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Natlie Coughlin

    In Memory of the Founders of Mission San Rafael Arcangel

      Marin Indian Warrior

        Colonel H. Weir Cook

          Tree of Life

          TREE OF LIFE IN MEMORY OF ALL OUR FRIENDS WHO HAVE DIED HOMELESS IN MARIN

          TREE OF LIFE IN MEMORY OF ALL OUR FRIENDS WHO HAVE DIED HOMELESS IN MARIN

            MARGARET STRATFORD

            IN MEMORY OF MARGARET STRATFORD

            IN MEMORY OF MARGARET STRATFORD

              May This Tree

              MAY THIS TREE, DEDICATED [IN? TO?] THE MEMORY OF A HAPPY CHILDHOOD SPENT IN SAN RAFAEL, INSPIRE FUTURE [GENERATI?] ONS TO CHERISH [?]T ALL TREES

              MAY THIS TREE, DEDICATED [IN? TO?] THE MEMORY OF A HAPPY CHILDHOOD SPENT IN SAN RAFAEL, INSPIRE FUTURE [GENERATI?] ONS TO CHERISH [?]T ALL TREES

                Sidney A. Murray, Jr., Hydroelectric Station 1990

                In 1990, construction of the largest prefabricated power plant in the world, the Sidney A. Murray, Jr., Hydroelectric Station, was completed 40 miles south of Vidalia. It was the vision of Mayor...

                In 1990, construction of the largest prefabricated power plant in the world, the Sidney A. Murray, Jr., Hydroelectric Station, was completed 40 miles south of Vidalia. It was the vision of...

                • louisiana
                • hydroelectric
                • power
                • electricity

                We Lived & Died Here

                "Let's teach (our children) that even in a life Such as this, our hearts do not despair, that, although wwe left behind many material things, we did not leave our courage, our fortitude, and our...

                "Let's teach (our children) that even in a life Such as this, our hearts do not despair, that, although wwe left behind many material things, we did not leave our courage, our fortitude, and...

                • arkansas. wo...
                • japanese-american
                • concentration camps

                Arkansas State Flag History

                In 1912, Secretary of State Earle Hodges (1911-1917) and the Pine Bluff chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution sponsored a competition to produce a design for Arkansas’s first state...

                In 1912, Secretary of State Earle Hodges (1911-1917) and the Pine Bluff chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution sponsored a competition to produce a design for Arkansas’s first state...

                • arkansas
                • flag
                • dar

                Matt Biondi Olympiad XXIV Town of Moraga

                  Arthur Amos

                    Marjorie Amos

                      Crossroads Mini Park

                        Crossroads Mini Park

                          Ann's Fountain

                            Orinda Post Office

                              From These Classrooms

                              DA QUESTE AULE NUMERATI RINCHIUSI IN VAGONI BESTIAME CENTINAIA DI DETENUTI POLITICI PARTIRONO PER LA GERMANIA NEL MARZO 1944 CONSEGNATI ALLA BARBARIE NAZISTA AVVIATI AL MARTIRIO AUSCHWITZ...

                              DA QUESTE AULE NUMERATI RINCHIUSI IN VAGONI BESTIAME CENTINAIA DI DETENUTI POLITICI PARTIRONO PER LA GERMANIA NEL MARZO 1944 CONSEGNATI ALLA BARBARIE NAZISTA AVVIATI AL MARTIRIO...

                                The Scars On This Stone

                                THE SCARS ON THIS STONE WERE CAUSED IN THE GERMAN AIR RAIDS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR. DESPITE SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE BUILDING. THE BELFAST TELEGRAPH WAS PUBLISHED WITHOUT INTERRUPTION Submitted by @jucopel

                                THE SCARS ON THIS STONE WERE CAUSED IN THE GERMAN AIR RAIDS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR. DESPITE SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE BUILDING. THE BELFAST TELEGRAPH WAS PUBLISHED WITHOUT INTERRUPTION Submitted by @jucopel

                                  First Methodist Church of Port Neches

                                  Before 1881 Methodists in Port Neches, then known as Grigsby's Bluff, were served by occasional circuit Riders who preached in private homes. On Sept. 6, 1881, the Rev. W. H. Crawford conducted a...

                                  Before 1881 Methodists in Port Neches, then known as Grigsby's Bluff, were served by occasional circuit Riders who preached in private homes. On Sept. 6, 1881, the Rev. W. H. Crawford conducted...

                                  • texas
                                  • church
                                  • religion