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In Honor of Lookout Mountain Post No. 88

• lincoln
• gettysburg
• gettysburg address
• berkeley
• berkeley museum
• lookout mountain

West Berkeley Korean War Deaths

Dedicated to thesemen of West Berkeleywho, for their supremesacrifice and couragein the Korean Warhave won theircountry's gratitude "Their memory shall nevery die"

• berkeley
• berkeley museum
• korea
• korean war
• todo

Killed in Action in Phillpine Insurrection

JOS. H. McCOURT BRUNO L PUTZKER BERKELEY MEN KILLED IN ACTION IN PHILIPPINE INSURRECTIONERECTED BY JOS. H. McCOURT, CAMP NO 13, DEPT OF CALIFORNIA U. S. W. V. 1935

• berkeley
• berkeley museum
• philippines

We Break Not Faith With Those Who Died

IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE HEROISM OF THOSE FROM BERKELEY WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR OUR COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WAR 1917 - 1918 WE BREAK NOT FAITH THESE WHO DIED  [~100 names] ERECTED BY THE...

• wwi
• berkeley
• berkeley museum

Fort Henry, Kingston Canada

• canada
• fort
• french
• todo

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. Calumet Plant

Chicago Landmark R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. Calumet Plant Time and Life magazines, mail-order catalogs, and telephone books were all printed at this premier publishing house throughout the...

• chicago
• illinois
• printing

Prairie Avenue Historic District

• chicago
• illinois
• prairie

Capital Hotel, Woodland

Capital Hotel, Est. 1869 Woodland, California This commercial Italianate brick building was designed and built by Michael O'Connell for A. S. House. It is the oldest existing commercial building...

• woodland
• california
• hotel

Dead Cat Alley

Woodland begins On this site in 1853 Henry Wyckoff built the town's first store to serve travelers and farmers. In 1862 the small wooden building, owned by Franklin S. Freeman, became...

• woodland
• california
• dead cat
• cat
• yolo

The Commander Henry T. Stanley Playground

A plaque for a Navy pilot who guided his crippled plane down to a safe spot, dying in the process.

• bay area
• california
• fremont

Deputy U.S. Marshall Bass Reeves

DEPUTY U.S. MARSHAL BASS REEVESTHIS STATUE WAS ERECTED IN 2012 AS A RESULT OF GROWINGAWARENESS OF THE EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE OF BASS REEVES, ANAFRICAN-AMERICAN FORMER SLAVE WHO BECAME...

• arkansas
• slave
• slavery
• marshal
• fort smith

John B. Williams

IN LASTING MEMORY OFJOHN B WILLIAMS, 1917 - 1976, A MAN OF VISION, COMPASSION AND COURAGE. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE OAKLAND REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY1964 - 1976DEDICATED BY HIS COL-LEAGUES WHO ELECTED...

• bay area
• california
• oakland
• redevelopment

For the Restoration of 2480 Virginia St

In gratitude to Nancy and TomLehrkind for the restoration of 2480 Virginia Street ~ 2014 ~   Submitted by @jqmcd

• bay area
• california
• berkeley
• virginia

Stone Fireplace and Root Cellar

The plaque reads: The stone fireplace and root cellar are the remains of a homestead farm built by the Guinan family in the latter half of the 19th century.  John Guinan, born in Ireland in 1815,...

• michigan
• ireland
• potato famine
• potato
• farm
• ann arbor

This Park is in Honor of Dick Keene

This Park is in Honor ofDick Keene His efforts on behalf of this property and the entire East Bay Real Estate Community have been countless. Dick will be missed, but never forgotten as a...

• wareham
• bay area
• emeryville
• california
• amtrak

Battleship Wisconsin: A Floating Fortress

Battleship Wisconsin: A Floating Fortress Battleship Wisconsin and the sister-ships in the Iowa Class arguably hold a symbolic status as monuments to naval surface warship design. Unlike torpedo...

• battleship
• wisconsin
• norfolk
• virginia
• wwii

Major William Mayo

In memory of Major William Mayo Who, in 1737, "Without fee or reward" Laid off the original town site of Richmond for his friend Colonel William Byrd Erected by the people of the East End In...

• richmond
• mayo
• byrd
• virginia

The American Flag was First Raised in San Francisco

On this spot the American flagwas first raised in San Francisco by Commander John B. Montgomery of the U. S. S. Portsmouth July 9 1846 Marked by the Daughters of the American Revolution San...

• bay area
• california
• san francisco
• flag
• portsmouth

San Francisco Chinatown Map Plaque

• bay area
• san francisco
• chinatown
• 99pi

Webster-Ashburton Treaty

"FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA WAS DEVELOPED AND STRENGTHENED BY THE SIGNING OF THE WEBSTER-ASHBURTON TREATY, ON AUGUST 9, 1842, IN THE OLD STATE DEPARTMENT BUILDING WHICH...

• washington
• dc
• washington dc
• webster ashburton
• maine
• canada
• boundary dispute
• 1842