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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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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/

    James Lick Observatory

    Submitted by @jqmcd

      The Bohemian Club's City Clubhouse

      WEAVING SPIDERS COME NOT HERE 1872 1909 1933   Bohemian ClubSubmitted by @tmccormick

      • bohemian club
      • spiders
      • owl
      • weaving
      • san francisco
      • 1872

      Eileen Cullen Memorial Park

      EILEEN CULLEN MEMORIAL PARK  BELOVED TEACHER FROM 1975 - 1983 

      • berkeley

      The Trafalgar Way

      THE TRAFALGAR WAY TRURO - FIRST POST-HORSE CHANGE On Monday 21st October 1805 the Royal Navy decisively defeated a combined French and Spanish fleet off Cape Trafalgar on the south west coast of...

      • trafalgar
      • nelson
      • napoleon
      • pickle
      • 1805

      Spanish American War

      Spanish War Veterans 1898-1902 Philippine Islands - Cuba - Puerto Rico - U.S.A. The Hiker Typifying The American Volunteer Who Fought Spain In Cuba, The Philippines, And Boxer Rebellion. Erected...

      • shelby county
      • tennessee

      Sacco and Venzetti Defense Committee

      In May 1920, two Italian immigrants were arrested for the murder of two payroll guards in South Braintree. A group of friends and fellow anarchists organized a defense committee for the accused...

      • boston
      • sacco
      • vanzetti
      • 1920