DeDroit Residence
Louisiana, Orleans Parish, New OrleansJohn “Johnny” DeDroit (1892-1988) cornetist, and bandleader, lived here at 737 Henry Clay Avenue from 1929 until 1933. He was a cornet soloist at the age 12 at the...
View ArticleCommander’s Palace
Louisiana, Orleans Parish, New OrleansIn 1832 this site was part of the J.F.E. Levaudais Plantation and was acquired under French grant. Prior to 1880 the property formed a part of the City of...
View ArticleLafayette Cemetery No. 1
Louisiana, Orleans Parish, New OrleansEstablished in 1833 by the City of Lafayette The square was acquired from Cornelius Hurst and the cemetery laid out by Benjamin Buisson, city surveyor. This was...
View ArticleMaisonette Creole
Louisiana, Orleans Parish, New OrleansIn 1832 this site was a part of Jefferson Parish and was known as the Livaudais Plantation. In the late 90’s it was occupied as an English Apothecary and owned by...
View ArticleR.N. Girling’s “English Apothecary”
Louisiana, Orleans Parish, New OrleansIn this building Robert Nash Girling established his “Engish Apothecary” which he operated from the 1880s-1890s. An Englishman by birth, Girling studied pharmany...
View ArticleColonel Short’s Villa
Louisiana, Orleans Parish, New OrleansBuilt in 1859 for Colonel Robert H. Short of Kentucky, commission merchant, Henry Howard, architect, Robert Huyghe, builder. In 1832 this property, which was part...
View ArticleGilmour – Parker House
Louisiana, Orleans Parish, New OrleansSold by Gilmour heirs in 1882 to John M. Parker, whose son, John M. Parker, Jr., lived here and later served as Governor of Louisiana 1920-1924. The dining room...
View Article69 Ashley Avenue Eli Gedding House
South Carolina, Charleston County, Charlestoncirca 1860 This three story late Regency Style Single House was constructed circa 1860 by prominent Charleston physician Eli Geddings. In 1825, Geddings...
View Article460th Bombardment Group (H)
Ohio, Montgomery County, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Hq • 760th • 761st • 762nd • 763rd Sqdns and Support Units Spinazzola, Italy 1944-1945 "Not in Vain" may be the pride of those who survived and...
View Article310th Bombardment Wing (M) (SAC)
Ohio, Montgomery County, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base 1952-1954 · B-29 · KC-97 1954-1961 · B-47 · KC-97 1961-1964 · B-47 · KC-97 · Atlas F 1964-1965 · B-47 · KC-135 · Atlas F 379th BS · 380th BS ·...
View ArticleVice Admiral James H. Flatley Jr.
Wisconsin, Brown County, Green Bay June 17, 1906 July 9, 1958 Navy Cross May 7 - 8, 1942 Distinguished Service Medal July 1953 - June 1958 Legion of Merit W/Combat "V" Dec. 1944 - May 1945...
View ArticleWaterman Tavern
Rhode Island, Kent County, CoventryUsed as Headquarters for the French Troops on their march to and from Yorktown 1781-1782 Maj Nathanael Greene General Lafayette General Rochambeau RI Commemorative...
View ArticleCulbertson House
Pennsylvania, Delaware County, near Broomall Built by noted Quaker, Jonathan Maris, c. 1750, this fieldstone farmhouse retains many early features such as a walk-in cooking fireplace and six corner...
View ArticleGriffith Stadium
District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest“I used to come home every night, get a quarter from my mother, run to Griffith Stadium, and sit in the bleachers,” Abe Pollin once said. “I would look out at...
View ArticleSteinbach's Cobblestones
New Jersey, Monmouth County, Long BranchThese cobblestones, on the perimeter border, were saved from the alleyway behind Steinbach's, later Vogel's Department Store, Broadway, Downtown Long Branch,...
View ArticleThe Presbytère
Louisiana, Orleans Parish, New Orleans[Logo of the New Orleans Landmarks Commission on top] 1964 The Presbytère Designed in 1791 by Gilberto Guillemard, architect, as the rectory of the Church of St....
View ArticleB-47 Stratojet
Ohio, Montgomery County, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base In memory of all those who supported, maintained and flew the B-47 in defense of freedom during the Cold War B-47 Stratojet Wings 2nd BW • 9th...
View ArticleThe Decisive Battle
Ontario, The Regional Municipality of Niagara, near QueenstonOn the plateau before you, the British and Americans met for battle. The British formed a line to your right, the Americans to your left....
View ArticleAttack
Ontario, The Regional Municipality of Niagara, near QueenstonIf you go to the lookout behind the Laura Secord monument you will see across the river and slightly to your right the area where a huge...
View Article73rd Bombardment Wing
Ohio, Montgomery County, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base In honor of those who served with the 73rd Bombardment Wing on Saipan 1944-1945 Flying B-29 Superfortresses from Isely Field, the 73rd...
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