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Battle of Collierville

On Sunday October 11, 1863, the Confederate forces of Brigadier General James R. Chalmers, consisting of the 7th, 12th, 13th, and 14th Tennessee Cavalry, the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 12th and 18th...

On Sunday October 11, 1863, the Confederate forces of Brigadier General James R. Chalmers, consisting of the 7th, 12th, 13th, and 14th Tennessee Cavalry, the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 12th and...

  • shelby county
  • tennessee

Finch Station Payphone

FINCH STATION PAYPHONE This booth contains a coin-operated telephone established on March 29, 1974. Hundreds of Torontonians have used this "payphone" to communicate with other telephones. To...

FINCH STATION PAYPHONE This booth contains a coin- operated telephone established on March 29, 1974. Hundreds of Torontonians have used this "payphone" to communicate with other telephones. To...

  • coin-operated
  • telephone
  • change rooms
  • time machines
  • 1874

Of Similar Design

THIS BUILDING REPLACED A c1905 BRICK BUILDING, OF SIMILAR DESIGN, IN 2004, AFTER THE ORIGINAL BUILDING COLLAPSED. TWO SMALLER ADDITIONS TO THE ORIGINAL BUILDING, ONE CONSTRUCTED OF STONE, REMAIN...

THIS BUILDING REPLACED A c1905 BRICK BUILDING, OF SIMILAR DESIGN, IN 2004, AFTER THE ORIGINAL BUILDING COLLAPSED. TWO SMALLER ADDITIONS TO THE ORIGINAL BUILDING, ONE CONSTRUCTED OF STONE, REMAIN...

  • of similar design
  • the original...

Veterans Memorial Square

VETERANS MEMORIAL SQUARE  In honor of all the men and women who fought, gave their lives and remain missing in defense of the The United States of America and the ideals for which it stands. MAY...

VETERANS MEMORIAL SQUARE  In honor of all the men and women who fought, gave their lives and remain missing in defense of the The United States of America and the ideals for which it stands. MAY...

  • morgan hill
  • wwi
  • wwii
  • korea
  • vietnam
  • desert shield
  • desert storm

Treue der Union Flagstaff

Treue der Union"This flagstaff erected in memory of the men who gave their lives rather that renounce an oath of allegiance to their newly adopted country, thus demonstrating a profound expression...

Treue der Union"This flagstaff erected in memory of the men who gave their lives rather that renounce an oath of allegiance to their newly adopted country, thus demonstrating a profound expression...

  • civil war
  • union monume...
  • texas resistance
  • battle of nueces
  • texas germans
  • nueces massacre

Treue der Union Monument

"TREUE DER UNION" ("LOYALTY TO THE UNION") This German language monument, erected 1866, honors the memory of 68 men (mostly Germans) from this region who were loyal to the Union during the Civil...

"TREUE DER UNION" ("LOYALTY TO THE UNION") This German language monument, erected 1866, honors the memory of 68 men (mostly Germans) from this region who were loyal to the Union during the Civil...

  • civil war
  • union monume...
  • texas resistance
  • battle of nueces

Funeral of German Patriots at Comfort, Texas - August 20, 1865.

Funeral of German Patriots at Comfort, Texas - August 20, 1865. The procession of three hundred people, headed by the fathers of four of the victims, old men of sixty and seventy years, preceded...

Funeral of German Patriots at Comfort, Texas - August 20, 1865. The procession of three hundred people, headed by the fathers of four of the victims, old men of sixty and seventy years, preceded...

  • treue der un...
  • civil war
  • texas resistance
  • battle of nueces

Dartmouth's Old Cannon

  OLD CANNON SAID TO HAVE BEEN MOUNTED ON THE SUMMER ESTATE OF SIR JOHN WENTWORTH AT PRESTON. PLACED HERE ABOUT 1800, AT WHICH TIME THIS CORNER PROPERTY, FORMERLY OWNED BY DAVID GRIEVE OF THE...

  OLD CANNON SAID TO HAVE BEEN MOUNTED ON THE SUMMER ESTATE OF SIR JOHN WENTWORTH AT PRESTON. PLACED HERE ABOUT 1800, AT WHICH TIME THIS CORNER PROPERTY, FORMERLY OWNED BY DAVID GRIEVE OF...

  • nova scotia
  • dartmouth
  • cannon
  • nantucket
  • wentworth

Eunice Williams

Eunice Williams, wife of the Reverend John Williams "The Redeemed Captive" was killed at this place on March 1st, 1704, during the Deerfield Massacre. From https://www.instagram.com/p/BazFO_PHxi9/

Eunice Williams, wife of the Reverend John Williams "The Redeemed Captive" was killed at this place on March 1st, 1704, during the Deerfield Massacre. From https://www.instagram.com/p/BazFO_PHxi9/

    James Lick Observatory

    Submitted by @jqmcd

    Submitted by @jqmcd