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Plaza Brasilia

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El Salvador, San Salvador, San Salvador
Este monumento, de autoria del arquitecto de Brasilia
Oscar Niemeyer
Construido por el arquitecto salvadoreño
Hugo Barrientos
Como simbolo de la amistad entre los pueblos brasileño y salvadoreño, fue inaugurado, juntamente con la Plaza Brasilia, por los excelentisimos señores:
Marco Marciel, Vicepresidente de la Republica Federativa del Brasil
Hector Silva, Alcalde de San Salvador
Siendo el Embajador de Brasil, Luiz Henrique Fonseca
29 de enero de 1998

English translation:
This monument was designed by the architect of Brasilia, Oscar Niemeyer
Constructed by the Salvadoran architect Hugo Barrientos
As a symbol of the friendship between the Brazilian and Salvadoran people, inaugurated, together with the Plaza Brasilia, by the most excellent:
Marco Marciel, Vice President of the Federal Republic of Brazil
Hector Silva, Mayor of San Salvador
Ambassador of Brazil, Luiz Henrique Fonseca
January 29, 1998



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

Centenary Park San Lorenzo

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Guatemala, San Marcos, San Lorenzo
Parque Centenario
Administracion 2000-2004
Amel Rabanales Angel, Alcalde Municipal y Concejo
Construido en honor al General Justo Rufino Barrios
Representa el ideal de la Union Centroamericana
Cinco porticos cinco naciones con caminamientos que forman la huella que dejo el hijo ilustre de San Lorenzo por su paso en la vida guatemalteca
Ejecuto ICASA Agosto 2003

English translation:
Centenary Park, Administration 2000-2004
Amel Rabanales Angel, Municipal Mayor and Council
Built in honor of General Justo Rufino Barrios
Representing the ideal of a Central American Union
Five doorways five countries with different paths that form the impression left by the illustrious son of San Lorenzo as he made his way into Guatemalan history
Built by ICASA, August 2003

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

Frederick Douglass

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New York, Orleans County, Medina

[south side]
Frederick Douglass
abolitionist and statesman
spoke in the Methodist Episcopal
church that stood at this place,
April 3, 1849 during an extended
visit to Orleans County.
[north side]
Frederick Douglass
delivered a renowned address
in Medina entitled "We Are Not
Yet Quite Free," August 3, 1869
to African-Americans gathered
from across New York State.

(Abolition & Underground RR • African Americans) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Curtis Reed

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Wisconsin, Winnebago County, Menasha
Curtis Reed, often referred to as the Father of Menasha, arrived from Vermont in June 1848, with dreams of harnessing the water power. He created the first building, built the first dam, and was instrumental in having the village chosen as the site of the government canal which opened Menasha for commerce and industry. Platting the village, Reed included a town square similar to those in his native New England. It became the center of public activities and events.

Reed was active in local affairs. He served as the first village president, as alderman, and as postmaster. He was one of the organizers of the Wisconsin Central Railroad. At the age of 75 he was elected Menasha's Mayor, filling the office with dignity for two terms. Much of the early development of our city can be attributed to the efforts of Curtis Reed.

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

Kimberly Point Park

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Wisconsin, Winnebago County, Neenah
On June 21, 1929, a deed was recorded in the Register of Deeds office in Oshkosh. This simple two-page document concluded a battle of sorts, and helped create and preserve this beautiful park and the lovely Lakeshore Drive which gently winds its way to Kimberly point park. At that time, a local citizen was quietly attempting to purchase the point and block the drive from public use in order to build a large mansion for himself. When Helen Kimberly Stuart got wind of the plan, she was spurred to action. The results of her efforts culminated in that simple deed which called for the land conveyed "to be used permanently, continuously and forever for public park purposes." Is also required that the Lake Shore Drive be similarly "Maintained as a public street throughout its entire length." Finally, the deed stated that the park shall continuously, constantly and forever be named and called "Kimberly Point" or "Kimberly Point Park" in commemoration of John A. Kimberly, father of Helen Kimberly Stuart.

In 1848, a young John A. Kimberly moved from Troy, New York to the wilderness of Wisconsin. He and his family settled into the Kimberly homestead on Wisconsin Avenue. In 1872 he co-founded Kimberly & Clark Company which became Kimberly-Clark Corporation at the time of his death in 1928. Helen Kimberly Stewart, named after her mother, was born in 1868. She became the first woman alderperson in Neenah and in 1948 founded the Neenah Historical Society. Her brother, James C. Kimberly gave the lighthouse at the park to the city in 1945. As you visit this beautiful park, Please remember the efforts and generosity of Helen Kimberly Stewart in preserving the Park and Lakeshore Drive for the enjoyment of all.

