Lake Merritt
LAKE MERRITT WAS ACQUIRED FOR OAKLAND IN 1891 THROUGH THE PERSONAL EFFORTS OF MELVIN C CHAPMAN MAYOR
Royal Naval Hospital
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442nd Regimental Combat Team
DEDICATED ON AUGUST 17, 1992. BY E COMPANY VETERANS OF THE 442ND REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM, THE MOST DECORATED UNITED STATES ARMY UNIT OF WORLD WAR II. THE ALL VOLUNTEER 442ND REGIMENTAL...
- wwii
- internment
- japanese-american
- 442nd
- concentration camps
Treaty of Painted Post
JULY 1791COL. TIMOTHY PICKERING, COMMISSIONERAPPOINTED BY PRESIDENT WASHINGTON,NEGOTIATED THE TREATY OF PAINTED POSTWITH THE IROQUOIS INDIANS, WHICH ENDEDWARFARE BETWEEN THE SIX NATIONS ANDTHE...
- painted post
- corning
- iroquois
- six nations
- 1791
Paramount Theatre
Paramount Theatre
Antonio Bras Columns
- howe
- 4460 howe
- 1898
- mountain vie...
- mcisaac
- cemetery
The Landmark Trees
Charles S. Greene Library / African- American Museum and Library
- library
- carnegie
- oakland
- greene
- free to all
Yolo County Savings Bank
City of Pineville
In 1722 Diron d'Artaguette, Inspector of Troops in Louisiana, recommended the establishment of a fortified post on Red River to prevent Indian attacks on those portaging the rapids. Although it is...
- louisiana
Mount Olivet Cemetery and Chapel
The cemetery was purchased in 1858 by St. James Episcopal Church, Alexandria. It is the second oldest cemetery in Rapides Parish and has always served as a community burial ground. The...
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- cemetery
- church
The Coffin of Hentry Trigg
37 High Street, Stevenage SG1 3ARThe Coffin of Henry TriggHigh up in the roof of this buildingrests a coffin which at one timecontained the body ofHENRY TRIGGHis will (1724) specified that his...
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- hertfordshire
- coffin
- death
The Invention of the Telephone at Brantford by Alexander Graham Bell in 1874
Asking for the public's help to retrieve the 101 year old bronze plaque stolen overnight from the cherished Bell Memorial monument - a vital part of our unique heritage. Please...
- stolen
- 1874
- in the prese...
- a large and ...
Back Bay/South End Station
Ruins of St. Paul's
VIRGINI MAGNÆ MATRI CIVITAS MACAENSIS LIBENS POSVIT·AN·1602 "To the great virgin mother, dedicated with great joy by the city of Macao. Year 1602"
Francis Benjamin Johnston House
This Greek Revival house was erected for Mme. Julie Duralde, widow of John Clay, Henry Clay’s brother who purchased the property in 1835 and owned it until her death in 1861.From 1940 until 1952...
- louisiana
- new orleans
- art
Thomas Hinds
Home 4 mi. W. His cavalry "pride" of one army & "admiration" of other at N. Orleans, 1815. Militia head, 1815-19; comr. in negotiating Choctaw cession, 1820 & selecting site of capital at Jackson,...
- mississippi
Salem Academy
Salem Academy Bardstown’s first school, 1788, formed by Va. act. James Priestley, noted educator, in charge. One class of Kentuckians later noted in life consisted of John Rowan, Judge and US...
Kresge Korner
Woodward Avenue Cultural Heritage Tour Kresge Korner Sebastian S. Kresge established the S.S. Kresge Company on Woodward Avenue in 1899. Ten years later he moved his store to the corner...