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Blue Licks Battlefield

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near Ewing, Kentucky.
On Aug. 19, 1782, between this hill-top and Licking River a bloody battle was fought by Kentucky pioneers against a superior force of Indians and British-Canadians.

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

A Buried Story

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near Marietta, Pennsylvania.
Today the flood plain before you appears to be untouched and sparsely settled, but from 1845 to 1900, the riverbank between Marietta and Columbia was a beehive of industrial activity. At the center of this industrial complex . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Railroads & Streetcars • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

War Memorial Park

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Marietta, Pennsylvania.
Dedicated in Honor of those from the Marietta area who served God and Country during World War II and in loving memory of these twelve men who made the ultimate sacrifice. May we, whose Destiny it is to live on, dedicate our . . .

(War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Soldier’s Monument

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Elyria, Ohio.
1861 – 1865 Elyria to her heroes who fought and her martyrs who fell that the Republic might live Fredericksburg Gettysburg Vicksburg

(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Those Who Served From Marietta in World War II

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Marietta, Pennsylvania.
Those who served from Marietta in World War II [Names listed]

(War, World II) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Old Standby Park

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Mount Joy, Pennsylvania.
In 1879, a facility on this property, which was locally known as "Old Standby", manufactured gas and distributed it to the local community for lighting, heating, and industrial purposes. The facility earned the nickname "Old . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Notable Buildings • Parks & Recreational Areas) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Mountjoy Memorial

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Mount Joy, Pennsylvania.
This statue is a memorial to the ship "Mountjoy" that saved starving Scot-Irish of Londonderry, Northern Ireland, in 1689. Twenty years later, these same people came to this area bringing their beloved name with them. . . .

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

Manheim Historical Society

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Manheim, Pennsylvania.
Both homes are open to the public during our summer Open House days. Please check our website manheimhistoricalsociety.org for days and hours. Or call (717) 665-7989 for more information or to schedule a tour. Fasig House . . .

(Architecture • Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Memorial to Henry William Stiegel

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Manheim, Pennsylvania.
Glassmaker and ironmaster who was born at Cologne in 1729 and died at Charming Forge in 1785. Picturesque figure of colonial America, his memory is perpetuated by his artistic glassware, by traditions of the Baronial Pomp of . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Churches & Religion • Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Manheim Veterans Memorial

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Manheim, Pennsylvania.
In honor of all those who gave their lives, their fortune and their sacred honor in service to our country — past, present and future.

(Military) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Built 1907

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Lititz, Pennsylvania.
John Badorf was the proprietor of the Warwick House and Badorf Shoe Company. The 360 ton house was originally located on the corner of N. Broad St. and W. Lincoln Ave. It was moved back 50 feet in 1993 for the addition of a . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Notable Buildings • Notable Persons) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Fern Island

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Lititz, Pennsylvania.
At one time, the Lititz Spring Park was swampland with a small stream running through it. In the late 1700's young men from Lititz began filling in the swamp in hopes of making the area a place of leisure and enjoyment. In . . .

(Parks & Recreational Areas) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

John Tyndall

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, Ireland.
The story of John Tyndall is one of courage, passion and idealism. A story of the highest personal success achievable by any person of humble beginnings in his time.

(Exploration • Science & Medicine) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Camp Packard - Company 1446

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Castor Plunge, Louisiana.
On June 28, 1933, Company 1446 of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) occupied Camp Packard (F-3) one mile south of this location near Castor Plunge. Camp Packard was the center of operations for tree planting, . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Government • Horticulture & Forestry • Parks & Recreational Areas) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Lititz Wall of Remembrance

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Lititz, Pennsylvania.
[Left panel:] Count Nicholas Ludwig von Zinzedorf In 1742, Count Nicholas Ludwig von Zinzendorf of Saxony, the leader and organizer of the modern day Moravian Church, preached at the tavern of Jacob Huber, north of . . .

(Churches & Religion • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Civil • War, US Revolutionary) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

John A. Sutter

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

66 East Main Street

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Lititz, Pennsylvania.
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior

(Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Pilgerhaus - 1754

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Lititz, Pennsylvania.
George Klein built a two-story stone house which became the "Pilgerhaus," or Pilgrim's House" to be used as a dwelling for ministers and congregational meetings. In 1760, the congregational store was located in the . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Churches & Religion • Industry & Commerce • War, US Revolutionary) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

General Johann Agust Sutter Home

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Lititz, Pennsylvania.
General Johann Agust Sutter Home built in 1871 has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior

(Notable Buildings • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Lititz Spring Park Memorial Fountain

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Lititz, Pennsylvania.
Lititz Springs Post 1463, Veterans of Foreign Wars and Ladies Auxiliary, proudly dedicate this memorial fountain "to those who made the ultimate sacrifice and to those that were willing." Dedicated July 2, 1994

(Military) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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