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Veterans Memorial

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Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
Dedicated to the Glory of God in memory of All Veterans who have honorably served their country Flag flying in memory of All Veterans [Honor Roll of Veterans]

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Patriots & Patriotism • War, Korean • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Site of the Surrender of Maximilian

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, Mexico.
Aquí, hace cien años, Maximiliano de Habsburgo rindió su espada a Don Mariano Escobedo General en Jefe del Ejercito Republicano de Operaciones Queretaro, 15 de mayo de 1967 English translation: Here, one hundred years . . .

(Patriots & Patriotism • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Madison in the Civil War

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Madison, Arkansas.
U.S. troops from Helena came through Madison many times during the Civil War. A 5th Kansas Cavalry patrol fought here twice during a March 5-12, 1863, expedition. Iowa and Indiana troops passed through in April 1863, and . . .

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

Faulkner County in the Civil War

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Conway, Arkansas.
Front Faulkner County had divided loyalties during the Civil War. Soon after the war started, Col. A.R. Witt helped organize several companies for the 10th Arkansas Infantry (C.S.). After fighting at Shiloh, the 10th was . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Ones He Left Behind: The Widow and Children of Jacob Agle

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Shippensburg, Pennsylvania.
On August 28, 1861, Shippensburg resident Jacob Agle volunteered for service with Company H, 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry, leaving behind his wife and three sons: Edward, age 7; Samuel, age 5; and Abner age 4. On September 13, . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Man-Made Features • War, US Civil • Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Franklin County Court House

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Ozark, Arkansas.
Ozark was designated as the county seat of Franklin County in 1837, and the first court house in the county was erected on this site in 1838.

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

Address by President Lincoln

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Fort Mitchell, Alabama.
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, . . .

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

Sam Houston

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Huntsville, Texas.
Sam Houston American, Texan, Patriot, Master Mason U.S. Congressman - Tennessee 1823-1827 Governor of Tennessee 1827-1829 President - Republic of Texas 1836-1838 and 1841-1844 U.S. Senator - Texas 1859-1861 "The great . . .

(Patriots & Patriotism • Politics) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Hawesville Railroad Station

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Hawesville, Kentucky.
(side 1) Rails of Louisville, St. Louis, and Texas Railroad laid here June 9, 1888. First passenger train ran between Owensboro and Stephensport Oct. 7, 1888. Service between Evansville and Louisville began in April 1889. . . .

(Railroads & Streetcars) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Korean War

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Mankato, Minnesota.
In Honor of Those Who Served in the Korean War 1950 - 1953 Died 54,246 Wounded 103,284 MIA 8,177

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

Samuel Cox, 1756-1832

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Williamsburg, Kentucky.
Samuel Cox is celebrated as the "Father of Williamsburg." The city's first resident & founder, Cox was instrumental in Williamsburg becoming the Whitley County seat of government. He donated land for a courthouse and offered . . .

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

Galen J. Karper

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Shippensburg, Pennsylvania.
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(Charity & Public Work • Horticulture & Forestry) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Raymond, Minnesota Veterans Memorial

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Raymond, Minnesota.
Dedicated to the Men and Women Who Serve Their Country

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

Trammell-Taylor House

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Fairmount Heights, Maryland.
The Trammell-Taylor House was one of the most substantial houses in the early development of Fairmount Heights. The house is a two-and-one-half story, side gabled, wood frame dwelling with Classical Revival decorative . . .

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

Bennett-Arcan Long Camp

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Death Valley, California.
Near this spot the Bennett-Arcane contingent of the Death Valley '49ers, emigrants from the Middle West, seeking shortcut to California gold fields, were stranded for a month and almost perished from starvation. William . . .

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

Fort Mitchell

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Fort Mitchell, Alabama.
Fort Mitchell Fort Mitchell is located on the Federal Road on the West bank overlooking the Chattahoochee River. General John Floyd received orders from Governor David B. Mitchell to pick up supplies, cross the Chattahoochee . . .

(Forts, Castles • Native Americans • Wars, US Indian) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

United States Indian Trading Post

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Fort Mitchell, Alabama.
United States Indian Trading Post The Battle of Horseshoe Bend, March 1814, ended the Creek Indian War. General Andrew Jackson met with Chief William Weatherford and signed the Treaty. The Creek Indians returned to their own . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Native Americans • Wars, US Indian) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Mc Lean House

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Shippensburg, Pennsylvania.
Built By Joseph Duncan, 1798 Merchant, Postmaster Alterations By James McLean c. 1875

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

Founding of Montrose

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Montrose, Colorado.
This plaque commemorates the establishment of the City of Montrose. First called Pomona, the original 320 acre townsite was laid out in January 1882 by O.D. Loutsenhizer and Joseph Selig. They were assisted by A. Pumphrey, . . .

(Railroads & Streetcars • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Tiffin Train Depot / Mad River and Lake Erie Railroad

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Tiffin, Ohio.
A) In 1858, the Sandusky Dayton Cincinnati Railroad Company took control of the Mad River and Lake Erie Railroad line and built the Tiffin passenger depot in 1862, which served as one of the six railroad depots in the Tiffin . . .

(Railroads & Streetcars) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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