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Camp David

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Myersville, Maryland.
Nearby is Camp David, a presidential retreat since Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration, where leaders meet and make crucial decisions that shape our nation and world.

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

C&O Canal

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Myersville, Maryland.
The 184-mile C&O Canal, where mule-drawn barges once lumbered alongside the Potomac River, provides a serene waterway for paddling and a towpath for hiking, biking and horseback riding.

(Industry & Commerce • Parks & Recreational Areas • Waterways & Vessels) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Award of Air Force Cross to Keary J.Miller

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Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama.
Citation to Accompany the Award of The Air Force Cross to Keary J.Miller Technical Sergeant Keary J. Miller distinguished himself by gallantry in connection with military operations against an opposing armed force near . . .

(Heroes • Military • War, Afghanistan) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Veterans Memorial

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Palm Coast, Florida.
This Memorial Is Dedicated To Those Veterans Who In Time Of National Need Have Faithfully Served Their Country And To Those Who Made The Supreme Sacrifice.

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

An Evolving Playground

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Ilwaco, Washington.
In the past two centuries there have been many changes at Beard's Hollow. Historically, the Chinook Indians visited the tide pools near the water's edge to collect sea life for food and shells to use as tools and . . .

(Exploration • Native Americans • Parks & Recreational Areas) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

A Vigorous Youth

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Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania.
"Our lives were lived in the open," he remembered, "winter and summer. We were never in the house when we could be out of it. And we played hard. I emphasize this because boys and girls who would grow up physically fit . . .

(Education • Native Americans • Sports) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

They Passed This Way

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Jacksonville, Arkansas.
"Long time we travel on way to new land.... Womens cry.... Children cry and men cry...but they say nothing and just put heads down and keep on go towards West. Many days pass and people die very much." -Recollection of a . . .

(Native Americans • Notable Events) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Life of a Lighthouse Keeper

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Ilwaco, Washington.
Working and Living on North Head Lighthouse keepers maintained the North Head Lighthouse from 1898 until its automation in 1961. Keeping the light burning 365 days a year was arduous, repetitive work. Keepers carried gallons . . .

(Man-Made Features • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Antioch Missionary Baptist Church

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Houston, Texas.
The emancipation of slaves was heralded by federal officials in Galveston on June 19, 1865. Antioch became Houston's first African American Baptist Church when organized by nine former area slaves in 1866. Their first . . .

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

Elisha Morgan Farm Mansion

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Fairfield, Ohio.
Elisha Morgan purchased 48.6 acres in Fairfield Township, part of the Symmes Purchase, in 1817. The Farm Mansion was built shortly after he settled the land. The house incorporates two prevalent architectural styles in . . .

(Agriculture • Architecture • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Erie County Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Erie, Pennsylvania.
[Stand in the middle of the memorial:] "Take what they have left and what they have taught you with their passing. And when there is a time when men decide and feel safe to call any war insane, take one moment to embrace . . .

(War, Vietnam) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Explore Maryland In Search of Adventure

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Myersville, Maryland.
Maryland's Appalachian Region Offers Visitors Natural Splendor And Outdoor Adventure, Plus Countless Opportunities To Explore The Region's Rich Heritage—all Just A Few Miles Off Interstate 70. Maryland Byways, like the . . .

(Parks & Recreational Areas • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Clamshell Railroad Driving Tour

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Ilwaco, Washington.
"It is estimated that with two canneries, the lumbering, cranberry and railroad interests centering at Ilwaco annually put into circulation at this town about $600,000. This is a solid town and is entitled to the attention . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Notable Places • Railroads & Streetcars) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Explore Maryland as the Crucible of the Nation

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Myersville, Maryland.
Crisscrossed By Transportation Routes, Home To America's Earliest Industries, And Meeting Place For National Leaders, Maryland's Appalachian Region Has Been Pivotal In The Growth Of The Country Throughout its history, the . . .

(Abolition & Underground RR • Colonial Era • Railroads & Streetcars • War of 1812) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Union School 1893-2004

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College Corner, Ohio.
Side A : The Union School 1893-2004 College Corner Ohio West College Corner Indiana In 1893, Ohio and Indiana constructed the first Union School on the state line separating Ohio and Indiana. For 111 years, students . . .

(Architecture • Education) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Explore Maryland at the Crossroads of Conflict

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Myersville, Maryland.
When The Civil War Broke Out In 1861 And Divided The Nation, Maryland Was On The Conflict's Pivotal Border Between North And South, And Braced Itself For War. Battles fought on Maryland's soil were critical to the defense . . .

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

The Carlisle Years

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Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania.
The Indian wars were over and the Army had moved the Indians to forts and reservations. A young Army officer named Richard Henry Pratt had taken part in the Indian fighting and subsequent subjugation of the Indians. His . . .

(Education • Native Americans • Sports) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Original Federal Boundary Stone SE 9

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Oxon Hill, Maryland.
Jurisdiction of the United States Miles 8 291 P 1792 Maryland Var 0° 37’ E

(Notable Places) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

McCook Field

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Dayton, Ohio.
Side A: McCook Field Cradle of Aviation Innovation Interest in the new field of aeronautics grew dramatically when the United States entered the World War I in 1917. The army chose Dayton as the site for a . . .

(Air & Space • Industry & Commerce • Science & Medicine • War, World I) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Cape Disappointment Lighthouse

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Ilwaco, Washington.
The lighthouse has watched over the entrance of the Columbia River since was first lit on October 15, 1856. It stands fifty-three feet tall, has a focal plane of 220 feet above the sea, and tapers from a diameter of fourteen . . .

(Man-Made Features • War, US Civil • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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