Presented to the city of Neenah as a memorial to Susan Kimberly Sutter, great niece of Helen Kimberly Stuart

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

The Cathedral of Our Merciful Saviour

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Minnesota, Rice County, Faribault
One of the earliest missionary centers of the Episcopal Church in Minnesota and believed to be the first Episcopal cathedral built in the United States, the Cathedral of Our Merciful Saviour is also a monument to Henry Benjamin Whipple. Elected first bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota in 1858 at the age of thirty-seven, Whipple soon became known as "Straight Tongue" by the Dakota and Ojibway Indians whose rights he worked to secure through the reform of U.S. Indian policies and an active Indian mission program. Speaking almost alone, it was Whipple who persuaded Abraham Lincoln to commute most of the sentences of Dakota men condemned to death after the conflict of 1862.

The cathedral developed out of work begun in 1858 by James Lloyd Breck. The cornerstone was laid on July 16, 1862. James Renwick, architect of St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City, is credited with the design. Envisioned as a gathering place for the Parish of the Good Shepherd, Seabury Divinity School, Shattuck, and St. Mary's Hall, the Faribault Cathedral was consecrated on June 24, 1869. The tower, designed by Ralph Adams Cram, architect of St. John the Divine in New York City, was added as a memorial to Bishop Whipple after his death in 1901. Whipple is buried in a crypt beneath the chancel. In 1941, St. Mark's in Minneapolis became the diocesan cathedral. However, the "Bishop's Church in Faribault" remains the home of an active congregation and a place of pilgrimage in southern Minnesota.

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

Seed to Sentinel

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Arizona, Pima County, Tucson
Standing like desert sentinels, mature saguaros start life as tiny black seeds. These seeds usually germinate under nurse plants but only a few survive to become mature saguaros.

Look for young saguaros growing low to the ground. Those that are about the size of your thumb may be several years old. In contrast, tall saguaros with many branching arms can be 175 or 200 years of age. Known as “ancient giants,” these cacti eventually die, decay, and drop woody, internal skeletons to the ground.

During a walk along any park trail you can discover saguaros in their various stages of life and death.

Reproduction
Saguaro reproduction begins during the hottest and driest weeks of the year—late spring and early summer. This is when white-winged doves, bees, and bats travel to blossoms, transporting pollen, fertilizing as they go. Saguaro fruit usually ripens in late June. Each fruit contains as many as 2,000 seeds. Coyotes, javelinas, foxes, rodents, and many birds feed on these seeds and the fruit’s lush, red pulp.

(Key to numbers)
1. Seedlings-The newborn saguaro is most vulnerable during the first few years of life. Birds eat seeds and seedlings. People step on them. Thousands of young plants can die because of intense sun or heavy rain.
2. Establishment-New saguaros survive best under shade or “nurse plants” such as palo verdes and mesquites.
3. Youth-Saguaros begin flowering after they grow about eight feet tall.
4. Maturity-When saguaros reach about 75 years of age, they might begin sprouting branches or “arms.”
5. Old Age-The oldest saguaros may with more than 7 tons and grow taller than a four-story building.
6. Decline-Severe freezing, wind, lighting, vandalism, and disease are factors that result in saguaro damage or death. Saguaros seldom live more than 200 years.

(Environment) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Desert Life

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Arizona, Pima County, Tucson
The Sonoran Desert can be described as a “desert jungle” because more than 200 species of animals and 600 species of plants live here. Saguaros---with their branching arms and accordion-like pleats—dominate this scene. Intermixed with these cacti are other common plants such as teddy bear chollas, creosote bushes, and ocotillos.

Notice how saguaros and these other plants have adapted to extreme heat and drought. The saguaro’s main stem and arms expand to hold water collected through its roots. The cholla’s cluster of spines shades and protects its skin. Creosote and ocotillo leaves drop during dry times and sprout again when the soil is moist.

Desert animals---coyotes, snakes, javelinas, and rodents—take shelter during times of extreme heat and cold. Kangaroo rats and ground squirrels protect themselves underground. Look for evidence of their burrows as you walk through this desert habitat.

(Key to animals and plants)
1. Western diamondback rattlesnake; 2. Ocotillo; 3. Gamble quail; 4. Round-tailed ground squirrel; 5. Saguaro; 6. Kangaroo rat; 7. Desert tortoise; 8. Roadrunner; 9. Coyote; 10. Javelina; 11. Teddy bear cholla; 12. Prickly peat cactus; 13. Desert cottontail; 14. Creosote bush; 15. Night-blooming cereous.

(Animals • Environment • Horticulture & Forestry) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.


World of the Wash

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Arizona, Pima County, Tucson
Below is the dry bed of an intermittent stream called a desert wash. For a short time, during desert thunderstorms, flash floods rush down the mountain slopes and through desert washes to nearby rivers.

