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All Saints’ Episcopal Church

“All Saints’ Episcopal Church This edifice stands on the mid-1840s land grant of former Republic of Texas President Mirabeau B. Lamar, and near the official residence of the Second Bishop of the...

“All Saints’ Episcopal Church This edifice stands on the mid-1840s land grant of former Republic of Texas President Mirabeau B. Lamar, and near the official residence of the Second Bishop of...

  • atx
  • austin
  • church
  • hitorical landmark
  • texas

Richard Byrn memorial, Mount Victoria

“THE STONES ON THIS WALL ARE FROM THE KOETTLITZ GLACIER REGION, CAPE HALLETT, AND CAPE EVANS ANTARCTICA.”Richard Byrd was a polar explorer who used New Zealand as a base for Antarctic exploration...

“THE STONES ON THIS WALL ARE FROM THE KOETTLITZ GLACIER REGION, CAPE HALLETT, AND CAPE EVANS ANTARCTICA.”Richard Byrd was a polar explorer who used New Zealand as a base for Antarctic exploration...

  • antarctica
  • explorers
  • mount vic
  • new zealand
  • wellington

St. Andrews Church

“ST. ANDREW’S ON THE TERRACE – DECLARED TO BE AN INCLUSIVE CHURCH ON 8th DECEMBER 1991 – Including all people of every creed, race, class and sexual orientation.”This sign is on the historic St....

“ST. ANDREW’S ON THE TERRACE – DECLARED TO BE AN INCLUSIVE CHURCH ON 8th DECEMBER 1991 – Including all people of every creed, race, class and sexual orientation.”This sign is on the historic...

  • equality
  • new zealand
  • wellington

Forest’s Rest

I tried to figure it out. Good luck. Was a piece in ArtPrize several years ago. Located in Fish Ladder Park, Grand Rapids, Mich.

I tried to figure it out. Good luck. Was a piece in ArtPrize several years ago. Located in Fish Ladder Park, Grand Rapids, Mich.

  • artprize

John Parr – 1st British Soldier killed in WW1 Home

Located on lodge lane, London, England, NR12 BJJ.The plaque is in honour of Private John Parr. He is thought to have been the first British soldier killed in action in Europe in WW1. He was only...

Located on lodge lane, London, England, NR12 BJJ.The plaque is in honour of Private John Parr. He is thought to have been the first British soldier killed in action in Europe in WW1. He was only...

  • ww1

The Big Woods

A plaque south of Minneapolis about the woods that were in Minnesota before white settlers came.The Big WoodsWhen the first explorers came to what became Minnesota, they found a land with three...

A plaque south of Minneapolis about the woods that were in Minnesota before white settlers came.The Big WoodsWhen the first explorers came to what became Minnesota, they found a land with...

  • laura ingalls wilder
  • minnesota

Edna St. Vincent Millay Plaque

Edna St. Vincent Millay1892 – 1950“All I could see from where I stood Was three long mountains and a wood; I turned and looked another way, And saw three islands in a bay. So with my eyes I traced...

Edna St. Vincent Millay1892 – 1950“All I could see from where I stood Was three long mountains and a wood; I turned and looked another way, And saw three islands in a bay. So with my eyes I...

  • camden
  • maine
  • writer

Hank Lubka Memorial

Memorial for a triathlete, who, according to the photo, dons an intense helmet. The plaque reads:“The portion of recreational path between here and the Red River has been constructed in memory of...

Memorial for a triathlete, who, according to the photo, dons an intense helmet. The plaque reads:“The portion of recreational path between here and the Red River has been constructed in memory of...

  • bike path
  • cycling
  • recreation
  • triathlete
  • triathlon

Buck v. Bell

Location: 38° 2.202′ N, 78° 29.303′ W. in Charlottesville, Virginia on Preston Avenue (U.S. 250) 0.2 miles south of Grady Avenue (U.S. 250), on the left when traveling north. On the grounds of the...

Location: 38° 2.202′ N, 78° 29.303′ W. in Charlottesville, Virginia on Preston Avenue (U.S. 250) 0.2 miles south of Grady Avenue (U.S. 250), on the left when traveling north. On the grounds of the...

  • three genera...
  • carrie buck
  • eugenics
  • forced sterilization
  • oliver wende...

Dred Scott – Davenport IA

  “On this site was located the home of John Emerson, Post Surgeon, at Fort Armstrong, and of his famous slave, Dred Scott. Erected by Hannah Caldwell Chapter, Daughters of the American...

