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Spanish Gun

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Annapolis, Maryland.
Spanish Gun captured by U.S. Navy from Mexican Forces in California in 1847.

(War, Mexican-American) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

History of Our Maryland Flag

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Annapolis, Maryland.
Design The black and gold design on the flag is the coat of arms from the Calvert line. It was granted to George Calvert as a reward for his storming a fortification during a battle. The red and white sides of the cross . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • War, US Civil • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Battle of Midway

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Annapolis, Maryland.
Japanese Losses: Ships: Four Aircraft Carriers One Heavy Cruiser Aircraft: 256 Men: 2500 United States Losses: Ships: One Aircraft Carrier One Destroyer Aircraft: 144 Men: 307 A Japanese account of the Battle of Midway . . .

(Air & Space • War, World II • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Franklin Memorial Park

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Franklin, Virginia.
Dedicated to those who gave their lives in defense of our state and our nation Originally a part of the James L. Camp homeplace, the park was given to the town of Franklin in 1946 by the children of Mr. and Mrs. James L. . . .

(Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Confederate Monument

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Franklin, Virginia.
“Love makes memory eternal.” To our Confederate dead.

(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Preble Hall

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Annapolis, Maryland.
Preble Hall dedicated to Commodore Edward Preble, USN 1761-1807 Educator of Naval leaders and Commander of our squadron before Tripoli, 1803-04.

(Education) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Clark Greenman House

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Mystic, Connecticut.
This house was built in 1841 for Clark and Harriet Greenman. Clark was the second oldest of the three brothers who founded the George Greenman & Co. Shipyard. The oldest brother, George, built the house on your left in 1839. . . .

(Architecture • Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

George Greenman House

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Mystic, Connecticut.
This house was built in 1839 for George and Abigail Greenman. He was the oldest of the three brothers who founded the George Greenman & Co. Shipyard. The three brothers lived here until Clark Greenman built his house next . . .

(Abolition & Underground RR • Architecture) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Langworthy House

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Mystic, Connecticut.
Part of this house was standing when brothers George, Clark, and Thomas Greenman purchased the surrounding land in 1837 and founded the George Greenman & Co. Shipyard. They lived here until George Greenman built the house on . . .

(Architecture • Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features • Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

William Haynes House

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Mystic, Connecticut.
This house was built in the early 1850s by William Haynes (1820-1905), a ship carpenter who often worked at the George Greenman & Co. Shipyard. The small room on the left side is a later addition, and the bay window was . . .

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

Constantine House

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Mystic, Connecticut.
We believe this house was built in the 1840s. George Greenman & Co. rented its two apartments to employees of the company's shipyard and textile mill. In the 1850s and 1860s it was occupied by the widow of a mill employee . . .

(Architecture • Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Brustolon House

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Mystic, Connecticut.
This building was built about 1863 as the George Greenman & Co. store. The store, which sold produce and other goods to the shipyard and mill employees and nearby families until the 1880s, was located on the first floor, . . .

(Architecture • Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Lewis House

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Mystic, Connecticut.
This house was built about 1841 by Welcome B. Lewis (1810-1880), a ship carpenter who often worked at the George Greenman & Co. Shipyard. Originally sided with clapboards and painted white, the house was built in the Greek . . .

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

14cm 3.5 inch Gun

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Annapolis, Maryland.
14cm 3.5 inch gun from Spanish armored cruiser Vizcaya Battle off Santiago Cuba July 3 1898

(War, Spanish-American) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Made from USS Lexington Recycled Plastic Waste

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Annapolis, Maryland.
Manufactured for the U.S. Navy's David Taylor Research Center by National Waste Technologies under a joint project sponsored by the Naval Sea Systems Command and The Council for Solid Waste Solutions November 1990

(Environment • War, World II • Waterways & Vessels) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Leahy Hall

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Annapolis, Maryland.
Class of 1897, United States Naval Academy USS Oregon, Battle of Santiago, 3 July 1898 Chief, Bureau of Ordnance, 1927-1931 Commander, Destroyers, Scouting Force, 1931-1933 Chief, Bureau of Navigation, 1933-1935 Vice . . .

(Politics • War, World II • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

P-47 Thunderbolt

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Dayton, Ohio.
P-47 Thunderbolt Alexander Kartveli, Designer The Thunderbolt was the largest, heaviest, single-seat fighter built during World War II: a rugged, dependable,and heavily armed fighting machine, whose accomplishments advanced . . .

(War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

San Diego: Birthplace of Naval Aviation

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San Diego, California.
In 1907, President Theodore Roosevelt sent America's battleships, called the Great White Fleet, on a world cruise. Dispatched largely as a goodwill gesture to Japan, the Fleet was scheduled to make San Francisco its first . . .

(Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Belly Tank

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Dayton, Ohio.
The Belly Tank This Nissen Hut is one of the British temporary structures that served the Allied Forces in England in WWII for housing, administrative and work shops. It was erected by the Royal Air Force near Saffron . . .

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

American Air Forces in England, WWII

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Dayton, Ohio.
American Air Forces in England, WWII American airpower based in England in WWII included the Eighth Air Force, providing strategic airpower with bombers and fighters, and the Ninth Air Force, performng tactical . . .

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