Stonewall Regiment / Stonewall Regiment
More than ninety thousand Michigan men served in the Union Army and Navy during the Civil War. The Seventeenth Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment was mustered at the Detroit Barracks in...
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Memoria
Tolliver Airship
Submitted by @jqmcd
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Lake Merritt BART 9/11 Memorial
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Who Are The Sikhs?
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Historic Irish Meeting Hall
HISTORIC IRISH MEETING HALL ANCIENT ORDER of HIBERNIANS CIRCA 1873 NINETEENTH CENTURY ST PATRICK'S PARADES STARTED FROM THIS SITE AND MANY FAMOUS IRISH PERSONALITIES VISITED TODAY, IT IS ONE OF...
Scouts Mexico
Jardin de la Triple Alianza
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Piramide del Sol
Piramide del Sol
En Este Preciso Lugar, El Enigmatico Cassius V. Gano su Primer Millon
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Confederate Cemetery
Confederate Cemetery “Let us cross the river and rest in the shade of the trees.” General T.J. Jackson, C.S.A. Rock Island Arsenal Submitted by Bryan Arnold @nanowhiskers
Confederate Memorial
In memory of the Confederate veterans who died at the Rock Island Confederate prison camp. May they never be forgotten. Let no man asperse the memory of our sacred dead. They were men who died for...
Confederate POW Camp
1863 – 1865 THIS SITE MARKS THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE ROCK ISLAND CONFEDERATE PRISON CAMP. THIS CAMP CONSISTED OF 84 BARRACKS, INCLOSED IN A WOODEN STOCKADE, EXTENDING 1240 FEET TO THE WEST AND...
San Aquino Cannon
San Aquino Named for Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) Cast in Manila, Philippine Islands on March 8, 1793 This 26-pounder bronze cannon was originally part of the Spanish Water Battery,...
Rock Island Arsenal Museum
U.S. Army Ordnance Corps Rock Island Arsenal Est. July 11, 1862 Rock Island Museum established July 1905 by order of the Chief of Ordnance, U.S. Army. Dedicated Nov. 4, 1959 To the memory of John...
John M. Browning
John M. Browning 1855 – 1926 Great American Father of Modern Firearms In grateful appreciation and recognition for the important contributions through his inventive genius to the military services...
First bridge across the Mississippi River
First Bridge Across the Mississippi River Upon this pier rested the first bridge to span the Mississippi River, forming the original connecting link for uninterrupted railroad traffic between the...
Davenport Bridge of 1856
Davenport Bridge of 1856 Near this spot and upon these stones rested the first bridge to span the Mississippi River. The first train consisting of a locomotive and eight cars passed over the...