  “On this site was located the home of John Emerson, Post Surgeon, at Fort Armstrong, and of his famous slave, Dred Scott. Erected by Hannah Caldwell Chapter, Daughters of the...

  • davenport
  • dredd scott
  • iowa
  • slavery

Mozart’s Grave

This is the plaque on Mozart’s grave in Zentralfriedhof, the massive grave yard in Vienna, Austria (also home to Beethoven). Mozart’s apartment is bright yellow with giant letters that read...

This is the plaque on Mozart’s grave in Zentralfriedhof, the massive grave yard in Vienna, Austria (also home to Beethoven). Mozart’s apartment is bright yellow with giant letters that read...

  • grave mozart vienna

Star Spangled Banner Centennial (Second Plaque)

Here’s a photo of the second plaque, below the 1914 one…

Here’s a photo of the second plaque, below the 1914 one…

    Star Spangled Banner Centennial

    This plaque is just outside the sally port at Fort McHenry. It was placed in 1914, on the centennial of Francis Scott Key’s composition of the poem “The Defence of Fort McHenry,” better known as...

    This plaque is just outside the sally port at Fort McHenry. It was placed in 1914, on the centennial of Francis Scott Key’s composition of the poem “The Defence of Fort McHenry,” better known as...

      The Old Courthouse

        Transcription: On April 6, 1846, a slave named Dred Scott and his wife Harriet sued for their freedom in this courthouse. The Scotts had been taken by their owner to free jurisdictions and then...

        Transcription: On April 6, 1846, a slave named Dred Scott and his wife Harriet sued for their freedom in this courthouse. The Scotts had been taken by their owner to free jurisdictions and then...

      • african american
      • black
      • citizenship
      • courthouse
      • law
      • slavery

      Discovery of San Francisco Bay

      Located in Pacifica, California. Corner of Cabrillo Highway (1) and Crespi Drive. Latitude: 37.599279316° Longitude: -122.500002993°Discovery of San Francisco Bay Captain Gaspar de Portola camped...

      Located in Pacifica, California. Corner of Cabrillo Highway (1) and Crespi Drive. Latitude: 37.599279316° Longitude: -122.500002993°Discovery of San Francisco Bay Captain Gaspar de Portola camped...

      • gaspar de portola
      • pacifica california
      • san francisco bay

      Tomazi Lounce Renovation

      This plague is on the first floor of Benton Hall at the University of Missouri – St. Louis (1 University Blvd., St. Louis, Missouri, 63121) across from B111. This plaque is about Thomas Hart...

      This plague is on the first floor of Benton Hall at the University of Missouri – St. Louis (1 University Blvd., St. Louis, Missouri, 63121) across from B111. This plaque is about Thomas...

        Boyd-Parker

        A plaque along Rt 20, not far from Geneseo, NY. Also the site of a small park, with a parking area and other plaques and signs describing the former Indian village and the Revolutionary War battle...

        A plaque along Rt 20, not far from Geneseo, NY. Also the site of a small park, with a parking area and other plaques and signs describing the former Indian village and the Revolutionary War...

        • finger lakes
        • ny
        • revolutionary war

        Wool Bridge

        Plaque on the old stone bridge in the village of “Wool” in the south western English County of Dorset. Message states: ” DORSET Any person wilfully INJURING any part of this COUNTY BRIDGE will be...

        Plaque on the old stone bridge in the village of “Wool” in the south western English County of Dorset. Message states: ” DORSET Any person wilfully INJURING any part of this COUNTY BRIDGE will be...

        • australia
        • bridge
        • dorset
        • england
        • transportation
        • wool

        The Gage Accident

        The memorial plaques are bolted to a big rock in an empty lot at the corner of Hwy 131 and S. Pleasant St. Cavendish, VT.

        The memorial plaques are bolted to a big rock in an empty lot at the corner of Hwy 131 and S. Pleasant St. Cavendish, VT.

          Pilgrams Progress – Bunyans Prison

          https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.1342005,-0.4661382,21z52.134235, -0.466229John Bunyan had very little schooling. He followed his father in the tinker’s trade, and he served in the parliamentary...

          https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.1342005,- 0.4661382,21z52.134235, -0.466229John Bunyan had very little schooling. He followed his father in the tinker’s trade, and he served in the parliamentary...

          • bedford
          • bridge
          • bunyan
          • pilgrams progress