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Fort Jones War Memorial

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Fort Jones, California.
To the Memory of Those Who Made the Supreme Sacrifice For Our Country in the World Wars World War I Ed Del Ray • Maud Evans • Perry Harris • George V. Mathews • Leonard Schull • William A. Sheffield • Hallet Smith • Joe . . .

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

The Old “Tack Room”

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Jacksonville, Oregon.
This simple frame building — listed on the National Register of Historic Places - is one of the oldest Forest Service structures in the country. Known for many years as the “tack room,” it has served a variety of purposes . . .

(Horticulture & Forestry) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Mason and Dixon Line 40th Mile Stone

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Norrisville, Maryland.
Maryland-Pennsylvania boundary line surveyed and marked 1763-68 by two English astronomers, Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon. This is one of the "Crown" stones, set every five miles displaying the coat of arms of Lord . . .

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

Slocum Memorial Fountain

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New York, New York.
Tompkins Square Park Dedicated in 1906, this fountain serves as a reminder of those who died aboard the excursion steamer General Slocum on June 15, 1904. Prior to September 11, 2001, the burning of the General Slocum had . . .

(Churches & Religion • Disasters • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Mt. Adams

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Cincinnati, Ohio.
Originally called Mt. Ida, Mt. Adams was a significant section of the Nicholas Longworth Vineyard, which developed the Catawba grape from which America's first champagne was produced. The name was changed to Mt. Adams in . . .

(Architecture • Notable Places • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

St. Matthew Parish School Name Stone

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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.
Stone from the original St. Matthew Parish Elementary & High School at Hector & Ash Streets Opened: September 1872

(Churches & Religion • Education • Man-Made Features) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Ida Street Bridge

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Cincinnati, Ohio.
“The Bridge of the Arts” Dedicated September 12, 1931. Restored 2015 Designed by J. R. Biedinger Listed in the National Register of Historic Places In grateful appreciation of the Mount Adams Civic Association for its . . .

(Architecture • Bridges & Viaducts • Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

A Georgetown "Cathedral"

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Georgetown, District of Columbia.
(front) Almost a miniature Gothic cathedral, Christ Church behind you was built in 1885. It is the third building to occupy the spot since a group of Georgetown Episcopalians founded the parish in 1817. Among the founders . . .

(Architecture • Churches & Religion • Education • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Beekman Bank Well

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Jacksonville, Oregon.
At the turn of the century, the Beekman Bank Well was a refreshing stop for two seasonal creeks, Jacksonville suffered from an inadequate domestic water supply for 60 years following the 1852 gold rush. This old well is one . . .

(Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

S.S. Emidio

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Crescent City, California.
Nearby are portions of the hull of the General Petroleum Corporation tanker S.S. Emidio, which on December 20, 1941 became the first casualty of the Imperial Japanese Navy's submarine force action on California's Pacific . . .

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

Pine Brook War Memorial

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Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Dedicated to those who served in all wars

(Patriots & Patriotism • War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Purple Heart Memorial Highway

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Salem, South Dakota.
On May 24, 2012, the South Dakota DOT's Transportation Commission officially declared Interstate 90 from the Minnesota border to the Wyoming border as South Dakota's segment of the National Purple Heart Trail. The Purple . . .

(Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Helen Gale McKennan

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Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
An early pioneer and land speculator in Sioux Falls, Helen McKennan recognized a need for city parks. She donated her home and 20 acres of adjacent land in 1906 to become what is now known as McKennan Park. Martin Wanserski . . .

(Parks & Recreational Areas • Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Sioux Falls Municipal Band

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Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
On Sunday July 11, 1920, at McKennan Park, several thousand people attended the first concert of the Sioux Falls Municipal Band. A year earlier, in the first city election allowing women to vote, citizens approved a proposal . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Entertainment • Parks & Recreational Areas) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Jeju Dol Hareubang / 제주 돌 하르방

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Northwest Washington, District of Columbia.
While wooden carved statues called Jangseung traditionally stood near villages on the Korean mainland, stone statues called Dol Hareubang are native to the volcanic island of Jeju, off Korea's southern coast. Historically, . . .

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

Abraham Lincoln

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Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Beloved savior of the Union Presented on his bicentennial February 12, 2009

(Patriots & Patriotism • Politics • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Ball Court One

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, Mexico.
Juego de Pelota 1 El conjunto se compone de varios edificios: los muros paralelos o paramentos, que delimitan la cancha en sus costados, y los edificios que limitan sus extremos. En Toluquilla los paramentos son muy rectos y . . .

(Anthropology • Architecture • Native Americans • Sports) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Lady Liberty

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Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
(Side One) Lady Liberty first graced McKennan Park in 1942 although the statue was not formally dedicated until August 1, 1943. As several thousand watched, twins Thelma and Elma Iverson unveiled a wood carving of the . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Parks & Recreational Areas) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Acme Spring

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Waukesha, Wisconsin.
In 1862, Isaac Lain purchased property on the north side of St. Paul Avenue just west of the intersection with Wisconsin Avenue on a high bluff overlooking the city and the Fox River. Two springs were located on this . . .

(Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Pillars of the Nation

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Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
With World War II threatening the tranquility of the United States in 1940, Oscar Ellefson, caretaker and builder of many early McKennan Park attractions, proposed a new project. Ellefson envisioned designing and building . . .

(Parks & Recreational Areas) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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