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Tyler Civic Theatre Center

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Tyler, Texas.
The Tyler Civic Theatre Center is a historic venue for community performances. Dedicated in 1951, it is the largest continuously operating theatre "in-the-round" in the United States.

(Arts, Letters, Music) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Gov. Richard B. Hubbard

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Tyler, Texas.
Richard Bennett Hubbard, Jr. settled in Tyler, Texas in 1853. He was Governor of Texas from 1876 to 1879 and United States Envoy to Japan from 1885 to 1889.

(Notable Persons • Politics) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Senator Thomas Glover Pollard

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Tyler, Texas.
Senator Pollard served Texas as a Representative for three years and then as Senator for ten years, supporting legislation for oil and gas and the creation of Texas Tech University.

(Education • Notable Persons • Politics) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Lafayette Monument

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Fort Benning, Georgia.
Along the Federal Road built in 1811 east and west through this place there passed in 1825 Lafayette Soldier of France and volunteer in the cause of American Liberty “At the first news my heart was enrolled” Here stood the . . .

(Native Americans • War, US Revolutionary • Wars, US Indian) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Atchafalaya River

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Morgan City, Louisiana.
Because the lower Atchafalaya River is near the Gulf, this area is a popular shipping departure point. But challenges such as combating sedimentation and the close proximity of the three bridges sometimes cause difficulties . . .

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

Morgan City

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Morgan City, Louisiana.
Morgan City began on the site of the Tiger Island Sugar Plantation owned by Dr. Walter Brashear, a prominent surgeon from Kentucky. It was incorporated in 1860 as Brashear City, then renamed Morgan City in February 1876, in . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Atchafalaya River

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Morgan City, Louisiana.
The first Atchafalaya levee or wall constructed in 1946 was 13 feet tall on both sides of the river. Subsequent floods resulted in its redesign and expansion to the current 21-foot-wall, built after the flood on 1973. The . . .

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

The Governor Jared Young Sanders Memorial Monument

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Morgan City, Louisiana.
Panel 1 Jared Young Sanders III Born January 29, 1944 on Avoca Plantation Died March 23, 1944 in Baton Rouge. Progress Panel 2 Governor 1908-1912 Congressman 6th District 1917-1921 Good Roads Panel 3 "A Son of Old . . .

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Ellington

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Ellington, Connecticut.
Ellington This region was named by Indian inhabitants Weaxskashuck, meaning Great Marsh. Early white settlers called it Windsor Goshen or Great Marsh. In 1671 Town of Windsor purchased western part from the Indians, . . .

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

First Meeting House

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Ellington, Connecticut.
Site Of The First Meeting House Ellington Congregational Church 1739 — 1806 Marker Erected By Ellington Grange 1976

(Churches & Religion • Colonial Era) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Ellington Veterans Memorial

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Ellington, Connecticut.
In Honor Of Those Who Gave Their Lives 1941 World War II 1945 SN Thomas J. La Boc Aug. 10, 1942 · AF Francis M. Brigham Jan. 9, 1943 · LT George J. Bolles Dec. 23, 1943 · PVT Arthur T. Kelly Apr. 7, 1944 · PVT . . .

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

Ellington Remembers

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Ellington, Connecticut.
( west plaque ) 1675 Colonial Wars 1763 Bingham Ithamar · Ellsworth Daniel · Fitch Medinah · Hubbard Isaac · Pierson Benjamin · Pinney Benjamin Jr. · Pinney Joseph Jr. · Wadsworth Ichabod 1812 War with England . . .

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

Constitutional Oak

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Ellington, Connecticut.
Constitutional Oak Presented To Francis M. Charter Delegate From Ellington At The 1902 Connecticut Constitutional Convention Erected By Grange No. 46 P. of H. 1967

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

Mission School

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Laie, Hawaii.
This is the site of the LDS Hawaii Mission School where President David O. McKay, then member of the Church’s Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, witnessed a flag raising ceremony on February 7, 1921. Observing the multi-ethnic . . .

(Churches & Religion • Education) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Breaking Ground with a Vision: An Inspired Beginning

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Laie, Hawaii.
While travelling around the world on an assignment to visit the foreign missions of The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints, Elder David O. McKay, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and Hugh J. Cannon . . .

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

The Original Site of the Desert Mission

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Phoenix, Arizona.
Born of the selfless and compassionate services of those individuals who gave medical, spiritual and other assistance to the sick and needy in the Sunnyslope area. After the turn of the century, the Desert Mission grew to be . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Science & Medicine) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

U.S.S. Arizona Memorial

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near Honolulu, Hawaii.
“…In honor, and in commemoration of the members of the armed forces of the United States who gave their lives to their country during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941.” Public Law 87-201 Construction . . .

(War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

United States Marine Corps

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Honolulu, Hawaii.
United States Marines Pearl Harbor dedicated 10 November 2005 to Lt Colonel D R Fox and the eighty seven men of the Marine Detachment onboard the USS Arizona 7 December 1941 at 0755 Born 10 July 1898 Died 7 December 1941 KIA . . .

(War, World I • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Poet's House

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Northeast Washington, District of Columbia.
The Poet's House 1222 Kearney Street N.E. Sterling Allen Brown (1901-1989) "The strong men keep a-comin' on The strong men git stronger..." In 1979, the D.C. City Council declared Brown's birthday, May 1, Sterling Allen . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Road to Prosperity

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Ellicott City, Maryland.
Ellicott City’s Main Street, with its businesses, shops and dining establishments, reflects four centuries of prosperity built through hard work, innovation and the connection to economic opportunity. In 1771, the Patapsco . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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