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East Haddam Persian Gulf War Monument

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Connecticut, Middlesex County, Moodus
Town of East Haddam Conn
Roll of Honor Steven E. Adams • Donnie Bartunek • Charles A. Brandt • George S. Heil • John M. Kananowicz • John R. McGhie • Douglas Smith • Edward Ramsdell • William J. Rose • Gary A. Soja • John S. Wadsworth • Robert Proteau • Drew Dickinson

“To make the world safe for democracy”
Honoring those who served in the Persian Gulf 1990-91

(War, 1st Iraq & Desert Storm) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

East Hampton

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Connecticut, Middlesex County, East Hampton
East Hampton
Incorporated 1767 East Hampton was first settled in 1710, when Gideon Goffe and is family located in an area along the Connecticut River which later became established as the parish of Middle Haddam. Families from the locality moved eastward and settled in the hills surrounding Lake Pocotopaug, and in 1746 named their community East Hampton. In 1767, the town was incorporated as Chatham in honor of the Earl of Chatham in England for his support of the American colonies at that time. The name of the town was changed to East Hampton in 1915. Historically, bell manufacturing mining, and shipbuilding enterprises within the town stood exemplary of early American industry.
Erected by the Town of East Hampton
and the Connecticut Historical Commission
1975

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

Eduardo Luis Duhalde

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El Salvador, San Salvador, San Salvador

"El futuro y la paz en el mundo estan intrinsecamente unidos a que los derechos humanos sean el contenido etico de las democracias"
Eduardo Luis Duhalde
(1939-2012)
Abogado Argentino, luchador por la Dignidad Humana
Amigo del pueblo Salvadoreño
San Salvador, 18 de marzo de 2015

English translation:
“The future and world peace are intimately tied to human rights being the basic ethical content of democracies”
Eduardo Luis Duhalde
(1939-2012)
Argentine lawyer, fighter for Human Dignity
Friend of the Salvadoran people
San Salvador, March 18, 2015

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

José San Martín

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El Salvador, San Salvador, San Salvador

Jose de San Martin
1778-1850
Brigadier General de la Confederacion Argentina.
Capitan General de Chile.
Generalisimo del Peru y Fundador de su Libertad.

English translation:
José de San Martín
1778-1850
Brigadier General of the Argentine Confederation.
Captain General of Chile.
General and Chief of Peru and Founder of its Liberty.



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

History of the Museum Buildings

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Turkey, Ankara, Ankara Metropolitan Municipality, Ankara
English:
The museum consists of two buildings, the Bedesten and the Kurşsunlu Han. The Bedesten (covered market), not arranged as the exhibition hall, was built by Mahmut Pasha, Grand Vizier (1455-1466, 1472-1473) under Mehmet II, the Conqueror. The building is formed by a central space covered by ten domes, and supported on four pillars. The market was surrounded by 102 shops. Alpaca clothes, unique to Ankara, were sold there.

The Kurşunlu Han lies to the east of the Bedesten, The Museum offices are on the second and third stones. The Han was built by Mehmet Pasha, Grand Vizier (1466-1469) under Mehmet II, the Conqueror. It is a typical example of the Han (Inn) architecture of the Ottoman period, with as series of porticoes which open onto a central courtyard.

The buildings were abandoned after a fire in 1881. Ataturk, founder of the Turkish Republic, suggested that they be arranged as a museum. Restoration work began in 1938 and continued until 1968. The first part of the museum was opened in 1943. The museum of Anatolian Civilization von (sic, won) the European Museum of the Year Award in 1997.

Turkish:
İki ana yapıdan oluşan komplesin müze teşhir salonu olarak düzenlenen I. bolumu Bedesten (Çarşı) Fatih Sultan Mehmet zamanında (1455-1466, 1472-1473) tarihleri arasında baş vezirlik yapan Mahmut Paşa tarafından yaptırıldığı tahmin edilmektedir. Yapı dört payenin taşıdığı 10 kubbeli bir orta meka ve onu çevreleyen, üzeri beşik tonozla örtülü 102 dükkanın çevrelediği arasta bölümünden oluşmuştur. Ankara’ya özgü sof kumaşlar burada satılırdı.

