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Beech Bottom, W.V. World War II Honor Roll

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Beech Bottom, West Virginia.
We honor our boys and girls who served in World War II [Names not listed]

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

Beckham County Veterans Memorial

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Sayre, Oklahoma.
In honor of veterans of all wars who sacrificed for democracy, peace and justice. Sponsored by Mildred Lee Chapter No. 1822 United Daughters of Confederacy MCMLXXI

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

Blue Sulphur Springs Confederate Burial Ground

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Alderson, West Virginia.
Buried on hill above eighty-nine unknown Confederate soldiers from Georgia who perished in camp here during winter 1862 1863

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Barrancas National Cemetery

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Pensacola, Florida.
Early U.S. Military Presence In 1825, President John Quincy Adams ordered the creation of a naval station at Pensacola, Florida Territory. The Pensacola Navy Yard opened the following year. The first U.S. Naval Hospital was . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Forts or Castles • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Ragsdale House

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Kalispell, Montana.
Built in 1909 for blacksmith Howard Ragsdale, this cozy hipped-roof bungalow features a molded concrete block basement, narrow-reveal clapboard siding, and a small integrated porch. Its wide overhanging eaves and exposed . . .

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

Kolle/Sherman House

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Kalispell, Montana.
Built on a prominent corner lot for blacksmith Chris Kolle and his wife Mary in 1908, this Craftsman style home features many of the design’s characteristic elements. Its wide, sheltering eaves are meant to evoke feelings of . . .

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

Bridgton's Sons Civil War Memorial

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Bridgton, Maine.
(Side 1) To Bridgton's Sons who defended the Union ·1861 — 1865· (Side 2) They strove that the nation might live: That government of the people, by the people, for the people, should not perish. (Side 3) In honor of . . .

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

Stuart House

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Kalispell, Montana.
The Colonial Revival style is nicely represented in this early-twentieth-century residence built by Civil War veteran Joseph Stuart. One of Flathead County’s early pioneers, Stuart and his wife Nancy settled in the Flathead . . .

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

Battery Kemble

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Kent, District of Columbia.
Constructed in 1862, Battery Kemble's two 100-pounder parrott rifles guarded Chain Bridge along the Potomac River.

(Bridges & Viaducts • Forts or Castles • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Henry Good Residence

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Kalispell, Montana.
Henry and Lena Nollar were the first owners of this Colonial Revival style home built circa 1925. A side-gabled clipped roof, centered portico supported by Tuscan columns, and arched entry handsomely define the style. Henry . . .

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Dunsire House

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Kalispell, Montana.
Leaded glass transoms, Tuscan columns, a bay window, and spacious porch spanning the front recall nineteenth- century requirements for a comfortable, homey dwelling. Isabelle and David Sturtevant first owned this early . . .

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McGovern/Karcher House

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Kalispell, Montana.
Irish-born Thomas McGovern built several homes for rental purposes as well as this splendid Queen Anne style residence for his own family. Constructed between 1899 and 1903, its distinctive turret has long been a . . .

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

Iseminger/Graham House

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Kalispell, Montana.
An interest in colonial American architecture began with the Philadelphia Centennial in 1877 and inspired the Colonial Revival style. When new printing methods in the late 1890s made photographs in periodicals widely . . .

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

G. Grant Brown Building

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Bryan, Ohio.
This building is dedicated to honor the memory of G. Grant Brown (1910-2001). Throughout his long and active life, Grant consistently served the citizens of the City of Bryan and Williams County. He was always ready, . . .

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Minerva East Lawn Veterans Memorial

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Minerva, Ohio.
In grateful tribute to the men and women who have preserved the freedom of this great nation Dedicated to all veterans who have served our country

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

West Farmington Cemetery

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Farmington Hills, Michigan.
This cemetery was originally known as the Baptist Burying Ground, and was associated with the Baptist Church which was located on this land. It was organized by Rev. Nehemiah Lamb in 1835, and about fifty graves were . . .

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Eckert House

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San Angelo, Texas.
Oscar (1856-1927) and Martha Geissler Eckert (1871-1934), both German immigrants to the U.S., purchased this lot in 1910. Oscar and his brother Henry built this residence, except for the brickwork, completing the . . .

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Adams State College

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Alamosa, Colorado.
Shortly after its creation in 1921, Adams State Normal School got caught in a political crossfire and received no state funding for construction. But Alamosa residents, quick studies when it came to higher education, raised . . .

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Kiwanis Little Olympics

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San Angelo, Texas.
On April 21, 1942, the first Little Olympics began as a community service project organized by the San Angelo Kiwanis Club. The event let grade school-aged children prepare for and compete in an area track and field . . .

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

Three Sisters Garden

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Salem, New Hampshire.
Long before the arrival of European methods of farming, the indigenous peoples of the region practiced an agricultural technique known as the Three Sisters. Codified into the native oral tradition, this practice of planting . . .

(Agriculture • Horticulture & Forestry • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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