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Sausalito WWI Memorial

IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE SONS OF SAUSALITO WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR 1914 1918 DANIEL FRANCIS MADDEN JOHN NORWWOOD MCNEILL JOÃO De COSTA MOLLES ALFRED HAROLD PANELLA RAY HENRY VAN FLEET...

IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE SONS OF SAUSALITO WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR 1914 1918 DANIEL FRANCIS MADDEN JOHN NORWWOOD MCNEILL JOÃO De COSTA MOLLES ALFRED HAROLD PANELLA RAY HENRY VAN...

    Vina del Mar, Sausalito

      Plaza Vina del Mar

        Praca de Cascais, Sausalito

          Praca de Cascais, Sausalito

            Praca de Cascais, Sausalito

              Praca de Cascais, Sausalito

                Dr. 'Teddy' Morgan

                EnglishWelsh International Rugby Player. Scored the winning try against the All Blacks in 1905. Born & lived in Agents Row (Nos. 8 & 10). WelshChwaraewr Rygbi Rhyngwladol a sgoriodd y cais...

                EnglishWelsh International Rugby Player. Scored the winning try against the All Blacks in 1905. Born & lived in Agents Row (Nos. 8 & 10). WelshChwaraewr Rygbi Rhyngwladol a sgoriodd y...

                • welsh
                • wales
                • rugby

                The Chalmette Plantations

                Scene of the Battle of New Orleans  Dec. 1814 - Jan. 1815  Battle raged on lands of Ignace de Lino de Chalmette, Antoine Bienvenue, and Denis de la Ronde. British camps on lands of Jaques de...

                Scene of the Battle of New Orleans  Dec. 1814 - Jan. 1815  Battle raged on lands of Ignace de Lino de Chalmette, Antoine Bienvenue, and Denis de la Ronde. British camps on lands of Jaques de...

                • louisiana
                • war of 1812
                • new orleans

                Lake Pontchartrain and the Pontchartrain Basin

                Named Lake Pontchartrain in 1718 by French Explorer, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, Lake Pontchartrain is not a true lake but a shallow 630 square mile estuary. Approximately 40 miles wide...

                Named Lake Pontchartrain in 1718 by French Explorer, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, Lake Pontchartrain is not a true lake but a shallow 630 square mile estuary. Approximately 40 miles wide...

                • louisiana
                • new orleans
                • waterway

                Southern Yacht Club

                Located across the New Basin Canal before you is the second oldest yacht club in the country. It moved from Pass Christian, MS onto the site across from the New Canal Lighthouse. The club built a...

                Located across the New Basin Canal before you is the second oldest yacht club in the country. It moved from Pass Christian, MS onto the site across from the New Canal Lighthouse. The club built...

                • louisiana
                • new orleans

                New Basin Canal

                The canal you see before you was created in the 1830's by the New Orleans Canal and Banking Company for drainage and commerce. Over 8,000 Irish immigrants died digging the canal through mosquito...

                The canal you see before you was created in the 1830's by the New Orleans Canal and Banking Company for drainage and commerce. Over 8,000 Irish immigrants died digging the canal through mosquito...

                • louisiana
                • new orleans
                • waterway

                Brieven van Belle

                The 18th century writer and "Independant woman" Belle van Zuylen lived in the castle nearby. Besides novels and plays, she wrote letters to the people hiking around the castle, and at some spots...

                The 18th century writer and "Independant woman" Belle van Zuylen lived in the castle nearby. Besides novels and plays, she wrote letters to the people hiking around the castle, and at some...

                • walking
                • slot zuylen
                • windmill

                Jaagpad bij de Vecht

                In the 19th and early 20th century rivers were the main transport route. Ships were towed by means of a rope, pulled by horses on the road parallel to the stream.In Dutch this road was called...

                In the 19th and early 20th century rivers were the main transport route. Ships were towed by means of a rope, pulled by horses on the road parallel to the stream.In Dutch this road was called...

                • transport over water
                • 19th century

                Classical parking notice

                A Latin and Greek instruction to errant velocipedistsDUAE ROTATE HIC RELICTAE PERIMENTUR--ΕΝΘΑΔΕ ΛΗΦΘΕΝΤΕΣ ΔΥΟΚΥΚΛΟΙ ΔΙΑΦΘΑRΗΣΟΝΤΑΙ[sic]

                A Latin and Greek instruction to errant velocipedistsDUAE ROTATE HIC RELICTAE PERIMENTUR-- ΕΝΘΑΔΕ ΛΗΦΘΕΝΤΕΣ ΔΥΟΚΥΚΛΟΙ ΔΙΑΦΘΑRΗΣΟΝΤΑΙ[sic]