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Spanish War Veterans Monument

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St. Louis, Missouri.
To the honor of those who served the United States in the War with Spain, the Philippine Insurrection, and the China Relief Expedition; 1898–1902.

Includes location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Last Stand

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near Nancy, Kentucky.
The Confederates west of the road fled in disarray after the 9th Ohio Infantry executed a successful bayonet charge. The pursuing Federals turned the tide on the east side of the road and the entire Confederate line broke. . . .

(Landmarks • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

"Poor Charlie"

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near Nancy, Kentucky.
Soon after the first shots of the battle were exchanged at Timmy's Branch, Confederate surgeons set up a field hospital in a small log house that stood here. Some of the wounded found their own way here; friends carried . . .

(Landmarks • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Action at Timmy's Branch

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near Nancy, Kentucky.
Union General George H. Thomas placed cavalry here, at Timmy's Branch, on the road between his army and the Confederates. These men acted as an early warning system in case of a surprise attack. It was here that the first . . .

(Landmarks • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Confederate Burials in the National Cemetery

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The Confederate Section All of the Confederate prisoners of war buried here died in a Civil War military hospital in or near Philadelphia. All were originally interred near the hospital where they died. In the late 1880s, . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

95 State Street

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Springfield, Massachusetts.
Constructed in 1929, the building at 95 State Street features a classical revival style of architecture. The eleven-story structure was built for the Springfield Republican as an annex to the adjacent State Building, which . . .

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

Respite at Moulden's Hill

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near Nancy, Kentucky.
The evening of January 19, 1862, Union forces pursuing the beaten Confederates halted at a small log school nearby. The Confederates had used the school as a headquarters for their pickets before the battle. Union soldiers . . .

(Landmarks • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Zollie's Den

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near Nancy, Kentucky.
In December 1861, less than a month after the Confederate army arrived in Mill Springs, General Felix Zollicoffer moved most of his army—6,000 men—across the Cumberland River to Beech Grove. Soldiers built earthworks and . . .

(Landmarks • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Noble Ellis Saves an Army

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near Nancy, Kentucky.
The Confederate army arrived in Mill Springs in November 1861. For some time, Confederate General Felix K. Zollicoffer's pleas for more men and supplies were ignored. Finally, his superior sent the steamboat Noble Ellis up . . .

(Landmarks • War, US Civil • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Benjamin Bowen House

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Newport, New York.
One of the original settlers of Newport, NY. Federal Georgian Four-Square native limestone, circa 1812

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

First Town Hall

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Speculator, New York.
1894 The first town hall was built. 1937 The library joined the town offices. 1965 The building became a library only. 2002 The library moved. 2006 The building became the historical museum

(Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Grace Methodist Episcopal Church

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Speculator, New York.
The cornerstone of the Grace Methodist Episcopal Church of Speculator was laid on November 15, 1908. The church was incorporated on June 19, 1909. It was completed and dedicated in October, 1909.

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

Gene Tunney Park

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Speculator, New York.
Gene Tunney enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps from high school and served in France during World War I. While there, he boxed in military tournaments as a marine for the entertainment of the American troops. At the end of . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Parks & Recreational Areas • Sports) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Henderson Printing

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Dayton, Ohio.
Side A Known by the trade name henderSon's printing, the business was a mainstay of Dayton's African American community for almost 60 years and became a printer of choice for everything from advertising materials, office . . .

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

Kinsale - A Walled Town

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, Ireland.
there were four walled towns in county cork: cork city, youghal, bandon and kinsale. as with walled towns all over europe in the middle ages, the purpose was to provide security against attack and to create a commercial and . . .

(Forts, Castles • Man-Made Features • Settlements & Settlers • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Slifers Presbyterian Church

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near Farmersville, Ohio.
Side A Slifers Presbyterian Church is on land deeded to the local faith community by Philip and Elizabeth Slifer on December 2, 1816. Rev. Thomas Winters of the German Reformed Church and Rev. John C. Dill of the Evangelical . . .

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

Sand Lake Veterans Memorial Park

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Averill Park, New York.
Dedicated to those common men and women who proudly served our country with uncommon valor

(Military) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Providence Knob Baptist Church

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Rockfield, Kentucky.
Oldest Missionary Baptist Church in Warren Assoc., it was organized in Sept. 1804 with nine members. Five churches in Bowling Green and Warren Co. have formed from the parent church, including First Baptist Church of Bowling . . .

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

T. C. Cherry Elementary

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Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Side 1 Named for Dr. Thomas Crittenden Cherry, who was superintendent of the Bowling Green schools for 32 years (1905-37). T. C. Cherry Elem. began educating children in the fall of 1950. It housed grades K-8, which included . . .

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

Daniel Boone's Trail

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near London, Kentucky.
Daniel Boone’s Trail from North Carolina to Kentucky 1775.

(Colonial Era • Notable Persons • Roads & Vehicles) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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