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Northeastern Railway War Memorial

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Their Names Liveth For Evermore ( rear center column ) In Abiding Remembrance Of the 2236 Men of The Northeastern Railway Who Gave Their Lives For Their Country In The Great War The Company Places This Monument ( left . . .

(War, World I • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Milford at Work

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Milford, Michigan.
Henry Ford chose to build a "village industry" here in the 1930s, one of seventeen small factories he built in rural settings to produce small parts for Ford vehicles. Ford found benefits to building the carburetor plant . . .

(Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

North Eastern Railway Head Office

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York has been a centre of railway management since 1840. This building, now the Headquarters of British Rail, Eastern Region, was the Head Office of the North Eastern Railway from 1906 (designed by William Bell and Horace . . .

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

George Leeman

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, United Kingdom.
George Leeman ( back ) This Statue Was Erected by Public Subscription To Commemorate the Many Services Rendered By George Leeman To His Native City. He Was Three Times Lord Mayor of York Elected M.P. for this City in . . .

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

York War Memorial

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, United Kingdom.
To The Citizens Of York 1914 – 1918 1939 - 1945 Their Names Liveth For Evermore

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

Afghanistan War Memorial

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In Memory Of Those Who Fell Afghanistan 2001 - 2014

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

Golden Fleece

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, United Kingdom.
Golden Fleece These are the oldest, and most haunted, licensed premises in York. Mentioned in the city Archives as far back as 1503, this historic, wooden framed building is without foundations-which would explain our . . .

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

Coppergate

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

Punch Bowl

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, United Kingdom.
Punch Bowl The Punch Bowl has been a pub for over 400 years. It has suffered two major fires over the last 150 years, however, the restoration work has retained the tavern's distinctive character. The overhanging gable at . . .

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

Ye Olde Starre Inn

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, United Kingdom.
York’s Oldest Licensed Inn, Established 1644 The inn used to be a posting house (a post for changing coach horses. But not necessarily as an office for posting letters). Before 1733 it was open to Stonegate, being accessed . . .

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

Guy Fawkes

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Guy Fawkes Hereabouts lived the parents of Guy Fawkes of Gunpowder Plot fame, who was baptized in St. Michael-Leonard-Belfrey Church in 1570.

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

St. Sampson’s Church

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St. Sampson’s Church The Church is first mentioned in 1154. Its Tower was damaged by cannon balls in 1644 and the Church was largely rebuilt in 1848. The adjacent door is fifteenth-century. The redundant Church was taken . . .

(Churches & Religion) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

York Methodists

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The upper storey of this building was the meeting place of York Methodists from 1753 to 1759. John Wesley, Charles Wesley and George Whitefield preached here on several occasions during that time, The actual room which the . . .

(Churches & Religion) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

House of Jaime Nunó

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En este sitio estuvo la casa donde residió Don Jaime Nunó, en cuyo recinto compuso la música del Himno Nacional. Año 1854. Dirección de Monumentos Coloniales. English translation: On this site was the house where Jaime Nunó . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Cinelandia

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En 1935 se inauguró en este edificio una sala dedicada exclusivamente a la proyección de dibujos animados: Cinelandia. Ciudad de México English translation: In 1935 Cinelandia was inaugurated in this building, the first hall . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Cine Olimpia

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, Mexico.
Aquí estuvo el cine Olimpia, que fue inaugurado por Álvaro Obregón, y en el que se estrenó la primera película sonora, El cantor de jazz. 1928. Ciudad de México English translation: Here was the Olimpia Cinema, which was . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Holy Trinity Methodist Church

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Iglesia Metodista de la Santísima Trinidad. Se edificó en el siglo XIX, habilitando el claustro mayor del Antiguo Convento de San Francisco que fue el más grande América Latina. English translation: Holy Trinity Methodist . . .

(Churches & Religion • Colonial Era • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Hibbard Tavern

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Milford, Michigan.
Aaron Phelps, pioneer settler and first postmaster of Milford, built this Greek Revival residence between 1836 and 1838. It was one of the first frame structures erected in the village. New York immigrant Ira Hibbard . . .

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

Friar Pedro de Gante

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Fray Pedro de Gante (1480-1572) Primero de los grandes educadores de America, la plaza y el monumento fueron inaugurados el 16 de enero de 1976, construyo el D.D.F. Donado por la Provincia de Flandes Oriental a la Ciudad de . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Churches & Religion • Colonial Era • Education) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

De Soto Trail Monument

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Bradenton, Florida.
The De Soto Trail Monument was placed here by the National Society of Colonial Dames of America. The granite monument was dedicated on May 30, 1939, during the 400th anniversary of the landfall of the Hernando de Soto . . .

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