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Marcha De Galvez

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Louisiana, East Baton Rouge Parish, Baton Rouge
Near this site in 1779, under the leadership of Governor Bernard de Galvez and his aid Oliver Pollock, Spanish regulars, Americans and Louisiana militiamen marched from New Orleans to Baton Rouge to engage the British forces at Fort New Richmond. Their victory destroyed the British hopes of capturing New Orleans and controlling the Mississippi River.

These passages are incorporated into the sculpture:

"What mortal God comes here in His rage, to trouble the peace of my happy banks... To follow me, you left your fields, your loving children and faithful wives...Brave warriors, companions of my glory, it was with your hands, today, that I won my victory."

"The capture of the bluff at Baton Rouge by his Lordship Galvez,"
Julien Poydras, 1779

Speaking of the Battle of Baton Rouge, Bernardo deGalvez bids farewell to the people at the end of his term of office:

"It will always be an incontestable proof of your love for me and a public testimony of my good conduct towards you."
Bernardo de Galvez, 1783

The bronze relief is by Frank Hayden

(Colonial Era • Forts, Castles • Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Revolutionary) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Jackson Warehouse

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Texas, Shackelford County, Albany
T.E. Jackson, a prominent businessman from Fort Griffin (15 mi. N) built this structure in the late 1870s as a warehouse for a general merchandise store. For more than 100 years, it served the town of Albany as the site of various commercial businesses, including photography studios and a cafe. The well-known department store Sanger Bros. owned the Jackson warehouse from 1887 until 1906. The Jackson warehouse is important as a reminder of the commercial businesses that made Albany an important supply point for the West Texas cattle industry.

Texas Sesquicentennial 1836 - 1986

(Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Hartfield Building

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Texas, Shackelford County, Albany
Charles A. Hartfield purchased the lot on this site in 1881. A noted area cook, he quickly established “Charley’s Restaurant,” which included a bakery and boardinghouse. Hartfield was so successful that he planned an elegant rock structure in which to house his business. Construction began in March 1884 amid a flurry of development in the area. Scottish stonemason Patrick McDonnell, who was responsible for much of the stonework of the new courthouse, was foreman of the Hartfield worksite. The project’s scope proved too grand for Hartfield’s finances, however, and in September 1884 he sold the building to J.C. Lynch. Financially ruined, Hartfield was found dead within the year.
     Lynch sold his building in 1885 to three Albany businessmen: Max Blach, N.H. Burns and Sam Webb. Charles Hartfield’s widow, Lettie Hartfield, joined them as an equal partner and the group completed the structure, probably using Charles Hartfield’s original plans. The building was occupied over time by such businesses as a grocery, a general merchandise store, a bowling alley and an auto repair shop. The Albany Masonic Lodge began meeting in the structure as early as 1893, and it became know as “The Masonic Building” to local residents. Real estate magnate L.H. Hill purchased the building in 1925, and the Masonic Lodge bought it in 1940.
     Damage from nesting bats caused part of the building’s limestone front to tumble into the street in 1954. The Masons took down the facade and rebuilt it with yellow brick. Sold again in 1996, the building was renovated and its facade was reconstructed to reflect its former grandeur as one of Albany’s finest early structures.

(Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

White Elephant Saloon

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Texas, Shackelford County, Albany
The land on this site, Lot 9, Block 3 of the original town plat of Albany, was purchased in 1882 by noted local restauranteur Charles Hartfield. He planned to build a restaurant next door, and the pending establishment was much anticipated by local diners. Shortly before his death in 1884, Hartfield sold the lot to Alabama businessman Max Blach. Blach was vice president of the Albany Water Company. He and partner N.H. Burns brought a system of running water to the town in 1884.
     Blach began construction on this one-story native stone structure in March 1884. The building was completed in April and leased to J.R. Davis, who put it to its most infamous use. The White Elephant Saloon opened for business on May 1, 1884. Among its instantly popular features was a white elephant display which was removed from the rooftop early in the establishment’s heyday. The perpetrators were believed to be citizens who disapproved of the saloon’s raucous business.
     Despite its popularity, David announced his intent to close the Saloon in February 1886. The Blach building soon was leased to W.M. Wigley, who operated a dry goods and furniture store on this site. Succeeding furniture businesses occupied the building for many years.
     Blach’s heirs sold the structure to S.C. Coffee in 1919. Coffee sold it in 1923 to T.J. Crow, who conveyed it to Albany businessman L.H. Hill (1859-1932) in 1925. The structure was used for various purposes over the years: it was the home of The Albany News in the 1940s and was the workshop and office of a pipe organ maker in the 1950s and 1960s. The Hill family maintained ownership of the edifice until 1977.

Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1998

(Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 9 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Beach Cemetery

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Turkey, Çanakkale Province, Eceabat district, near Eceabat
English:
During the Gallipoli campaign, this area was known as 'Hell Spit'. To the north is the beach which became known as Anzac Cove, where some 27,000 Australian and New Zealand, British and Indian troops came ashore between 25 April and 1 May 1915. This was the heart of the Anzac sector.

Burials took place here on the first day of the landings and continued until November 1915. Among those buried here from Australia, New Zealand and British units are three members of the Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps: the personal camp guard of the commander of the Anzac Corps, General Birdwood. Many of those who rest here died of their wounds while receiving medical care, or were killed by Ottoman artillery which targeted the beaches. Over 390 Commonwealth service men are now buried or commemorated in this cemetery, of whom 22 remain unidentified: their graves covered by earth and grass, their names inscribed on memorials to the missing.

The Shores of Anzac
The beaches of the Gallipoli peninsula played a vital role in the campaign. Everything from men and mules to medical equipment and machinery had to be brought ashore from the sea. Offshore was a vast fleet of ships, which bombarded enemy positions, transported and accommodated the sick and wounded, and delivered supplies and reinforcements to the piers which stretched out from the shoreline. The precipitous terrain of the Anzac sector meant that the area around the beaches soon became extremely crowded. Hospitals stood alongside bomb factories, supply depots, ammunition dumps and artillery batteries, while dugouts were carved into the slopes above housing headquarters and living quarters. Ottoman artillery shelled the area constantly. One gun battery, known as 'Beachy Bill', was estimated to have killed or wounded around 1,000 men in Anzac Cove.

Clean fresh water was limited and precious, and was brought to Gallipoli by tankers from as far afield as Egypt. Large containers were placed on the beach to hold water for drinking and cooking. It was strictly rationed and had to be pumped and carried to the front lines, often by the Indian Mule Corps. Across the peninsula, thousand of donkeys and mules transported water as well as ammunition and supplies. Seawater was used for washing clothing and bodies. In the hot summer months, men could be seen cooling off in the turquoise Aegean at any time of the day or night. It was a dangerous activity, but only the heaviest artillery bombardment could keep men out of the water.

Those who were wounded at the front-line would often make their own way to the beaches of Anzac, but many also arrived on the back of one of the many donkeys and mules used to evacuate casualties. The 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station (CCS) deployed on the first day of the landings and set up on the beach around 250 metres northeast of this site. By August, two further CCSs and a Stationary Hospital were sited in the area, along with field ambulance units and sanitary sections, responsible for water supplies, cooking facilities and de-lousing stations.

Patients were ferried to hospital ships aboard rowing boats and barges towed by trawlers and barges. With such limited space in which to operate, the medical facilities on the beaches were sometimes overwhelmed, particularly following a major attack, when the daily stream of wounded turned into a flood. Medical staff based here dealt with a wide variety of illness and wounds, often treating men out in the open and under fire. Elven men of the Australian or New Zealand Medical Corps are known to be buried in this cemetery.

Turkish:
Gelibolu çıkarmasında bu alana "Cehennem Burnu" adı verilmişti. Kuzeyinde kalan sahil Anzak Koyu olarak bilinmektedir, 25 Nisan ve 1 Mayıs 1915 tarihleri arasında 27.000 Avustralyalı, Yeni Zelanda/ı, Britanyalı ve Hintli birlik buraya çıkarma yapmıştır. Burası Anzak birlikerinin kalbidir.

