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Veterans of the World War

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California, San Benito County, San Juan Bautista
Dedicated MDCCCCXXIII
by the citizens of San Juan
Bautista under the auspices of the
San Juan Bautista Parlor
Native Daughters of the Golden West
to the
Veterans of the World War
and in memory of
Charles F. Patrick
who died in this conflict.

(War, World I) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

San Juan Bautista WW II Veterans

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California, San Benito County, San Juan Bautista
Dedication
In memory of the
San Juan Bautista area
WW II veterans
who gave their lives
so we all could be free
Pvt. Leslie Garratt • Lt. Gene Cullumber • Lt. David Phillips • Pfc. Raymond Acuna • Pfc. Guy Rider • S/Sgt. Edwin Kellogg • Pfc. George E. Erbe Jr. • Pfc Salvadore Gonzales • S/Sgt. Joaquin Perez • T/5 Robert T. Nyland • USN John Chappius • Pfc. Lester Allison

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

Loren R. Kaufman Memorial

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Oregon, Wasco County, The Dalles
The President of the United States, in the name of Congress, has awarded the Medal of Honor
Posthumously
to
Loren R. Kaufman
Sergeant First Class, US Army
Born: July 27, 1923 at The Dalles, Oregon * Entered Service: The Dalles, Oregon * Rank and Organization: Sergeant First Class, US Army, Company G, 9th Infantry Regiment, Second Infantry Division. * Date and Place of Action: September 4 & 5, 1950. * Yongsan, Korea.
Presentation: Presented to his father at the Pentagon by General Omar N. Bradley on June 21, 1951.
Date of Death: February 10, 1951 (killed in action). * Buried at Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Oregon.

Citation: Sfc. Kaufman distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action. On the night of 4 September the company was in a defensive position on 2 adjoining hills. His platoon was occupying a strong point 2 miles away protecting the battalion flank. Early on 5 September the company was attacked by an enemy battalion and his platoon was ordered to reinforce the company. As his unit moved along a ridge it encountered a hostile encircling force. Sfc. Kaufman, running forward, bayoneted the lead scout and engaged the column in a rifle and grenade assault. His quick Vicious attack so surprised the enemy that they retreated in confusion. When his platoon joined the company he discovered that the enemy had taken commanding ground and pinned the company down in a draw. Without hesitation Sfc. Kaufman charged the enemy lines firing his rifle and throwing grenades. During the action, he bayoneted 2 enemy and seizing an unmanned machine gun, delivered deadly fire on the defenders. Following this encounter the company regrouped and resumed the attack. Leading the assault he reached the ridge, destroyed a hostile machine gun position, and routed the remaining enemy. Pursuing the hostile troops he bayoneted 2 more and then rushed a mortar position shooting the gunners. Remnants of the enemy fled to a village and Sfc. Kaufman led a patrol into the town, dispersed them, and burned the buildings. The dauntless courage and resolute intrepid leadership of Sfc. Kaufman were directly responsible for the success of his company in regaining its positions, reflecting distinct credit upon himself and upholding the esteemed traditions of the military service.

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

President Theodore Roosevelt & John Muir Meeting Site

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California, Mariposa County, Yosemite National Park
On this site President Theodore Roosevelt sat beside a campfire with John Muir on May 17, 1903 and talked forest good. Muir urged the President to work for preservation and priceless remnants of America’s wilderness. At this spot one of our country’s foremost conservatons received great inspiration.

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

Scioto County, Experience Our Heritage

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Ohio, Scioto County, Portsmouth


Tenth Street Station
The pagoda-style train station at the northwest corner of Tenth and Waller Streets is shown as it appeared in the 1890's. The N&W (Norfolk & Western) and B&O (Baltimore and Ohio) tracks continued west on Tenth St. in front of the station, while the CP&V (Cincinnati, Portsmouth and Virginia, which the N&W acquired in 1901) turned northward behind the station. The wood-burning engine on the N&W tracks is thought to have belonged to the Scioto Valley RR, which the N&W acquired in 1890. The station was abandoned in 1931 and razed in 1968. The jitney, pulled by horses, delivered passengers to their destinations upon arrival by train.

Market Square
Market Street, along with neighboring streets, was the hub of retail business in Portsmouth from 1803 until the turn of the twentieth century. During the summer months, farmers brought their produce to town where the residents could purchase fresh fruits and vegetables. Many riverboat captains and passengers traveling the Ohio River often stopped over in Portsmouth and stayed at the Washington Hotel (seen in the background). In recent years the hotel was remodeled and converted to a senior citizen residence.

