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Sanborn Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial

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Sanborn, Iowa.
Never Forget [September 11, 2001] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Daniel "Grandpa" Pippinger [Civil War Veteran] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Saying Goodbye]

(War, 1st Iraq & Desert Storm • War, US Civil • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Casselman River Bridge State Park

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Grantsville, Maryland.
Spanning the Cassleman River and supporting 200 years of hooves, boots, sleigh runners, and wheels of every type and description, the Cassleman River Bridge begins its third century on the National Road in Grantsville, . . .

(Bridges & Viaducts • Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Red Church

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near Pine Plains, New York.
Site of Red Church. Built by German Reformers 1772 on Pulver farm, torn down 1826, known as the Old Red Church.

(Churches & Religion) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Brush House

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Pine Plains, New York.
Made from oak logs hewn square, 1773 or 4; a log blockhouse. Siding put on over original house in 1881.

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

Irondale Cemetery

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Millerton, New York.
Irondale, Millerton, Town of North East. Old Stone 1818.

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Hauling Coal From Salem #2

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near Derry, Pennsylvania.
Deep in a hillside at the west end of the park, the Salem #2 mine was designed to reach part of the Greensburg coal basin. A year after opening, it had sixty employees. Peak production occurred in 1942, when 98,000 tons of . . .

(Natural Resources) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Irondale School

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near Millerton, New York.
One room schoolhouse ca. 1850-1930. Stood here until 2013 when moved to Village of Millerton for visitors' center.

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

Pomeroy

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near Copake Falls, New York.
In 1660 Medad Pomeroy accepted tools, an anvil shaped like this replica, and land in exchange for opening a blacksmith shop in Northampton, Massachusetts. That anvil was passed through many generations of Pomeroy blacksmiths . . .

(Colonial Era • Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Alte Synagoge / Former Synagogue

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, Germany.
Ehemalige Synagoge der israelitischen Kultusgemeinde Kitzingen Errichtet 1883 - Zerstört 10.11.1938 Die Stadt Kitzingen schuf dies Tafel im Jahre 1967 um Gedenken an ihre ehemaligen Jüdischen Mitbürger Diese ehemalige . . .

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

Petersfriedhof / St. Peter's Cemetery

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, Germany.
Nördlicher Teil des 1503-1828 genutzten städtischen Begräbnisplatzes nahe der einstigen Stadtbefestigung mit zahlreichen zumeist barocken Grabmälern. - (English translation:) Northern portion of city burial grounds, used . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Lois Weber

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The first American woman film director, Weber wrote, directed, and acted in more than 200 films between 1908 and 1934. She addressed social issues like drug addiction, abortion, and poverty and helped pioneer techniques like . . .

(Entertainment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

One Hand Sanders / Prince's Ferry

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Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.
One Hand Sanders Sometime between the 1790s and 1820s, a brownstone marker with an engraved hand was erected near this site directing the way to Prince's Ferry. The marker was originally located near the intersection of . . .

(Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Holstein Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial

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Holstein, Iowa.
For God and Country [The KIA Veterans are Eddie J. S. Bauer, Paul R. Striepe, Jack Jean Hieber, Steven V. Crum, and John Haas.] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ In Flanders Field the poppies blow between the crosses row by row, That mark . . .

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

Great Gathering Place

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Fremont, Ohio.
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(Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Revolutionary) Includes complete text, location, directions, 8 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Majestic Theatre

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Dallas, Texas.
In his determination to provide entertainment for the entire family, theatre pioneer and innovator Karl St. John Hoblitzelle (1879-1967) built this structure in 1921 to house Dallas' Majestic Theatre. The five-story, . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Tabernacle Baptist Church

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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Constructed 1886 by the German Evangelical Zion Lutheran Church Entered on the Pennsylvania Inventory of Historic Places February 7, 1975

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

Miles-Potter-Humes House

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Bellefonte, Pennsylvania.
Miles-Potter-Humes House c. 1815 / restyled 1895-96 Built by Capt. Joseph Miles

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

Reynolds-Lane-Hastings Mansion

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Bellefonte, Pennsylvania.
Reynolds-Lane-Hastings Mansion c. 1867 / restyled c. 1890 Home of Daniel H. Hastings Governor of PA 1895-1899

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

Centre County Banking Co. Building

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Bellefonte, Pennsylvania.
Centre County Banking Co. Building Built 1881-82 Attic story and turret added 1891 George W. Tate of Bellefonte, designer

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

Lyons Hall

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State College, Pennsylvania.
Hanna M. Lyons is noted for her significant contributions to Penn State at a time when it was a predominantly male college. She was appointed by Governor Gifford Pinchot to the Board of Trustees in 1932, and served on the . . .

(Education • Politics • Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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