Çıkarmanın daha ilk gününden itibaren Kasım 1915'de dek ölüler buraya gömülmeye başlanmıştır. Burada yer .alan mezarlar arasında Avustralya. Yeni Zelanda. Ingiliz birliklerinin yanı sıra Anzak Kolordu Komutanı General Birdwood'un muhafız birliǧi Seylan Çay Yetiştiricileri Piyade Birliǧinden uç asker de yer almaktadır Mezarları burada olanların çoğunluǧu tıbbi yardım alırken hayatını yitirenlerden ya da kıyıya açılan Osmanlı top saldırıları neticesinde olenlerden oluşmaktadır. Şu anda mezarlıkta 390 İngiliz İmparatorluǧu askeri ebedi istirahattadır ve 22 askerin kimliǧi ise tespit edilememiştir. Mezarlarının üzeri otlarla ve toprakla kaplıdır, anıtlarda isimleri meçhul olarak geçmektedir.

Anzak Kıyıları
Gelibolu yarımadasının kıyıları Müttefik harekatında önemli rol oynamıştır. Askerlerden katırlara, tıbbi ekipmanlardan araçlara kadar her şeyin denizden kıyıya taşınması gerekmekteydi. Açık denizde ise Kraliyet Donanması ve Ticaret Filosu gemileri vardı. Bu gemiler düşman hatlarını bombardımana tutarken yaralıları ve hastaları taşıyor ve kıyı hattının gerisinde kalan rıhtımlara malzemeleri ve takviye edevatları götürüyordu. Anzak bölgesinin sarp yamaçları kısa sürede kalabalıklaşmıştı. Hastaneler ile bomba imalathaneleri, malzeme depoları, mühimmat stokları ve top bataryaları dip dibe idi ve bir yandan da mesken karargahlarda ve korunma karargahlarında yer alan hayırlara hendekler kazılmaktaydı. Osmanlı topları bölgeyi aralıksız ateş altına almıştı. "Beachy Bill" olarak bilinen bir topun Anzak Koyu'nda 1.OOO civarında askerin ölümüne ya da yaralanmasına yol açtığı tahmin edilmektedir.

İçmek ve yemek yemek için temiz su çok azdı ve değerliydi. Su Mısır'dan tankerlerle Gelibolu'ya taşınmaktaydı. Suları biriktirmek için sahile büyük konteynırlar konulmuştu. Su çok ihtiyatlı paylaşılıyordu ve genelde Hintli Katir Kolordusu askerleri tarafından pompalanıp elle cepheye taşınıyordu. Deniz suyu ise yıkanmak ve çamaşırları temizlemek amacıyla kullanılıyordu. Sıcak yaz aylarında askerler günün her saatinde Ege'nin turkuvaz sularına girerek ferahlıyorlardı. Tehlikelere rağm en ancak şiddetli top saldırıları onları bu girişimden vazgeçirebiliyordu.

Cephe hattında yaralananlar Anzak sahillerine genelde kendi imkanlarıyla erişiyordu ancak bir o kadar sayıda asker de yaralıları tahliye için kullanılan birlerce katırın ve eşeğin sırtında geliyordu. l'ıncı Avustralya Sahra Hastanesi (CCS) çıkarmanın daha ilk günü açı|dı ve sahilin sadece 300 metre kadar Hastane daha açıldı.Aynı zamanda saha cankurtaran birimleri ile su tedariki, yemek ve bitle mücadele gibi hizmetler veren hijyen birimleri de açıldı.

Hastalar troller ve mavnalarla çekilen tekne ve dubalarla sürekli hastanelere taşınıyordu. Cerrahi müdahale yapmak için bu denli dar bir alan olunca, kıyıdaki tıbbi tesislere de büyük bir saldırı sonrasında onlarca yaralı gelince, ortam bir anda tıklım tıklım hale geliyordu. Burada görevlendirilen sağlık personeli binlerce farklı türde hastalıkla ve yaralanmayla başa çıkmak zorundaydı ve çoğu zaman tedavi açık havada ve ateş altında yapmak zorunda kalıyorlardı. Avustralya ve Yeni Zelanda Sıhhiye Taburundan on bir sıhhiye personelinin bu mezarlıkta yattıkları bilinmektedir.

