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President Reagan Meets Queen Elizabeth II

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Santa Barbara, California.
In commemoration of the historic meeting in Santa Barbara of the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, and His Royal Highness the Prince, Philip, Duke of Edinburgh with the President of the . . .

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

Original Residents: The Ohlone / Vicente Peralta's Chosen Place

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Oakland, California.
Original Residents: The Ohlone For more than 2,500 years before the Spanish missionaries first arrived in the Bay Area in the 1770s, dozens of small, politically independent native "tribelets” belonging to the Ohlone . . .

(Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Tiny and Teddy and Eugenie and Princess

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, Ireland.
Here lies Tiny Pet of John Slazenger A miniature long-haired Dachsund Died 1965 Aged 7 and Teddy The first pet of Mervyn and Wendy Wingfield Died accidentally Aged 2 —————————————— Eugenie Jersey Cow Died 1967 aged 17 years . . .

(Animals • Cemeteries & Burial Sites) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Legion Park

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Everett, Washington.
The Legion Park overlook allows a glimpse into the distant past. Here the panoramic view of Port Gardner Bay extends all the way to Mukilteo, and includes views of Smith Island, Priest Point, Camano, Jetty and Gedney (Hat) . . .

(Native Americans • Parks & Recreational Areas) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Mother of God Church / "Cradle of the Arts"

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Covington, Kentucky.
Mother of God Church Full title: The Annunciation of the Ever Virgin Mary, Mother of God. Organized 1841 by Rev. Dr. Ferdinand Kuhr. Mother church of German parishes and second parish in Covington. First church built 1842. . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Churches & Religion) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Temple Aaron 1889

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Trinidad, Colorado.
Jews have been part of Trinidad's social, economic and political life since first arriving as traders along the Sante Fe Trail. Maurice and Isaac Wise opened a store on Main Street in 1867. The Jaffa Brothers' Trading . . .

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

Sanborn, Iowa Civil War Memorial

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Sanborn, Iowa.
Lest We Forget In Memory of Our Heroes 1861—1865 (The names of 72 Civil War veterans are inscribed on three sides of the monument)

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

St. John Lutheran Church

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near Lincoln, Texas.
With the assistance of pastors from neighboring communities, a Lutheran congregation was organized to serve the Lincoln community in April 1886. The Rev. Th. Wolfram arrived in 1887 to serve as St. John's first resident . . .

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

Site of the Home of Senator Alexander Campbell

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Ripley, Ohio.
This tablet marks the site of the home of Senator Alexander, doctor, merchant, and early anti-slavery leader. A Virginian by birth, he moved to Ohio in 1803, freeing his slaves. U.S. Senator from 1809 to 1813. At the burning . . .

(Abolition & Underground RR • War of 1812) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

In Memory of All Who Fought For Our Country

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Oakland, Maryland.
In Memory of All Who Fought For Our Country Dedicated to Alvin Chapin Brock 175 Inf. 29 Division World War II Who died defending our freedom November 17, 1944

(War, World II) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

1920 Baldwin Steam Locomotive

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Oakland, Maryland.
This 1920 locomotive was originally built by the Baldwin Locomotive works for the Jonesboro, Lake City and Eastern Railroad in Mississippi. The locomotive originally carried the number 40, but was changed to #76 in 1925, . . .

(Railroads & Streetcars) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Edna St. Vincent Millay

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near Austerlitz, New York.
Noted American poet, resided in this hamlet of Austerlitz at her home Steepletop from 1920 until 1950.

(Arts, Letters, Music • Women) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

World War I Monument 1917-1919

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Larchmont, New York.
This tablet is dedicated to the men of the Village of Larchmont who served their country in the World War. CALL, DONALD M (other names are not listed)

(War, World I) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Bear Hill School

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Grantsville, Maryland.
Originally built and situated a few miles south of Jennings, Maryland in 1913, the structure served as a school until 1952. After that date it served various church related functions. In 1994, the current owners, Robert and . . .

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

East River Park

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New York, New York.
The East River Park runs alongside the Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) Drive and the East River from Montgomery Street to East 12th Street. It was conceived in the early 1930s when Robert Moses (1888-1981) was designing the . . .

(Parks & Recreational Areas) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Village Cemetery

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Coxsackie, New York.
"Mansion St. Cemetery" Resting place of residents and veterans 1826-1974. Burials as early as 1800 were transferred here.

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

Packard Motor Car Company / Packard Proving Grounds

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Shelby Charter Township, Michigan.
Packard Motor Car Company In 1899 brothers James Ward and William Doud Packard founded the Ohio Automobile Company in Warren, Ohio. In 1902 Detroiter Henry Joy and several other local investors purchased the company, moved . . .

(Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

“The Gut” or “The Valley”

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Saratoga Springs, New York.
In this low-lying neighborhood a lively Jewish enclave of stores markets, hotels and boarding houses catered to NYC summer visitors here for the healing springs.

(Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Stevens House 1693

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near Alplaus, New York.
Built by Jonathan Stevens, Indian interpreter at Ael Plaets (Eel Place)

(Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Casselman River Bridge State Park

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Grantsville, Maryland.
Spanning the Cassleman River and supporting 200 years of hooves, boots, sleigh runners, and wheels of every type and description, the Cassleman River Bridge begins its third century on the National Road in Grantsville, . . .

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