Ana yapının doğusunda yer alan ve kompleksin ll. bölümünü oluşturan Kurşunlu Han’ın, Fatih döneminde 1466 - 1469 tarihleri arasında baş vezirlik yapan Mehmet Pasa tarafından yaptırıldığı sanılmaktadır. Osmanlı Dönemi han mimarisinin klasik örneklerinden biridir. Orta avluya revaklarla açılan plan tipindeki by yapının ikinci ve üçüncü katında, şimdi Müzenin ofis ve diğer hizmet birimleri yer almakadır.

1881 yılında meydana gelen yangınla terk edilen her iki binanın müze olarak düzenlenmesi, Türkiye Cumhuriyetinin kurucusu Atatürk’ün önerisiyle benimsenmiştir. 1938 yılında başlatılan onarım çalışmaları, 1968 yılına kadar sürmüştür. Onarım çalışmaları sırasında ilk bölümü 1943 yılında ziyarete açılan müze 1968 yılında son şeklini almıştır. Tarihi yapıları, köklü geçmişe sahip Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi 1997 yılında “Avrupa’da Yılın Müzesi” seçilmiştir.

(Education) Includes location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Dragoon Trail Historical Site Marker No. 8

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Iowa, Boone, Boone

Here Passed the
Dragoon Trail
Blazed in 1835 by the
First U.S. Dragoons
under Colonel
Stephen W. Kearney

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

Mercersburg

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Pennsylvania, Franklin County, Mercersburg
Founded c.1750 as “Black’s Town” and called “Smith’s Town” after 1759. Renamed “Mercersburg” in 1786 to honor Hugh Mercer, a Scot, who came to this area c.1749, established a local medical practice and served with distinction as a Colonel of the PA. Militia during the French & Indian War. Befriended by George Washington, Mercer moved to Fredericksburg, Va. in 1761 where he conducted a successful medical practice until the beginning of the American Revolution when he was appointed Colonel of the 3rd Va. Regiment. On Gen. Washington’s recommendation, Mercer was appointed Brig. Gen of the Continental Line, serving at the crossing of the Delaware and the Battle of Trenton, Dec. 26, 1776. He was critically wounded leading his brigade at the Battle of Princeton, Jan.3, 1777 and died on Jan. 12, 1777.

(Inscription below the image in the upper left)
Hugh Mercer 1725-1777. “He lived among these people, attended them in sickness, shared their dangers and led them out against their common foe.”

(Science & Medicine • War, French and Indian • War, US Revolutionary) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Mercersburg Borough

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Pennsylvania, Franklin County, Mercersburg
Mercersburg Borough was incorporated in 1831 with a population of 700. This lot was the site of the first Town jail and an early band shell. F. Keagy built Borough Hall in 1904 for $4304.38; G. Seylor added the clock tower in 1909 for $375. South end housed the Eclipse Fire Engine until 1924 and Police Dept. since late 1920’s. The second floor housed the library 1927-1973 and office of District Justice since 1979.

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

Brown's Mill School

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Pennsylvania, Franklin County, Chambersburg
Built in 1836. Used until 1921 as one-room elementary school.

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

Old Brown's Mill School

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Pennsylvania, Franklin County, Chambesburg
Originally known as Trinity Church and School. Erected in 1836 at land donated by Lazarus Brown for free school and non denominational church purposes. Funds ($391.36) for this building were contributed by 51 citizens. Used by Antrim Twp. until 1922. Restored in 1935 as a memorial to the one-room school by the Old Brown's Mill School Memorial Association Inc.

(Churches, Etc. • Education) Includes location, directions, GPS coordinates, map.

Site of Fort McCord

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Pennsylvania, Franklin County, Chambersburg
The site of Fort McCord where twenty-seven pioneer settlers men, women and children were massacred by Indian savages or carried into captivity, April 1st, 1756, was a few rods south east of this spot.

In the list of victims were Mary McCord, Mrs. John Thorn and babe, Mrs. Anne McCord wife of John McCord and two daughters Martha Thorn, a young mother with unborn babe, and a young girl.

Names of provincial soldiers killed in pursuit of the Indians at Sideling Hill:
Captain Alexander Culbertson • John Reynolds Ensign • William Chambers • William Kerr • Daniel McCoy • James Blair • James Robertson Tailor • John Layson • James Robertson Weaver • William Denny • James Peace • Francis Scott • John Blair • William Boyd • Henry Jones • Jacob Jones • John Kelly • Robert Kerr • James Lowder.