However, beneath the wash’s sandy surface, some moisture remains throughout the year. Non-succulent plants such as palo verde, ragweed, and ironwood thrive along the wash edges because of the underground water supply. Other small plants-ferns and mosses-cling to some shaded embankments.

Walk down the stairs to explore this desert wash. Look for tracks and other signs that deer, tortoises, pack rats, rabbits, lizards, and other animals travel along his sand-filled corridor.

(Inscription beside the photo on the right)
Rainfall running off a mountain slope (right) can quickly fill desert washes. Beware of desert thunderstorms: Flash floods can occur suddenly.

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

El Mozote

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El Salvador, Morazán, Arambala
Ellos no han muerto
Estan con nosotros,
Con ustedes y
Con la
Humanidad entera
El Mozote, 11 de dic. de 1991

English translation:
They have not died
They are with us,
With you and
With Humanity
El Mozote, December 11, 1991


(20th Century) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

San Marcos Lempa Bridge

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El Salvador, Usulután, San Marcos Lempa
Construido en el periodo Mayo 1997 – Mayo 2000
Inaugurado por el excelentisimo Señor Presidente de la Republica
Lic. Francisco Flores 1999-2004
Ministro de Obras Publicas, Lic. Jose Angel Quiros Noltenius
Viceministro de Obras Publicas, Ing. Carlos Mauricio Duque Gonzalez
Ejecutor: Ministerio de Obras Publicas, Unidad Coordinadora de Proyectos
Consultor: Nippon Kobi Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan en asociacion con NHA Compañía de Ingenieros, S.A. El Salvador, Louis Berger International Inc., Washington D.C., USA, Katahira & Engineers International, Tokyo, Japan
Contratista: Rizzani de Eccher S.p.A. & C.C.C. S.p.A., Udine, Italia.
Longitud: 398.7 m Ancho: 17.7 m Carga HS-25
Junio 2000, Republica de El Salvador, C.A.

English translation:
Constructed during May 1997 to May 2000
Inaugurated by the most excellent President of the Republic
Francisco Flores 1999-2004
[Government officials, consultants and contractors involved in the construction]
Length: 398.7 m Width: 17.7 m Load HS-025
June 2000, Republic of El Salvador, Central America

(Bridges & Viaducts) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

El Mozote Children's Memorial

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El Salvador, Morazán, Arambala
En este lugar se encontraron en 1992 los restos de 146 personas, 140 menores de 12 años. Todos ellos se encuentran enterrados ahora en el monumento
El Mozote Nunca Mas

English translation:
In this place in 1992 were recovered the remains of 146 people, 140 of them under 12 years old. All of them now are buried in the monument.
El Mozote Never Again

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

The Passaic River

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New Jersey, Bergen County, Rutherford
Route 3 Bridge at the Passaic RiverThe Route 3 Bridge over the Passaic River, completed in 1949, was a 7-span, 699 foot long, 76 foot wide, double leaf bascule, simple trunnion movable bridge. It consisted of a twin-double leaf main span, two flanking spans and four approach spans. The corners of the bascule span were topped with flat-roofed, moderne-style operator’s houses of reinforced concrete, railings with moderne-style posts adorned the approach spans. The bridge was unique for its internal rack, a feature found on only one other bridge in New Jersey. The bridge was determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
Movable Bridges over the Passaic RiverMovable bridges spanned the Passaic River from Newark Bay to Paterson to accommodate large vessel navigation. The first bridge to connect Rutherford with the Delawanna section of Clifton was the Rutherford Avenue Bridge, a Pratt truss bascule (draw) bridge completed in 1870. Further down the river, the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad built the Lyndhurst draw bridge, a 439-foot long swing bridge completed in 1900. The former Route 3 Bridge, replaced the Rutherford Avenue Bridge in 1949. The present bridge replaced the Route 3 Bridge over the Passaic River in 2014.

The stone beneath this marker was salvaged from the channel piers of the Route 3 Bridge.
Maritime Travel on the Passaic RiverSince European settlement along the banks of the Passaic River in the late seventeenth century, the river has played a central role in commerce, transportation and recreation. Passenger ferries and schooners were the earliest commercial vessels to ply the Passaic River. In the nineteenth century, steamboats dominated river travel, hauling manufactured goods and raw materials between Paterson’s inland mills, Newark Bay and New York City. They played a significant role in the industrial development of New Jersey. Barges and ocean-going vessels were a common site prior to 1950, but maritime activity declined, due to the development of improved roads and highways. Today, the occasional tugboat or tanker still navigates the waters of the Passaic River.
Recreation on the Passaic RiverFrom the close of the Civil War to the early twentieth century, the Passaic River was a noted attraction that drew swimmers, picnickers, sightseers, and boaters to its shores. During much of this period, the river was recognized as a premier location for championship rowing races. The “Passaic Course”, as the racing route was known, was lauded by contemporaries as one of the best in the region, and on pleasant weekends it was lined with enthusiastic crowds cheering dozens of local rowing clubs, such as the Nereid Boat Club, the Passaic Boat Club and the Triton Boat Club. Rowing on the Passaic fell off precipitously by the early 1900s as a consequence of industrial pollutants that left the river largely inaccessible to recreational users. During the 1920s and 1930s, however, rowing experienced a renaissance because of efforts by the Passaic Valley Sewage Commission to clean the river. Today, an active community of rowers, including those belonging to the Nereid Boat Club, the longest continually active rowing organization on the river, enjoy the Passaic in the tradition of those who used it nearly a century and a half earlier.

