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Teatro de la República

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Teatro de la República (Querétaro, Qro.) Proyectado por el Arq. Camilo San Germán · Construido por Ing. Thomas Surplice 1852 · Teatro Iturbide. 1854 · Se llevó a cabo el estreno del Himno Nacional Mexicano. 1867 · Centro de . . .

(Entertainment • Man-Made Features • Politics) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Charcoal Blast Furnace Operations

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near Copake Falls, New York.
Producing high-quality cast iron in a charcoal-fired blast furnace required skill. Laborers constantly “charged” the furnace by wheeling carts of raw materials across the charging deck and dumping them into the charging hole . . .

(Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Fort Dodge Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial

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Fort Dodge, Iowa.
The Stories of the Webster County, Iowa Freedom Rock Lindsay, Darrell R. Graduated Fort Dodge High School 1938 Killed in action in France 9 August 1944 Awarded Congressional Medal of Honor Moeller, Willis H. Graduated Fort . . .

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

Ackley, Iowa Veterans Memorial

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Ackley, Iowa.
Honoring those who Died Dedicated to all who served

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

Town of North East War Memorial

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Millerton, New York.
Dedicated in honor and in memory of the valiant men and women of the Town of North East who served in our nation's conflicts.

(Military • War, Korean) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Cedar Falls Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial

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Cedar Falls, Iowa.
When the Battles are done the War isn't over For our Veterans It is just Beginning. [Taylor Morris Navy EOD from Cedar Falls, Iowa who was injured in Afghanistan and Gold Star Mothers.] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Respect for our . . .

(Military) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Ackley Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial

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Ackley, Iowa.
[WWII Veteran visiting the cemetery in Normandy.] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [The sinking of the USS Indianapolis including a Hardin County native.] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Two Hardin County Veterans which were POWs in WWII and . . .

(Military) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Readlyn Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial

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Readlyn, Iowa.
The Bremer County Freedom Rock First the Iowa Tour and the Bremer County Freedom Rock, located in the pretty little town of Readlyn, Iowa is completed and has been for a couple of weeks. This town is full of great people . . .

(Military) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Frost Avenue

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Maplewood, Minnesota.
The intersection of Phalen Creek and the Frost Avenue Bridge is indicative of constructed change for social, economic, and recreational activity over the years. The waterways in this area that connect Gervais Lake, Keller . . .

(Bridges & Viaducts • Parks & Recreational Areas • Roads & Vehicles • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

First United Methodist Church of Centerville

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Centerville, Texas.
Circuit riders Henry H. Cassady and George W. Tittle served local Methodists before a formal church organized in 1850. H. D. Hubert was the first appointed preacher in 1853. The congregation met in a schoolhouse before . . .

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

The Battle of Monterey Pass

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Waynesboro, Pennsylvania.
As the Union cavalry approached the newly established Confederate skirmish line, Captain Emack began receiving reinforcements. At the same time, Confederate General Grumble Jones arrived on the scene to assume command of the . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

A Group of Revolutionaries

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, Mexico.
Grupo de Revolucionarios 1 Francisco Villa - Su verdadero nombre fue Doroteo Arango. - Nació en La Coyotada municipio de San Juan del Río, Durango en 1878. - Tuvo que esconderse haciéndose llamar Pancho Villa. - Luchó en la . . .

(Patriots & Patriotism • Politics • Wars, Non-US • Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

H.L. Wynns’s Commissary

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Pierson, Florida.
This 1900’s store served the turpentine operation at Bakersburg, just north of Pierson. It was moved to the Settlement in 1984 where it serves as the County Store. When the building was being moved, a piece of script used to . . .

(Education • Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Glenn Hammond Curtiss

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Ormond/Daytona Beach, Florida.
On January 24, 1907, on Ormond Beach, Curtiss seta a land speed record of 136.4 MPH on his V-8 powered motorcycle. He was considered the “Fastest Man on Earth” until 1911. Shortly after his famous run, he entered the field . . .

(Entertainment • Roads & Vehicles • Sports) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Henryk Vogler

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, Poland.
W Tym Domu W Latach 1959-2005 Mieszkal Henryk Vogler Pisarz, Poeta Wspólzalozyciel Wydawnictwa Literackiego Kierownik Literacki Starego Teatru I Teatru Im. J. Slowackiego Wiezien Obozów Koncentracyjnych - English . . .

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

Racing on the Beach 1947

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Daytona Beach, Florida.
Red Byron easily won January race. Bob Flock won March and August races. Raymond Parks owned cars that won many pre-war Daytona races and won all 5 Beach- Road races in 1946-1947. Auto Racing , founded Dec. 14, 1947, when . . .

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

Charles Lummis

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Los Angeles, California.
The Adventures Begin Charles Fletcher Lummis was a journalist, adventurer, preservationist, librarian, poet, and life-long activist on behalf of Native Americans. He was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1859. His mother died . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Civil Rights • Hispanic Americans • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Ruth Stone House/Green Apples

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Goshen, Vermont.
Ruth Stone (1915-2011) purchased this property in 1956, and for the next 55 years it provided inspiration for her writing and a haven for the many students and colleagues she welcomed. She published her first book of poetry . . .

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

Hebrew Cemetery: Final Resting Place of Leadville Jews

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Leadville, Colorado.
The Hebrew Cemetery The Hebrew Benevolent Association established the Hebrew Cemetery in January,1880, in the Southwest corner of Leadville’s Evergreen Cemetery with the transfer of 101,000 square feet from the Union . . .

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

Aqueduct of Querétaro

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, Mexico.
Acueducto de Querétaro (Querétaro, Qro.) 1726 · Construido debido a la falta de agua potable en la ciudad. Don Juan Antonio de Urrutia y Arana, Marqués de la Villa del Villar de Águila, se dio la tarea de construirlo desde . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Colonial Era • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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