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Major John Simpson

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Deerfield, New Hampshire.
Born In Deerfield and buried in Old Center Cemetery on road west, he gained fame by the unauthorized firing of the first shot at Bunker Hill while serving as a private in Captain Dearborn's Company of Colonel Start's . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Revolutionary) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Site of the First Congregational Church

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Deerfield, New Hampshire.
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(Churches & Religion) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The First Garrison in Concord

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Concord, New Hampshire.
Around this house was erected in 1746 the first stated garrison in Concord to protect from the French and Indian enemy the families of Rev. Timothy Walker, Capt. John Chandler, Abraham Bradley, Samuel Bradley, John Webster, . . .

(Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers • War, French and Indian) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

First Session of the Legislature at Concord

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Concord, New Hampshire.
The first session of the Legislature at Concord was held in this building March 1782

(Colonial Era • Politics) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

St. Francis Dam Disaster

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Santa Paula, California.
To honor victims of the St. Francis Dam Disaster, March 12, 1928. This monument of native stone was placed in respectful memory of the nameless souls whose unmarked graves rest in this hallowed ground.

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Disasters) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

London City Wall - Bastion 14

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, United Kingdom.
Conservation repairs have been carried out to this Bastion, which forms part of the remains of the City Wall. The work was necessary in order to protect the Scheduled Monument from decay. Moss and plant growth together with . . .

(Anthropology • Forts, Castles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Spring Hill Waterfront

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Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
The Wharves at Bow and Ceres Streets at the base of Spring Hill (as the site was called) were once bustling hubs of waterfront commerce. Built in the late eighteenth century, the waterfront wharves were most active during . . .

(Industry & Commerce • War of 1812 • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Let Freedom Ring

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Memphis, Tennessee.
For someone to choose this country and live through 17 U.S. Presidents is amazing. Eugene Magevney was born in 1798 in Ireland. He must have heard the call of freedom from America as a child while our nation was still in its . . .

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

Forrest and the Memphis Slave Trade

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Memphis, Tennessee.
Front From 1854 to 1860, Nathan Bedford Forrest operated a profitable slave trading business at this site. In 1826,Tennessee had prohibited bringing enslaved people into the state for the purpose of selling them. As cotton . . .

(African Americans • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Campbell Clinic

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Memphis, Tennessee.
The Willis C. Campbell Clinic opened at this site on December 26, 1920. Originating as a one-story building, it housed a waiting room, business office, eight examining rooms, the physical therapy department, and a brace . . .

(Science & Medicine) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

William Morris House

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Dayton, Ohio.
William Morris House William Morris married his second wife, Patsy Hillian, on October 5, 1831. The couple had a son in 1835 when Morris was 74 years old. William Morris, a Revolutionary War veteran, came to Montgomery . . .

(Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Confederate Reunion Grounds

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Christoval, Texas.
Along the banks of the South Concho River, Confederate veterans of the War Between the States (1861-1865) gathered in reunion beginning in 1902. They were members of the United Confederate Veterans Colorado—Concho . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Christoval United Methodist Church

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Christoval, Texas.
According to local history, Christoval Methodists, Baptists, and Cumberland Presbyterians assembled for worship services in the Cumberland Presbyterian church building before 1910. Circuit riders from the three denominations . . .

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

Christoval Baptist Church

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Christoval, Texas.
Settlement of this area began in the 1860s and increased in the 1870s and 1880s following the establishment of Fort Concho in nearby San Angelo. The town of Christoval began to develop by 1885. The South Concho Baptist . . .

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

Christoval

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Christoval, Texas.
Frontiersmen began to immigrate into the South Concho Valley in 1870s, locating along the “Toe Nail” trail from Fort McKavett to Fort Concho. By mid-1880s the settlement began to develop and a Union church was organized. The . . .

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

Fannie C. Williams / Valena C. Jones Elementary School

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New Orleans, Louisiana.
Fannie C Williams Pioneer in Public Education As one of New Orleans' premier educators in the first half of the twentieth century, Fannie C. Williams steered this school through decades of challenge and change. An active . . .

(African Americans • Education) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Louisiana Spanish-American War Monument

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New Orleans, Louisiana.
Spanish War Veterans 1898-1902 USA, Cuba, Porto-Rico, Philippine Islands Erected by the State of Louisiana in honor of her sons who served in The Army and Navy of The United States in The War with Spain, The Philippine . . .

(War, Spanish-American) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Captain Rocky Versace Plaza and Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Alexandria, Virginia.
Captain Rocky Versace Plaza and Vietnam Veterans Memorial [In the center of the memorial:] ? My son is ? was ? he often did ? does ? his eyes are ? were brown ? Tere Rios Versace Missing in Action [Dedication plaque:] In . . .

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

Corporal Charles William Hill

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Alexandria, Virginia.
Charles W. Hill was born on February 22, 1949, in Suffolk County, New York. Charlie, as he was known to his friends, grew up on Long Island where he met his wife, Virginia. They married in 1971. Charlie was hired as a New . . .

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

Home of George Gilpin 1740-1813

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Alexandria, Virginia.
Home of George Gilpin 1740-1813 Member, Fairfax Committee of Safety Colonel, Virginia Regiment Fairfax Militia, Served with General George Washington in New Jersey campaign and Battle of Germantown Surveyor of the Town of . . .

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