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The Plymouth Naval Memorial

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, United Kingdom.
The Plymouth Naval Memorial This memorial commemorates officers, ranks and ratings of this Port who died a sea during the wars of 1914 to 1918 and 1939 to 1945. Actions in which they fought are recorded in the registers and . . .

(War, World I • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Plymouth Naval Memorial

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Welcome to the CWGC Plymouth Naval Memorial The CWGC Plymouth Naval Memorial commemorates more than 7,200 Royal Navy personnel and 75 sailors of the Royal Australian Navy who died during the First World War. Designed by Sir . . .

(War, World I • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Smeaton Lighthouse

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, United Kingdom.
( top plaque ) This tablet is erected to the Memory of John Smeaton F.R.S. the distinguished civil engineer who was born in 1724 and died in 1792 at Austhorpe Lodge Leeds in the County of York He designed this lighthouse and . . .

(Notable Buildings • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

National Armada Memorial

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, United Kingdom.
He Blew With His Wind And They Were Scattered This Foundation Stone Of a National Memorial Was Laid in the Presence of Naval, Military and Civic Representatives, by the Right Worshipful the Mayor of this Borough, Alderman . . .

(Notable Events • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Marine City

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Marine City, Michigan.
Built in 1884 at a cost of $12,300, this edifice has served continuously as the seat of local government. Marine City was incorporated as the village of Marine in 1865. It became Marine City in 1867. The first village . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Notable Buildings • Settlements & Settlers • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Heritage Square Historic District

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Marine City, Michigan.
City Hall of Marine City was built in 1884 designed by the firm of George Dewitt Mason and Zachariah Rice, Detroit. Mason, principal designer, chose to reflect a style popularized by the Boston architect Henry Hobson . . .

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

Taylor's Corner

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Maysville, Kentucky.
Built by Ezekial & Dolly (Wood) Forman as wedding present for their daughter Elizabeth and her husband Robert Taylor, Jr. With its three handsome doorways, the Federal styled building was a combination residence and store . . .

(Architecture • Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Washington, Kentucky Post Office

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Maysville, Kentucky.
Washington, Kentucky First post-office for North-West Territory. Mail distributed to seven states. 1789 Placed by ”Washington Study Club”

(Communications • Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Mark Twain

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Florida, Missouri.
(side 1) Mark Twain (Samuel Longhorne Clemens) was born in the nearby village of Florida, Nov. 30, 1835. His birthplace was given to the Mark Twain Memorial Park Association by M.A. Violette, 1924, and is maintained as a . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Parks & Recreational Areas) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Shackleford Residence

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Maysville, Kentucky.
Before the Civil War Dr. John Shackleford lived here and practiced medicine next door. In the late 19th and early 20th century James H. Hall, president of the James H. Hall Plow Factory resided here. By 1913 Michael S. . . .

(Architecture • Science & Medicine • Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Revolutionary War Patriots

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Manchester, Maine.
Near this spot stood the 1771 homestead of the Elias and Mary Taylor family, pioneer settlers of Kennebec, Cushnoc, Hallowell, Winthrop and Manchester and Patriots of the American Revolution. In 1775 their eldest son John . . .

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

Bourbon County World War I Monument

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Paris, Kentucky.
This building is dedicated to the men of Bourbon County who served their country during the World War. 1917 – 1918 Sacred to the memory of those who died for Liberty, Justice and Peace. Charles Adair * Joseph H. Holt * . . .

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

Mae Street Kidd

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Millersburg, Kentucky.
(side 1) Born in Millersburg, Kidd devoted much of her life to civil rights causes. Served as representative in Ky. state legislature, 1968-85, earning her nickname, “Lady of the House.”Kidd led Ky.'s ratification of 13th, . . .

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

Presque Isle County Courthouse

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Rogers City, Michigan.
Presque Isle County was organized in 1871. The County's original courthouse was built on this site in 1872. The property was donated to the County by William Rogers, namesake of Rogers City. The community's first cemetery . . .

(Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Frederick Denny Larke General Store

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Rogers City, Michigan.
This building was constructed in 1878 for Frederick Denny Larke and his wife Augusta. Larke was one of the founders of Rogers City, and an unparalleled advocate of community development. Originally a general store, it was . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Presque Isle County Bank

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Rogers City, Michigan.
The center portion of this building, with its gabled roof, was built in 1899 for Charles Osgood, proprietor of the first bank in the county—the Presque Isle County Bank. The original building is shown in this 1907 photo. . . .

(Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Battle of Aculco and the "Blessed Tree"

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, Mexico.
Despues de la Batalla de Aculco, Hidalgo en su salida hacia El Bajio oficia misa bajo este árbol llamado Palo Bendito Aculco Mexico a 28-V-2005 English translation: After the Battle of Aculco, Hidalgo, while retreating . . .

(Colonial Era • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Chapel Hill Presbyterian Church / Pioneer Church

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near Marion, Kentucky.
Chapel Hill Presbyterian Church Organized in 1883 at the home of John A. Hill. Services were held in an old school house until this building was constructed on T. M. Hill's land in 1884. Rev. A. J. Thomson was first . . .

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

Centerville

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near Mexico, Kentucky.
County seat, 1804, of the original Livingston County. A Presbyterian Church was started, 1797, by the Rev. Terah Templin. County seat moved to Salem, 1809. U.S. Army used earlier buildings as supply depot on the "Trail of . . .

(Churches & Religion • Native Americans • Political Subdivisions • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Bell Mines

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Sturgis, Kentucky.
John Bell, 1797-1869, of Tenn. owned mines two miles south of here. In 1860 he was nominated as candidate for President by the Constitutional Union Party. He campaigned to preserve the Union and carried Kentucky, Tennessee, . . .

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