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, World I) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Anzac Cove

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Turkey, Çanakkale Province, Eceabat district, near Eceabat
English:
This beach, 600 metres long by 20 metres wide was the life line to the Allied soldiers within the Anzac perimeter. Because of Turkish shellfire, supplies could only be landed at night and carried by men and mules along tortuous and dangerous tracks to the front line; casualties were evacuated the same way. The Australian and New Zealand headquarters were located 100 meters from the beach and within 1000 metres of the front line. On the hillside above the beach, thousands of men lived in small dugouts during the 240 days of the campaign.

Turkish:
Anzak'ların bulunduǧu tarafta olan 600 metre uzunluǧunda ve 20 metre genişliǧindeki bu sahil müttefik kuvvetlerinin can damarıydı. Türk kuvvetlerinin ateşi nedeniyle mühimmat tehlikeli ve dolambaçlı patikalardan geçilerek ancak geceleri askerlerin ve katırların sırtında ateş hattına getirilebiliyordu. yaralı ve ölüler de aynı şekilde taşınmak zorundaydı. Avustralya ve Yeni Zelanda kuvvetlerinin karargahları sahilden 100 metre içeride ve ateş hattından da 1000 metre geride bulunuyordu 240 gün suren muharebeler sırasında binlerce asker sahile mücavir tepelerdeki siǧinaklarda yaşadı.

German: The German text is at the bottom left, click on the marker image to enlarge and read it.
French: The French text is at the bottom right, click on the marker image to enlarge and read it.


Lest We Forget
25th April 1990


(War, World I) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Atatürk's Tribute

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Turkey, Çanakkale Province, Eceabat district, near Eceabat
"Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives... you are now living in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets to us where they lie side by side here in this country of ours... You the mothers who sent their sons from far away countries wipe away your tears; yours sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well." - Atatürk 1934

Plaque, in Turkish and English, in front of the monument:
Turkish:
"Bu memleketim toprakları üstünde kanlarını döken kahramanlar! Burada, bir dost vatanın toprağındasınız. huzur ve sükûn içinde uyuyunuz. Sizler, mehmetçiklerle yan yana, koyun koyunasınız. Uzak diyarlardan evlâtlarını harbe gönderen analar! Gözyaşlarınızı dindiriniz. Evlâtlarınız, bizim bağrımızadır. Huzur icindedirler ve huzur içinde rahat rahat uyuyacaklardır. onlar, bu toprakta canlarını verdikten sonra. artık bizim evlâtlarımız olmuşlardır." -- Atatürk, 1934

Bu Anıt Kitabe Türk Hükümeti Tarafından, Avustralya Hükümetince Canberra ve Albany'de, Yeni Zelanda Hükümetince Wellington'da ATATÜRK'un Adına ve Hatırasına İnşa Edilen Anıt Kitabelere ve Konulan Habra Plaketlerine Mukabele Olarak Gelibolu Yarımadasıda Mehmetçiklerle Koyun Yatan ANZAK Askerlerinin Hatırasına İnşa Ettirilmiştir. --- 25 Nisan 1985

English:
This Memorial has been constructed by the Turkish Government in memory of the ANZAC soldiers who lie side by side with Turkish soldiers in the Gallipoli Peninsula as a token of friendship for the memorial established and the (missing) place in honor of and to the memory of ATATÜRK in Canberra and Albany by the Australian Government and in Wellington by the Government of New Zealand. --- 25 April 1985

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

Frances Slocum Monument

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Indiana, Wabash County, near Somerset

(North Face)
Frances Slocum
A child of English descent, was born in Warwick, Rhode Island, March, 1773, was carried into captivity from her father's house at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. November 2, 1778, by Delaware Indians soon after the Wyoming Massacre. Her brothers gave persistent search but did not find her until September 21, 1837.

