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Scotland Vietnam War Monument

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Scotland, Connecticut.
1964 – 1975 Dedicated in Honor of Those Citizens of Scotland who Served During the Viet Nam War Era Arnott, Raymond J. · Bard, Alphy C. · ?Barden, III, Andrew J. · ?Bergeron, Robert S. · Bernier, Gerard M. · Calderwood, . . .

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

Scotland World War II Monument

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Scotland, Connecticut.
1941 1945 Dedicated In Honor of Citizens of Scotland Who Served in World War II And in Memory of Those Who Made the Supreme Sacrifice ?Edward L. Racicot · ?Thomas G. Passarello · ?Edward E. Roberts · ?Thomas F. Capizzi · . . .

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

Republic Building

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Houston, Texas.
Republic Building Completed in 1907 by the original owner, Allen Paul, the Republic Building characterizes the Chicago School of commercial architecture which was prevalent during the early twentieth century. The . . .

(Architecture • Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Former Site of Capitol, Republic of Texas

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Houston, Texas.
Former Site of Capitol, Republic of Texas Texas won its independence from Mexico on April 21, 1836, and became a separate nation. Within a few months the Republic of Texas’s Congress selected the recently-founded town of . . .

(Man-Made Features • War, Texas Independence) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Address by President Lincoln

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Winchester, Virginia.
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Busy Corners

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Houston, Texas.
Busy Corners The intersection of Texas Avenue and Main Street has always been a busy one. As Houston grew, the four corners were surrounded by stores, offices, hotels, and movie theaters, which attracted people from near and . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Site of the home of A.C. and Charlotte M. Allen

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Houston, Texas.
Site of the home of A.C. and Charlotte M. Allen who named this city for the hero of San Jacinto General Sam Houston 1836 John McKnitt Alexander Chapter D.A.R. 1936 This property has been placed on the National Register of . . .

(Man-Made Features • Politics • War, Texas Independence) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Halifax and Castine / Halifax et Castine

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Halifax, Nova Scotia.
English: In September, 1814, a British military and naval expedition from Halifax, under Lieutenant General Sir John Coape Sherbrooke and Rear Admiral Edward Griffith, occupied the portion of Maine between the Penobscot and . . .

(Colonial Era • Education • War of 1812) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Holy Cross Lutheran Church of Wartburg

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near Wartburg, Illinois.
The church was organized in 1841 by pastor G. A. Schieferdecker and settlers from Saxony, Thuringia, and Westfalia, Germany. The site was donated in 1849 by Johann Christian and Katherine Just. The present church was erected . . .

(Churches & Religion) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Ben Oglivie

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Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Acquired during the 1977 offseason, Oglivie spent the final nine seasons of his 16-year career with the Brewers. Enjoyed career-best season in 1980, batting .304 with .925 OPS and A.L.-leading 41 home runs, earning the . . .

(African Americans • Sports) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Space Park

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Redondo Beach, California.
Beginning in 1961, at what was then the Ramo-Wooldridge Corporation, the dedicated employees of Space Park designed and built more then 100 of the world's most technically challenging satellites, rocket engines and . . .

(Air & Space • Communications) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Kemble Building

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Buchanan, Virginia.
Kemble Building circa 1840 Has been placed on the National Register Of Historic Places By the United States Department Of The Interior

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

Dan Plesac

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Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
One of the greatest closers in Brewers history, the Southpaw was drafted 26th overall by the Brewers in 1983. Spent first seven seasons of his 18-year Major League career in Milwaukee, beginning with a rookie campaign in . . .

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

Darrell Porter

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Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Drafted fourth overall by the Brewers in 1970, Porter spent the first six years of his 17-year career as a catcher for the Brewers. Finished third in the 1973 Rookie of the Year voting after hitting .254 with 16 home runs . . .

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

Jaime Navarro

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Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Selected in the third round of the 1987 draft, Navarro spent his first six Major League seasons in Milwaukee, before making a brief return to the Brewers at the end of his career. A model of durability during the height of . . .

(African Americans • Sports) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Danville Veterans Memorial

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Danville, Vermont.
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(War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Monroe County Bicentennial Bandstand

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Waterloo, Illinois.
On this site on August 25, 1840, Abraham Lincoln presented a political speech for Whig Party at the Monroe County Courthouse. This tablet erected by the Monroe County Bicenntennial Committee August 6, 2016

(Notable Events • Politics) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Star/Buchanan Theatre

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

Site of the First English Speaking School in Illinois

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Waterloo, Illinois.
On this site, in the year 1783, stood the first English speaking public school in the state of Illinois. It was taught by Samuel J. Seeley. The school was an abandoned squatters cabin, located on a tract of land known as the . . .

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

Trinity Episcopal Church

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Buchanan, Virginia.
Trinity Episcopal Church circa 1842 “The new church at Buchanan deserves a word of special notice. It is chiefly the result of female enterprise. A lady well known in Virginia who occasionally visited the town, fleeing from . . .

(Architecture • Churches & Religion • Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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