Jesse Owens, 1913-1980
In Oak Woods Cemetery on Chicago's South Side: Jesse Owens Olympic Champion 1936 Athlete and humanitarian. A master of the spirit as well as the mechanics of sports. A winner who knew...
- jesse owens
- chicago
- olympics
- 1936 olympics
- cemeteries
Tom Mix, 1880-1940
"Thru you posterity shall glimpse the glory of the West that was." Seen on a walking tour of the Fox movie lot in Century City, Los Angeles. Here's a bit more on the life and death of Tom Mix,...
- hollywood
- movie stars
- movie studios
- westerns
- tom mix
Tetrapod
TETRAPODThese giant jacks are used to protect harbors fromdamaging currents. As waves hit the tetrapods, the forceof the water is dissipated by the curve of the legs. Thereare 1630 tetrapods...
Celebrate Migration
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IN MEMORY OF F.T.C. CAPLE
IN MEMORY OF F.T.C. CAPLE SECRETARY OF MONKEY TOWN REGATTA (BAYARDS COVE) AND AMY LOUISE HIS WIFE This plaque is originally from OpenBenches and is imported with their permission The image and...
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1996
1996 IN MEMORY OF NORMAN BRUNT FROM NORTHWICH CHESHIRE WHO LOVED THIS PLACE This plaque is originally from OpenBenches and is imported with their permission The image and text is licensed CC BY-SA...
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IN MEMORY OF P.A. STANDING MSC MCSP DIPT
IN MEMORY OF P.A. STANDING MSC MCSP DIPT DIED 2-1-1993 AGED 42 LOVED AND REMEMBERED BY SO MANY This plaque is originally from OpenBenches and is imported with their permission The image and...
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IN MEMORY OF FRAN & DAN
IN MEMORY OF FRAN & DAN WHO LOVED THIS PLACE This plaque is originally from OpenBenches and is imported with their permission The image and text is licensed CC BY-SA 4.0Uploaded by gasmanic
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IN MEMORY OF PAUL AND JAMES
IN MEMORY OF PAUL AND JAMES OF DOVERIDGE DERBYSHIRE BELOVED SONS OF MARION AND TREVOR ROE OF DARTMOUTH This plaque is originally from OpenBenches and is imported with their permission The image...
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Tom Sweeney Legendary Doorman
Tom SweeneyLegendary Doorman- Over 30 years of magical momentsSir Francis Drake Submitted by @Ritterton.
- hotel
- san francisco
- honor
Birthplace of Jackson State University
Jackson State University was founded here in 1877 in the former U.S. Marine Hospital. Known as the Natchez Seminary, the school was founded by the American Baptist Home Mission Society and...
- mississippi
- education
- african-american
Van Dorn House
Ca. 1830 Federal. Built by Peter A. Van Dorn, New Jersey native who purchased this land in 1826. In 1817 Van Dorn was first clerk of the State House of Representatives. Boyhood home of...
- mississippi
Lil Green
Lil Green was known as the Queen of the Blues in the early 1940s when her distinctive, seductive voice was highlighted on “Romance in the Dark,” “Why Don’t You Do Right?” and other blues and...
- mississippi
- blues
- african american
- women
Woodville Blues
Musicians from Woodville demonstrate the breadth of the blues’s influence on American music. Composer William Grant Still incorporated the blues into his “Afro-American Symphony,” while...
- mississippi
- blues
- music
- african-american
Parade Ground (1)
LSU's ROTC cadets regularly held military parades on the Parade Ground, hence the name. Practice for close-order drill was held here daily, as were formal parades in full military uniform for...
- louisiana
- lsu
- military
Parade Ground (2)
The LSU War Memorial. located at the flagpole, was dedicated in 1998 in memory of Tiger alumni who gave their lives in the defense of our country from World War II to the present.
- louisiana
- lsu
March of Galvez
Not far from here is the route taken from Manchac to Baton Rouge by the Spanish forces of Bernardo de Galvez in Sept. 1779 in their historic ouster of the British from this territory and...
- louisiana
- revolutionary war
- cemetery
Highland Cemetery
In use since 1815. Interred here, among others, are Armand Allard Duplantier, Sr. (1753-1827), French officer who served with Lafayette in the American Revolution; his wife, Constance...
- louisiana
- baton rouge
- cemetery
In Memory of Peter Damian Fledderman
Live Oak EndowmentIn Memory ofPeter Damian Fledderman"Pete"1961-2008MS Nuclear Science 1985
- louisiana
- lsu
Battle of Mansura/Bataille de Mansura
English:Confederate forces under General Dick Taylor here formed battle line May 16, 1864, barring passage of General Banks' retreating Union Army. The Battle of Mansura ended in withdrawal...
- louisiana
- civil war
- avoyelles parish