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AL SOTTOTENENTE UGO DELLA MONICA DEL 56° REG. MARCHE

AL SOTTOTENENTE UGO DELLA MONICA DEL 56° REG. MARCHE, CHE IN DATA 9 SETTEMBRE 1943, ANIMATO DALL’AMOR DI PATRIA, CON ALTO SENSO DEL DOVERE E DELL’ONORE MILITARE SI OPPOSE AL FUOCO TEDESCO,...

AL SOTTOTENENTE UGO DELLA MONICA DEL 56° REG. MARCHE, CHE IN DATA 9 SETTEMBRE 1943, ANIMATO DALL’AMOR DI PATRIA, CON ALTO SENSO DEL DOVERE E DELL’ONORE MILITARE SI OPPOSE AL FUOCO...

    Detective Martin J. McFadden

    Detective Martin J. McFadden On October 31, 1963, the actions of Cleveland Police Detective Martin J. McFadden led to a new legal standard allowing police officers in the United States to stop and...

    Detective Martin J. McFadden On October 31, 1963, the actions of Cleveland Police Detective Martin J. McFadden led to a new legal standard allowing police officers in the United States to stop...

      Fredericksburg Principal Auction Site in Pre-Civil War Days for Slaves and Property

      Submitted by @Sarah_Stierch

      Submitted by @Sarah_Stierch

        Coquitlam and Buntzen Reservoirs Worker Memorial

        Submitted by @BC_LHC

        Submitted by @BC_LHC

          McAbee Beach

            Camp Pine Knot

            Submitted by MrWilsonZ

            Submitted by MrWilsonZ

              Charter Oak, Orange Connecticut

              [Location approximate] Submitted by @Todd_A_Richard

              [Location approximate] Submitted by @Todd_A_Richard

                The Japanese Community

                  The Chestnut Avenue was give by friends in 1979 of Mark Dent-Brocklehurst 1932-1972

                  Submitted by @caddickbrown

                  Submitted by @caddickbrown

                    Demonstration of the First Working Integrated Circuit

                    DEMONSTRATION OF THE FIRST WORKING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT THE TWENTIETH - CENTURY AGE OF ELECTRONICS CAN TRACE ITS ROOTS TO THE 1906 INVENTION OF THE TRIODE VACUUM TUBE, WHICH MARKED THE BIRTH OF...

                    DEMONSTRATION OF THE FIRST WORKING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT THE TWENTIETH - CENTURY AGE OF ELECTRONICS CAN TRACE ITS ROOTS TO THE 1906 INVENTION OF THE TRIODE VACUUM TUBE, WHICH MARKED THE BIRTH...

                      In Memory of Ann Davis

                      Submitted by @prateekbuch

                      Submitted by @prateekbuch

                        C. B. "Bill" Miller Bridge

                        Submitted by @SpencerWeather

                        Submitted by @SpencerWeather

                          The Saloon, San Francisco

                          Submitted by _gb_br

                          Submitted by _gb_br

                          • 1858
                          • fruit store

                          Most Patriotic Village

                          MOST PATRIOTIC VILLAGE ON JUNE 6, 1944, WHICH WAS D-DAY IN EUROPE, THE VILLAGE OF ARTHUR WITH A POPULATION OF 836, HAD 116 SONS AND DAUGHTERS IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, MANY OF WHOM WERE...

                          MOST PATRIOTIC VILLAGE ON JUNE 6, 1944, WHICH WAS D-DAY IN EUROPE, THE VILLAGE OF ARTHUR WITH A POPULATION OF 836, HAD 116 SONS AND DAUGHTERS IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, MANY OF WHOM...

                          • arthur
                          • ontario
                          • patriotic
                          • enlistment
                          • wwii

                          Site of Launching of World's First Liquid Propellant Rocket By Dr Robert H. Goddard 16 March 1926

                          Submitted by @RNewengland

                          Submitted by @RNewengland

                            Bloody Monday

                            In the spring of 1963 local African American ministers and other leaders organized the Danville Movement to combat widespread racial segregation and discrimination. On 10 June, two demonstrations...

                            In the spring of 1963 local African American ministers and other leaders organized the Danville Movement to combat widespread racial segregation and discrimination. On 10 June, two...

                              New York City AIDS Memorial

                              Submitted by @Ritterton

                              Submitted by @Ritterton

                                Ford Building

                                Submitted by TopiOtter

                                Submitted by TopiOtter

                                  Original Workshop of George Michell

                                  THIS BUILDING (C1896) IS THE ORIGINAL WORKSHOP OF GEORGE MICHELL MCE FRS INVENTOR AND PATENTEE OF THE 'MICHELL THRUST BEARING & CRANKLESS ENGINE' [location approximate] Submitted by @_rebeccajackson

                                  THIS BUILDING (C1896) IS THE ORIGINAL WORKSHOP OF GEORGE MICHELL MCE FRS INVENTOR AND PATENTEE OF THE 'MICHELL THRUST BEARING & CRANKLESS ENGINE' [location approximate] Submitted by @_rebeccajackson

                                  • crankless engine
                                  • thrust bearing

                                  Peace Memorial Park Hamilton

                                  PEACE MEMORIAL PARK Prior to the demolition of Peace Memorial School in 2005, plans were formulated to create a neighbourhood park on this site. This memorial arch relates to the ancient Romans,...

                                  PEACE MEMORIAL PARK Prior to the demolition of Peace Memorial School in 2005, plans were formulated to create a neighbourhood park on this site. This memorial arch relates to the ancient Romans,...

                                  • education
                                  • school
                                  • arch
                                  • peace
                                  • memorial
                                  • park
                                  • military