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Dr. John McLoughlin

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Oregon City, Oregon.
"He stood among his pioneer contemporaries like towering old (Mount) Hood ... a born leader of men." -- Willard H Res, description of John McLoughlin during speech, 1879 His personality was measured in patience, generosity, . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Notable Persons • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

87th Infantry Division Monument

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Fort Benning, Georgia.
Stalwart and Strong World War II Rhineland Ardennes-Alsace Central Europe Dedicated to the memory of the 87th Infantry Division soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice to secure victory over Nazi Germany and in honor of . . .

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

Fallen Sniper Memorial

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Fort Benning, Georgia.
In honor of the U.S. Army sniper, those silent warriors who support and defend these United States of America their service, dedication and sacrifice for our liberties in past, present and future conflicts will never be forgotten. "one shot one kill.

(Military • Patriots & Patriotism) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Fort Benning POW Memorial

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Fort Benning, Georgia.
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(War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Silas T. Grisamore

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Thibodaux, Louisiana.
Silas Grisamore arrived by steamboat from his native southern Indiana in the mid 1840s. He taught school in Assumption Parish, sold goods from flatboats on Bayou Lafourche, and eventually became a merchant in Thibodaux. . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Churches & Religion • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Suchil

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, Mexico.
El Súchil Ofrenda religiosa tradicional de las comunidades locales. Su origen es la estera improvisada y cubierta de flores que servía para trasladar a los guerreros chichimecas caídos en combate, durante las luchas de . . .

(Anthropology • Churches & Religion • Native Americans • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Richard Henry Allen

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Thibodaux, Louisiana.
Richard Henry Allen was born in 1807, in Wilkes County, North Carolina. Following a career as a merchant in Yazoo City, Mississippi, in 1840 he moved to New Orleans and became a cotton factor. In 1859, Allen retired to . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Churches & Religion • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Davis Buckley House

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Clifton, Virginia.
Built in 1913 for Lucy Virginia Davis Buckley, who lived here with her youngest daughter unti1 1923. It has been the home of two of Clifton's Mayors, W. Swem Elgin and James C. Chesley. Clifton's third elementary school . . .

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

Centreville Methodist Church

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Centreville, Virginia.
Centreville Methodist Church built 1855 Destroyed during the Civil War Rebuilt 1870 This Marker Presented in Memory of Martha Elliott Saunders By Her Children Otto Frank and Martha 1939 The Edifice Became The Anglican . . .

(Churches & Religion • Notable Buildings • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Minnie Minter Carter Saunders

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Centreville, Virginia.
In Memory of Minnie Minter Carter Saunders A resident of Centreville area from 1884 to 1983. This building was constructed in 1937 using stone from Four Chimney House, also know as Grigsby House, believed to have been built . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

John A. Lovell

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Thibodaux, Louisiana.
John A. Lovell worked initially on railroads and in the timber industry before entering into surveying. As a surveyor and engineer in Lafourche Parish during the first half of the 20th century, Lovell gained fame for his . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Churches & Religion • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

George Seth Guion

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Thibodaux, Louisiana.
Mississippi natives George Seth Guion and Caroline Lucretia Winder Guion moved to Thibodaux in 1831. Their Ridgefield Plantation included the land given to St. John,s Episcopal Church and Cemetery and the Guion Academy, two . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Churches & Religion • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Georgiana Malvina Suthon

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Thibodaux, Louisiana.
Born in 1850 in Assumption Parish to the Englishman Lucius Suthon and Assumption Parish native Manette Blanchard, Georgiana Suthon became an Episcopal missionary to Japan. Although she initially taught the bible in Tokyo, . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Churches & Religion) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

William Alexander Shaffer

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Thibodaux, Louisiana.
William Alexander Shaffer was born in Winnsboro, South Carolina, in 1796. His father migrated to the United States from Prussia. Shaffer settled in Louisiana, on Little Bayou Black, Terrebonne Parish, in 1835. He obtained a . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Churches & Religion • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Pioneer Cabin Mid-1800s

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Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Five generations of one family lived in the Pioneer Cabin until 1960. The cabin was built in the early to mid-1800s in Washington Parish at Sunny Hill near Franklinton. This part of Louisiana was part of the Florida parishes . . .

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

Cemetery

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Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
This cemetery is a reproduction created as an example of early cemeteries. Each gravesite features wrought-iron or stone markers that once belonged to lost or flooded cemeteries. The iron crosses are typical of . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Split-Cypress Barn

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Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
This type of barn is referred to a a Pieux Barn and is most commonly associated with the French Acadians. The building shows an example of inexpensive construction in which hand-split cypress, called pieux, was used. It is . . .

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

Why Did Bethlehem Close?

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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
How could an industrial giant for over a century fall into a drastic decline and close? And what would happen to the workers and facility? Many who worked here asked these questions as the plant ground to a close. Workers . . .

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

Non-Native Plants

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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
NON-NATIVE PLANTS ARRIVED HERE BY HUMAN ACTIVITY either deliberate or accidental. American colonists brought seeds and plants from their home countries for food production, medicinal purposes and ornamental gardening. Seeds . . .

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

South Windsor Korean War Memorial

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South Windsor, Connecticut.
Korean War PFC Glenn A. Rose Charles Starr & WW II

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