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Clonard Martyrs

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Roll of Honor Vol. Sean Gaynor · 26th Sept. 1920 Vol. Dan Duffin · 23rd April 1921 Vol. Pat Duffin · 23rd April 1921 Vol. Seán McCartney · 8th May 1921 Vol. Gerard O'Callaghan · 31st Aug. 1942 Vol. Tom Williams · 2nd Sept. . . .

(Patriots & Patriotism • Politics • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Sephardic Jewish Center

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Miami Beach, Florida.
The Sephardic Jewish Center of Greater Miami Existed in this building between 1960 and 1993

(Churches & Religion • Man-Made Features) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Simón Bolívar

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Miami Beach, Florida.
Simón Bolivar “El Libertador” 1783-1830 Un tributo de la Familia Hernández y cubanos del exilio al Libertador de los países Bolivarianos, en reconocimiento y honor a su patriotismo de libertad y justicia para el pueblo. . . .

(Patriots & Patriotism • Politics • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Civilians Murdered by Loyalists and British Forces During the Course of the Conflict

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Francis Finnegan — 21-7-20 ([age] 40) Br. Michael Morgan — 22-7-20 (28) Bernard Devlin — 22-7-20 (18) John J. Giles — 22-7-20 (19) Alexander McGoran — 22-7-20 (25) Thomas Robinson — 22-7-20 (33) John Downey — 22-7-20 (20) . . .

(Civil Rights • Disasters • Politics • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Trappers Cabin & Boat Shed

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Lafayette, Louisiana.
TRAPPER'S CABIN: Harvesting the Natural Bounty of the Wetlands This replica of a structure is based on an outbuilding used for storage from the 1700s, and illustrates st a basic dwelling in which trappers and moss pickers in . . .

(Man-Made Features • Settlements & Settlers • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Henry Street Business District

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Roanoke, Virginia.
African-American Commercial Center Henry Street, also known as First Street, N.W., served as the commercial and entertainment center for African-Americans in Roanoke during the first half of the 20th Century. During the days . . .

(African Americans • Civil Rights • Entertainment • Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Audley

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Berryville, Virginia.
Warner Washington, a first cousin of George Washington, acquired land in this area in the 1760's. His namesake son established a plantation later known as Audley and built a house just north of here ca. 1796. Lawrence Lewis, . . .

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

Princess Anne County Courthouse

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Virginia Beach, Virginia.
The Princess County Courthouse was located 200 yards northeast of this point at the time of the signing of the Constitution of the United States of America in 1787. This marker erected by the Constitution’s Celebration . . .

(Patriots & Patriotism) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Racing on the Beach 1930

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Daytona Beach, Florida.
Packard chassis powered Cummins diesel engine runs measured mile and sets first American record by diesel powered automobile. Kaye Don, driving the stunning 31 foot long “Sunbeam Silver Bullet”, the longest car to race on . . .

(Entertainment • Roads & Vehicles • Sports) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Birthplace of Abigail Powers Fillmore

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Stillwater, New York.
Site of Birthplace in 1798 of Abigail Powers Fillmore wife of the 13th U.S. President Millard Fillmore

(Women) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Edgerton Town Hall & Park Opera House

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Edgerton, Ohio.
Side A Edgerton was settled beside the St. Joseph River when the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railroad was completed in 1854. The village was incorporated on December 4, 1865, and named for Alfred P. Edgerton, who donated . . .

(Architecture • Charity & Public Work • Entertainment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Montpelier Town Hall

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Montpelier, Ohio.
Erected by the Village of Montpelier and Superior Township, ground was broken for this historic structure in August 1892. It was occupied by January 1893. The Town Hall was constructed by Sam Martin at a contract price of . . .

(Architecture • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

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New York, New York.
This church, designed in the baroque manner by Ditmars and Schickel, was dedicated in 1898 by Michael Augustine Corrigan, third Archbishop of New York. The parish was founded in 1851 and worshipped in a church on this site . . .

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

Exodus

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The S.S. Exodus was an American Aliyah Bet ship crewed by American volunteers together with Haganah operatives from pre-state Israel. Her mission was to rescue Holocaust survivors trapped in Europe after the murder of 6 . . .

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

Machal / מח"ל

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, Israel.
During Israel’s War of Independence, 1948-49, more than 4,800 volunteers, including 168 Christians, came from 59 countries to Israel’s aid. Some had served as crew on the 10 American-purchased Aliyah Bet ships that brought . . .

(Notable Events • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Stephen Theodore Norman, 1918-1946. Last descendent of Theodor Herzl

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"You will be amazed at Jewish youth in Palestine...they have the look of freedom." Stephen Theodore Norman, 1918-1946. Last descendent of Theodor Herzl. Stephen Norman was the grandson of Theodor Herzl and his last . . .

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

Survivor Tree

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New York, New York.
This Callery pear tree stands distant from the hundreds of swamp white oak trees on the Memorial. It was discovered amidst the wreckage of the 9/11 attacks, its bark charred from fires at the site and many of its limbs . . .

(Disasters • Horticulture & Forestry) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

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Los Angeles, California.
On November 3, 1954, Toho Studios in Japan released a monster movie that was an allegory of the atomic bombings and fire raids visited upon the Japanese during the closing months of the Second World War. Produced by Tomoyuki . . .

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

United States Post Office

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Boone, North Carolina.
Has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places By the United States Department of the Interior 1938

(Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Civil War Memorial

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Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
Conyngham Post 97 G.A.R. [Grand Army of the Republic] Erected in Memory of our Comrades

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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