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The Old Exchange

THE OLD EXCHANGE COMMISSIONED IN 1767 BY ACT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BRITISH COLONY OF SOUTH CAROLINA COMPLETED IN 1771 DEEDED IN 1917 BY THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA...

THE OLD EXCHANGE COMMISSIONED IN 1767 BY ACT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BRITISH COLONY OF SOUTH CAROLINA COMPLETED IN 1771 DEEDED IN 1917 BY THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO THE SOUTH...

    Benjamin Franklin Court

      Sunsweep, New Brunswick

      Submitted by @bthubbard

      Submitted by @bthubbard

      • sunsweep

      Bettis Family Cemetery

      Here was the farm of the Tillman Bettis family, the second to settle on the Memphis bluff after the 1818 treaty, even before the town was laid off. Mary Bettis was the first child born in the new...

      Here was the farm of the Tillman Bettis family, the second to settle on the Memphis bluff after the 1818 treaty, even before the town was laid off. Mary Bettis was the first child born in the new...

      • shelby county
      • tennessee

      In Memory of William Heath Robinson

      Submitted by @lapurplepenguin

      Submitted by @lapurplepenguin

        The Old Rotation at Auburn University

        ALABAHA THE OLD ROTATION Established in 1896 by Professor J. F. Duggar. the Old Rotation at Auburn University is: (1) the oldest, continuous cotton experiment in the U.S.: (2) the 3rd oldest...

        ALABAHA THE OLD ROTATION Established in 1896 by Professor J. F. Duggar. the Old Rotation at Auburn University is: (1) the oldest, continuous cotton experiment in the U.S.: (2) the 3rd...

          Second Bank of the United States

          • that war
          • the war of 1861-1865
          • one of the v...

          Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna

          Submitted by @Sean_YYZ.

          Submitted by @Sean_YYZ.

            Boston Temple Bell

            Submitted by @sethlkap.

            Submitted by @sethlkap.

              Bellasis House

              Submitted by @LastParachutist.

              Submitted by @LastParachutist.

                Balmoral War Memorial

                Submitted by @PaulFrame85.

                Submitted by @PaulFrame85.

                  The Disneyland 40th Anniversary Time Castle

                  Submitted by RHicks

                  Submitted by RHicks

                  • time castle
                  • time capsule

                  A Living Memorial of the City Government Institute

                  Tweet Submitted by @lisakthorp.

                  Tweet Submitted by @lisakthorp.

                    Thornton & Lucie Blackburn

                    Submitted by @Charisse_Price

                    Submitted by @Charisse_Price

                      Rogers Rangers

                      ROGERS RANGERS The rivers' junction two miles north was rendezvous for Rogers Rangers after their destruction of St. Francis, Que., Oct. 4, 1759. Pursuing Indians and starvation had plagued their...

                      ROGERS RANGERS The rivers' junction two miles north was rendezvous for Rogers Rangers after their destruction of St. Francis, Que., Oct. 4, 1759. Pursuing Indians and starvation had plagued their...

                        London Stone

                        Submitted by @benedictevans

                        Submitted by @benedictevans

                          RIDE OF SYMON SCHERMERHOORN

                          NEW YORK RIDE OF SYMON SCHERMERHOORN ON NIGHT OF FEB. 8, 1690. ALTHOUGH WOUNDED HE RODE 20 MILES TO ALBANY WARNING SETTLERS STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 1932

                          NEW YORK RIDE OF SYMON SCHERMERHOORN ON NIGHT OF FEB. 8, 1690. ALTHOUGH WOUNDED HE RODE 20 MILES TO ALBANY WARNING SETTLERS STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 1932

                            Emmylou Harris

                              Broad Street Site of Domestic Slave Trade

                              BROAD STREET SITE OF DOMESTIC SLAVE TRADE During the first half of the nineteenth century, many buildings on Broad Street between Church and East Bay Streets served as auction houses and private...

                              BROAD STREET SITE OF DOMESTIC SLAVE TRADE During the first half of the nineteenth century, many buildings on Broad Street between Church and East Bay Streets served as auction houses and...

                                James A. Davis

                                Submitted by @LostToHistory.

                                Submitted by @LostToHistory.