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Dauphin County Civil War Memorial

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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
To the soldiers of Dauphin County who gave their lives for the life of the Union. In the War for the Suppression of the Rebellion. 1861-1865. Erected by their fellow-citizens.

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

Cottage Ridge

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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
As the City of Harrisburg grew northward during the latter part of the 19th Century, N. Front Street had not yet attained its distinction as a prime residential boulevard. The riverbank, which was littered with sewage and . . .

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

Women's World War I Memorial

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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
In · commemoration · of the · services · and · sacrifices · of · the ·women · of · Harrisburg in · the · World · War

(War, World I • Women) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Coronel Manuel Gutiérrez Zamora

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, Mexico.
Coronel Manuel Gutiérrez Zamora 1813-1861 Gobernador de Veracruz 1856-1861 Centro Histórico H. Ayuntamiento de Veracruz Año 2017 English translation: Colonel Manuel Gutiérrez Zamora 1813-1861 Governor of Veracruz 1856-1861 . . .

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

Evolution of Harrisburg's Skyline

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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Harrisburg's distinction as the Susquehanna River's trademark is garnered through both its stunning riverfront setting and its ever-growing skyline, presenting a panorama of urban vitality and economic health. Since 1822 . . .

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

Lemoyne Veterans Memorial

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Lemoyne, Pennsylvania.
In memory of those who served for God & Country

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

2006 War on Terrorism Deceased

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Wormleysburg, Pennsylvania.
2006 War on Terrorism Deceased Rank - Name - Age - City Army Sgt. 1st Class - Brent A. Adams - 40 - West View Army 1st Lt. - Louis E. Allen - 34 - Milford Army Staff Sgt. - Daniel L. Arnold - 27 - Montrose Marine Lance Cpl. . . .

(War, 2nd Iraq • War, Afghanistan) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Nellis / ARMCO Coal

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Nellis, West Virginia.
Founded in 1917 by T. E. B. Siler and M. Slush; named for newspaper editor Frank Nellis. Purchased by ARMCO in 1920. Noted as model coal mining town. Homes were built by Minter of Huntington. ARMCO Assoc. Building, in center . . .

(Disasters • Industry & Commerce • Natural Resources) Includes complete text, location, directions, 8 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Friar Martín de Valencia

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, Mexico.
Fray Martín de Valencia 1474-1534 Orden Franciscana Superior de los Misioneros que inician a evangelizacion en Mexico. Desembarcan en Mayo 13 de 1524 en la Villa Rica de la Vera Cruz. English translation: Friar Martín de . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Churches & Religion • Colonial Era) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Monument to the Children Heroes of Chapultepec

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, Mexico.
Murieron por la Patria English translation: They Died for the Nation

(Patriots & Patriotism • War, Mexican-American) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Enriquillo

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, Dominican Republic.
Enriquillo Desde las entrañas la Sierra del Bahoruco dio el primer grito de libertad de todo el continente. English translation: Enriquillo From the depths of the Sierra del Bahoruco, he gave the first cry of freedom for all . . .

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

Prologue to 1791

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Fort Recovery, Ohio.
For over ten thousand years, American Indian tribes called the land east of the Mississippi River their home. The 1783 Treaty of Paris ended the American Revolutionary War with Britain ceding to the U.S. all land east of the . . .

(Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers • Wars, US Indian) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Old Wabash River

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Fort Recovery, Ohio.
You are facing the old Wabash River channel which played a key role in the Battle of the Wabash. Major General Arthur St. Clair's U.S. military main encampment of over 900 people was east of the river and the 300 Kentucky . . .

(Anthropology • Native Americans • Wars, US Indian • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Kentucky Militia Encampment

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Fort Recovery, Ohio.
Top-Left panel of text: St. Clair's Kentucky Militia (approximately 300 men) camped in general vicinity of the shelter houses across from the Wabash River in Ambassador Park. The 1,400 warriors of the American Indian . . .

(Native Americans • Wars, US Indian) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Role of Women in the Battle

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Fort Recovery, Ohio.
Imagine the scene that unfolded here on the frigid evening of November 3, 1791. St. Clair's main encampment of about 900 people was set up in a rectangle on this high ground with the Wabash River to the west, squeezed in by . . .

(Anthropology • Native Americans • Wars, US Indian • Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

American Indian Strategy: Use of the Landscape

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Fort Recovery, Ohio.
Bottom panel of text: You are looking towards the high ground and ridge where an estimated 1,400 American Indian warriors assembled in a crescent formation before attacking St. Clair's army. The American Indian alliance . . .

(Anthropology • Environment • Native Americans • Wars, US Indian) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Battle of the Wabash

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Fort Recovery, Ohio.
Although Brigadier General Harmar's campaign was considered a victory for the American Indians, it devastated their homelands. Harmar's troops burned five Shawnee, Miami, and Delaware villages along the Maumee river and . . .

(Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers • Wars, US Indian) Includes complete text, location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Nellis No. 3 Mine Explosion

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Nellis, West Virginia.
William C. Barker • Julias Domokos • Lester Gunnoe • William H. Gunnoe • O’Dell Linville • Onal O. Miller • John Setliff • Steve Turkovitch • Lawrence J. Vincent • John Williams • William O. Workman — • — On Saturday, . . .

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

2005 War on Terrorism Deceased

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Wormleysburg, Pennsylvania.
2005 War on Terrorism Deceased Rank - Name - Age - City Army Sgt. - Brandon E. Adams - 22 - Hollidaysburg Army Sgt. - Andrew W. Brown - 22 - Pleasant Mount Marine Cpl. - Michael R. Cohen - 23 - Jacobus Army Staff Sgt. - . . .

(War, 2nd Iraq • War, Afghanistan) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

2003 - 2004 War on Terrorism Deceased

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Wormleysburg, Pennsylvania.
2003 - 2004 War on Terrorism Deceased Rank - Name - Age - City Army Capt. - Tristan N. Aitken - 31 - State College Army Sgt. - Andrew J. Baddick - 26 - Jim Thorpe Army Sgt. - Sherwood R. Baker - 30 - Plymouth Marine Lance . . .

(War, 2nd Iraq • War, Afghanistan) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.
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