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Ester Armstrong

    El Paso International Airport Terminal Consolidated Security Checkpoint

      Thank You To Those Who Made This Memorial Possible

        JOHN WINTHROP JR, BLAST FURNACE

        JOHN WINTHROP, JR. BLAST FURNACE HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AN HISTORICAL LANDMARK BY AMERICAN SOCIETY OF METALS IN 1644,JOHN WINTHROP JR, BUILT THE FIRST COMMERCIAL BLAST IRON FURNACE IN AMERICA AT...

        JOHN WINTHROP, JR. BLAST FURNACE HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AN HISTORICAL LANDMARK BY AMERICAN SOCIETY OF METALS IN 1644,JOHN WINTHROP JR, BUILT THE FIRST COMMERCIAL BLAST IRON FURNACE IN AMERICA AT...

          Bunkie Depot Museum

          The Texas and Pacific Railway established a station on the main line at Bunkie in 1882. The current depot, built in 1911 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is the only...

          The Texas and Pacific Railway established a station on the main line at Bunkie in 1882. The current depot, built in 1911 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is the...

          • louisiana
          • bunkie
          • avoyelles parish
          • railroad
          • jefferson highway

          Junction City

          Founded 1894at the junction of2 states, 1 county,2 parishes,and 3 congressional districts.

          Founded 1894at the junction of2 states, 1 county,2 parishes,and 3 congressional districts.

          • arkansas
          • louisiana

          Old Rapides Cemetery

          As settlers moved into central Louisiana in the mid-1700s, thecolonial Spanish government established a post named El Rapido, alsocalled Poste du Rapide by local French settlers.During the same...

          As settlers moved into central Louisiana in the mid-1700s, thecolonial Spanish government established a post named El Rapido, alsocalled Poste du Rapide by local French settlers.During the same...

          • louisiana
          • pineville
          • cemetery
          • rapides parish

          St. John The Baptist Cemetery

          ST. JOHN the BAPTIST CEMETERYESTABLISHED 1772WELCOME TO THIS HOLY PLACE.THE CATHOLIC CEMETERY IS THE LAST RESTINGPLACE OF THE BODIES OF THE FAITHFUL DEPARTEDAWAITING REUNION WITH THEIR SOULS AT...

          ST. JOHN the BAPTIST CEMETERYESTABLISHED 1772WELCOME TO THIS HOLY PLACE.THE CATHOLIC CEMETERY IS THE LAST RESTINGPLACE OF THE BODIES OF THE FAITHFUL DEPARTEDAWAITING REUNION WITH THEIR SOULS AT...

          • louisiana
          • cemetery
          • catholic
          • new orleans

          Po' Henry and Tookie

          Henry Dorsey & Marlan Tookie Collom first met while working on a cotton farm, their mutual love for old time delta blues made them friends for life. As the duo Po'Henry and Tookie, they played New...

          Henry Dorsey & Marlan Tookie Collom first met while working on a cotton farm, their mutual love for old time delta blues made them friends for life. As the duo Po'Henry and Tookie, they played New...

          • louisiana
          • rayville
          • blues
          • delta blues
          • music

          Richard A. Lewis Memorial

          This plaque is placed here by the Town of Dubach, the Dubach Revitalization Coalition, and Drabo to honor the memory of Richard A. "Dickie Lewis and to show appreciation for his generosity to the...

          This plaque is placed here by the Town of Dubach, the Dubach Revitalization Coalition, and Drabo to honor the memory of Richard A. "Dickie Lewis and to show appreciation for his generosity to...

          • louisiana
          • dubach
          • citizen memorial
          • town square

          Arthur L. Larson

            Here Rest U.S. Army and Navy Veterans

              Fairview Volunteer Fire Dep't

                William G. "Bill" Wolters Fire Chief

                  Sylvester Baxter Riverfront State Park

                    William D. Hayward Memorial Amphitheater Lone Tree Sanctuary Garden Dedicated 1997

                      Private First Class Ernest W. Prussman, U.S. Army Medal Of Honor

                      September 15, 1921 - September 8, 1944The Medal of Honor is the nation’s highest military award. Ernest W. Prussman of Murdock street, Brightion died heroically in Loscoat, France while attacking...

                      September 15, 1921 - September 8, 1944The Medal of Honor is the nation’s highest military award. Ernest W. Prussman of Murdock street, Brightion died heroically in Loscoat, France while...

                      • memorial - s...

                      puerto rican veterans memorial

                        Patrick L. Sullivan

                          Senator Joseph Finnegan Park at Port Norfolk

                          Joseph Finnegan Park at Port Norfolk in Dorchester, Boston. This was a former industrial site that housed the Shaffer Paper Company. Now an oasis of life with restored wetlands and an important...

                          Joseph Finnegan Park at Port Norfolk in Dorchester, Boston. This was a former industrial site that housed the Shaffer Paper Company. Now an oasis of life with restored wetlands and an important...