charles D. Lewis, Academic . . .

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

320th Bomb Group

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The National Mall, District of Columbia.
In memory of WWII Fallen Comrades of 320th Bomb Group Dedication on 40th Anniversary September 11th, 1982

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

Discover DC / Judiciary Square

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Judiciary Square, District of Columbia.
Welcome to downtown Washington DC - an area rich in history, culture and places to see. You will enjoy visiting the following sites located in the vicinity of this sign. Clockwise from top: "Lone Sailor" at the US Navy . . .

(African Americans • Architecture • Asian Americans • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Dayton-Wright Airplane Factory

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Moraine, Ohio.
As part of the newly formed Moraine Development Company owned by Adam Schantz, Colonel Edward Deeds and Charles Kettering, the Dayton-Wright Airplane Factory was completed in 1917. Much experimental work in the history of . . .

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

Moraine Field

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Moraine, Ohio.
Established in 1926, was Dayton’s first Municipal Airport located 100 yards northeast of this marker. Trained by the Wright Brothers, Bernard Whelan joined Howard Rinehart as test pilots at the Dayton Wright Airplane . . .

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

Knettishall

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Towson, Maryland.
This community of 365 homes is named after a quaint town in England, its streets after surrounding villages, in recognition of the villagers’ kindness to the 388th Bomb Group, USAAF, during World War II.

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

Takoma Station Tavern

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Takoma, District of Columbia.
Established in 1984, Takoma Station Tavern was born of a vision of Bobby Boyd (1934-2011). Mr. Boyd envisioned an entertainment complex not as an entrepreneurial venture but a venue that incorporated the spirit of family, . . .

(African Americans • Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment • Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Thomas/Siegler House and Garden

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Takoma Park, Maryland.
The home of Horace and Amanda Thomas built in 1884 was the first house to be completed in Takoma Park. It is a fine example of early residential development in Montgomery County. The house, carriage house, and spacious . . .

(Architecture) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Carroll Avenue Bridge

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Takoma Park, Maryland.
Three bridges have been built across Sligo Creek at Carroll Avenue. The first bridge, built about 1878, was a simple wooden structure located about 150 feet below the site of the present bridge. When the Seventh-day . . .

(Bridges & Viaducts • Churches & Religion • Education) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Source

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Takoma Park, Maryland.
The Source Senior Class Gift July 31, 1976 Symbolism of Living-Water Fountain "But the water I give them... becomes a perpetual spring within them, watering them forever with eternal life." John 4:14 L.G. The water flows . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Churches & Religion • Education) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The University Next Door

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LeDroit Park, District of Columbia.
Front: Howard University's Employment, educational, and cultural opportunities have attracted and kept families in LeDroit Park and Bloomingdale for generations. Ettyce Hill Moore, a third generation Washingtonian who grew . . .

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

The Doctor Is In

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Northwest Washington, District of Columbia.
Front: When I was at Dunbar, I thought I wanted to be a doctor. In our community, doctors were the men who made the most money, earned the most respect and had the prettiest wives." The Doctor Is In Across the street at 518 . . .

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

Wm. E. Beckwith House

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Clifton, Virginia.
The original portion was built of logs and contained a huge stone fireplace still visible today. Modified through the years its most illustrious moment in history as during the Civil War years 1862, when it served as General Pope's headquarters.

(Colonial Era • Notable Buildings • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Lenni-Lenape Indian Burial Ground

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near West Chester, Pennsylvania.
In the wooded knoll above sleeping their last sleep rest the Indian owners of these lands before the white man came.

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Native Americans) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

"to our inexpressable joy"

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near Kooskia, Idaho.
In September of 1805 and again in June of 1806, Lewis and Clark traveled and mapped this area. Their purpose was to explore the land, communicate with the Indians and establish the claim of the United States to the vast . . .

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

Nellie Margaret Harris Applin

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Kingston, Georgia.
Dedicated in 2007, the Kingston Veterans Monument, vision in 1999 by Mrs. Nellie Margaret Harris Applin, stands in honor of the lives of four hundred brave men and women whom served their country with valor, honor and . . .

(African Americans • Civil Rights) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Selway - Bitterroot Wilderness

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near Kooskia, Idaho.
Over one and one-half centuries have passed since Lewis and Clark crossed the Bitterroot Mountains. This country was then a vast, challenging wilderness. Immediately across the river from you, at this point, is the Selway – . . .

(Environment • Exploration) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Clifton Primitive Baptist Church

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Clifton, Virginia.
Built in 1871 as the Clifton Old School Primitive Baptist Church, it is the oldest African-American church in Fairfax County. The town of Clifton was initially inhabited by emancipated slaves and the church was built on land . . .

(African Americans • Churches & Religion) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Confederate Soldiers

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Leesburg, Virginia.
In Memory of the Confederate Soldiers of Loudon County Va Erected May 28 1908

(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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