(West Face)
When, inclined by a published letter describing an aged white woman in the Miami Indian village here, two brothers and a sister visited this place and identified her. She lived near here about 32 years with the Indian name "Ma-Con-a-Quah." She died on this ridge March 9, 1847, and was given a Christian burial.

(South Face)
Frances Slocum
Became a stranger to her mother-tongue. She became a stranger to her brethren, and an alien to her mother's children, through her captivity. See Psalms LXIX, 8.

This monument was erected by Slocums and others who deemed it a pleasure to contribute, and was unveiled by them with public ceremonies May 17, 1900.

(East Face)
She-Po-Con-Ah,
A Miami Indian chief, husband of Frances Slocum – Ma-Con-a-Quah –died here in 1833 (?) at an advanced age. Their adult children were:
     Ke-Ke-Nok-Esh-Wah, wife of Rev. Jean Baptiste Brouillette, died March 13, 1847, aged 47 years, leaving no children.
     O-Zah-Shin-Quah, or Jane, wife of Rev. Peter Bondy, died January 25, 1877, aged 62 years, leaving a husband and nine children.

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 8 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Galata Tower

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Turkey, Istanbul Province, Beyoğlu district, Istanbul
Turkish:
29 Mayis
1453
Salı Sabahi
Cenevizlerin
Galata
Kolonisi
Anahtarlarını
Fatih Sultan
Mehmed
Takdim Etmiş
ve Galatanın
Teslimi
1 Haziran Cuma
Günü Tamamlanmısdır.
İstanbul Fethi Derniǧi, 1953

English translation:
On Tuesday morning, 29 May 1453 Cenevizlerin presented to Fatih Sultan Mehmed the keys to the Galata Colony and Galatanın was delivered on Friday June 1.

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

Topkapi Palace

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Turkey, Istanbul Province, Fatih district, Istanbul
English:
Topkapi Palace was the resident of Ottoman sultans, and center of state management and education. Mehmed the Conqueror ordered the construction of a palace in Bayezid, at the location of Istanbul University at the present that would later be called as the ”Old Palace". Mehmed the Conqueror started the construction Tile Pavilion soon after this palace and following the conquest, he began the construction of Topkapi Palace at a location dominating the Bosphorus, the Golden Horn and Marmara Sea. Almost all Sultans added something to the Palace so that it grew, almost organically, in time. This growth was mainly caused by Ottoman state philosophy.

The plan of Topkapi Palace is composed of rooms reserved for state affairs among a few yards and gardens, the building and pavilions where sultan resides and buildings for the officials living in the palace. The last added part is Mecidiye Pavilion. It was constructed by Sultan Abdulmecid before moving to Dolmabahce Palace.

The Ottoman Sultans, in harmony with Islamic ethics which commend modesty, did not try to build an ostentatious Palace. The proportions of the buildings are held on the human scale and very seldom they are higher than two floors.

Topkapi Palace was transformed into a museum in 3 April 1924, by the command of Ataturk following the removal of monarchy in 1922. Many buildings were unable to survive in 20th century, especially the Pavilions built by the seaside.

The Museum basically has two sections as the "Treasury" and "Harem”. The Treasury is the part where all the precious belongings in the Palace are exhibited. Many precious objects like jewellery (sic), chinaware, calligraphy and hand-written books, miniatures, clothes, armour and weaponry are present here. In the Harem, more private sections of the Palace are present. It is the place where Mother Sultanas, Haseki Sultans and favorite women slaves (gözde) live.

Turkish:
Topkapı Sarayı, Osmanlı sultanlarının ikametgâhı, devletin yönetim ve eğitim merkezidir. Fatih Sultan Mehmed, Beyazıt'ta bugünkü İstanbul Üniversitesinin bulunduğu yerde, daha sonra "Eski Saray" olarak anılacak olan bir saray yaptırmıştır. Fatih, bu ilk saraydan sonra, önce Çinili Köşkü, ardından da yapımı tamamlandığında yerleşecek olduğu Topkapı Sarayını Boğaz, Haliç ve Marmara Denizi'ne hâkim bu müthiş yere, fetihten kısa bir süre sonra yaptırmaya başlamıştır. Bütün padişahlar saraya bir şeyler ekledikleri için saray zaman içinde neredeyse organik olarak büyümüştür. Bu büyümede Osmanlı devlet felsefesinin büyük rolü olmuştur.