Lower Plaque >
These granite blocks were
salvaged from the channel
piers of the historic
Route 3 Bridge over the
Passaic River built in 1949

(Bridges & Viaducts • Waterways & Vessels) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Hyde Park RR Station

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New York, Dutchess County, Hyde Park
Hyde Park RR Station
Has Been Placed On The
National Register
Of Historic Places
By The United States
Department of the Interior
Built 1914

(Railroads & Streetcars) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Max Planck

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Germany, Berlin, Berlin
In diesem Hause
lehrte
Max Planck
der Entdecker
des elementaren
Wirkungsquantums h
von
1889 — 1928
Translation:
In this building Max Planck, discoverer of the elementary quantum of action, h, taught from 1889 to 1928.


(Science & Medicine) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

World War II Memorial

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Ohio, Belmont County, Bellaire

To our brave men who
sacrificed their lives
to preserve our nation

[Roll of Honored Dead]

They Served That Liberty
Shall Not Perish

(Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 12 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Bent's Opera House - 1864

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New York, Orleans County, Medina
Built in 1864 by Don C. Bent and served as the social center of the village and surrounding area until the early 20th century. At that time the third floor opera house was abandoned. The second floor remained home to a fraternal organization until the 1970's, and the first floor home to various commercial enterprises until 2009.

It is one of the oldest surviving opera houses in the nation, having been built at the height of the Civil War and the Lincoln Presidency. Its Medina Sandstone construction shares a heritage with such other notable places as Buckingham Palace in London, the H.H. Richardson Towers, St. Louis RC Church and St. Paul's Cathedral in Buffalo, the George Washington and Brooklyn Bridges in New York, and countless other architectural masterpieces in Medina, Western New York and around the world.

Through a charitable donation of this building by the Bank of America, the property is currently owned by the Orleans Renaissance Group, Inc. The group is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization founded in 1997, and dedicated to bringing a rebirth of cultural events and preservation to the surrounding area.

The Renaissance Group's vision Bent's Opera House is two-fold:
• to stabilize, renovate, and restore the building in a historically sensitive manner, and
• to re-use the facility as a viable, multi-purpose 21st century commercial, entertainment, and culinary destination year-round.

Additionally, the vision for the facility will provide the flexibility to meet multiple needs for the community and surrounding area. Each floor is approximately 6,000 square feet.

The initial phases of the project will require various studies be undertaken. These will provide the Group with the necessary information to determine the scope and cost of the project. Until that time, the first and second floors will be leased to an appropriate commercial enterprise.

The renovation and restoration of Bent's Opera House is without question an ambitious undertaking. However, the vision is exciting and the possibilities endless. The Renaissance Group needs your support. Tax-deductable contributions can be made to further this project and help bring it to completion.

Tax-deductable donations can be made payable to:
The Orleans Renaissance Group, Inc. • PO Box 606 • Medina, New York 14103. The Orleans Renaissance Group is a 501(c)(3) volunteer organization.

For information about the Orleans Renaissance Group, Inc. go to: www.eggstreet.org or visit us on Facebook at "Bent's Hall". Both sites provide contact information for making financial contributions, lease inquiries, Group-sponsored cultural events and concerts, general information, and opera house history.

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

Commodore John Barry

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New York, Richmond County, Staten Island
To the memory of Commodore John Barry Father of the American Navy Born County Wexford Ireland 1739 Died in Philadelphia 1803 Erected by the John Barry Council AARIR* Staten Island New York October 29 1939 *American Association for the Recognition of the Irish Republic

(War, US Revolutionary) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Giovanni Verrazzano

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New York, Richmond County, Staten Island
Giovanni Verrazzano Native of Florence Italy Discovered Staten Island April 17 1524 Staten Island Italian Historical Society 1956

(Exploration) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

African Queen

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Florida, Monroe County, Key Largo
The African Queen vessel was created in 1912 and is on the American National Historic Register. Her boiler is custom made and is historically correct and her steam engine is from 1896. She was restored in 2012 and has to be meticulously maintained in order to preserve her.

All donations are greatly appreciated and will contribute towards her preservation for generations.

(Entertainment • Waterways & Vessels) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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