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"La Plancha" and Railway Station

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, Mexico.
La Plancha y Ferrocarriles La estación del Ferrocarril situada en el cruzamiento de las calles 48 y 55 fue proyectada por el arquitecto Carlos J.S. Hall y construida entre 1913 y 1920. Es considerada quizá el único ejemplo . . .

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

Lentz Steam Engine

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Rice Lake, Wisconsin.
The steam engine was a unique part of the industrial history of America’s heartland. Engines, such as this one, provided the power to generate electricity and run machines in hundreds of factories and municipalities . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

'Dragons' Quarters

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Cuartel de Dragones El antiguo inmueble original fue construido probablemente en 1746. A petición del entonces gobernador Don Alonso de Benavides Bazán y Molina, el Ayuntamiento donó el terreno a los frailes franciscanos a . . .

(Architecture • Churches & Religion • Man-Made Features • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Flandreau Indian High School

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Flandreau, South Dakota.
One hundred years ago Flandreau Indian School had its inception when the federal government appropriated $1,000 for the mission school set up in 1872 by Presbyterian missionaries for Santee Sioux who had homesteaded near . . .

(Education • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Former Convent dedicated to Our Lady of Transit o de La Mejorada

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, Mexico.
Ex Convento de Nuestra Señora del Tránsito o de La Mejorada Patrimonio de la Nación Este conjunto tiene su origen en una construcción franciscana del Siglo XVII, conjunto que se desarrolló en dos etapas: primero la iglesia . . .

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

Annual Oyster Derby

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Southwest, District of Columbia.
Watermen from Maryland and Virginia once raced to the Southwest Waterfront with their oyster hauls and celebrated victory near the Lunch Room (built circa 1916-1981) and Oyster Shucking Shed (built circa 1930).

(Sports • Waterways & Vessels) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Protecting Undersea Rescue and Salvage Techniques

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Navy Yard, District of Columbia.
In 1927, the U.S. Navy established an experimental dive school at the Navy Yard. The school centralized training, allowing the consolidation of dive-related and submarine-escape research efforts—including the development of . . .

(Education • Science & Medicine • War, World II • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Protecting the River's Watershed

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Navy Yard, District of Columbia.
The Anacostia River has flooded the Navy Yard many times, with the worst flooding in 1936, 1937, 1942, and 1996. The flooding curtailed operations, inundating buildings closest to the river, and covered ground floors with 12 . . .

(Government • Military • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Frederick Douglass's Rustic Retreat

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Anacostia, District of Columbia.
Where do you go when you do not want to be disturbed? Frederick Douglass came to this tiny stone cabin that he called the Growlery. Coined by Charles Dickens, the word "Growlery" literally means a place to growl. Douglass . . .

(African Americans • Arts, Letters, Music • Notable Buildings • Notable Persons) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Mount Vernon Trail

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Arlington, Virginia.
U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial Learn more about the U.S. Marine Corps' long history of service. Sculpted from a famous photograph of the second flag-raising during the World War II battle for Iwo Jima, the monument honors . . .

(Military • Peace • War, World II • Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Dr. Betty Louise Josephson King

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Alexandria, Virginia.
Betty King was a scientist, teacher, community activist, photographer, mother, grandmother, neighbor, and friend who lived in the Hume Springs neighborhood in north Alexandria from the early 1980's until she passed away in . . .

(Education • Parks & Recreational Areas • Science & Medicine • Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

History at Four Mile Run Park

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Alexandria, Virginia.
Four Mile Run and the course of its namesake waterway have changed dramatically over the centuries, partly due to natural events and partly to modern human engineering. Although a setting for a rich abundance of plant and . . .

(Civil Rights • Native Americans • Notable Persons • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Chinatown

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Chinatown, District of Columbia.
dragons to bring rain, prosperity, and friendship More than 280 dragons, crowned by 700 glazed tiles, look down from the Chinatown Friendship Archway before you. Symbols of the spirits that bring rain and prosperity in . . .

(Architecture • Asian Americans • Bridges & Viaducts • Churches & Religion) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Lomax AME Zion Church

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Arlington, Virginia.
The Little Zion Congregation was organized in 1866 by residents of Freedman's Village. The congregation purchased this site in 1874. In 1867, T.H. Lomax was elected Bishop of the AME Zion Church and assigned to the . . .

(African Americans • Architecture • Churches & Religion) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Green Valley Pharmacy

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Arlington, Virginia.
As a business and civil rights leader, Leonard "Doc" Muse established Arlington County's first African-American owned and operated pharmacy at 2415 Shirlington Road in 1952. He overcame the challenges of racism, segregation, . . .

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

Origins

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Arlington, Virginia.
Freedman's Village, established by the federal government in 1863, was intended to provide temporary accommodation for newly freed slaves, but it survived as a community for over thirty years. When the government closed it, . . .

(African Americans • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Dr. Roland Herman Bruner

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Arlington, Virginia.
Dr. Roland Herman Bruner, born on March 7, 1902 in Burkittsville, Maryland, served Arlington County for over 40 years. He should be remembered not only for his commitment to medicine and generosity to the community and his . . .

(African Americans • Education • Science & Medicine • Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Reevesland

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Arlington, Virginia.
All of the surrounding land was once part of Reevesland, the last operating dairy farm in Arlington. Purchased in 1866 by William H. Torreyson, this 171-acre farm was run by the same family for 89 years. Torreyson's daughter . . .

(Agriculture • Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Chuck Brown Memorial Park

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Langdon, District of Columbia.
[Plaque on sculpture along 20th Street] A Celebration of Chuck Brown (1936-2012) The fundamental force behind Go-Go music -- Using music, story-telling, and rhythm to help create a culture of inclusion and participation . . .

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

James Shanahan

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Fonda, New York.
Irish born stone cutter donated Sacred Heart R.C. Church 1876. Purchased from Reformed Church-built 1840. Member state assembly 1869.

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