On September 21, 1779

Boston Naval Shipyard

Play Place at the Union

What is a Warhol

Boston, the Navy Yard, and the War of 1812

DEXTER PRATT HOUSE

DEXTER PRATT HOUSE HOME OF DEXTER PRATT THE "VILLAGE BLACKSMITH" IMMORTALIZED BY LONGFELLOW 1808

Pedestrian Flag Program

Angel’s Flight

Built in 1901 by Colonel J. W. Eddy, lawyer, engineer, and friend of President Lincoln, Angel's Flight is said to be the world's shortest incorporated railway. The counterbalanced cars, controlled...

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angel’s flight

Cheshire Public Library Addition

CHESHIRE PUBLIC LIBRARY ADDITION 1996 SANDRA R. MOURIS, MAYOR: EDWARD T. O'NEILL. JR., TOWN MANAGER THOMAS F. CROWE, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR EMMETT SHUTTS, LIBRARY BOARD CHAIRMAN ANN S. WREGE,...

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cheshire
connecticut

Sherman Line Rosenwald School

The Sherman Line Rosenwald School was established in 1928 for the education of black youth in the Sherman community from Pike and Amite counties. Partial funding for the school was provided by...

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Sergei Vassilevich Rachmaninoff

Sergei Vassilevich Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) Lived in this building during the last seventeen years of his life. The Russian-born composer, pianist and conductor settled in New York in 1916. He...

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Babe Ruth lived here, and there

George Herman Ruth -- The Babe Resided here until his death in 1948. 110-118 Riverside Drive

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Bo Diddley

FrontAcclaimed as the father of rock and roll, Bo Diddley (Ellas Bates McDaniel) was born near Magnolia, south of McComb, on December 30, 1928. Diddley wrote and recorded such hits as "I'm A Man",...