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Mother A.M.E. Zion Church

2018-05-21 05:38:25.781340

Mother A.M.E. Zion Church

MOTHER A.M.E. ZION CHURCH
MOTHER AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL ZION
CHURCH OCCUPIED THIS SITE FROM 1800 TO
1864. IT WAS THE FIRST CHURCH IN NEW YORK
CITY BUILT AND LED BY AFRO-AMERICANS AND
WAS THE MOTHER CHURCH OF THE A.M.E. ZION
DENOMINATION FORMED IN 1796.

THIS TABLET INSTALLED JANUARY 1969 BY
NEGRO HISTORY ASSOCIATED INC AND MOTHER
AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL ZION CHURCH

Submitted by @prisonculture

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Heinrich Mann & Sigmund Freud

2018-05-21 05:34:22.944780

Heinrich Mann & Sigmund Freud

ZUM GEDÄCHTNIS AN DEN DICHTER

HEINRICH MANN,

DER AM 22. FEBRUAR 1933 ÜBER DEN BAHNHOF KEHL

DEN WEG INS RETTENDE EXIL GING

KEIN UNTERTAN DES UNGEISTS UND DER GEWALT,

SO BLIEB ER SICH UND SEINEM WERK TREU!

ZUR ERINNERUNG

AN DIE VERTREIBUNG DES BEGRÜNDERS DER PSYCHOANALYSE.

PROF. SIGMUND FREUD,

DER AM 5. JUNI 1938 UBER DEN BAHNHOF KEHL

DEUTSCHLAND VERLIESS, UM IN FREIHEIT ZU STERBEN

Submitted by @vanilla_chief

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Dr. Martha G. RIpley

2018-05-21 05:29:27.172190

Dr. Martha G. RIpley

"SHE STRETCHETH OUT HER HANDS TO THE POOR"

1843 DR. MARTHA G.RIPLEY 1912

PIONEER WOMAN PHYSICIAN

FOUNDER OF MATERNITY HOSPITAL

IN MINNEAPOLIS

WITH FARSIGHTED VISION AND SYMPATHY

SHE SERVED HUMANITY

FEARLESS IN SPIRIT COURAGEOUS IN ACTION

CHAMPION OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUSTICE

HER LIFE A NOBLE INFLUENCE

AN ENDURING INSPIRATION

"YEA SHE REACHETH OUT HER HANDS TO THE NEEDY"

Submitted by @gkatz

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Dealey Plaza

2018-05-21 05:18:46.283030

Dealey Plaza

Site of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963

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Site of Elizabeth Blackwell's Infirmary for Women and Children

2018-05-18 19:42:16.155460

Site of Elizabeth Blackwell's Infirmary for Women and Children

Site of Elizabeth Blackwell's

Infirmary for Women and Children

In this building, the first female doctor in America,

Elizabeth Blackwell, established the first hospital for,

staffed, and run by women. The New York Infirmary

for Women and Children opened on May 12,1857,a

date which was also the birthday of Blackwell's friend

and collaborator Florence Nightingale. Groundbreaking

at the time, the hospital provided free medical care for

indigent women and children, and offered clinical

experience and instruction for women determined to

expand their skills as physicians.

Location: 58 Bleecker Street at Crosby Street (Note: plaque is located on the Crosby Street side of the building)

Submitted by The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation

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Sunken Cable

2018-05-18 18:29:24.883840

Sunken Cable

ATLANTIC CABLE STATION

and

SUNKEN FOREST

The receiving station for the first

Atlantic cable, laid in 1874, is

located on Old Beach Road opposite

this location. The remains of the

Sunken Forest (remnants of the Ice

Age) may be seen at low tide. Inter-

mingled with these gnarled stumps

is the original Atlantic cable.

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Dunsmuir

2018-05-18 18:28:59.785510

Dunsmuir

DUNSMUIR CITY HALL

AND FIRE HOUSE

ERECTED 1925

TRUSTEES

E J CORNISH. M.D PRE

FL FOSTER

L E GIBSON

S J WILKINS

A B. CRAVENS

EG HAWKINS CLERK

H YOUNG MARSHAL, TAX COLL

J MICANDER RECORDER

H McCUINNESS ATTORNEY

J F McDILL, FIRE CHIEF

C O PORTER, TREASURER

WOOLLETT & LAMB, ARCHITECTS

J P BRENNAN, CONTRACTOR

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Yolo Library

2018-05-18 18:26:48.654460

Yolo Library

SITE OF THE FIRST YOLO COUNTY

PUBLIC LIBRARY BRANCH

CONTRIBUTIONS BY CITIZENS FINANCED THE LOT

PURCHASE AND BUILDING CONSTRUCTION FOR THE DAVIS

LIBRARY, WHICH SERVED DAVIS AT THIS LOCATION

FROM 1911 UNTIL 196 IN 1983, THE BUILDING WAS

MOVED TO CENTRAL PARK.

TEXT BY THE DAVIS LIBRARY CLUB

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Fort Lernoult

2018-05-18 18:26:10.056830

Fort Lernoult

This marks the site of the southwest bastion of Fort Lernoult. It was here, on July 11, 1796, that the American flag was first flown over Detroit. The fort was built by the British in 1778-79 to protect Detroit against the possibility of attack by George Rogers Clark and the American army. Overlooking the stockaded village and named for its commander, Richard B. Lernoult, the fort controlled river traffic and land routes. The fort was not attacked during the American Revolution. However, it was then the foremost British military post in the West, a base for Indian raids against American frontier settlements, and a guardian of the rich fur trade. Although the peace treaty of 1783 gave Michigan to the United States, the British did not evacuate the fort until 1796. In 1812 Fort Lernoult was surrendered to the British, but was regained by the Americans in 1813 and renamed Fort Shelby. The last troops were removed in 1826. The fort was leveled in the next two or three years.

Plaque via Michigan History Center

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Provincial Building

2018-05-18 18:26:02.252010

Provincial Building

PROVINCIAL

BUILDING

Built around 1920 for Mr and Mrs. Carl

A. Romer The building represests the

Italianate style common to the

commercial buildings in the early

twentieth century. The Romers operated a

general merchandise store and post office.

SAN JUAN

CAFISTRANO

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