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Navy Seabees

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Jacksonville, Florida.
Navy Seabees With Willing Hearts and Skillful Hands, the Difficult We do at Once, The Impossible Takes a Bit Longer Seabees Can Do We Build We Fight

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

Pearl Harbor

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Jacksonville, Florida.
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(War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Marines and Navy FMF Corpsmen

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Jacksonville, Florida.
In Honor Of Marines and Navy FMF Corpsmen Uncommon Valor is still a common Virtue Semper Fidelis Jacksonville Semper Fidelis Society November 10, 2012

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

The Carillon

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Jacksonville, Florida.
AMVETS Of Nassau County Post 2007 And AMVETS National Service Foundation AMVETS Department Of Florida Service Foundation Dedicated This Carillon As A Living Memorial To America’s Veterans Who Served Their Country Honorably . . .

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

Paulskirche / St. Paul's Church

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, Germany.
1790-1833 Klassizistischer Zentralbau anstelle der gotischen Barfüßerkirche Stadtbaumeister Johann Andreas Liebhardt Classicist central building that replaced the Gothic Barfüsser Church Municipal Master Builder Johann . . .

(Churches & Religion • Government & Politics) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Marvin Caplan 1919 - 2000

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Shepherd Park, District of Columbia.
This park is dedicated to the memory of Marvin Caplan, whose singular spirit defied bigotry and promoted neighborhoods open to all, regardless of race, religion, or culture. In both his personal and professional life, he . . .

(African Americans • Arts, Letters, Music • Charity & Public Work • Churches & Religion • Civil Rights • Communications • Parks & Recreational Areas • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Winstanley Settlement

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near Hecker, Illinois.
Around 1816 pioneer families from Lancashire England established a Catholic English settlement near the banks of the Prairie Du Long Creek, and named it after their leader Thomas Winstanley, Irish and German immigrants . . .

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

First Brick House West of Mississippi River

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Ste. Genevieve, Missouri.
First Brick House West of the Mississippi River Built in 1785 First American court held here

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

Eagle Cliff / Miles Cemetery

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near Valmeyer, Illinois.
Eagle Cliff Graveyard was established as a public graveyard on land donated by Truman Miles. The first person to be buried in Eagle Cliff Graveyard was Rachel Bond, wife of Judge Shardrach Bond, Sr. on March 17, 1806. The . . .

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

Dalton Confederate Memorial

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Dalton, Georgia.
Erected by the Ladies Memorial Association of Whitfield County, to the memory of our Confederate Dead. 1892.

(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Planters Hardware Company

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Woodville, Mississippi.
Originally established as Planters' Mercantile Co. Became Planters Hardware in 1947, under Frank Bell, until it was closed in 2010.

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

Natchez National Cemetery

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Natchez, Mississippi.
Civil War Natchez In 1860, Natchez was one of the wealthiest cities in the United States. Within the surrounding Adams County, population 19,000, nearly 70 percent were enslaved. A few individuals held the vast majority of . . .

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

530 Kirby Place

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Shreveport, Louisiana.
Built circa 1859 as a farm house. Probably Highland's oldest surviving house. Originally located at the present site of Creswell School.

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

The Wreck of the Mexico - January 2, 1837

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Lynbrook, New York.
On December 31, 1836, after a long and difficult Atlantic Oceam crossing firom Liverpool, England, the 279-ton, three-masted, American-ownd barque Mesico finally arrived at the mouth of New York Harbor. The temperature in . . .

(Disasters • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Ultimate Sacrifice

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Jacksonville, Florida.
: In Honor Of Those Who Gave The Ultimate Sacrifice In Service To The United States Of America And The Families They Left Behind. The Sacrifice Will Not Be Forgotten.

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Patriots & Patriotism) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Sky Soldiers

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Jacksonville, Florida.
Sky Soldiers The Florida Chapter Dedicates This memorial To The Sky Soldiers Of The 173rd Airborne Brigade Who Served With Honor

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

Jacksonville National Cemetery

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Jacksonville, Florida.
: Jacksonville National Cemetery Dedicated to the memory of All the Patriotic Men and Women Who Answered Their Country’s Call to Service George W. Bush President of the United States James B. Peake Secretary U.S. . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Rockville Cemetery and Bristol and Mexico Monument

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Lynbrook, New York.
The Rockville Cemetery and Bristol and Mexico Monument has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015 by the United States Department of the Interior

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Civil War In Tennessee

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Bristol, Tennessee.
The Great Valley of Tennessee, the Southern Appalachian breadbasket, stretches from Bristol to Chattanooga and with its major turnpikes and railroads was strategically vital to both North and South during the war. The . . .

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

Vietnam War Memorial

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Jacksonville, Florida.
In memory of all veterans that served during the Vietnam War 1961-1975

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