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Woodbridge Metcale Grove

    In Memory of Betty & Dick Irwin

    • only sunny hour...

    Riverway Park

    2017 Monument expressing the gratitude of the Town of Brookline, Emerald Necklace Conservancy, Friends of the Muddy River and others to Michael and Kitty Dukakis for their lifelong support of the ...

    2017 Monument expressing the gratitude of the Town of Brookline, Emerald Necklace Conservancy, Friends of the Muddy River and others to Michael and Kitty Dukakis for their lifelong support of the ...

      U.S. Military Jeep

      The Jeep displayed here is actually a 1951 model jeep, distinguished from the 1942-45 WW II Army-Marinemodel by its windshield without a divider bar. President Eisenhower generally traveled by Jeep, ...

      The Jeep displayed here is actually a 1951 model jeep, distinguished from the 1942-45 WW II Army- Marinemodel by its windshield without a divider bar. President Eisenhower generally traveled by Jeep, ...

      • louisiana
      • livingston pari...
      • jeep
      • military

      McDonnel Douglas F-4 Phantom

      VF 142 Ghostriders / U.S.S. America in 1974 The McDonnel Douglas F-4 Phantom aircraft was developed as superiority fighter and interceptor for deployment on board U.S. Navy Aircraft carriers,

      VF 142 Ghostriders / U.S.S. America in 1974 The McDonnel Douglas F-4 Phantom aircraft was developed as superiority fighter and interceptor for deployment on board U.S. Navy Aircraft carriers, "Flat ...

      • louisiana
      • military
      • plane
      • f-14

      El Paisano Hotel

        Upper Quarry Amphitheater

          La Vida

          • roberto castro
          • merrill college

          Japanese Garden Dinner Bay Community Park

            Keokuk Armory Explosion Memorial

            In memory of the 21 persons who perished in an explosion of The National Guard Armory on this site on Thanksgiving eve Nov. 24, 1965, while attending a square dance of The Swing-Ezy Square Dance Club.

            In memory of the 21 persons who perished in an explosion of The National Guard Armory on this site on Thanksgiving eve Nov. 24, 1965, while attending a square dance of The Swing-Ezy Square Dance Club.

            • iowa
            • keokuk
            • disaster
            • square dance

            Conrad Nagel

            Conrad Nagel was born in Keokuk, Iowa on March 16, 1897. The son of Frank, a musician, and Frances, a talented singer, it is no surprise Nagel grew up to be a famous silent and sound movie star. The ...

            Conrad Nagel was born in Keokuk, Iowa on March 16, 1897. The son of Frank, a musician, and Frances, a talented singer, it is no surprise Nagel grew up to be a famous silent and sound movie star. ...

            • iowa
            • keokuk
            • entertainment

            Elsa Maxwell

            Elsa Maxwell was born May 24, 1883 in Keokuk, Iowa – it is said she was born in a theater during the opera Mignon. She was raised in San Francisco, California where her father sold insurance and did ...

            Elsa Maxwell was born May 24, 1883 in Keokuk, Iowa – it is said she was born in a theater during the opera Mignon. She was raised in San Francisco, California where her father sold insurance and ...

            • iowa
            • keokuk
            • entertainment

            Calvary United Methodist Church

            This church was established in 1867 with the help of the Freedman's Aid Society, an organization that provided for the spiritual needs of freed Black slaves. The Society's representatives purchased ...

            This church was established in 1867 with the help of the Freedman's Aid Society, an organization that provided for the spiritual needs of freed Black slaves. The Society's representatives purchased ...

            • louisiana
            • church
            • religion
            • african america...

            C.M. Washington High School

            C.M. Washington High School, the first public high school for African- American students in Thibodaux, was dedicated on December 18, 1950. The school included grades 1-12. It was named for Cordelia ...

            C.M. Washington High School, the first public high school for African- American students in Thibodaux, was dedicated on December 18, 1950. The school included grades 1-12. It was named for Cordelia ...

            • louisiana
            • education
            • african america...

            Leonidas Polk

            Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, in 1806, Polk attended the University of North Carolina before receiving an appointment to West Point, from which he graduated in 1827. He soon resigned his ...

            Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, in 1806, Polk attended the University of North Carolina before receiving an appointment to West Point, from which he graduated in 1827. He soon resigned ...

            • louisiana
            • civil war
            • religion

            St. John's Historic Cemetery

            Once part of Ridgefield Plantation, the land for the Church and Cemetery fronted on the Terrebonne Road - now Jackson Street - connecting Bayous Lafourche and Terrebonne. An entire block was donated ...