Topkapı Sarayının planı; çeşitli avlular ve bahçeler arasında devlet işlerine ayrılmış daireler, hükümdarın ikametgâhı olan bina ve köşkler ile Sarayda yaşayan görevlilere mahsus binalardan oluşur. Buradaki son bina da Mecidiye Köşkü'dür. DoImabahçe'ye taşınmadan önce, isminden de anlaşılacağı gibi Sultan Abdülmecid yaptırmıştır.

Osmanlı padişahları tevazu salık veren İslâm etiğiyle bağdaşır bir şekilde çok gösterişli bir saray yaptırmamışlardır. Binaların ebatları abartılmamış, çok azı iki kattan daha yüksek yapılmışlardır.

Topkapı Sarayı, Osmanlı monarşisi 1922'de kaldırıldıktan sonra, 3 Nisan 1924'te Mustafa Kemal Atatürk'ün emriyle müzeye dönüştürülmüştür. Birçok bina, bilhassa deniz kenarındaki köşkler 20. yüzyılı görememiştir.

Müze'nin temel olark "Hazine" ve "Harem" olmak üzere iki bölümü vardır. Hazine; Saraydaki bütün değerli eşyanın sergilendiği bölümdür. Mücevherattan nadide Çin porselenlerine, el yazması kitaplardan minyatürlere, kıyafetlerden zırhlara, silahlar ve daha bir sürü değerli nesne buradadır. Harem; burada Saray'ın daha mahrem yerleri görülmektedir. Valide sultanların, padişahların hasekilerinin, gözdelerinin yaşadıkları mekânlardır. Müzehin temel olarak"Hazine"ve"Harem"olmak üzere iki bölümü.

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

Peace Party House

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Massachusetts, Berkshire County, Pittsfield
Peace Party House Built by Col. James Easton in 1776 on the site in front of the court house Home of John Chandler Williams in 1782 and moved to its present location in 1869 Here in November, 1783 a brilliant party and a notable feast were given to the citizens of Pittsfield, in celebration of the Peace of Paris between England and The Colonies which was signed on September 3rd 1783 Erected by Peace Party Chapter
October Eighth 1926

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

Henry Shaw Briggs

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Massachusetts, Berkshire County, Pittsfield
Henry Shaw Briggs
A Leader of Brave Men
Born in Lanesboro August 1, 1824
Son of Governor George Nixon Briggs
Graduated Williams College 1844
Harvard Law School 1848
Captain of Pittsfield Guards 1855
Captain of Allen Guards 1861
Responded April 18, 1861
To Lincoln’s First Call for Troops
Colonel of 10th. Mass. Volunteer Infantry
A Regiment
Disciplined by His Training
Inspired by His Example
Mustered into United States Service
June 21, 1861
Served with Honor In
Twenty Battles of the Civil War 1861-64
Brigadier General July 27, 1862
Died, Pittsfield, September 23, 1887
“Pale Glory Walks by Valor’s Bier”

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

110 East Main Street

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Missouri, Pettis County, Sedalia

This property
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places

by the United States
Department of the Interior

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

Francis Joseph Quirico Court Complex

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Massachusetts, Berkshire County, Pittsfield
The Honorable Francis Joseph Quirico
Court Complex
Francis Joseph Quirico
Feb. 18, 1911
Captain, United States Army
Appointed To
The Massachusetts Superior Court, July 11, 1956
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, Oct. 29, 1969
Retired February 18, 1981
One of Massachusetts’ Most Illustrious
Legal Scholars and Noted Jurist.

