1776 1962REVOLUTIONARY WAR CEMETERY IN EVERLASTING MEMORY TO ALL THOSE THAT ARE BURIED HERE, THAT OUR COUNTRY BE EVER FREE Submitted by @lampbane
Wesley Reader 1911-1978 A beloved teacher, coach and administrator. Wes Reader dedicated his life to educating the young people of Pinckney. Born near Howell, Michigan, and educated at...
HENRY FORD HUMANITARIAN – INDUSTRIALIST FOUNDER OF GREENFIELD VILLAGE FIRST DAY OF ISSUE JULY 30, 1968 Submitted by Bryan Arnold @nanowhiskers
ANN ARBOR HIGH SCHOOL Innovative education has been connected to this site ever since the Union School opened in 1856 as a school for all grades (inset above). Ann Arbor’s Argus...
Chicago Landmark McGraw-Hill Building Thielbar and Fugard, architect 1928-29 A rare survivor of the type of buildings constructed during the early period of this street’s development as...
THIS TABLET IS ERECTED IN RECOGNITION OF THE OUTSTANDING SERVICES TO THE CITY OF CHICAGO GIVEN BY DEWITT CLINTON CREGIER ENGINEER OF CHICAGO AVE. PUMPING STATION 1853-1879 CITY ENGINEER...
1869-1969 IN THIS ITS CENTENNIAL YEAR THE CHICAGO WATER TOWER HAS BEEN DESIGNATED THE FIRST AMERICAN WATER LANDMARK “BECAUSE OF ITS SIGNIFICANCE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHICAGO’S WATER RESOURCES AND...
KOSCIUSZKO THADDEUS KOSCIUSZKO 1746-1817 SON OF POLAND, GENERAL AND MILITARY ENGINEER OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, FORTIFIED SARATOGA AND THE WEST POINT/HUDSON RIVER COMPLEX FIRST DEDICATED...
NICOLAUS COPERNICUS MIKOLAI KOPERNIK 1473-1543 BY REFORMING ASTRONOMY HE INITIATED MODERN SCIENCE Submitted by Bryan Arnold @nanowhiskers
THE ASTRONOMICAL MUSEUM AND PLANETARIUM OF CHICAGO GIFT OF MAX ADLER TO FURTHER THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE, TO GUIDE TO AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE MAJESTY OF THE HEAVENS, TO EMPHASIZE THAT UNDER THE...