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St. Paul's Catholic Church World War Memorial

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Hancock, New York.
Memorial to those who served in the World War Edmund J. Cotter Jr. • Andrew Dunn John L. Dunn • Charles Esolen Edward Guinan • Ambrose McGranaghan Edmund McGranaghan • Eugene McGranaghan Thomas McGranaghan • Aloysius Meyer . . .

(Churches & Religion • Patriots & Patriotism • War, World I) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Durham Cathedral and Castle

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, United Kingdom.
Durham Cathedral and Castle World Heritage Site In Accord with the Principles of the World Heritage Convention Durham Cathedral and Castle have been designated a World Heritage Site One of a number of protected areas of . . .

(Notable Places) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Thomas Rowlandson

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, United Kingdom.
London County Council Thomas Rowlandson 1757 – 1827 Artist and Caricaturist lived in a house on this site

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

Samuel Pepys

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, United Kingdom.
Samuel Pepys 1633 – 1703 Diarist and Secretary of the Admiralty lived here 1679 - 1688

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

Samuel Pepys & etc.

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, United Kingdom.
In a House formerly standing on this site lived Samuel Pepys 1633 – 1703 Diarist & Robert Harley Earl of Oxford 1661 – 1724 Statesman And in this house lived William Etty 1787 – 1849 Painter & Clarkson Stanfield 1793 – 1897 . . .

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

Veterans Memorial

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Lakewood, Pennsylvania.
Dedicated in grateful tribute to the men and women of northern Wayne who served and to those who gave their lives in all of our countrys [sic] wars [US Armed Forces emblems] Stones of Honor - Voices of Veterans [memorial . . .

(Patriots & Patriotism • War, Cold • War, Vietnam • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Stillwater Lake

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near Union Dale, Pennsylvania.
Why Build a Dam? The Lackawanna Valley has had its share of floods. Anyone who lived here in the 1950s can tell you about Hurricane Diane. It destroyed entire neighborhoods. Congress authorized construction of Stillwater . . .

(Disasters • Man-Made Features • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Forest City

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Forest City, Pennsylvania.
So named being settled in heavy forests Carbondale - 7

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

Brigadier General Joseph F. Knipe House

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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
In the home at 329 S. Front Street between 1866 and 1880 resided Brigadier General Joseph Farmer Knipe (1823-1901), accomplished Union commander during the Civil War. It was Knipe who named Camp Curtin, the largest Civil War . . .

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

Westboro Civil War Memorial

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near Westboro, Ohio.
To all soldiers and sailors who fought under our flag

(Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Austin County

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Bellville, Texas.
A part of the grant to Stephen F. Austin in 1821 Created a municipality under the Mexican government in 1828 Became a county of the Republic of Texas, March 17, 1836 Named in honor of Stephen Fuller Austin, 1793-1836 Pioneer . . .

(Settlements & Settlers • War, Texas Independence) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

American Revolution Memorial

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Danville, Kentucky.
To honor and commemorate the men who fought in the American Revolution and sleep in Boyle County Kentucky. John Spears • Michael Harmon • Hugh Shiell • John Pipes • John Gray • William Warren • Samuel McDowell • Thomas . . .

(War, US Revolutionary) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Boyle County Veterans Memorial

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Danville, Kentucky.
Dedicated to those men and women of this community who served our country in times of peace and war and especially to those who gave their lives in that service. World War I Ball, Basil • Jesse, Frank H. • Bramer, George S. . . .

(War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Governor Charles Willing Byrd

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Sinking Spring, Ohio.
Governor Charles Willing Byrd was the son of Colonel William Byrd of Virginia. In 1792 President John Adams appointed him secretary of the Northwest Territory and in 1802 he became acting governor of the territory. He was a . . .

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

Cheboygan's Beginnings

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Cheboygan, Michigan.
Huron Shore Trail follows the geologic Algonquin Beach Ridge formation along the western shore of Lake Huron from the Straits of Mackinac to Saginaw Bay. For centuries this trail was the primary travel route for Chippewa . . .

(Colonial Era • Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Cheboygan's Beginnings

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Cheboygan, Michigan.
River mouth and cattail marsh: Captain Samuel Robertson wrote in the 1770s, "…the most safest place near Michilimackinac [Mackinac Island] for wintering vessels is the River Shaboygan, there is six feet water upon the Barr, . . .

(Colonial Era • Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

International Shipmaster's Association

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Alpena, Michigan.
The maritime professionals who sail the ships on the Great Lakes are celebrating the 100th anniversary of their fraternal organization, the I. M. S. A. whose purpose is stated in the Association's constitution, "The purpose . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Ties That Bind

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Alpena, Michigan.
From the time of Alpena's inception it was divided by the Thunder Bay River, although most of the community was centered on the south side. A wooden scow served as a ferry, connecting Second Avenue on the south side with . . .

(Bridges & Viaducts • Industry & Commerce • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

International Shipmaster's Association

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near Rogers City, Michigan.
The maritime professionals who sail the ships on the Great Lakes are celebrating the 100th anniversary of their fraternal organization, the I. M. S. A. whose purpose is stated in the Association's constitution, "The purpose . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Treaty of Saginaw

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Alpena, Michigan.
“By the Treaty of Saginaw, made at Saginaw [Saquina] September 24, 1819, by General Lewis Cass, Governor of the Northwest Territory, on the part of the United States, and the Chippewa Nations, Thunder Bay River became a part . . .

(Native Americans • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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