Wounded:
Lieutenant Jamieson • Abraham Jones • John McDonald • Francis Campbell • Isaac Miller • William Reynolds • William Hunter • John Barnett • Matthias Canshorn • Benjamin Blyth • William Swailes.

(Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers • War, French and Indian) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Fort McCord

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Pennsylvania, Franklin County, Chambersburg
Built by the settlers; named for John McCord. Burnt April 1, 1756, by Indians, who killed or carried into captivity 27 persons. The site is marked, about 500 feet away.

(Forts, Castles • Native Americans • War, French and Indian) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Rehoboth

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West Virginia, Monroe County, near Union
Society of Methodists Organized, 1794.

First bishop of American Methodism, Francis Asbury, was present at the raising of the church, 1785; dedicated this log meeting house, 1786; and held three annual conferences in May, 1792, 1793, 1796.

The church was built chiefly by the means and through the industry of Edward Keenan, who deeded for church and burying grounds five acres for “as long as grass grows and water flows.”

Restored in 1927 under supervision of Reverend George W. Richardson, presiding elder.

(Churches, Etc.) Includes location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Arch of Titus / Arco di Tito

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Italy, Lazio, Rome Province, Rome

Arch of Titus
The inscription records the dedication of this arch by the Senate and people of Rome to the emperor after his victory over Judea (AD 70). Scenes from the conquest are sculpted on the inside: one panel shows the procession with the booty taken from Jerusalem, including the seven-branched candlestick; on the other is Titus on his chariot, followed by Victory and personifications of the people and the Senate; on the outside is the procession of the defeated Jews. In the Middle Ages the arch was incorporated into the fortifications built by the Frangipane family, removed in 1821 by the architect Valadier.

Arco di Tito
L’iscrizione ricorda che l’arco fu dedicato dal Senato e dal popolo romano all’imperatore dopo la sua vittoria sulla Giudea (70 d.C.). Le vicende della conquista sono scolpite all’interno: su uno dei pannelli il corteo con il bottino portato via da Gerusalemme, tra cui il candelabro a sette bracci; sull’altro, Tito sulla quadriga, seguito dalla Vittoria e dalle personificazioni del popolo e del Senato; all’esterno, processione dei Giudei vinti. Nel Medioevo l’arco fu inserito nelle fortificazioni construite dalla famiglia Frangipane, e nel 1821 fu liberato dall’architetto Valadier.

(Man-Made Features) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Techiroguen

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New York, Onondaga County, Brewerton

Site of Indian village
Techiroguen
visited by Le Moyne 1654
and by La Salle 1673

(Exploration) Includes location, directions, 4 photos.

Scotland School for Veterans' Children

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Pennsylvania, Franklin County, Chambersburg
Established in 1895 as the Pa. Soldiers' Orphans Industrial School, the state-run institution provided primary and secondary education to veterans' children in a residential setting. About 10,000 boys and girls were instilled with a sense of patriotism that led many to pursue careers in the military. Students excelled in academics and sports until the school's 2009 closing. The Cadets and Red Devils teams won numerous championships.

(Education • Sports) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Shippensburg

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Pennsylvania, Cumberland County, Shippensburg
Founded 1730 by Edward Shippen. Second oldest town in the state west of the Susquehanna River. Important community on colonial frontier. Temporary seat of Cumberland Co., whose first courts were held here in 1750-51.

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

Shippensburg

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Pennsylvania, Cumberland County, Shippensburg
Founded 1730 by Edward Shippen. Second oldest town in the state west of the Susquehanna River. Important community on colonial frontier. Temporary seat of Cumberland Co., whose first courts were held here in 1750-51.

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

Forbes Road - Raystown Path

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Pennsylvania, Cumberland County, Shippensburg
At Shippensburg, the Raystown Path forked; one branch led directly west over three steep mts. to Burnt Cabins; the other, taken by General Forbes to avoid heavy grades, went south round Parnells Knob to Fort Loudon, crossing the Tuscarora Mountain at Cowan Gap.

(War, French and Indian) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The First Fort Des Moines

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Iowa, Lee County, Montrose
This Barracks Well / Marks / The First Fort Desmoines / And Was Used By / A Detachment Of Dragoons / Stationed Here Sept 25-1834 / To June 18-1837

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