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January Uprising Recruitment Site

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(Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Before lawn mowers...

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Rochester Hills, Michigan.
Believe it or not, we have a good reason for not cutting the grass! When the Red House was built in 1850, manicured lawns were not as common, especially for farming communities. While the lawn mower was invented in 1830, it . . .

(Natural Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Veterans Memorial

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St Paul, Virginia.
Dedicated to all Veterans in all wars who brought honor to our country and promise to our dreams All gave some Some gave all World War I Total deaths - 116,516 World War I Total deaths - 116,516 World War II Total deaths - . . .

(War, 1st Iraq & Desert Storm • War, 2nd Iraq • War, Afghanistan • War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Sold on the Steps of Justice

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Saint Louis, Missouri.
Auctions were once a common site on the stately steps of the Old Courthouse in front of you. The court organized property sales when people went bankrupt or died without a will. Between 1839 and 1862, the court sold more . . .

(African Americans • Civil Rights • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Barbara Fritchie: Civil War Heroine

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Frederick, Maryland.
“Over Barbara Fritchie’s grave, Flag of Freedom and Union, wave!” John Greenleaf Whittier From the poem, entitled “Barbara Frietchie,” Atlantic Monthly magazine, October, 1863 Barbara Fritchie's 96 years of life spanned our . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Notable Persons • War, US Civil • Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Osceola County GAR Memorial

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Sibley, Iowa.
Soldiers, sailors citizens may the memory of their valor and patriotism be perpetuated Erected 1916

(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Gold Star Families Memorial Monument

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Havre de Grace, Maryland.
The monument is in tribute to and honors families who lost one or more loved ones serving in the Armed Forces of the United States. The first panel depicts their homeland Harford County and Havre de Grace Maryland of the . . .

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

U S Army War College Alumni Memorial

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Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
This memorial was placed on the foundation of the old Carlisle Barracks post chapel converted to a memorial garden

(Churches & Religion) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Western Reach of the Revolution

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Saint Louis, Missouri.
The Battle of Fort San Carlos was the westernmost battle of the American Revolution. On May 26, 1780, about 300 townspeople, including Spanish soldiers, French settlers, and enslaved and free African Americans rallied to . . .

(Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Revolutionary) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Ichabod Washburn

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Topeka, Kansas.
Innovative businessman, fervent Congregationalist, abolitionist and philanthropist, Ichobad Washburn is the generous benefactor from Massachusetts after whom Washburn University is named.

(Abolition & Underground RR • Education) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Jubilee Walkway – Southwark

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, United Kingdom.
The Jubilee Walkway – Southwark This panel is dedicated to the memory of Sir James Swaffield, Director General of the GLC between 1973 and 1984 and a Trustee of the Jubilee Walkway Trust from 1977 until 2012. The Jubilee . . .

(Bridges & Viaducts • Parks & Recreational Areas) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Racial Inequality in the United States

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Montgomery, Alabama.
Black and brown people in the United States often are presumed dangerous and guilty when thet have done nothing wrong. Our history of racial inequality has created conscious and unconscious bias that has resulted in racial . . .

(African Americans • Civil Rights) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Veterans Memorial

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Quincy, Massachusetts.
In memory of our departed Comrades and Auxiliary Sisters Dedicated Nov. 11, 1981

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Patriots & Patriotism • War, Vietnam) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Muzeum Miejskie / Town Museum / Museo Civico

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, Poland.
(English:) The beginning of this building is associated with urban arrangement changes which took place in the centre of the city at the turn of the 18th and 19th century. The removal of the market square’s old eastern . . .

(Architecture • Churches & Religion) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

World War Memorial

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Quincy, Massachusetts.
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(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Patriots & Patriotism • War, World I) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

World War II Memorial

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Quincy, Massachusetts.
To commemorate the Men and Women of Quincy who honored her in World War II Lest We Forget Our War Dead These Shall Not Have Died In Vain [Roll of Honored Dead]

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Wadowice Tobruk and Monte Cassino World War II Memorial

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, Poland.
Ku Chwale Synów Ziemi Wadowickiej Podbeskidzia i Podhala Bylych zolnierzy SBSK 3DSK walczacych za wiare i ojczyzne pod Tobrukiem i Monte Cassino - (English translation:) In honor of the sons of the soil of Wadowice, the . . .

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

Cherokee County Freedom Rock

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Cherokee, Iowa.
Francis L. Sampson 1912-1996 Francis L. Sampson's amazing record as a war hero put him in history books. As the "Paratrooper Padre" in World War II, he was one of the 20th century's best-known Army Chaplains. His real life . . .

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

Cherokee County Veterans Memorial

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Cherokee, Iowa.
If It were Not For the Brave There Would Be No Land Of the Free This Memorial is Dedicated with Appreciation to the Men and Women Whose Loyalty and Service During Times of War And Peace Define the Character of this Great . . .

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

Site of 1972 Osceola County Time Capsule

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Sibley, Iowa.
A collection of materials and important papers representative of the period were buried in a time capsule in front of this marker during the 1972 Osceola County Centennial Celebration. Those involved in this, did so with the . . .

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