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

112 East Main Street

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Missouri, Pettis County, Sedalia

This property
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places

by the United States
Department of the Interior

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


120 East Main Street

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Missouri, Pettis County, Sedalia

This property
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places

by the United States
Department of the Interior

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

War Memorial

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Missouri, Pettis County, Sedalia

To Veterans of All Wars

[Dedicated] Nov. 11, 1995

(Man-Made Features • Patriots & Patriotism • War, 1st Iraq & Desert Storm • War, Vietnam) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Vietnam War Memorial

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Missouri, Pettis County, Sedalia

Erected by the Citizens of Pettis County in honor of our sons who faithfully served this nation and the cause of freedom in the Vietnam War with special tribute to those men whose valor and devotion to duty took them from us.
We Remember!

Verndean Arthur Brockman
James Richard Brown
Gary Dean Byrd
David Eugene Thomas
Anthony Eugene Buckner
James Lloyd Siron
Bobby Lee Ditzfeld
Julius Clyde Faircloth
Herman John Vollmer
Mike Duane Gearheart
James Jewel Fowler
James Milton Dale

Dedicated November 5, 1988

(Patriots & Patriotism • War, Vietnam) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The "Old Temple" of Athena

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Greece, Attica Region, Central Athens Regional Unit, Athens
The large Archaic temple to the south of the Erechtheion, which today preserves only its foundations, was called the "Old Temple" according to epigraphic evidence. Dedicated to Athena Polias, the patron deity of the city, it housed the xoanon, the wooden cult statue of the goddess to which the Athenians offered a peplos during the Panathenaic festival. The western section of the temple, consisting of three smaller parts, housed the cults of other divinities, possibly Hephaistus, Poseidon-Erechtheus and the hero Boutes.

Built at the site once occupied by the palace of the Mycenaean ruler of Attica, the temple replaced a smaller Geometric one (8th century B.C.) also dedicated to Athena Polias. The only remains of this early temple are two stone column bases as well as a bronze disc with an image of Gorgo, which adorned the pediment or the tip of the roof in the 7th century B.C.

The "Old Temple" of Athena, a Doric peripteral building with 6 columns at the front and rear end and 12 at the sides, measured 43.44 x 21.43 meters. It was built of poros, while Parian marble was used for some upper parts, such as the metopes, pedimental sculptures and tiles. One pediment was adorned with a sculpted group illustrating the Gigantomachy (the battle between the Olympian gods and the rebellious Giants), while the other featured a partially preserved group of lions devouring a bull. The altar, which is no longer preserved, was located to the east of the temple, as is indicated by some cuttings on the rock.

The temple was built in 525-500 B.C. and is associated with the sons of the tyrant Peisistratos or the Athenian people at the time of the establishment of Democracy by Kleisthenes. It was destroyed in 480 B.C., during the Persian invasion. Many of its architectural members were later incorporated in the north wall of the Acropolis.

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The Connecting Terminal Elevator

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New York, Erie County, Buffalo
The Connecting Terminal Elevator stands on the west side of the City Ship Canal immediately upstream of its confluence with the Buffalo River. The existing facility is actually the second elevator built on the site. The first Connecting Terminal Elevator, built in 1882, was destroyed by fire in 1914. At the time, it was one of the largest wooden elevators on the waterfront, with a storage capacity of nearly one million bushels.
[photo] The original Connecting Terminal Elevator, circa 1900.

With the wooden Connecting Terminal Elevator gone, there were not enough grain elevators in the city to handle the massive grain loads bound for Buffalo. The owner of the elevator, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, immediately set forth to build a concrete elevator to replace the wooden structure. Concrete provided the surest forn of fireproofing for elevators, was effective at keeping the grain dry, and provided protection from rodents.

The elevator was designed by Harry R. Wait, who designed many of Buffalo's concrete elevators, including the Concrete Central. The slip form construction method, in which the form was raised by jacking rods as the tower was poured, allowed for quick construction. The Connecting Terminal received its first shipment of grain in February, 1915.

The elevator had a capacity of just over one million bushels. In 1954, an annex was built slightly south of the existing structure, adding over 600,000 bushels of storage. This addition was the last concrete elevator built in Buffalo.
[photo] The Connecting Terminal Elevator, 1994. Historic American Engineering Record, HAER NY, 15-BUF.29-1. Jet Lowe, photographer.

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