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Replica Markers in the National Museum of African American History & Culture

Submitted by @JimStLeger

Submitted by @JimStLeger

    The First Lady of Jazz - Ella Fitzgerald

    "The First Lady of Jazz" Ella Fitzgerald 1917 - 1996 Vinnie Bagwell, Sculptor Art On Main Street/Yonkers, Inc. Funded by: The City of Yonkers The Bureau of Community Development The Office of the...

    "The First Lady of Jazz" Ella Fitzgerald 1917 - 1996 Vinnie Bagwell, Sculptor Art On Main Street/Yonkers, Inc. Funded by: The City of Yonkers The Bureau of Community Development The Office of the...

    • yonkers
    • ella fitzgerald
    • vinnie bagwell
    • 1917
    • 1996
    • art

    From The Residents of the City of Yonkers

    With Our Love And Gratitude From The Residents Of The City of Yonkers   Hon. John Spencer Mayor of Yonkers Charles A. Cola Police Commissioner Anthony Pagans Fire Commissioner Robert Taggart...

    With Our Love And Gratitude From The Residents Of The City of Yonkers   Hon. John Spencer Mayor of Yonkers Charles A. Cola Police Commissioner Anthony Pagans Fire Commissioner Robert...

    • yonkers
    • untermyer park
    • park
    • john spencer

    Angela Vitale Stanley

    Angela Vitale Stanley of the Yonkers Beautification Conservancy SPIRITUAL ARCHITECT OF ALL THAT STANDS BEFORE YOU. THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE YONKERS POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS ARE FOREVER INDEBTED...

    Angela Vitale Stanley of the Yonkers Beautification Conservancy SPIRITUAL ARCHITECT OF ALL THAT STANDS BEFORE YOU. THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE YONKERS POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS ARE FOREVER INDEBTED...

    • yonkers
    • untermyer park
    • park
    • angela vital...
    • 2009

    Furnace Brook

    Submitted by @MaryAnnHogan525

    Submitted by @MaryAnnHogan525

      RUTHERFORD COLLEGE

      Evolved from private school opened c. 1853 by R. L. Abernethy. Operated 1900-1933 by Methodist Church. Closed 1935. The original site 1.3 mi. N.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...

      Evolved from private school opened c. 1853 by R. L. Abernethy. Operated 1900-1933 by Methodist Church. Closed 1935. The original site 1.3 mi. N.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...

      • ncmarkers
      • north carolina

      Standard Time in the United States

      Submitted by @superanne 

      Submitted by @superanne 

      • time change
      • standard time
      • chicago
      • daylight sav...

      The Norton House

        General Douglas MacArthur

        Submitted by @CGOMalley

        Submitted by @CGOMalley

          Big Joe Burrell

          [location approximate]

          [location approximate]

          • jazz

          Genevieve and John Zeiser

          Submitted by @JimStLeger

          Submitted by @JimStLeger

          • lions club
          • speculator ny
          • gazebo
          • zeiser
          • adirondacks

          Cathedral Square, Pisa

            Garneau Theatre

            Submitted by @MobotMusings

            Submitted by @MobotMusings

              Sir Winston Churchill

              Submitted by @salvey1

              Submitted by @salvey1

                The Three Graces

                  Metropolitan Police

                  Submitted by @OnlyInBOS

                  Submitted by @OnlyInBOS

                    Sir John Alexander MacDonald

                    THIS HISTORIC PLAQUE MARKS THE SPOT WHERE SIR JOHN ALEXANDER MACDONALD (OUR FIRST PRIME MINISTER, FOUNDING FATHER, CITY COUNCILLOR, LAWYER. AND PROUD KINGSTONIAN) ROUTINELY RELIEVED HIMSELF AFTER...

                    THIS HISTORIC PLAQUE MARKS THE SPOT WHERE SIR JOHN ALEXANDER MACDONALD (OUR FIRST PRIME MINISTER, FOUNDING FATHER, CITY COUNCILLOR, LAWYER. AND PROUD KINGSTONIAN) ROUTINELY RELIEVED HIMSELF AFTER...

                      Gareth Jones

                      Trilingual memorial to Gareth Jones in Old College at Aberystwyth UniversitySubmitted by @EquusontheBuses

                      Trilingual memorial to Gareth Jones in Old College at Aberystwyth UniversitySubmitted by @EquusontheBuses

                        Chicago Board of Trade

                        Submitted by @cbotbuilding

                        Submitted by @cbotbuilding

                          Sigrid Schultz Pioneering Journalist, Broadcaster and Author

                          In honor of Sigrid Schultz, 1893-1980 Pioneering Journalist, Broadcaster and Author At this location once stood the home of Sigrid Schultz. As the first female bureau chief of a major newspaper...

                          In honor of Sigrid Schultz, 1893-1980 Pioneering Journalist, Broadcaster and Author At this location once stood the home of Sigrid Schultz. As the first female bureau chief of a major...