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East Windsor Veterans Memorial

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East Windsor, Connecticut.
In Tribute to Those Men and Women of This Community Who Nobly Answered Their Country’s Call by Patriotic Service In All Her Wars Beginning With The Founding of The American Colonies. Dedicated May 30, 1938 by Barry - Poulter . . .

(Military) Includes complete text, location, directions, 11 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Pierre Dugat Home Site

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Lafayette, Louisiana.
In 1776 Pierre Dugat received a Spanish land grant for this site, which became his plantation. Indian artifacts found on this site date from 3000 B.C. to about the eighteenth century.

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

Former U.S. Post Office

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Dublin, Pennsylvania.
Historic Place Heritage Conservancy

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

Cornplanter

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Oil City, Pennsylvania.
A diplomat and defender of Seneca land and culture, Cornplanter allied the Iroquois Confederacy with the fledgling US after fighting for the British during the American Revolution. He arbitrated conflicts between Native . . .

(Native Americans • War, US Revolutionary) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Inez Mecusker

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Corry, Pennsylvania.
One of the foremost singers and entertainers of her time, soprano Mecusker was known as the “American Cantatrice.” She was featured in roles in opera and musical theater, appeared in vaudeville and on Broadway, and was a . . .

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

Dublin Honor Roll

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Dublin, Pennsylvania.
Ralph Huddle [Died in service] Elmer E. Shultz • Aloysius Happ • Henry Young Matthew Stanowski • Harleigh Detweiler • Francis Bishop Richard Worthington • Robert Rufe • Lester Rod Edward Grace • Herbert Stauffer Jr. • Alex . . .

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

Sharpsville Veterans Memorial

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Sharpsville, Pennsylvania.
This memorial is dedicated in memory of all the men and women who made the supreme sacrifice to save our lives and property while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States of America You shall never be forgotten "We . . .

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

William H. Eastburn III, Esquire (1932-2008)

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Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
Bill Eastburn, was a tall, imposing man - his good looks and magnetism made him almost larger than life. A graduate of Trinity College and Penn Law School, he became a top trial lawyer and the managing partner of the law . . .

(Charity & Public Work) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

1748 Fountain House

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Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
Designated a National Historic Site by the United States Department of the Interior

(Colonial Era • Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Lenape Crossroads

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Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
Here stood an ancient crossroads, the meeting place of two major Lenape trade routes dating back before 1000 AD. The route extended from Shackamaxon (Philadelphia) to Lechauwekink (Easton) and connected the Delaware and . . .

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

Last Hanging

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Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
Within these walls of the Bucks County Prison, just inside the Main Gate, lived the sheriffs of Bucks County who maintained order and supervised punishment including death. On July 19, 1914 James Linzi was the last of two . . .

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

St. John Neumann, C.Ss.R.

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Annapolis, Maryland.
Born: March 28, 1811 Ordained: June 25, 1836 Professed as a Redemptorist: January 16, 1842 Consecrated Bishop: March 28, 1852 Died: January 5, 1860 Canonized: June 19, 1977

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

The Old Fourth Ward

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Annapolis, Maryland.
"This is a Community Built on Brotherhood" Janice Hayes Williams, Historian This intersection of West and West Washington Streets is the gateway to the "Old Fourth Ward," Annapolis' historic African American community. Its . . .

(African Americans • Churches & Religion • Education • Entertainment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

"Preservation Was A Fight!"

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Annapolis, Maryland.
"St. Clair Wright said many times that Historic Annapolis accomplished more in the eight years I was mayor than in any other period. That makes me feel awfully good." Roger "Pip" Moyer, 2002. Historic preservation in . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Politics • Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

George Washington's Resignation

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Annapolis, Maryland.
"Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action." After the 1781 victory at Yorktown, some Americans thought the triumphant General George Washington should be crowned the new nation's . . .

(Entertainment • War, US Revolutionary) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Annapolis & The Maryland Signers

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Annapolis, Maryland.
"And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm Reliance on the Protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor." With these ringing words of resolve, the . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Colonial Era • War, US Revolutionary) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Light House Bistro

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Annapolis, Maryland.
Light House Bistro serves the community as a gathering place for patrons from all walks of life. This Artwork by Sally Wern Comport pays tribute to the area's history and the people that make it special. The Presidents Hill . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Industry & Commerce • Politics • War, US Revolutionary) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Miners and Settlers

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near San Jose (New Almaden), California.
Red Rock Riches Cinnabar was highly valued as used for pigment by the Ohlone people who lived around Mount Umunhum. It contained mercury, also known as "quicksilver," which was essential for processing gold during . . .

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

A Sacred Site

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near San Jose (New Almaden), California.
Mount Umunhum holds great spiritual value of local tribal bands such as the Amah Mutsen and Muwekma. This mountain is where visions are sought and communion with the spiritual world is made. It is also where relationships . . .

(Churches & Religion • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Bucks County Jail

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Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
This prison cell is modeled on a cell from the old Bucks County Jail, the former occupant of this site. Designed by the noted Philadelphia architect Addison Hutton, the jail was built in 1884 and was based on Quaker ideas of . . .

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