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Care for the City

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Logan Circle, District of Columbia.
Luther Place Memorial Church has been a neighborhood fixture since 1873, when the Maryland Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church established it as a "memorial to God's goodness in delivering the land from slavery and from . . .

(African Americans • Charity & Public Work • Churches & Religion) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

100 Years of Afro-American History

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Deanwood, District of Columbia.
Westernmost panel: 100 Years of Afro-American History By Jerome Johnson Sponsors D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities Sign of the Times Cultural Workshop & Gallery CFC # 16414 & United Black Fund #8558 Panel to the . . .

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

Frank H. Ono Memorial

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North Judson, Indiana.
Frank H. Ono PFC US Army WWII-442nd Infantry Regiment Combat Team. Congressional Medal of Honor for his heroic action against the enemy on hill 140 in Italy, July 4, 1944-Distinguished Service Cross-Purple Heart.

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

Francis Scott Key Bridge

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Georgetown, District of Columbia.
This Bridge is named in honor of Francis Scott Key Author of the Star Spangled Banner September 14, 1814 Then conquer we must for our cause it is just And this be our Motto In God is our Trust Erected by the National . . .

(Bridges & Viaducts • Man-Made Features • Notable Persons • War of 1812) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Georgetown House

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Georgetown, District of Columbia.
The Georgetown House is closely linked with the history of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal. The building was constructed about 1830 by the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Co. for use as a storage room. Later it became a tavern but . . .

(Notable Places • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Amelia Earhart

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near Honolulu, Hawaii.
Amelia Earhart first person to fly alone from Hawaii to North America January 11, 1935

(Air & Space • Women) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

José de la Borda

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, Mexico.
Esta casa fue propiedad y morada del celebre minero Dn José de la Borda. 1775. Catálogo de la Insp. Gral. de Monumentos Artísticos e Históricos English translation: This house was the property and residence of José de la . . .

(Colonial Era • Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

tiwi∙teqis (Old Chief Joseph)

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near Joseph, Oregon.
Born between 1785 and 1790, tiwi·teqis came to be the principal leader of the walwá·ma (Wallowa Band), In 1839 he was baptized and christened "Joseph," a name he carried of the rest of his life, despite later renouncing . . .

(Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Chief "Old" Joseph

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near Joseph, Oregon.
In the Memory of Chief Old Joseph Died 1870 Chief "Old" Joseph "Twaeet Tu-eka-kas Born about 1783 - Died 1872 Baptized as Joseph by Dr. Spaulding

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

Wallowa Lake

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near Joseph, Oregon.
Wallowa Lake fills a depression that was formerly occupied by a great river of ice that flowed out of the high Wallowa mountains to the south. This glacier reached its greatest size in the late Pleistocene age, about 12 to . . .

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

19 Dr. J.W. Barnard Drugs 08

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Joseph, Oregon.
National Historic Register

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

Imbler Church

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Imbler, Oregon.
Christmas programs, wood-warmed Sunday School lessons, and a tolling bell calling the faithful are all part of the legacy of this pioneer church building. The Imbler Church was built in 1878. The little building was . . .

(Churches & Religion) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada

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, Mexico.
En este sitio estuvo la casa donde vivió el Licenciado Don Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada siendo Presidente de la República. 1872-1876. Dirección de Monumentos Coloniales English translation: This was the site of the house . . .

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

Sunday Times Premiere Issue

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, United Kingdom.
The first number of The Sunday Times was edited at 4 Salisbury Court by Henry White October 20 1822

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

The Standard

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, United Kingdom.
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(Communications • Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The House of the Count of San Mateo Valparaiso

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, Mexico.
Esta fue la casa del Conde de San Mateo Valparaiso construida por el Arquitecto Francisco Guerrero Torres el año de 1780 Dirección de monumentos colonials y de la República English translation: This was the house of the . . .

(Architecture • Colonial Era • Man-Made Features • Politics) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Old Elam Baptist Church

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Montgomery, Alabama.
Organized on June 19, 1819, by Rev. James McLemore, Electious Thompson, Arnold Edwards, and E. Jeter, Old Elam is one of Montgomery's earliest Baptist churches. It began with fourteen members and was one of the four original . . .

(African Americans • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Churches & Religion • Disasters) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Residence of Agustín Iturbide

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, Mexico.
Esta era la residence de Agustin Iturbide cuando fue proclamado emperador 15 de mayo de 1822 Catálogo de la Insp. Gral. de Monumentos Artísticos e Históricos English translation: This was the residence of Agustín Iturbide . . .

(Politics • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor

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, United Kingdom.
On this site The Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor was founded on 27th April 1908 31 Essex Street

(Charity & Public Work • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Michael Donald

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Mobile, Alabama.
On March 21, 1981, 19-year-old Michael Donald was abducted, beaten, killed and hung from a tree on this street by members of the Ku Klux Klan. He was randomly selected in retaliation for an interracial jury failing to . . .

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