New Acadia / Nouvelle Acadie
In Spring 1765, during the Spanish Rule of Louisiana, approximately 200 Acadian refugees representing 60 families were settled here on the Teche Ridge in three encampments along the...
- louisiana
- cajun
- iberia parish
David Marquez Gurule
THIS GROVE IS DEDICATED IN MEMORY OF DAVID MARQUEZ GURULE MEMORIES... OF LAUGHING EYES & SIMPLE WAYS, OF QUILT NIGHTS AND GENTLE DAYS WITH YOU
Fresno - Djambul
Beattie Square
BEATTIE SQUARE .012 ACRE Beattie Square is named in memory of Joseph S. Beattie, who lived at 247 Schenectady Avenue in Brooklyn. Beattie served as a Private in Company G of the 305th Infantry...
- new york
- brooklyn
- bedford-stuyvesant
- bed-stuy
- bushwick
- joseph beattie
- world war i
- anton vigelius
- mary vigelius
- 1884
- 1921
- 1924
Frank Olt - Gothic Circle
Frank Olt Gothic Circle 1992 Ceramic relief and glass mosaic Commissioned by Metropolitan Transportation Authority Arts for Transit and MTA New York City TransitSubmitted by @lampbane
- new york
- queens
- hunter's point
- court square
- frank olt
- mta
- art
- mosaic
- 1992
Elizabeth Murray - Stream
Elizabeth Murray Stream 2001 Glass mosaic Fabricated by Miotto Mosaics, Inc. Commissioned by Metropolitan Transportation Authority Arts for Transit and owned by MTA New York...
- new york
- queens
- hunter's point
- court square
- elizabeth murray
- mosaic
- mta
- subway
- 2001
Ten Eyck Playground
TEN EYCK PLAYGROUND .972 ACRE This playground and the adjoining street are named for Coenradt Ten Eyck (1617-1686), a settler in the New Amsterdam colony. He was born in 1617 in Moers, Germany,...
- new york
- brooklyn
- williamsburg
- playground
- coenradt ten eyck
- 1645
- 1651
- 1686
- 1802
- richard woodhull
- 1828
- 1852
- 2017
Jessie Burnham Williams
Paul Fierens
Paul-Henri Spaak
Heinrich Drake
Wawa Food Market
WAWA FOOD MARKET Wawa Dedicated in honor of our first Wawa Food Market which opened in Folsom, Ridley Township, PA April 16, 1964
- wawa
- folsom
The Olympia Works
THE OLYMPIA WORKS Robert Blackburn-aviation pioneer- built aircraft here including over 100 BEZC army and navy biplanes and the famous Kangaroo, Swift and Sopwith Baby planes. He test flew the...
The Noble Pass
MT. LASSEN 10,451 FEET THIS TABLET MARKS THE ROUTE OF THOSE EARLY PIONEERS WHO, IN 1852, FIRST WENT OVER THE NOBLE PASS LINKING THE HUMBOLDT-NEVADA ROAD WITH SHASTA AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA,...
Hurricane Sandy, High Water Mark, South Street Seaport
HIGH WATER MARK 4.0 FEET October 29, 2012 ON THIS DAY, HURRICANE SANDY BROUGHT A STORM SURGE OF 4 FEET TO THIS LOCATION AS INDICATED BY THE RED LINE. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HURRICANES IN NYC,...
- new york
- manhattan
- south street seaport
- fulton street
- hurricane sandy
- high water mark
- 2012
O.K. Harris
O.K. HARRIS 1969-2014 383 WEST BROADWAY WAS THE SITE OF OK. HARRIS WORKS OF ART, THE FIRST GALLERY ON WEST BROADWAY AND PIONEER OF SOHO'S TRANSFORMATION FROM WAREHOUSE DISTRICT TO ARTS...
- new york
- manhattan
- o.k. harris
- 1969
- 2014
- gallery
- art
Vincent D. McDonnell Building
VINCENT D. MCDONNELL BUILDING DEDICATED SINCERE APPRECIATION OF HIS UNSELFISH AND TIRELESS EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF THE N.Y.C. DETECTIVES: ENDOWMENT ASSOC., INC. AUGUST 1, 1996Submitted by @lampbane
- new york
- manhattan
- tribeca
- nypd
- 1996
The Battle of Cloutierville
Though far from the fighting for most of the Civil War, the Red River Campaign in the spring of 1864 brought the war and its destruction to Magnolia Plantation. Retreating Confederates contributed...
- louisiana
- civil war
- national park
Oakland Plantation
Oakland Plantation was founded on a 1785 Spanish- era land grant by Jean Pierre Emanuel Prud'homme. A small enslaved work force grew tobacco and indigo. From domestic and agricultural workers...
- louisiana
- plantation
- national park
Magnolia Plantation
Rarely do you encounter original outbuildings where generations of the same families of workers and owners lived and worked. Here people produced the wealth that supported Magnolia for more...
- louisiana
- plantation
- national park