The Lafayette Plaque was dedicated on Boston Common ninety-seven years ago today to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the return of Revolutionary War hero Marquis de Lafayette, to Boston, in...
IN MEMORY OF CECY KRONE DECEMBER 17, 1956 - SEPTEMBER 4, 1999 A BICYCLIST KILLED BY A DRUNK DRIVER LOVING DAUGHTER, SISTER AND AUNT, AVID CYCLIST, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST WORKING WITH...
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BILL SOBERANES ARGUS COURIER COLUMNIST AND PEOPLEOLOGIST PETALUMA'S NUMBER ONE BOOSTER FOUNDER OF THE WORLD WRIST WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP AND NUMEROUS OTHER EVENTS. TRADE MARK - HE'S...
WASHOE HOUSE ERECTED 1859 LOCATED ON SPANISH GRANT ROBLAR DE LA MISERIA. THE PIONEER HOSTELRY WAS BUILT BY ROBERT AYRES AND SERVED AS A STAGE COACH STATION BETWEEN PETALUMA, SANTA ROSA AND...
1949 2007 IN MEMORY OF CHAUNCEY BAILEY JR. WHO, WITH DIGNITY AND DEDICATION TO JOURNALISM, SERVED AS SOMEONE WHO PRIORITIZED THE VOICES OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY IN OAKLAND, CA.
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Wabash, IN: First Electrically Lighted City in the World and home to an Honest Abe statue. Submitted by MSKaltenmark
The pioneering Beatrice Worsley (1921-1972) wrote software for the first commercially-available computer, the Ferranti Mark I, at U of T in the 1950s. She’s the latest recipient of a Legacy plaque...
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GAY RIGHTS DEMONSTRATIONS July 4,1965-1969 Annual public demonstra- tions for gay and lesbian equality were held at Independence Hall. These peaceful protests and New York's Stonewall riots in...
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Shelby Farms Park has a rich history as the former site of the Shelby County Penal Farm Across the slough used to be the largest ground silo in North America. It was so large that trucks and...
AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE REMEMBER THEM Submitted by @bthubbard
"Buck lived at a big house in the sun-kissed Santa Clara Valley. Judge Miller's place, it was called. It stood back from the road, half hidden among the trees, through which glimpses could be...
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