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Home of "Shangri-La WAC" Cpl. Margaret J. Hastings who survived 47 days in New Guinea jungle after May 13, 1945 plane crash
(War, World II • Women) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.
Home of "Shangri-La WAC" Cpl. Margaret J. Hastings who survived 47 days in New Guinea jungle after May 13, 1945 plane crash(War, World II • Women) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.
New Amsterdam Plein : Three The Island Peter Minuit arrived at a colony in turmoil. Some 150 miles upriver from the harbor, several Dutch soldiers were killed by Mohawk Indians. The settlers panicked. In 1626, they found . . . 
Historic Marker In 1739 General Oglethorpe thought about a unique concept whereas a historian could find unusual collectables and local art works. Now up these stairs in the heart of historic Savannah you can find these . . . 
During World War I (1914-1918), the U.S. government targeted Jones Point as the site for a private shipyard, one of 111 built to aid the war effort. The Virginia Shipbuilding Corporation yard, constructed just before war's . . . 
This church traces its history to early Methodist services held in the Union Church of Honey Grove in the 1840s. Methodist members of the Union Church erected their first church building here in 1881 and named it for J. W. . . . 
Built by First Presbyterian Society on land donated by Howland family. Farrand Kitchel, builder. Home to museum 1994.
Early celebrity chef inventor of crêpes suzette. Opened original Henri Restaurant and Bar on this site in 1910. 
Alexandria's First Cotton Factory On April 19, 1847, the Mount Vernon Manufacturing Company purchased this lot along North Washington Street. The present building on this site was completed a year later in 1848, becoming . . . 
[Front] The O&W interchanged with four railroads at the Winton Rail Junction. Remnants of a busy past are seen in the Erie Railroad trestle, signal bases, mile markers and ties, and at the former O&W [freight station] The . . . 
The bridge crossing at this point of the Lackawanna River is [k]nown as Decker Bridge. It was named after the contractor who was hired to build a new bridge after flooding destroyed an earlier structure.
Pioneering motorcyclist and racecar driver Erwin G. Baker (born 1882) moved to Indianapolis circa 1893. He won one of the first motorcycle races at the newly opened Speedway, 1909, and raced in 1922 Indy 500. Baker set . . . 
In memory of all veterans who served their country
Five Centuries in Kinloss The Abbey Buildings By the end of the 13th Century the majority of buildings in the Abbey Precinct would have been complete. The church lay on an east-west alignment with the main cloister to the . . . 
The Cistercians of Kinloss Cistercian monastic observance followed the Rule of St Benedict, insisting on plain clothing, two simple meals a day, and an austerity in church furnishings 'in places far from the concourse of . . . 
1914 — 1918 Great European War In Honoured Memory of The Gallant Men From the Parish and Village of Ardersier Who Made the Supreme Sacrifice Sergt.-Major Thomas H. Bently, A.I.F. · Sergt. George Bain, Cameron Hldrs · Pte . . . 
Kinloss Abbey “One of the largest and wealthiest Cistercian Houses in Scotland” From Citeaux to Kinloss The Cistercian Family Created in 1098 at Citeaux in France by twenty monks from the Abbey at Molesme, the Cistercian . . . 
Recovered from the Moray Firth between Covesea and Tablet Ness on or about The year 1882 by the fishing Smack “Isabella & Janes” INS 2868 Wm. Reid (BO) Skipper Lossiemouth
Memorial to those of Jermyn who gave their lives in World War service Dedicated by the Wm. J. Griffiths Post 465 American Legion Carl Baker • Frank Kelly Wm. J. Griffiths • George R. Morgan Thomas Harvey • Maurice L. . . . 
The memorial is dedicated to the memory of the 12 men who made the supreme sacrifice for their country. In 1920, 12 trees, which line the roadway, were planted as a living remembrance for their immortal sacrifice. The . . . 
(front/south side) In honor of the Confederate Soldiers of Weakley County, Tennessee 1861-1865 (west side) Weakley County Confederate soldiers participated in all the western battles among which are: Belmont, Donaldson, . . . 
