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Martyrs of Liberty

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La Junta Patriótica del Cuartel Cuatro, en testimonio de admiración, á los ciudadanos José M. Méndez, Gregorio Mier, Cristóbal Cortés, José M. Cisneros, Francisco Godínez, Ruperto Castañeda, Agustín Castañeda, Ignacio Ortiz, . . .

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Benito Juárez Garcia

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Plaza Presidente Juarez se construyo por el Gobierno del Estado, y se inauguro por el ciudadano, Lic. Adolfo Lopez Mateos, Presidente Constitucional de la Republica durante la gestion administrativa del C. Lic. David Franco . . .

(Patriots & Patriotism • Politics • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Town of Gause

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Gause, Texas.
William J. Gause (1829-1914), born in Alabama, moved to Texas in 1849, to the Brazos region in 1856, and to this locality in 1872. Buying lumber in Montgomery, he gave his friend Dan Fowler half in return for hauling it . . .

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Mrs. Edna Westbrook Trigg

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Cameron, Texas.
Pioneer leader of Texas women in rural club work. While serving as principal of a school near Milano, Mrs. Trigg was asked by the United States Department of Agriculture in 1911 to supervise Texas' first Girls' Tomato Club. . . .

(Agriculture • Education • Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Ben Milam

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Cameron, Texas.
(Front Panel) Milam (Right Panel) Benjamin Rush Milam born in Kentucky 1788. Soldier in the War of 1812. Trader with the Texas Comanche Indians 1818. Colonel in the Long Expedition in 1820. Empresario from 1826 to 1835 . . .

(War, Texas Independence) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Alabama Confederate Soldiers' Home

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near Marbury, Alabama.
This is the site of Alabama's only Confederate veterans' home. The Alabama Confederate Soldiers' Home operated for 37 years as a haven for many of Alabama's destitute Confederate veterans and their wives or widows. Twenty . . .

(Notable Places • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Civil War Nurse

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Schoharie, New York.
Civil War Nurse Catherine Lawrence 1820 - 1904 Civil War nurse, teacher, missionary, and temperance lecturer. Born in Schoharie, buried in this cemetery.

(War, US Civil • Women) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

José María Morelos

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El inmortal José Ma. Morelos nació en esta casa el 30 de setiembre de 1765. 16 de sete. de 1881. Marcador adicional: En esta casa nacio Jose Maria Morelos La consagro Monumento Nacional Gustavo Diaz Ordaz Presidente de . . .

(Man-Made Features • Patriots & Patriotism • Politics • Wars, US Indian) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Birth House of Morelos

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Casa Natal de Morelos Esta casa data de mediados del siglo XVII, en ella nació José María Morelos y Pavón, héroe de la Independencia de México. Pasó a manos de los agustinos quienes la utilizaron como hospedería y sufrió . . .

(Architecture • Colonial Era • Man-Made Features • Patriots & Patriotism) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Refectory

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The Refectory The monastic refectory or dining hall occupied the south range of the cloister. The main meal was eaten in the middle of the day. Monks entered the dining hall after washing their hands in a lavatorium or . . .

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The Dormitory

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The Dormitory This huge room was the dormitory, or dorter, where the monks slept. It dates to the 13th century and was originally a single open space without any heating. Monks slept communally and their single beds were . . .

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East Range of Cloister

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East Range of Cloister This was extensively rebuilt in the 13th century. The first floor was the monk’s dormitory. The doorway above led to a day-stair to the cloister.

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The Afternoon Assaults: Norman Trick Tactics

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The Afternoon Assaults: Norman Trick Tactics During the afternoon the Normans weaken the English line by adopting a new tactic. It is now clear that the English are not going to be easily defeated. To create gaps in the . . .

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Westfield War Memorial

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, United Kingdom.
In Grateful Memory of the Men of Westfield Whose Names Are Recorded Below Who Gave Their Lives in the Great War 1914 - 1918 Herbert Henry Baker · Albert Ball · Lewis Crampton Barden · William Barrow · Stephen Blackman · . . .

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

Wittersham War Memorial

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1914 1919 To Those Who Died For Us H.C. Batehup Linc. Regt · S.C. Dengate R. Irish · H.T. Slingsby The Buffs · R.T. Carter M.C. R.G.A. · G.J. Nash R.A.S.C. · L.L. Collings R.F.A. · T.C. Ashdown R. Sussex Rgt · . . .

(War, World I • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Wittersham Women’s Institute

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Violet Rosa Carruthers

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, United Kingdom.
In grateful memory of Violet Rosa Carruthers (Violet Markham) Companion of Honour 1872 — 1959 who planted and endowed this garden The Friends of the Green

(Parks & Recreational Areas) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Union Battery No. 3

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Port Hudson, Louisiana.
"About the 10th of June, the enemy planted four mortars in position near the battery opposite Bennett''s House. These mortars gave us great annoyance; they were fired day and night, to the very great disturbance of our . . .

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

Memorial Hall

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near Marbury, Alabama.
On this site stood "Memorial Hall," the two story, log and shingle administrative and social center of the Alabama Confederate Soldiers' Home. Construction was partially financed by individuals from across the state who . . .

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Monument to Jefferson Manly Falkner

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near Marbury, Alabama.
Alter the death of Jefferson Manly Falkner, Soldiers' Home founder in 1907, the Soldiers' Home Board of Control commissioned this obelisk in his honor. The monument was erected in 1908 under the northeast corner of the . . .

(Notable Buildings • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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