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Robert Clifton Weaver Residence Site

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Northeast Washington, District of Columbia.
3519 14th Street, NE Economist Robert Clifton Weaver (1907-1997) was born in Washington and grew up here in Brookland. After graduating from Dunbar High School, he earned three degrees in economics from Harvard and moved . . .

(African Americans • Education • Politics) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

10th Mountain Division Heroes Walk Memorial

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Fort Drum, New York.
Killed in Action (Afghanistan): 2LT David E. Rylander • 7 ENGR • May 2012 SPC Junot M. Legrand Cochilus • 7 ENGR • May 2012 SFC Bobby L. Estle • 7 ENGR • Jul 2012 PFC Jose O. Belmontes • 7 ENGR • Jul 2012 SSG Daniel A. . . .

(Forts, Castles • Patriots & Patriotism • War, Afghanistan) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

10th Mountain Division Heroes Walk Memorial

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Fort Drum, New York.
Killed in Action (Afghanistan): SSG Omar Aceves • 7th EN • Jan 2011 CPL Jarrid L. King • 7th EN • Jan 2011 SPC Benjamin G. Moore • 7th EN • Jan 2011 SPC Omar Soltero • 2-4 IN • Jan 2011 SGT Ethan C. Hardin • 2-30 IN • Jan . . .

(Forts, Castles • Patriots & Patriotism • War, Afghanistan) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Fitch Mill, Belding Silk Mills & Dart's Stone Mill

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Vernon, Connecticut.
Fitch Mill, Belding Silk Mills & Dart's Stone Mill In the late 1700s, the terrain at this corner was a wilderness, with ancient hemlocks growing on steep ledges overhanging the river. The Hockanum River tumbled out of . . .

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

Casa Horruytiner

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St. Augustine, Florida.
Pedro Horruytiner y Pueyo was the first documented owner of this house, a member of a prominent Spanish family. Don Pedro Benedit Horruytiner and Don Luis de Horruytiner were governors of Florida during the First Spanish . . .

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

Jesse Chisholm

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Arlington, Texas.
Represented the Republic of Texas and President Sam Houston in many negotiations with Indians. Half Scotsman, half Cherokee, a scout, hunter, trader and trailblazer. Spoke 40 Indian languages and dialects and was a respected . . .

(Animals • Industry & Commerce • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

To Preserve the Union

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Ellicott City, Maryland.
Dedicated to the men from Howard County who fought To preserve the Union during the American Civil War from 1861 to 1865 Union Units with companies raised in Howard County during the war: The Patapsco Guards, Independent . . .

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

Bayou Fountain

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Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Bayou Fountain was once connected to the Mississippi River when springtime flooding flowed over the natural levees just below downtown Baton Rouge, entering the swamps to the east of the river. Bayou is a word used . . .

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

Kathleen McClintock 1907-1998

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Pendleton, Oregon.
This Statue is Decicated to All the Women Who Have Served as the Face of the Pendleton Round-Up Like many of the Pendleton Round-Up Queens past and present, Kathleen McClintock had served as a princess on the court prior . . .

(Entertainment • Sports • Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Vernon Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Vernon, Connecticut.
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(War, Vietnam) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Jackson Sundown

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Pendleton, Oregon.
Jackson Sundown, born in 1863, was a member of the Wallowa Band Nez Perce and a nephew of Chief Joseph. At age forty, he began competing in rodeos and took the name "Buffalo Jackson" at first, later changing his name to . . .

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

Vernon Veterans Monument

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Vernon, Connecticut.
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(Military) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Vernon Korean War Monument

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Vernon, Connecticut.
Dedicated To The Citizens Of Vernon Who Served In The Korean War And To The One Who Gave His Life · Albert Ellsworth Boothroyd Cpl US Army · In Honor Of All Those From Vernon Who Have Served In The Armed Forces Of The United . . .

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

First Reformed Church

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Reading, Pennsylvania.
The heirs of Wm. Penn donated and deeded the lots to Conrad Weiser and Isaac Levan, ————Trustees.———— The first church was built of logs. Rev. Wm. Stoy, 1755, was the first pastor Gov. Joseph Hiester, Cols. George Nagel, . . .

(Churches & Religion • Colonial Era • Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Revolutionary) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Chief Clarence T. Burke

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Pendleton, Oregon.
July 29, 1889 - July 2, 1987 Pendleton Round-Up Chief 1936-1987 Clarence T. Burke was the eldest son of Chief Porker Jim, the first Pendleton Round-Up Chief. Chief Burke was born at Cayuse and resided near there his entire . . .

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

Club Cigar Saloon

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Pendleton, Oregon.
This one story Italianate building was built in two phases by Jeremiah DeSpain, a very early settler in Pendleton. The South half of the building was completed in 1884 and the North half was completed in 1889. The building . . .

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

Dr. Bodo Otto

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Reading, Pennsylvania.
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(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Colonial Era • Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Revolutionary) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Donald C. Requa

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Pendleton, Oregon.
"Football is another classroom where real life lessons are learned." - Don Requa Don Requa, or Req, as he was known, was an amazing motivator of young people in the classroom teaching mathematics and coaching football. He is . . .

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

Trinity Lutheran Church

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Reading, Pennsylvania.
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior ————————————— Beautiful Building of Downtown Reading 2007 ————————————— Carillon installed 1951 for . . .

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

Trinity Lutheran Church Original Cemetery

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Reading, Pennsylvania.
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(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Churches & Religion • Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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