Benjamin Franklin
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN(1706 - 1790) -- * -- Printer, author, inventor, diplomat, philanthropist, statesman, and scientist. The eighteenth cen-tury's most illustrious Pennsylvanian built a house...
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Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA --*-- Founded by William Penn. Laid out in 1682. Chartered a city, 1701. Pennsylvania's capital until 1799; the nation's to 1800. County was one of Pennsylvania's origi-nal three,...
Birthplace of Baseball
Submitted by Bob Paske.
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- baseball
- elysian fields
- knickerbockers
- new yorks
Fort Michilimackinac
Submitted by Debby Drake.
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- michigan
- frranc
- 1715
- ojibwa
- british
- 1761 pontiac
- 1764
- 1779
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Fort Brady
Submitted by Debby Drake.
- brady
- sault ste marie
- cass
- 1820
- french
- indians
- sheridan
Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse
Submitted by Debby Drake.
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- michigan
- lighthouse
Michilimackinac State Park
Submitted by Debby Drake.
- michigan
Michigan's First Jewish Settler
More info <a href="http://detroit1701.org/First%20 Jewish%20Settler.html">here</a>. Submitted by Debby Drake.
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Ancien Hôtel du Cheval-Blanc
An old famous hotel in downtown Angers built in the 15th century that was transformed into apartments during the mid 20th century. Translation of plaque: Former Hotel du Cheval- Blanc...
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- henry james
- eça de queiroz
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- buffon
- curnonsky
Clarence W. Wigington Pavilion
Submitted by @robblerouser .
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- architect
- black
- harriet island
James Larkin
THE GREAT APPEAR GREAT BECAUSE WE ARE ON OUR KNEES: LET US RISE Submitted by Craig Adrew Batty
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- ireland
W. K. Kellogg House
- kellogg
- hickory corners
- michigan
- corn flakes
- gull lake
The Seizure of The Planter
THE SEIZURE OFTHE PLANTEREarly on May 13, 1862.Robert Smalls, an enslavedharbor pilot aboard thePlanter, seized the 149-ft.Confederate transport froma wharf just east of here.He and six enslaved...
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- memory palace
- smalls
Morgan Smiley Baldwin
This Stairway is erected in memory of Morgan Smiley Baldwin Cornell 1915 Who lies where he fell at Boni-France September 29th 1918 Submitted by @CGOMalley
- ithaca
- new york
- wwi
- cornell
Pirates on Lake Champlain
Submitted by @CGOMalley
John Howard Payne
TO THE MEMORY OF JOHN-HOWARD-PAYNE -- THE AUTHOR OF HOME SWEET HOME A STUDENT * AT * UNION COLLEGE * IN *THE CLASS OF 1810 -- THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY THE ALUMNI AND FRIENDS OF UNION COLLEGE *...
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- schenectady
- ny
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- home
Grindstone City Pioneers
An interesting history of Grindstone City here. Submitted by Debby Drake.
- michigan
- grindstone
- pioneers
- 1835
- 1938
This Tree Planted in Memory of George Washington
Submitted by William Dahlberg
- washington
- alabama
- birmingham
Bristol Basin
BRISTOL BASIN BENEATH THIS EAST RIVER DRIVE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK LIE STONES, BRICKS AND RUBBLE FROM THE BOMBED CITY OF BRISTOL IN ENGLAND... BROUGHT HERE IN BALLAST FROM...
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- bristol
- wwii
- oaken-hearted
- england
Lighthouse at Cape Point
DESIGNED SPECIFIED AND DIRECTED BY ALEXANDER GORDON CIVIL ENGINEER FOR THE BOARD OF TRADE IRON TOWER BY VICTORIA FOUNDRYGREENWICHLANTERN & LIGHTS BY DEVILLE & CoLONDON 1857 Submitted by @windupanna.
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- iron
- lantern