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Welcome to the Cerrillos Hills State Park
New Mexico, Santa Fe County, Cerrillos… where you will experience the tri-cultural story of New Mexico, a history of the Indians, the Spanish, and the Anglos each altering this landscape in their...
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Braselton Home Site
California, Butte County, OrovilleIn memory of James D. Braselton his wife Anna C. Braselton and their family The erection of this historical monument marking the site of their home here at Garden...
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Camp Nelson National Cemetery
Kentucky, Jessamine County, Nicholasville The Committee to reopen and expand Camp Nelson National Cemetery, a nonprofit corporation, was formed, Sept. 19, 1974. This action was necessary as a result of...
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General William "Bull" Nelson
Kentucky, Jessamine County, NicholasvilleSon of an Influential Kentucky Family The Nelson family counted among its friends some of the most important families in Kentucky. William Nelson, born in 1824,...
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Mossy Creek Engagement
Tennessee, Jefferson County, Jefferson City(preface) In November 1863, Confederated Gen. James Longstreet led a force from Chattanooga to attack Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside’s army at Knoxville. The...
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Attack on the Union Left
Tennessee, Williamson County, Franklin(preface) In September 1864, after Union Gen. William T. Sherman defeated Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood at Atlanta, Hood led the Army of Tennessee northwest...
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Presbyterian Church
Texas, Hamilton County, Hamilton Organized Sept. 5, 1880, by Rev. John A. McMurray, evangelist of Central Texas Presbytery. Its building of early 1880s was first frame church erected in Hamilton; used...
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To the Memory of Hazen Mooers
Minnesota, Nicollet County, near FairfaxArrived in 1816 Becoming the First White Settler of This Community Donated & Erected by B. J. Krahn 1940 Hazen Mooers one of the pioneers of the fur trade...
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War, Rails, and Wells
Virginia, AlexandriaThis city block became part of the Alexandria town grid in 1798. Near the rural outskirts of the developing town, the block remained vacant throughout the nineteenth century....
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Captain John S. Marsh State Monument
Minnesota, Nicollet County, near FairfaxErected by the State of Minnesota 1873 Built by Sullivan & Terry, Mankato. In memory of Capt. John S. Marsh • First Serg't Russell H. Findley • Serg't Solon...
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Virginia, Arlington County, Fort MyerHere the Custis and Lee family members entertained guests, strolled with suitors, read precious letters, buried their much beloved pets, communed with nature,...
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People Shaping the Land
Maryland, Prince George's County, AccokeekThe National Colonial Farm offers a glimpse into the farming and social lives of Marylanders between 1760 and 1775. The National Colonial Farm was one of the...
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Traveling on the Potomac River
Maryland, Prince George's County, AccokeekFor more than 10,000 years, the Potomac River has been a key to prosperity for people living within its watershed---providing water, food, recreational...
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Fishing the Potomac River
Maryland, Prince George's County, AccokeekIn 1759, George Washington wrote that the Potomac River was “…well-stocked with various kinds of fish at all seasons of the year, and in the spring with shad,...
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Potomac Heritage
Maryland, Prince George's County, AccokeekBefore you flows the great Potomac River, a 390 mile stretch of water, forests, fields and wetlands that tells the story of ten thousand years of human...
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Tree
District of Columbia, Washington"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge..." Martin Luther King, Jr....
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USDA Holocaust Memorial Tree
District of Columbia, WashingtonUnited States Department of Agriculture Dedicated as a Living Reminder in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust by Secretary Dan Glickman May 2, 2000 Yom Hashoah, Day...
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Civil War River Crossing
Tennessee, Hamilton County, ChattanoogaGeneral Ulysses S. Grant's plan for lifting the siege of Chattanooga called for the Union Army of the Tennessee under General William T. Sherman to cross the...
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Who Was Claude Moore?
Virginia, Fairfax County, McLeanMr. Claude Moore was a philanthropist who donated $250,000 in the 1980s to keep the Turkey Run Farm alive as the only privately owned and operated national park. The...
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Fort Marcy, Virginia
Virginia, Fairfax County, McLeanThe Virginia approaches to the Chain Bridge were guarded by Fort Marcy on the old Leesburg Turnpike and Fort Ethan Allen on the Military Road. The sites were occupied by...
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