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The Prattville Dragoons
Alabama, Autauga County, PrattvilleThis boulder erected by The Merrill E. Pratt Chapter U.D.C. April 26, 1916, marks the spot where The Prattville Dragoons assembled in April, 1861, on the eve of their...
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Sidney Lanier
Alabama, Autauga County, PrattvilleBeloved teacher of Prattville Academy 1867 • on this site • 1868 whose memory will be forever cherished by people of Prattville, Ala. whom he loved and served (Arts,...
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A Land Divided
West Virginia, Jefferson County, Harpers Ferry The struggle of today is not altogether for today - it is for a vast future also. Abraham Lincoln You are standing near what was once an international...
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The Niagara Movement at Storer College
West Virginia, Jefferson County, Harpers Ferry The battle we wage is not for ourselves alone but for all true Americans. W.E.B. DuBois In 1906, the Niagara Movement held its second annual meeting on...
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Storer College
West Virginia, Jefferson County, Harpers Ferry That was the happiest time of my life. Storer alumna Ruby Reeler Female students arriving here at the Cook Hall dormitory were greeted with a welcoming...
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Stephen Tyng Mather
West Virginia, Jefferson County, Harpers Ferry He laid the foundation of the National Park Service. Defining and establishing the policies under which its areas shall be developed and conserved...
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"The Natchez Burning"
Mississippi, Adams County, Natchez(side 1) One of the deadliest fires in American history took the lives of over 200 people, including bandleader Walter Barnes and nine members of his dance orchestra...
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Thomas Etholen Selfridge
Virginia, Arlington County, Fort Myer First military officer in the world to pilot an airplane, solo, in flight May 19, 1908 Hammondsport, New York First person in the world to lose his life as the...
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Fort Myer Historic District
Virginia, Arlington County, Fort Myerhas been designated a Registered National Historical Landmark Under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935 This site possesses exceptional...
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Legion Memorial Park
Minnesota, Meeker County, LitchfieldLegion Memorial Park 1994 In Memory Of And Dedicated To Veterans Of All Wars American Legion Post 104 (Military) Includes location, directions, 7 photos, GPS...
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Oak Bowery
Alabama, Butler County, near Fort DepositIn March 1863 Francis and Sarah Sheppard gave 3 acres of land to Methodist Episcopal Church South as a place for worship and burial. 2 more acres given by...
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First Flight of an Airplane on a U.S. Army Installation
Virginia, Arlington County, Fort Myer(Panel 1: topside of monument) Commemorating the Fiftieth Anniversary of the First Flight of an Airplane on a U.S. Army Installation September 3, 1908 (Panel 2:...
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Surrounded at the Coulee
Minnesota, Renville County, Morton This monument was dedicated in 1894 as a testament to U.S. soldiers and civilians who fought and died in the Battle of Birch Coulee. The U.S.–Dakota Conflict of 1862...
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Giant’s Causeway and Bushmills Railway
United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, County Antrim, Bushmills The Giant’s Causeway railway provides a passenger link between the historic town of Bushmills and the famous basalt stone columns of the...
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Andrew Marschalk
Mississippi, Adams County, NatchezSite of the printery of “father of Mississippi journalism.” Printed first book in state, 1799. Became first public printer and in 1802 founded famed newspaper,...
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Site of Bank of Mississippi
Mississippi, Adams County, NatchezChartered in 1809 as the only bank in Mississippi Territory and given a monopoly as the official state bank in 1818. It occupied this site in 1826 but was supplanted...
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The J.L. Hand Gazebo
Georgia, Harris County, Pine MountainThe handsome gazebo was given in loving memory of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Hand and placed in the Gardens in January, 1972. Constructed of longleaf pine, it was...
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Lafayette
Georgia, Troup County, LaGrangeBorn at the Château de Chavaniac Auvergne, France, on September 6, 1757, Gilbert Motter De Lafayette became at age 19 a Major General on Georgia Washington's staff. He...
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Bud Scott
Mississippi, Adams County, Natchez(side 1) Clarence “Bud” Scott, Sr., led one of the most popular dance bands in the Mississippi-Louisiana region for several decades beginning around 1900. Scott...
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12th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Virginia, Arlington County, Fort MyerThis tablet erected by the 12th Penna. Vol. Infantry in memory of the officer and men of the Regiment who died in service during the Spanish-American War at Fort...
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