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Cavalry / With Freedom Came Their Schools

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Shaw, District of Columbia.
(front) Cavalry There were seven cavalry regiments in the Bureau of the United States Colored Troops. Unknown Soldier Image courtesy of the Library of Congress (back) With Freedom Came Their Schools After the Civil . . .

(African Americans • Education • Industry & Commerce • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Artillery / With Freedom Came Their Cultural Icons

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Shaw, District of Columbia.
(front) Artillery There were thirteen artillery regiments and one independent battery in the Bureau of the United States Colored Troops Unknown Soldier Image courtesy of the Library of Congress (back) With Freedom Came . . .

(African Americans • Arts, Letters, Music • Education • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Musicians / With Freedom Came Their Businesses

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Shaw, District of Columbia.
(front) Musicians Field musicians served as signalmen in the infantry, cavalry and artillery. Drummer Jackson Image courtesy of the National Archives (back) With Freedom Came Their Businesses In the late 19th and early . . .

(African Americans • Arts, Letters, Music • Industry & Commerce • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Pioneers / With Freedom Came Their Community

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Shaw, District of Columbia.
(front) Pioneers Pioneers, also known as engineers, cut roads for ambulances, and built bridges, railroads and other construction projects. Unknown Soldier Image courtesy of the Library of Congress (back) With Freedom . . .

(African Americans • Arts, Letters, Music • Sports • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Sailors / With Freedom Came the Greater YOU

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Shaw, District of Columbia.
(front) Sailors African descent sailors served in an integrated navy as boys, landsmen, stewards, cooks, seamen, firemen, pilots, navigators, and engineer officers. Unknown Sailor African American Civil War Museum (back) . . .

(African Americans • Education • Industry & Commerce • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

John Logan House

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Logan Circle, District of Columbia.
The house at #4 Logan Circle, built in 1878, was the 1880's home of Senator John A. Logan. In the Civil War, Logan's military valor helped to save the Union. In the postwar era, Logan lived here as a political leader deeply . . .

(Abolition & Underground RR • African Americans • Politics • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Logan Circle

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Logan Circle, District of Columbia.
Pierre L'Enfant's 1791 design for the Nation's capital featured a prominent triangle formed by the "President's House" and two intersections: Pacific Circle, located to the northwest of the presidential residence, and Iowa . . .

(African Americans • Architecture • Politics • Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

African American Civil War Memorial

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Shaw, District of Columbia.
The African American Civil War Memorial pays tribute to the 209,145 black soldiers and the 7,800 white officers who led them in their fight for freedom in the Civil War. following the Civil War, many soldiers would return . . .

(African Americans • Arts, Letters, Music • Charity & Public Work • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

96th Infantry Division Deadeyes Memorial

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Fort Benning, Georgia.
In memory of our fallen comrades of the 96th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Killed on Leyte, Philippines and Okinawa, Japan and to all Deadeyes who fought with valor and distinction to defeat imperial Japan Presidential Unit . . .

(War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Polar Bear Regiment Memorial

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Fort Benning, Georgia.
Front In 1918, the 31st Infantry Regiment deployed to Siberia to protect allied interests and guard the Trans-Siberian railroad. In sharp actions with bandits and Red forces, 16 soldiers earned the DSC and 32 soldiers were . . .

(War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Hofje 'In den Groenen Tuin' / Hofje "In the Green Garden"

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, Netherlands.
Gesticht in 1616 uit de nalatenschap van Catrijn Jansdochter Amen. Boven achtergang in de Lange Veerstraat is een gevelsteen to zien. He hoofdgebouw werd in 1885 gebouwd nadat aldaar het laatste gotische huis in Haarlem, de . . .

(Charity & Public Work) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

30th Infantry Division / 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team Memorial

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Fort Benning, Georgia.
Front In honor and memory of all those who have defended freedom wearing Old Hickory since 1917 Workhorse of the Western Front World War I Somme Offensive Ypres-Lys Flanders 1918 World War II Normandy Northern France . . .

(War, 1st Iraq & Desert Storm • War, World I • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Fort Jefferson Memorial Cross at the Confluence

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Wickliffe, Kentucky.
The story of the cross at Wickliffe began in 1937 when a few members of a community choir, spearheaded by Mrs. Noah Geveden, erected a small wooden cross on a hill at the Ancient Buried City (now known as Wickliffe Mounds . . .

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

Burton-Ingram House

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Lewes, Delaware.
c.1800. Contains hand-hewn timbers, cypress shingles, fine stairway, interior and exterior moulding. Cellar walls are made of sailing-ship ballast stones and brick. Moved & restored in 1962 by the Lewes Historical Society.

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

Burton-Ingram House Addition

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Lewes, Delaware.
Late 18th century house which replaces original wing burnt in 1922. Donated by the Town of Milton in 1965. Moved and restored by the Lewes Historical Society.

(Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Georgetown's Watering Holes

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Georgetown, District of Columbia.
Among the first businesses in historic Georgetown were its inns and taverns. They not only offered food, drink and lodging, but were focal points of community life where political debate and civic meetings took place and . . .

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

5 Congress at Oak Alley

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Georgetown, District of Columbia.
This building dates to the late 1700's and reputedly was constructed from brick which had been used as ballast in a ship from England. Originally the first apothecary store in Washington, it became a sign shop around 1860. . . .

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

The Blower House

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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
The large building to the left is the Blower House. This is where giant gas-powered engines pumped pressurized air into the blast furnaces. Every ton of iron takes about 200,000 cubic feet of air to produce! 1 Building . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Bethlehem Built

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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Across all its facilities, Bethlehem Steel produced over 1 billion tons of steel between 1905 and 1999-that's over 12,000 Golden Gate Bridges worth of material! A high quality of steel, dependent upon rigorous testing during . . .

(Bridges & Viaducts • Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Union

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Union, Connecticut.
Union Incorporated 1734 This was the last town to be settled east of the Connecticut River, because of its rough terrain and poor soil. In 1633 John Oldham, an adventurer from Massachusetts, obtained from the Indians here . . .

(Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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