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Salem Revolutionary War Bicentennial

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Salem, Connecticut.
Revolutionary War Bicentennial Erected April 26, 1975 Honoring the Men of New Salem Parish Who Fought for Our Nations Independence Isaiah Armstrong · Capt. Stephen Billings · John Deathick? · Capt. Daniel Dodge? · Cpl. . . .

(War, US Revolutionary) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Salem

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Salem, Connecticut.
Salem This area, called Paugwonk by Indians living near Fairy Lake, was settled about 1700. It was named New Salem Parish by the landowner Colonel Samuel Browne from Salem, Massachusetts, in 1725. Sections of Colchester, . . .

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

Salem World War II Monument

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Salem, Connecticut.
1941 1945 In Honor of the Citizens of Salem Who Served Their Country in World War II James H. Beebe, Jr. · Alfred M. Bingham · Charles V. Brown · Hugh Chappell · Frederick Cherrick · Edwin R. Coffey · Victor Connell · . . .

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

In Memory of the Six Million Jews

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Concord, New Hampshire.
In Memory Of The Six Million Jews Who Perished In The Holocaust 1933 — 1945 These Do I Remember And My Soul Is Grieved

(War, World II) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph Station

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South Wellfleet, Massachusetts.
Site of first United States Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph Station Built in 1901-1902 Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America Predecessor of RCA Transmitted January 19, 1903 The First U.S. Transatlantic Wireless . . .

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

Anchors and their retrieval / Capstan for pulling up the anchor

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Mackinaw City, Michigan.
Anchors and their retrieval Functions of an anchor gain a hold on the bottom provide sufficient power to keep the boat from dragging away maintain its hold in changing wind conditions The anchor in this park consists . . .

(Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 8 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

SGT. Gregory Allen Belanger

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Deerfield, Massachusetts.

(War, 2nd Iraq) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Godfrey Nims

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Deerfield, Massachusetts.
Godfrey Nims Ancestor of All of the Name of Nims Settled in Deerfield 1674 Fought under Capt. Turner 1676 Bought this Home Lot 1692 His House Burned, His Wife and Seven Children Captured or Killed by Indians in 1704. This . . .

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

Benjamin Barrett

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Deerfield, Massachusetts.
Benjamin Barrett -Carpenter - Born 1653 – Died 1690 Soldier with Captain Turner 1676 Settled on Plum Tree Plain Deerfield 1684 Owner of this home Lot No. 27 when he died 1690 This memorial is erected by his lineal . . .

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

Memorial Hall

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Deerfield, Massachusetts.
Memorial Hall Built in 1798 Occupied as Deerfield Academy Until 1798 Dedicated in 1880 to the Preservation of the Record of Early Days in New England by the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association This Tablet is Erected on the . . .

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

Marine & Weather Reporter

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Mackinaw City, Michigan.
Mackinaw residents have long rendered services to passing ships. One of the most interesting was The Marine & Weather Reporting Service, established in 1877 by Forest J. Stimpson. Stimpson made daily reports on weather . . .

(Communications • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

First Euro Coins

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, Germany.
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(Industry & Commerce • Notable Events) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Uten-Ink

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near Muncie, Indiana.
Uten-Ink, site of the Old Town of Muncee Clan of Delaware Indians. Tecumseh and the Prophet lived here in 1805.

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

Wah-Pe-Kah-Me-Kunk

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Muncie, Indiana.
This boulder marks the traditional site of Wah-Pe-Kah-Me-Kunk the White River Town of the Muncee Clan of Delaware Indians. It is also a memorial to Joshua, a Christian Indian, who was burned by the tribe, March 1806, a . . .

(Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Major Call / El Call Mayor / El Call Major

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, Spain.
(English:) Modern square in the centre of the old Call. The Call was the quarter inhabited by the Jewish community in medieval Barcelona. The word Call means narrow street. The community was called Aljama and was capable . . .

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

Fletcher-Murphy Park

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Concord, New Hampshire.
In memory of Lucy N. Fletcher and Teresa M. Murphy who gave their lives serving in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps 1918

(Military • Science & Medicine • War, World I • Women) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Der Königsbau

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, Germany.
Hier stand bis 1977 der wegen seines dreizackigen Giebels und seiner Imposanz so genannte Königsbau. Er beheimatete von 1863 bis 1899 die Eierteigwarenfabrik von Johann Jakob Schüle. Der gebäudeprägende Dachstuhl fiel am 31. . . .

(Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Smithfield

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near Selma, Indiana.
One of the oldest organized settlements in Delaware County, Smithfield was platted by David Stout and William Duncan March 12, 1830. Its position on White River was considered advantageous as a trading point, and it thrived . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Railroads & Streetcars • Settlements & Settlers • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

1827

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near Muncie, Indiana.
The first school house in Delaware County was erected in a trackless forest one half mile west of this site. “Indian Jim,” the last of the Delaware tribe remaining in this county, a highly respected resident hewed the black . . .

(Education • Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Kolpingsfamilie Forchheim / The Kolping Family Forchheim

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, Germany.
In diesem Haus, dem ehemaligen Gasthof "Bayerischer Hof", wurde am 23. Januar 1865 der Katholische Gesellenverein, die heutige Kolpingsfamilie Forchheim, gegründet. - (English translation:) On January 23, 1865, in this . . .

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