Saint Denis Tomb
Beneath this building, former site of the Church of Saint Francis, the first Catholic Church in Natchitoches, lie the remains of The Chevalier Louis Juchereau de Saint Denis.Born at...
- louisiana
- colonial era
- gravesite
The Red River Campaign
In April 1864, life along tranquil Cane River was brutally disrupted when the Civil War reached area residents. In an operation known as the Red River Campaign, Union naval and land forces...
- louisiana
- civil war
Original Sunrise School
In 1889, W. R. Melton donated a one-acre tract of land at this site "for the cause of Religion and Schools.” The school located here, which served the Sunrise community, was a one-room...
- mississippi
- education
Bay Creek Baptist Church
Established in 1896 by Rev. Joseph Lewis Bryant, a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives (1908-1912). Bryant also served as the cogregation's first pastor. The first sanctuary was...
- mississippi
- church
- religion
Bridging Communities
1)The Huey P. Long Bridge (U.S.190), completed in 1940, allowed both rail and automobile traffic to cross the Mississippi River at Baton Rouge. Approximately 17,000 vehicles use the bridge daily....
- louisiana
- port allen
- baton rouge
- rotary club
- west baton r...
Largest Passenger Sea Plane In U.S.
Submitted by @oranv
Babson Reservoir
Eureka Dye Company
EUREKA DYE COMPANY 1915 COMMERCIAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTED FOR OWNERS CHARLES DOUGLAS MEYERS (1868-1926), MANAGER OF EU- REKA DYE WORKS; AND SISTER, CAROLINE KELLOCH MEYERS (1866-1956). IN 1922,...
- topsy
- elephant
- large quantities
- circus
Beverly High Athletic Field
This athletic field was created through a cooperative project between the City of Beverly, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts PARC grant program, and the generous contributions of private donors. 2012
Plaza Bandstand
Submitted by @JimStLeger
Denny Creek
DENNY CREEK HERE JOHN C. FREMONT CAMPED ON HIS JOURNEY OF EXPLORATION IN MAY OF 1846 WAS ATTACKED BY INDIANS AND LOST THREE MEN FOR ONE OF WHOM HE NAMED THE STREAM Submitted by @pdxhistorian
Maple Leaf Forever Park
Submitted by @heritagetoronto
ZIJ STREDEN EN VIELEN VOOR DE VRIJHEID
A moment of silence at March 27, 7:06pm Amsterdam to salute those who in the risked their lives or died to prevent centralized data and identity records from being used against those who...
Baycrest (Jewish Old Folks Home)
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Pinau
Indiana Indigenous Tribes
Submitted by @kevl42
First Steam Fog Horn
FIRST STEAM FOG HORN In 1854, Robert Foulis of St. John, N.B., first advocated the use of a steam horn or whistle to give warning to vessels in foggy weather. An apparatus devised by him...
Barbara Rose Johns
Story of how this plaque was added
The Biltmore Sprites
Submitted by @jqmcd
Colonel John B. O'Dowd
IN MEMORY OF COLONEL JOHN B. O'DOWD COMMANDER, NEW YORK DISTRICT U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS (2001-2004) WHOSE VISION AND LEADERSHIP WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN RESTORING THIS TIDAL MARSH...
- brooklyn
- marine park
- john o'dowd
- us army
- 2001
- 2004
- 2012
- salt marsh