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Gamla Tekniska Högskolan / The Old Technical University

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, Sweden.
Gamla Tekniska Högskolan är en av de första, större institutionsbyggnader som uppfördes i Sverige. Skolbyggnaden, som stod färdig 1863, byggdes åt Teknologiska Institutet, som senare kom att byta namn till Kungliga Tekniska . . .

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

Benjamin West

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Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.
Famous American painter; born in this house, Oct. 10, 1738. Best known for the picture, "Penn's Treaty with the Indians." Died 1820, in Europe, where he had lived since 1759.

(Arts, Letters, Music • Notable Persons) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Booth Maternity Center

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Established in 1971, Booth revolutionized women’s health care by offering expectant mothers natural, family-centered childbirth options. It became a national model for its midwife training and for its promotion of . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Science & Medicine • Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Spökslottet / Haunted Mansion (Scheffler's Palace)

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, Sweden.
är ett köpmannapalats fran stormaktstiden, byggt 1699 - 1702 av Hans Petter Scheffler (spegelmonogram över smidesgrindama) med välbevarad inredning. Spökhistorier förknippas med ägaren Baltzar Knigge (död 1796) samt med ett . . .

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

The Hon. Walter Gresham Andrews

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North Cleveland Park, District of Columbia.
This flagpole is presented to the Sheridan School by William, Susan, and Peter Spaulding in loving memory of their great uncle The Hon. Walter Gresham Andrews United States Representative, State of New York 1930 - 1948 First . . .

(Heroes • Politics • War, World I) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Fort Meigs Directional Marker

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Perrysburg, Ohio.
$50 Fine or 10 days imprison- ment or both for defacing this marker Ohio State General Code Section 12489

(Forts, Castles • Native Americans • Roads & Vehicles • War of 1812) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Racing on the Beach 1946

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Daytona Beach, Florida.
Grandstands rotted during war years. Rented circus bleachers used at first postwar race won by disabled veteran, Red Byron, after Roy Hall’s car broke. Convincing win in other race by Roy Hall. After completing in all 16 . . .

(Entertainment • Roads & Vehicles • Sports) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Sac City Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial

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Sac City, Iowa.
The Stories of the Sac County, Iowa Freedom Rock John J. Wassom flew 76 missions over Europe from 1943 - 1945 Western Union delivered telegraphs to millions of family members. Two Navajo Indians (Code Whisperers) carry an . . .

(War, Vietnam • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Wilson Chapel Methodist Church

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Madisonville, Texas.
Organized in 1873 by the Rev. W. A. Parks and ten charter members, the Methodist Episcopal Church was the second African American church in Madisonville. Early worship services were held in members' homes and a brush arbor. . . .

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

Rockwell City Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial

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Rockwell City, Iowa.
Calhoun County Freedom Rock Timeline… Story Board Provided in Memory of Lloyd Everett Webb (1941 - 2016) April 18, 2013 Application to host the Calhoun County Freedom Rock in Rockwell City submitted by the Rockwell City . . .

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

Jubal Richard Parten

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Madisonville, Texas.
Born in Madisonville on February 16, 1896, Jubal Richard "J.R." Parten secured his legacy as a pioneer in the American oil industry and a reputation in local, state and national politics. Studying government and law at the . . .

(Notable Persons) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Rockwell City, Iowa Civil War Memorial

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Rockwell City, Iowa.
Soldiers, Sailors Citizens May the Memory of Their Valor and Patriotism be Perpetuated 1861—1865

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

Alumni that Gave Their Lives for Country

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Norfolk, Virginia.
In Honor of the Alumni of Old Dominion University who gave their lives in the defense of our freedom and our Nation (3 panels of alumni names)

(Education • War, Vietnam • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Oak Grove Burying Ground

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Taylor, Michigan.
Oak Grove is Taylor's largest municipal cemetery. The first burial took place on this site in 1838. It has grown form the original one acre parcel donated by Garrett and Lydia Putnam in 1861. Sixty graves date from the . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

An Ardeaglais / The Cathedral

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, Ireland.
An Ardeaglais Is í seo an eaglais is mó i nGleann dá Loch agus tá sí ar cheann de na heaglaisí is mó ó luathré na Críostaíochta in Eirinn. Is faoi choimirce Pheadair agus Phóil a bhí sí i dtosach, ach éiríodh as a húsáid . . .

(Churches & Religion • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

An Cloigtheach / The Round Tower

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, Ireland.
An Cloigtheach Mar is léir as a n-ainm bhaintí leas as na foirgnimh seo le clog a bhualadh uathu d'fhonn na manaigh a ghairm chun urnaí. 100 troigh ar airde atá an cloigtheach seo agus bhíodh sé urlár adhmaid ann - táid . . .

(Churches & Religion • Forts, Castles • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

'Teach na Sagart' / The 'Priest's House'

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, Ireland.
'Teach na Sagart' Foirgneamh beag ón 12ú haois is ea 'Teach na Sagart', scrín nó aireagai b fhéidir. Os cionn an dorais tá blúire d'fhardoras ar a bhfuil eaglaiseach nó rí greanta agus ab ar gach aon taobh de bachail ag . . .

(Churches & Religion • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

St. Kevin's Way

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, Ireland.
St. Kevin's Road is a walk of about 30 kilometers which has two alternative starting points (Hollywood and Valleymount), reflecting the different directions from which pilgrims to Glendalough are likely to have come during . . .

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

Albert M. Greenfield

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Greenfield created an East Coast business empire here in retail, real estate, hotels, and banks. He supported equality for African Americans and received a papal award for promoting Catholic/Jewish harmony. He championed . . .

(Churches & Religion • Industry & Commerce • Politics) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Edith "Edie" Windsor

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Edie Windsor was a civil rights icon, technology pioneer and feminist who is remembered for her landmark Supreme Court marriage equality lawsuit. Starting in 1963, she was in a relationship with Thea Spyer. They married in . . .

(Civil Rights • Science & Medicine • Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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