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Divided We Live

  • richmond
  • rosie the riveter
  • jim crow

Rosie the Riveter Memorial

  • wwii
  • rosie the riveter
  • richmond

Transforming the Waterfront

  • richmond
  • rosie the riveter

Shipyard Stories

  • richmond
  • kaiser

Friendship Park

FRIENDSHIP PARK Dedicated November 26, 1991 In Commemoration of Thirty Years Sister City Affiliation Between Shimada, Japan and Richmond, California

FRIENDSHIP PARK Dedicated November 26, 1991 In Commemoration of Thirty Years Sister City Affiliation Between Shimada, Japan and Richmond, California

  • richmond
  • shimada
  • japan

WSI, I,KEM

WSI, I,KEM WAS A TSEYCUM FIRST NATION   FOOD HARVESTING GROUND FOR  OVER 10,000 YEARS  

WSI, I,KEM WAS A TSEYCUM FIRST NATION   FOOD HARVESTING GROUND FOR  OVER 10,000 YEARS

    Nymph Point Heritage Site

    NYMPH POINT WAS DESIGNATED A HERITAGE SITE ON JUNE 7, 1982 BYT HE HERITAGE COMMITTEE OF NORTH SAANICH

    NYMPH POINT WAS DESIGNATED A HERITAGE SITE ON JUNE 7, 1982 BYT HE HERITAGE COMMITTEE OF NORTH SAANICH

      Horton Bay

      Named for pioneer settler Samuel Horton, this village was founded as a lumbering community in 1876, complete with sawmill, shanty boys, boarding house, company store, blacksmith shop, and draft...

      Named for pioneer settler Samuel Horton, this village was founded as a lumbering community in 1876, complete with sawmill, shanty boys, boarding house, company store, blacksmith shop, and...

      • michigan
      • michigan his...

      USCG Cutter Mackinaw WAGB 83

      Built in 1944 at a cost of $10 million, U.S. Coast Guard cutter MACKINAW had six ten-cylinder engines that enabled it to cut through several feet of lake ice. The powerful steel icebreaker was...

      Built in 1944 at a cost of $10 million, U.S. Coast Guard cutter MACKINAW had six ten-cylinder engines that enabled it to cut through several feet of lake ice. The powerful steel icebreaker...

      • michigan
      • michigan his...

      The Douglas House / Thomas Douglas

      Canadian-born entrepreneur Thomas E. Douglas constructed a sawmill and general store in the logging community of Lovells around 1898. He erected a new store in 1903 after fire destroyed the first...

      Canadian-born entrepreneur Thomas E. Douglas constructed a sawmill and general store in the logging community of Lovells around 1898. He erected a new store in 1903 after fire destroyed the first...

      • michigan
      • michigan his...

      Interlochen

      Ottawa Indians once lived in the pine forest between Lakes Wahbekaness and Wahbekanetta. In the late 1800s white men came and cut the pines, leaving only a small forest between the lakes. This...

      Ottawa Indians once lived in the pine forest between Lakes Wahbekaness and Wahbekanetta. In the late 1800s white men came and cut the pines, leaving only a small forest between the lakes. This...

      • michigan
      • michigan his...

      Little Stone Church

      The Union Congregational Church, affectionately called Little Stone Church, was established in 1900 by eleven charter members. Local residents and summer visitors donated funds for its...

      The Union Congregational Church, affectionately called Little Stone Church, was established in 1900 by eleven charter members. Local residents and summer visitors donated funds for...

      • michigan
      • michigan his...

      The Copper Country

      Long before Columbus reached America, Indians extracted native copper in the Lake Superior region and worked it into articles which were used by tribes throughout the continent. French explorers...

      Long before Columbus reached America, Indians extracted native copper in the Lake Superior region and worked it into articles which were used by tribes throughout the continent. French explorers...

      • michigan
      • michigan his...

      Richard E. Lyng, The First Californian to Serve as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture

        William Sargent Ladd

          Carmelite Chapel of St. Joseph and St. Teresa and the Carmelite Monastery

          The cornerstone of the monastery was laid in April, 1891, James Freret, Architect, Fred Reusch, Jr, Builder.Founded by the Discalced Carmelite nuns, a contemplative and strictly cloistered order...

          The cornerstone of the monastery was laid in April, 1891, James Freret, Architect, Fred Reusch, Jr, Builder.Founded by the Discalced Carmelite nuns, a contemplative and strictly cloistered order...

          • louisiana
          • church
          • new orleans

          Maison Olivier

          Raised Creole cottage constructed circa 1815 using boussillage, pegged cypress beams and bricks hand made by slaves using clay from Bayou Teche.

          Raised Creole cottage constructed circa 1815 using boussillage, pegged cypress beams and bricks hand made by slaves using clay from Bayou Teche.

          • louisiana

          The Historic Lower Ninth Ward

          On August 29, 2005, at about 7:45a.m., the Industrial Canal flood wall broke with an explosive sound, heard by many residents near North Johnson Street and Jourdan Avenue. At that time, the Lower...

          On August 29, 2005, at about 7:45a.m., the Industrial Canal flood wall broke with an explosive sound, heard by many residents near North Johnson Street and Jourdan Avenue. At that time, the Lower...

          • louisiana
          • new orleans
          • hurricane katrina

          Industrial Canal Flood Wall

          The breach of the Industrial Canal and others during Hurricane Katrina created a pivotal moment in American history when flood walls designed and built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers failed....

          The breach of the Industrial Canal and others during Hurricane Katrina created a pivotal moment in American history when flood walls designed and built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers...

          • louisiana
          • new orleans
          • hurricane katrina

          Annunciation Church

          In 1830 the Pontchartrain rail road was built along Elysian Fields to the lake, with half of its route through lands owned by Bernard Marigny. To accommodate settlers, Marigny and his cousin,...

          In 1830 the Pontchartrain rail road was built along Elysian Fields to the lake, with half of its route through lands owned by Bernard Marigny. To accommodate settlers, Marigny and his...

          • louisiana
          • church
          • new orleans