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First Meeting of Ból Chumann na hÉireann

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The first meeting held in Enniskeane on the 22nd Nov. 1954 'Let bowl playing flourish for future generations'

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

The Canal

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Whitehead, Nova Scotia.
The Whitehead Canal is located between Whitehead Harbour and Witch Cove. Prior to its construction, fishermen had to haul their boats over a narrow beach between Whitehead and Molasses Harbour (now Port Felix) at a spot . . .

(Man-Made Features • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Jeanne Dugas

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near Cheticamp, Prince Edward Island.
The life story of Jeanne Dugas illustrates the experiences of Acadíans in the second half of the 18th century. She and her family fled Ile Royale (Cape Breton Island) to escape the deportation of 1758, but were later . . .

(Disasters • Settlements & Settlers • Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

We Shall Never Forget

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Bakersfield, California.
This memorial site is erected and dedicated by the members of the Bakersfield Fire Department and our many supporting community partners, on this eleventh day of September, in the year two-thousand and sixteen A.D., on . . .

(Notable Events) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Madison County War Veterans Memorial

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Wampsville, New York.
Dedicated in grateful tribute to the madison county men and women who so unselfishly served their Country in the armed forces

(Military) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Manifest Destiny

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near Hagerman, Idaho.
It is ... our manifest destiny to overspread and to possess the whole of the continent which Providence has given us for the development of the great experiment of liberty." John L. O'Sullivan, columnist, New York Morning . . .

(Patriots & Patriotism) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Garibaldi Memorial

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Staten Island, New York.
This house was the home of the Italian liberator, Giuseppe Garibaldi, who fled to America after the collapse of the republic in Italy in 1849. He came to Staten Island in 1850 and lived here with his friend, Antonio Meucci, . . .

(Patriots & Patriotism • Politics) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Volcanoes Along the Snake

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near Hagerman, Idaho.
The features before you testify to a fiery volcanic past. Distant hills, called buttes, are actually "shield" volcanoes. Named for their shape, these shield volcanoes formed when lava flowed from cracks, or vents, in the . . .

(Natural Features • Natural Resources) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

66 Park-In Theater

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Maplewood, Missouri.
66 Park-In Theater 1947-1994 Crestwood, MO Not just movies attracted patrons to this open-air theatre advertising "cool breezes" before the advent of air-conditioning. Pony rides, a Ferris wheel and a trained bear cub served . . .

(Entertainment • Industry & Commerce • Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Saratoga Lanes

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Maplewood, Missouri.
The Saratoga Billiards & Bowling Alley is the oldest of its kind west of the Mississippi. An "upstair-zer", the 8-lane bowling alley has provided fun for generations of bowlers, pool players, travelers and socialites making it a treasured landmark.

(Entertainment • Industry & Commerce • Roads & Vehicles • Sports) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Carter Farm

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Franklin, Tennessee.
Just before 4:30 P.M., when the bulk of Confederate Gen. Patrick Cleburne’s Division struck this part of the main Federal line, the 100th Ohio Infantry buckled under the pressure. Although Cleburne had been killed just south . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

This Lot

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Elbridge, New York.
This lot was part of military tract of Capt. Wm. Stevens, member Mass. Society [of the] Cincinnati; First State Superintendent of Salt Industry.

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

Quality Hill Green

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near Canastota, New York.
A company of horse artillery drilled here during the War of 1812

(War of 1812) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Elbridge Central

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Elbridge, New York.
School- November 1, 1928 First central school in Onondaga County. Jordan-Elbridge Central School May 9, 1961.

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

Elbridge

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Elbridge, New York.
Congregational Church First church in area organized in 1800. Church building 1824 Elbridge Community Church 1945

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

Lamplighters Cart

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Chittenango, New York.
The lamplighter used this cart to maintain the village streetlamps. He would use a long pole to light the lamps each evening and put them out each morning. During the day he would use the cart to carry fuel and materials to . . .

(Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Béal na mBláth Ambush Site

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, Ireland.
Welcome to the Ambush Site at Beal na Blath, where General Michael Collins, "Commander-in-Chief" of The Irish Army, was assassinated on 22nd August 1922. Michael Collins and his party left Cork City at approximately 6am . . .

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

Fayetteville

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Fayetteville, New York.
First called 'Manlius Four Corners'; Settled in 1791 by Origen Eaton and Joshua Knowlton. Boyhood home of Grover Cleveland

(Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Industrial Area

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near Elbridge, New York.
Employed up to 600. Grist mill, chair factories piano player co., Dyneto Co., paper mill, distillery bicycle factory, many others

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

United Empire Loyalists

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Cornwall, Ontario.
English: The United Empire Loyalists played a prominent role in the development of this country. In particular, the officers and men of the Royal Highland Emigrants, the King's Royal Regiment of New York, the Loyal Rangers . . .

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