            Once part of Ridgefield Plantation, the land for the Church and Cemetery fronted on the Terrebonne Road - now Jackson Street - connecting Bayous Lafourche and Terrebonne. An entire block was donated ...

            • louisiana
            • cemetery
            • thibodaux
            • lafourche paris...

            J.C. Hubinger

            Industrialist and philanthropist, John Carl Hubinger was born in New Orleans in 1851, the first of eight children. The family moved north when J.C. was four, living in Kentucky and Indiana before ...

            Industrialist and philanthropist, John Carl Hubinger was born in New Orleans in 1851, the first of eight children. The family moved north when J.C. was four, living in Kentucky and Indiana before ...

            • iowa
            • keokuk
            • industry

            The Heritage Monument

            This monument honors the brave service and sacrifices of all African-American Veterans and their families from Louisiana and nationwide. It begins with the 1863 Siege at Port Hudson, Louisiana, the ...

            This monument honors the brave service and sacrifices of all African-American Veterans and their families from Louisiana and nationwide. It begins with the 1863 Siege at Port Hudson, Louisiana, the ...

            • louisiana
            • african america...
            • veteran memoria...

            Louisiana Veterans Memorial Park 'Never Forget Garden'

            Dedicated November 11, 2021In commemoration of the centennial ofthe Tomb of the Unknown SoldierA Statewide Volunteer Project byLouisiana Garden Club Federation, Inc.Louisiana Members of American Rose ...

            Dedicated November 11, 2021In commemoration of the centennial ofthe Tomb of the Unknown SoldierA Statewide Volunteer Project byLouisiana Garden Club Federation, Inc.Louisiana Members of American Rose ...

            • louisiana
            • veteran memoria...

            Chief Keokuk

            Chief Keokuk was born in 1780 near the present location of Rock Island, Illinois. His tribe, the Sauk Indians, joined with the remnants of the Mesquakie tribe (or Fox Indians) to form a community ...

            Chief Keokuk was born in 1780 near the present location of Rock Island, Illinois. His tribe, the Sauk Indians, joined with the remnants of the Mesquakie tribe (or Fox Indians) to form a community ...

            • iowa
            • keokuk
            • native american

            The Hughes Family

            Felix and Jean Hughes moved with their three super achieving children to Keokuk in 1879. Felix served as Mayor, President of the Keokuk and Western Railroad and was a Supreme Court Justice. The three ...

            Felix and Jean Hughes moved with their three super achieving children to Keokuk in 1879. Felix served as Mayor, President of the Keokuk and Western Railroad and was a Supreme Court Justice. The three ...

            • iowa
            • keokuk
            • industrialists

            Charlotta Gordon Pyles

            Former slave and celebrated abolitionist, Charlotta Pyles was an outspoken critic of slavery. She was born a slave in Kentucky in 1804. Her father was a mixture of German and African American while ...

            Former slave and celebrated abolitionist, Charlotta Pyles was an outspoken critic of slavery. She was born a slave in Kentucky in 1804. Her father was a mixture of German and African American while ...

            • iowa
            • native american
            • abolition

            Annie Wittenmter

            General Ulysses S. Grant, commander of the Union Army said of Wittenmyer, “No soldier on the firing line gave more heroic service than she did.”Sarah Ann Turner (Annie) was born in Sandy Springs, ...

            General Ulysses S. Grant, commander of the Union Army said of Wittenmyer, “No soldier on the firing line gave more heroic service than she did.”Sarah Ann Turner (Annie) was born in Sandy Springs, ...

            • iowa
            • keokuk
            • civil war
            • women

            Brooklyn Heights Historic District / Brooklyn Historical Society

            BROOKLYN HEIGHTS HISTORIC DISTRICT HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK THIS SITE POSSESSES NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE IN COMMEMORATING THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1965 ...

            BROOKLYN HEIGHTS HISTORIC DISTRICT HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK THIS SITE POSSESSES NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE IN COMMEMORATING THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ...

            • new york
            • brooklyn
            • brooklyn height...
            • national park s...
            • 1965
            • 1881
            • 1991

            Brooklyn Public Library Prospect Branch (Park Slope Branch)

            BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDED 1897 BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY PROSPECT BRANCH GIFT OF ANDREW CARNEGIE TO THE CITY OF NEW YORK A.D. 1904 CARNEGIE FUND COMMITTEE DAVID A. BOODY DANIEL W. ...

            BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDED 1897 BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY PROSPECT BRANCH GIFT OF ANDREW CARNEGIE TO THE CITY OF NEW YORK A.D. 1904 CARNEGIE FUND COMMITTEE DAVID A. BOODY DANIEL ...

            • new york
            • brooklyn
            • park slope
            • library
            • brooklyn public...
            • 1897
            • 1904