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Victoria Circle Park

    Mergenthaler House

    A beautiful 3 story brick house in the old Bolton Hill district of Baltimore, MarylandThe plaque reads:From 1894 to 1899, the house was the residence of Ottmar Mergenthaler, the German immigrant...

    A beautiful 3 story brick house in the old Bolton Hill district of Baltimore, MarylandThe plaque reads:From 1894 to 1899, the house was the residence of Ottmar Mergenthaler, the German immigrant...

      Theodore Vacquer

      Submitted by @bibhistorique

      Submitted by @bibhistorique

        Coach Wayne Tuffy Williams

          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