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Memorial Flags

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Tappan, New York.
Flags Dedicated In Honor Of Lt. Col. Joseph E. Raso USA · Coneo DeMaio USN · Emmet C. Maines USA · Lt. Herbert J. Block USN · Signe A. Block · George D. Garrecht III USN · Charles E. Hauser USN · Edward C. . . .

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

IEEE Electrical Engineering Milestone

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near Kahuku, Hawaii.
Opano Radar Site On December 7, 1941, an SCR-270B Radar located at this site tracked incoming Japanese aircraft for over 30 minutes until they were obscured by the island ground clutter. This was the first wartime use of . . .

(Air & Space • Communications • Science & Medicine • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Opana Radar Site

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Kahuku, Hawaii.
Mobile Radar Unit SR-270B has been designed a National Historic Landmark this site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America 1994 National Park Service United States . . .

(Air & Space • Communications • Science & Medicine • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Tappan Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Tappan, New York.
Dedicated To The Memory Of Those Who Served Their Country 1961 Vietnam 1973 American Legion Tappan Post # 1271 May 31, 1982

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

Tappan Veterans Monument

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Tappan, New York.
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(Military) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Tappan World War II Memorial

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Tappan, New York.
Tappan World War II Memorial In lasting tribute to those who made The supreme sacrifice Kenneth R. Johnson · John R. Klein · Russell McGuire · Robert Ortiz · Homer R. Stoughton, Jr. In Honor Of Those Who Served Lowery J. . . .

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

Tappan Korean Veterans Memorial

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Tappan, New York.
Dedicated To The Memory Of Those Who Served Their Country 1950 Korea 1953 American Legion Tappan Post # 1271 May 31, 1982

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

Pohakuloa Amtrac Memorial

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Kailua, Hawaii.
“It will all happen in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye. When the last trumpet is blown. When this happens, then at last this scripture will come true- Death is swallowed up in Victory.” I Corinthians 15:52 and 54 This . . .

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

Recreation and River Park

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Southwest Washington, District of Columbia.
Front of marker: Washington's schools and playgrounds were legally segregated from 1862 until 1954. But that didn't stop kids of all backgrounds from playing together. "We didn't understand racial disharmony," said . . .

(African Americans • Charity & Public Work) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

He Ho’Omana’o

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Kailua, Hawaii.
In memory of those gallant Americans who defended this air station against enemy attack December 7, 1941 dedicated July 4, 1979 by the Staff NCO Wives Club in commemoration of its 25th anniversary

(Air & Space • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

First Sight of the Columbia River

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Biggs Junction, Oregon.
Near This Point, from 1843 - to - 1863 West Bound Emigrants Caught Their First Sight of the Columbia River

(Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Celilo Falls Fishing Grounds

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near The Dalles, Oregon.
In Commemoration of the Celilo Falls Fishing Grounds Historic fishing trading and gathering place for Indians of many Tribes from time immemorial until inundated by the rising waters of Lake Celilo in March 1957

(Native Americans • Waterways & Vessels) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Lewis and Clark Expedition

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near The Dalles, Oregon.
In 1804-06, Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led about 40 soldiers and boatmen on an epic journey. President Thomas Jefferson commissioned this “Corps of Discovery” to find a route to the Pacific Ocean through the . . .

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

Greatest Indian Fishery of the Northwest

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near The Dalles, Oregon.
Before The Dalles Dam was built, the Columbia River plunged over Celilo Falls and cut through the Narrows or Five Mile Rapids. Although obstacles to navigation, the falls created the region’s greatest fishing site. For more . . .

(Exploration • Native Americans • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Roswell Presbyterian Church

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Roswell, Georgia.
Historic First Church, 1840

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

Deschutes River Crossing Oregon Trail Kiosk

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near Wasco, Oregon.
(Seven panels dealing with the Deschutes River Crossing portion of the Oregon Trail are found at this kiosk) Truly Heart-Breaking! Oregon Trail emigrants reached the Columbia River after an arduous trek across the dry . . .

(Roads & Vehicles • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 8 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Roswell Town Square

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Roswell, Georgia.
The Square was part of town founder Roswell King’s original town plan and is the center of the Roswell Historic District. The District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. President Theodore . . .

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

The Latino Intelligence Center

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Northwest Washington, District of Columbia.
Front of marker: This block is home to some of the largest Latino organizations in the city, all founded as migration from Central America and the Caribbean increased in the 1970s. Several began with a boost from Cavalry . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Churches & Religion • Hispanic Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Literary Lights

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Northwest Washington, District of Columbia.
"A Black world in which a wonderful democracy of conditions prevailed — waitresses, doctors, preachers, winos, teachers, numbers runners and funeral directors, prostitutes and housewives, cabdrivers and laborers all lived as . . .

(African Americans • Arts, Letters, Music • Hispanic Americans • Politics) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Black Broadway

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Northwest Washington, District of Columbia.
@artblocdc #artblocdc Jumbo Slice Pizza Not too long ago black artist, performers, and patrons created this place called Black Broadway, risen from the ground ascending to monumental heights the entire world witnessed in . . .

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