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Seaforth Highlanders Memorial

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For Their Country In Memory of the Following Officers, N.C.O. & Men of The Seaforth Highlanders Who Were Killed In Action at Fontaine-Notre Dame On the 21st & 22nd November 1917 Capt. A.K. Fraser. M.C. · Capt. A.M. . . .

(War, World I) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Sergt. John Meikle

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In Memory of Sergt. John Meikle V.C.M.M. Late Clerk at Nitshill Station Who Enlisted in H.M. Forces (Seaforth Highlanders) 8th February 1915 During the Great War and was Killed In Action on 20th July 1918 Erected by His . . .

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

Knockbain Great Wars Memorial

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, United Kingdom.
To the Glory of God and in Grateful Remembrance Of the Officers Non-com Officers And Men from the Parish of Knockbain Who Gave Their Lives For King and Country In the Great Wars 1914 – 1919 and 1939 – 1945 Erected by . . .

(War, World I • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Chapel Yard Cemetery

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, United Kingdom.
Chapel Yard Cemetery Cladh Leas A’ Chaibeil The Chapel Yard Cemetery is one of three old burial grounds in Inverness city centre. The others are at Friars Street and the Old High Church. The Chapel Yard or St Mary's . . .

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

The Bridge of Oich

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, United Kingdom.
The Bridge of Oich The Old Bridge Is Swept Away In 1849 floods swept through the Great Glen, breaching the Caledonian Canal behind you and destroying the stone bridge over the River Oich. It took five years before its . . .

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

Irapuato Cathedral

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, Mexico.
Catedral de Irapuato Su construcción es del siglo XVIII y fue originalmente dedicada a la Purísima Concepción de María. De estilo barroco. El Archivo eclesiástico contiene actas de bautizo desde el año de 1640. El atrio fue . . .

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

Temple of the Most Holy Conception

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, Mexico.
Templo de la Santísima Concepción Se dio principio a la construcción de este temple el dia 23 de abril de 1868 y se termino el 29 de junio de 1913. Habiendose hecho todos los trabajos bajo la dirección del maestro Vicente . . .

(Churches & Religion • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Saint Joseph Church

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Templo de San José El templo de San José fue conocido en sus inicios como “Templo del Patriarca Sr. San José de los Indios Otomíes” aunque datos fidedignos sugieren una previa construcción de la Capilla de la Virgen del . . .

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

Temple of the Convent

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, Mexico.
Templo del Convento Data de 1779. Se funda gracias a lo dispuesto en el testamento de Ramón Barreto de Tábora, quien dona el solar donde se construye este convento, así como el capital para erigir los altares y la obtención . . .

(Architecture • Churches & Religion • Colonial Era • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Temple of the Third Order

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, Mexico.
Templo de la Tercera Orden Fue construido gracias a la donación del terreno y dinero de doña Inés de Oropeza, viuda de don José López Gutiérrez, en el año de 27 de mayo de 1737. Dedicado inicialmente a San Buenaventura. La . . .

(Architecture • Colonial Era • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Temple of the Convent / Temple of the Third Order

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, Mexico.
Templo del Convento Data de 1779. Se funda gracias a lo dispuesto en el testamento de Ramón Barreto de Tábora, quien dona el solar donde se construye este convento, así como el capital para erigir los altares y la obtención . . .

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

La maison du commerce / The House of Commerce

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Rimouski, Quebec.
À partir de la fin du XVIIIe siècle, sous la poussée de l'industrialisation, les marchands offrent des produits manufacturés. Ceux-ci sont exposés dans une salle d'échantillons avec de larges fenêtres invitant le client à . . .

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

Fumée de mer / Smoke from the Sea

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Rimouski, Quebec.
Dans la nuit du 29 mai 1914, un dense brouillard étouffe le son de la cloche de brume de l'Empress of Ireland. Quatorze minutes plus tard, le fleuve glacial engloutit le navire et 1012 de ses passages. À partir d'éléments . . .

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

Michigan's First Jewish Cemetery

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Ann Arbor, Michigan.
At this site the first Jewish cemetery in Michigan was established in 1848-49. The Jews Society of Ann Arbor acquired burial rights to this land adjacent to what was then the public cemetery. Several years earlier, . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Wall of Defense / Una cuidad amurallada

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St. Augustine, Florida.
English: Wall of Defense The log wall at your right is a replica of the Cubo Line. The earth-and-palm-log embankment extended from the Castillo to the San Sebastian River a half-mile behind you. Two defensive walls enclosed . . .

(Colonial Era • Forts, Castles • Man-Made Features • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Safe Haven / Refugio seguro

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St. Augustine, Florida.
English: Safe Haven Farmers bring crops and food from their fields surrounding the town. Open for trade during the day, but locked up at night, this city gate is the entrance to early 1800s civilization. Here in St. . . .

(Colonial Era • Forts, Castles • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Resting Place of a Founder

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Johnson City, Texas.
Born in Alabama on August 24, 1845, James Polk Johnson was still a child when his family moved to Texas in search of a better life. As a teenager he served in the Civil War and then joined his uncles Tom and Sam Ealy Johnson . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Decatur Daily

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Decatur, Alabama.
A Century of Service The Decatur Daily newspaper began publication in the basement of a building on the northeast corner of Moulton Street and Second Avenue on Feb. 26, 1912 to serve the adjacent towns of Decatur and New . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Communications) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Diocletian's Mausoleum / Cathedral of St. Dujam

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, Croatia.
Only the English text (right) has been transcribed. To view the Croatian text (left), click on the marker image to enlarge and display it. The mausoleum of the Emperor Diocletian was built at the beginning of the 4th . . .

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

Old Agency on the Teton

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near Choteau, Montana.
About 1/4 mile SE of this point, a huge native stone marks the site of “Old Agency” of the former Blackfeet Indian Reservation. The agency was established in 1868-69 and with unusual generosity, the whites in authority . . .

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