Point Thank You
POINT THANK YOU In the weeks and months following the tragic events of September 11, 2001, grateful crowds gathered at this location to show their thanks and support for workers engaged in the...
- new york
- manhattan
- hudson river
- 9/11
- 2001
Kempf Plaza
PLAZA AND FOUNTAINDEDICATED SEPTEMBER 10, 1999 CITY OF CHICAGO RICHARD M. DALEYMAYORGENE SCHULTERALDERMAN, 47TH WARD Submitted by @lampbane
- illinois
- chicago
- lincoln square
- fountain
- richard daley
- gene schulter
- 1999
Fencers Club and School
Fencers Club and SchoolFounded 1883 Submitted by @lampbane
- new york
- manhattan
- fencing
- sports
- club
- 1883
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen
DR. SUN YAT-SEN DR. SUN YAT-SEN PLAZA, COLUMBUS PARK Dr. Sun Yat-sen was born in 1866 in China during the Qing Dynasty. His early education in China, Hawaii, and Hong Kong established him as...
- new york
- manhattan
- chinatown
- sun yat-sen
- china
- 1866
- 1911
- 1912
- 1925
- 2019
David Ellis
Crushed in an unguarded bakery mixerDied February 17, 1999Submitted by @lampbane
- canada
- ontario
- toronto
- monument
- 1999
- bakery
- mixer
Line of Defense
August 27, 1776 Battle of Long Island175 Feet South -> Site of Valley Grove House<- 150 Feet North Submitted by @lampbane
- new york
- brooklyn
- battle of lo...
- prospect park
- 1776
Four Freedoms Park
IN THE FUTURE DAYS WHICH WE SEEK TO MAKE SECURE, WE LOOK FORWARD TO A WORLD FOUNDED UPON FOUR ESSENTIAL HUMAN FREEDOMS. THE FIRST IS FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND EXPRESSION - EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD. THE...
- new york
- manhattan
- roosevelt island
- four freedoms park
- franklin roosevelt
- 1941
Roosevelt Island and the Blackwell House
ROOSEVELT ISLAND AND THE BLACKWELL HOUSE 1639 CABINS OF THE FIRST DUTCH SETTLERS 1668 HOME OF SHERIFF JOHN MANNING FIRST BRITISH RESIDENT 1676 INHERITED BY MARY MANNINGHAM WHO MARRIED...
- new york
- manhattan
- roosevelt island
- blackwell house
- robert blackwell
- peter cooper
- 1639
- 1668
- 1676
- 1796
- 1828
- 1829
- 1955
- 1975
- 1981
USS Pampanito (SS383)
USS PAMPANITO (SS383) HAS BEEN DESIGNATED ANATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK THIS SITE POSSESSES NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE IN COMMEMORATING THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1986 NATIONAL...
- california
- san francisco
- fisherman's wharf
- us navy
- ship
- landmark
- 1986
Winfield Scott House
WINFIELD SCOTT HOUSEHAS BEEN DESIGNATED A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK THIS SITE POSSESSES NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE IN COMMEMORATING THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1974 NATIONAL...
- new york
- manhattan
- greenwich village
- winfield scott
- landmark
- 1974
The Time Capsules
THE TIME CAPSULES DEPOSITED SEPTEMBER 23, 1938 AND OCTOBER 16, 1965BY THE WESTINGHOUSEELECTRIC CORPORATIONAS A RECORD OF TWENTIETH CENTURY CIVILIZATION TO ENDURE FOR 5,000 YEARSSubmitted by @lampbane
- new york
- queens
- flushing
- flushing mea...
- park
- time capsule
- 1938
- 1965
Former Mid Canada Line Radar Site 070 Ramore / Mt. Kempis
In the boreal forest of Northern Ontario, just off the Trans Canada Highway, a 1.2 kilometre drive down a rough road, then a 200 metre bushwack along an overgrown section of what used to be a...
- cold war
- abandoned
- military
Edmund Pettus Bridge
Edmund Pettus Bridgehas been designated a National Historic Landmark This site possess national significance for its association with "Bloody Sunday," a seminal event in the Civil Rights...
Civil Rights Memorial Park
Civil Rights Memorial ParkNever Forget, Never Again.The bloodshed on this bridge named to honor Klan Leader, Edmund Pettus, must fuel our resolve to secure the right to vote in perpetuity....
Greenwood Playground
GREENWOOD PLAYGROUND 3.192 ACRES Green-Wood Cemetery was commissioned in 1838 as the first nonsectarian cemetery in the City of Brooklyn. Its striking Victorian gatehouses and...
- brooklyn
- windsor terrace
- kensington
- green-wood cemetery
- playground
- 1935
- 1922
- 1993