Memorial to Trausti Jónssonar

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Memorial to Trausti Jónssonar

This stone plaque is also on the Barður Snæfellsás statue in Arnarstapi, Iceland. It reads: Barður Snæfellsás Erected in memory of our brother, Trausti Jónsson, born March (?) 13 1909, D December 16, 1928 and our parents Guðrun Sigtryggsdóttir, born (?) 1878 and died February 18, 1841 and Jón Sigurðsson, born August 17, 1876, died May 25, 1956 Haraldur Jónsson and siblings rock (?)

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UFO Monument, Angelholm, Sweden

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Located one block south at 123 Van Buren Street is the birthplace of the first bishop of the Diocese of Lafayette, Bishop Jules B. Jeanmard. Born August 15, 1879, Jeanmard belonged to St....

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The Establishment of the British Empire

ON 5TH AUGUST 1583, QUEEN ELIZABETH I OF ENGLAND WAS HERE PROCLAIMED SOVEREIGN OF NEWFOUNDLAND BY HUMPHREY GILBERT, WHO HAD LEFT CAWSAND BAY IN PLYMOUTH SOUND ON 11TH JUNE. THIS WAS THE FIRST ACT...

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Commodore John Barry

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