Portsmouth, 1903
This mural depicts a view of Portsmouth in 1903 as seen from Kentucky. The mural was painted from a composite of four photographs taken from the Carl Ackerman historical collection. The floodwall was not present at that time and many landmark buildings are easily recognized. The Scioto River converges with the Ohio River at Portsmouth. One hundred years after Henry Massie drew the first plat, Portsmouth had grown to a city of 17,870 citizens. The farmlands west and north of the city were some of the richest in Ohio because the yearly flooding created a fertile delta. The smokestacks in the background were from the Burgess Steel and Iron Company, which employed more than 500 men. The businesses on Front Street flourished because of their proximity to the Ohio River. Market Street had become the central street during the 1800's. Boats docked at the foot of the street delivering goods to the city. The [illegible] completed in 1872 and was used by many social clubs. The newest hotel was the Washington, which opened in 1900 as the most modern hotel in Ohio. Each room had a telephone, electric lighting and refrigerator all for [illegible]. This mural measures 20 x 160 ft. and is the longest in the Floodwall Mural Project.

(Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features • Railroads & Streetcars • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 13 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Boyd County War Memorial

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Kentucky, Boyd County, Summit


This memorial is dedicated to those who
served their country in the Armed Forces.

Let us not forget those
Missing in Action and Prisoners of War.

[Roll of Honored Dead]

Dedicated Nov. 11, 1992
Honoring Boyd Co. War Dead

(War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 17 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The End of the Modoc War

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California, Siskiyou County, near Tulelake
Through the winter of 1872-1873, a vastly outnumbered group of Modoc Indians resisted attempts by the U.S. Army to remove them from their homeland. Driven from Captain Jack's stronghold, the Modoc moved into this area in mid-April. Intimate knowledge of the land helped the Modoc ambush an Army patrol in the Thomas-Wright Battle and avoid capture for several more weeks. Ongoing disagreements among the Modoc, however, led to a splintering of their group, which brought about their eventual defeat. Modoc survivors of the war were exiled to Oklahoma, where many perished and their traditional culture was all but lost.

(Native Americans • Wars, US Indian) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Last Meeting of the Peace Commission

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California, Siskiyou County, Tulelake
By April 1873, months of peace talks to end the Modoc War had gone nowhere. General E.R.S. Canby found himself caught between President Grant’s Indian Peace Policy and the desire of some settlers to have the Army eliminate the Modoc band. The Modoc leader, Captain Jack, was also caught between peace and war factions. Some Modoc argued that - as in their own tradition - once the leaders of an army were killed, the soldiers would retreat. They pressured Captain Jack to act.

Within minutes of a similar attack at Hospital Rock, eight Modoc attacked the commissioners with hidden weapons. When it was over, General Canby and Reverend Eleazar Thomas were dead, and Indian Agent Alfred Meacham lay seriously wounded. The Peace Policy came to an end.

(Wars, US Indian) Includes location, directions, 9 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Madariaga Adobe

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California, Monterey County, Monterey
Originally an adobe dwelling in the Mexican-American period.

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

Casa Pacheco

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California, Monterey County, Monterey
Built in the Mexican period by Don Francisco Pacheco. Restored in 1929.

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

First Newspaper in California

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California, Monterey County, Monterey
Walter Colton and Robert Semple
began publication of
The Californian
August 15, 1846
in the old Cuartel on this site

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

Sherman Rose Inn

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California, Monterey County, Monterey
Named after the “Cloth of Gold” rose bush, the Sherman Rose Inn was built circa 1941 (sic) as a private home. In 1934, J.C. Anthon enlarged the structure for the owners, Spiro and Jennie Catachi, using his signature Carmel stone. The building was operated as an Inn until 1945. Rehabilitation was completed by Four Sisters Inns and dedicated by Mayor Dan Albert in 2004.

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

Memorial Tribute to Elgin Academy's Patriotic Sons Who Served in the Great Civil War, 1861-1865

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Illinois, Kane County, Elgin
Among Elginites who served in the Civil War, there were 153 students, teachers, administrators and trustees from Elgin Academy.
•Academy student Leverett Kelley was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for heroic action in combat at Missionary Ridge, Tennessee in November 1863. He live to be 83 years old and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
•Private Edward Baker was killed in action on April 6, 1862, at the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee, which claimed more than 13,000 Union casualties.
•Academy student Louis Tourtelott died of typhoid fever aboard the hospital transport ship City of Memphis. He was one of 6,000 Illinois men who would die from disease or injuries after the Vicksburg, Mississippi Campaign in 1863.

The two bronze cannons, weighing approximately 1,300 pounds each, were cast at the Paul Revere Foundry in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1864 and 1865. The cannons are "12 pounder Napoleans," which fired a 12-pound solid shot projectile, or an exploding canister.

The cannons were given by a special grant to Elgin Academy by an Act of Congress and dedicated in May 1909 before a crowd of 600 people. "The position of the two guns, one pointing north and the other south, both with muzzles elevated symbolizes the peace and good will which now exist between the north and south of this country."

Old Main
Elgin Academy opened in 1856. The building housed the classrooms and living quarters of the teachers and students. The Academy was ahead of its time for allowing female students and those of all religions.
Built on a hilltop of local Dundee brick by Edwin Reeves and Joshua Wilburr, Old Main is designed in the Greek Revival style. Today, Elgin Academy is a private, independent school educating children from pre-school through the 12th grade. While most of the building now houses the Elgin History Museum, the school still uses one room as a classroom space, keeping the building part of the Elgin Academy campus.

(Education • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Government House

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Maryland, Anne Arundel County, Annapolis

The Government House
State of Maryland
Governor's Residence


(Man-Made Features • Politics) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

José Rizal Monument

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Philippines, Laguna, Calamba

Panel 1: (Text in Tagalog/Pilipino:)

José Rizal (1861-1896)
Pambansang Bayani ng Pilipinas, doctor, agrimensor, daubwika, manuulat, mkata, eskultor at pintor. Isinilang sa Calamba, Laguna, 19 Hunyo 1861. May-akda ng Noli me Tangere (1887) at El Filibusterismo (1887), mga nobelang higit pang nagpaalab sa mga Filipino na maghimagsik laban sa Espanya. Dinakip at ipinatapon sa dapitan, hilagang Mindanao, 6 Hulyo 1892. Nagboluntaryo bilang manggagamot ng puwersang Espanyol sa Cuba, 1896, ngunit muling dinakip habang patungong Espanya sa bingtang na rebelyon. Binaril sa Bagumbayan (ngayo’y liwasang Rizal), Maynila, 30 Disyembre 1896. Patuloy na inspirasyon para sa kalayaan at pagkabansang Filipino.

Panel 1: English translation

National hero of the Philippines, physician, surveyor, linguist, writer, poet, sculptor and painter. Born in Calamba, Laguna on 19 June 1861. Author of Noli Me Tangare (1887) and El Filibusterismo (1891), novels that incited the Filipinos’ uprising against Spain. Arrested and exiled in Dapitan, southern Mindanao on 6 July 1892. Volunteered as a physician with Spanish forces in Cuba, 1896 but was arrested again en route to Spain on charges of rebellion. Executed at Bagumbaya (now Rizal Park), Manila on 30 Dec 1896. Remains an inspiration for Philippine independence and nationalism.

Panel 2:

A Tribute to the Greatest Filipino
a Calambeño
Dr. José P. Rizal

Whose life and works sparked the fight for freedom
“I wish to show those who deny us patriotism that we
know how to die for our country and convictions”
Erected under the leadership of
Mayor Joaquin M. Chipeco, Jr.
with the support of the PEOPLE OF CALAMBA
to perpetuate his legacy of patriotism and nationalism
for the world to know and
for the future generation to treasure and emulate
Inaugurated by
HIS EXCELLENCY
PRESIDENT BENIGNO S. AQUINO III
on
June 19, 2011
150th Birth Anniversary Celebration
Dr. Jose P. Rizal

Seal of Laguna Province:
Lungsod ng Calamba Laguna 1742-2001

(Arts, Letters, Music • Heroes • Politics) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Fair Lawn Memorial Park

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New Jersey, Bergen County, Fair Lawn

This Park is dedicated
As a living memorial
to those of Fair Lawn
who made the supreme sacrifice
in
defense of their country
the United States of America
Dedicated May 29, 1949

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

Moon Tree

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California, Monterey County, Monterey
Coast Redwood
Sequoia sempervirens
This “Moon Tree” is a Coast Redwood grown from a seed that in January 1971 was carried to the moon and brought back to earth by Major Stuart Roosa, Command Module Pilot for Apollo 14.
The seed was planted and nurtured into a seedling at the United States Forest Service Genetics nursery in Placerville, California.
Planted here in July 1976 and dedicated to the: People of Monterey to commemorate the Bicentennial of the United States of America for the enjoyment of all future generations by the California Division of Forestry and the Society of American Foresters

(Horticulture & Forestry) Includes location, directions, GPS coordinates, map.

Point Reyes Light

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California, Marin County, Iverness
Point Reyes Light has guided and cautioned mariners along this hazardous coast for over 100 years. Built by the U.S. Lighthouse Service in 1870, it came under management of the U.S. Coast Guard in 1939. Resident personnel operated the station until 1975 when the conversion to automated lights and electronic equipment was completed.

Weather permitting, you may visit the historic lighthouse via the stairway to your left. Be prepared for a steep return up more than 300 steps, Exhibits in the watch room below the lantern describe the historic operation of the lighthouse. (Inscription beside the upper photo on the right) At sundown a lightkeeper lit the wick of an oil lamp that set inside the lens.1,3032 dazzling prisms directed a beam to the horizon. In this 1927 photo a lightkeeper polishes the lens.

(Environment • Notable Places) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Pvt Joe P. Martinez

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Colorado, Weld County, Ault
Private Martinez was mortally wounded on Attu Island after leading a successful charge to capture a mountain pass. He single handedly destroyed more than thirty enemy defenders. For this heroic efforts and supreme sacrifice he was awarded the

Congressional Medal of Honor
on October 27, 1943.

*Only serviceman from Weld County to receive the Medal of Honor to date.
*First Hispanic American in WWII from the United States to receive the Medal of Honor.
*First Private in WWII to receive the Medal of Honor.

(War, World II) Includes location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Leetsdale Veterans Memorial

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Pennsylvania, Allegheny County, Leetsdale
To the men and women of Leetsdale who helped preserve the freedoms of humanity for all ages to come.

(War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 9 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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