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Francis Point Provincial Park

FRANCIS POINT PROVINCIAL PARK  Est. March 9. 2000 after a long campaign by the  FRANCIS POINT MARINE PARK SOCIETY    Created with assistance from The Nature Conservancy of  Canada and The Nature...

FRANCIS POINT PROVINCIAL PARK  Est. March 9. 2000 after a long campaign by the  FRANCIS POINT MARINE PARK SOCIETY    Created with assistance from The Nature Conservancy of  Canada and The Nature...

    Industry of East Cambridge

    This plaque is part of an installation of eight or more plaques placed on the grounds of the Middlesex Country Registry of Deeds by the Cambridge Historical Commission in 1976. It focuses on the...

    This plaque is part of an installation of eight or more plaques placed on the grounds of the Middlesex Country Registry of Deeds by the Cambridge Historical Commission in 1976. It focuses on the...

    • history
    • cambridge
    • boston
    • monorail
    • joe meigs
    • rapid transit
    • transportation
    • industry
    • east cambridge

    Coast Guard Station Bell, Depoe Bay

    THEY'RE FANTASY CHILDREN TONIGHT  SKIMMING THE MIRROR WAVES  HEADED OUT SOMEWHERE  WON'T BE BACK FOR AWHILE

    THEY'RE FANTASY CHILDREN TONIGHT  SKIMMING THE MIRROR WAVES  HEADED OUT SOMEWHERE  WON'T BE BACK FOR AWHILE

      Humphrey Booth the Elder

      © Copyright Bob Harvey and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.Submitted by @Geograph_Bob

      © Copyright Bob Harvey and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.Submitted by @Geograph_Bob

        Bloody Thursday

        In memory of Howard Sperry and Nick Bordoise, who gave their lives on Bloody Thursday, July 5, 1934, so that all working people might enjoy a greater measure of dignity and security.Sperry and...

        In memory of Howard Sperry and Nick Bordoise, who gave their lives on Bloody Thursday, July 5, 1934, so that all working people might enjoy a greater measure of dignity and security.Sperry...

          Houghton County / Houghton County Courthouse

          Organized in 1845, Houghton County once comprised the entire Keweenaw Peninsula. Eagle River was its first county seat. In 1861, after the state legislature split the county into Keweenaw and...

          Organized in 1845, Houghton County once comprised the entire Keweenaw Peninsula. Eagle River was its first county seat. In 1861, after the state legislature split the county into Keweenaw...

          • michigan
          • michigan his...

          Bailey Temple Church Of God In Christ

          On July 4, 1926, Pastor John Seth Bailey (1896-1984) founded the McKinley Avenue Church of God in Christ. The church held services in a tent here, then moved to a nearby store in the winter. They...

          On July 4, 1926, Pastor John Seth Bailey (1896-1984) founded the McKinley Avenue Church of God in Christ. The church held services in a tent here, then moved to a nearby store in the winter. They...

          • michigan
          • michigan his...

          Alumbrando Publico

            Francis Violich

            • codornices
            • los amigos d...
            • 1980

            Lincoln at Kalamazoo

            On August 27, 1856, here in this park, Abraham Lincoln, then an obscure lawyer, spoke to a rally for John Fremont, the Republican presidential nominee. This was the only time that Lincoln...

            On August 27, 1856, here in this park, Abraham Lincoln, then an obscure lawyer, spoke to a rally for John Fremont, the Republican presidential nominee. This was the only time that...

            • michigan
            • michigan his...
            • lincoln

            Church of the Advent

            THIS HOUSE OF GOD WAS PLANNED AND ITS  ERECTION SUPERVISED BY THE ARCHITECT  ELMER C. JENSEN HIS VISION TOGETHER WITH HIS LOYAL AND  FAITHFUL SERVICE TO THIS PARISH FROM ITS  BEGINNING, WERE...

            THIS HOUSE OF GOD WAS PLANNED AND ITS  ERECTION SUPERVISED BY THE ARCHITECT  ELMER C. JENSEN HIS VISION TOGETHER WITH HIS LOYAL AND  FAITHFUL SERVICE TO THIS PARISH FROM ITS  BEGINNING,...

            • jensen
            • church

            Berkeley Building

            The Berkeley Building, a distinctive example of the Beaux-Arts style, was designed in 1905 by the firm of Codman and Despradelle. This early Back Bay commercial building features a terra cotta...

            The Berkeley Building, a distinctive example of the Beaux-Arts style, was designed in 1905 by the firm of Codman and Despradelle. This early Back Bay commercial building features a terra...

            • boston
            • back bay
            • restoration
            • commercial
            • terra cotta

            Statue of Sir Stamford Raffles

            The plaque sit under a large marble statue of Singapore's founder. It sits on the spot where Raffles is believed to have landed in 1819.The plaque reads: On this historic site Sir Thomas Stamford...

            The plaque sit under a large marble statue of Singapore's founder. It sits on the spot where Raffles is believed to have landed in 1819.The plaque reads: On this historic site Sir Thomas Stamford...

            • singapore
            • raffles
            • 1819
            • obscure fish...
            • great seaport

            Washington Rock

            Submitted by @JCA2374

            Submitted by @JCA2374

            • george ashington
            • 1777
            • hudson

            Venn Street

            Submitted by @atelierwork

            Submitted by @atelierwork

            • venn diagram
            • venn
            • clapham
            • logician
            • overlapping circles
            • lambeth

            Old Cemetery Camp Ground

            A memorial to the pioneers of Sugartown (early outpost of Southwest Louisiana), whose courage and fortitude helped subdue the historic "Neutral Territory" of the Sabine-Rio Hondo Strip, claimed...

            A memorial to the pioneers of Sugartown (early outpost of Southwest Louisiana), whose courage and fortitude helped subdue the historic "Neutral Territory" of the Sabine-Rio Hondo Strip,...

            • louisiana
            • cemetery

            Shady Grove School/ Community Building

            Built 1919-used as a school until 1928. Bought by community families to be used for cultural and social activities. Placed on the National Register of Historic Places December 2002.

            Built 1919-used as a school until 1928. Bought by community families to be used for cultural and social activities. Placed on the National Register of Historic Places December 2002.

            • louisiana

            Clay Petway

              Dave Ostang

                World War II DeRidder Army Air Base Memorial

                 Erected in memory of United States Army Air Force personnel who lost their lives in training accidents at the DeRidder Army Airport and Gunnery Range, 1942-45.

                 Erected in memory of United States Army Air Force personnel who lost their lives in training accidents at the DeRidder Army Airport and Gunnery Range, 1942-45.

                • louisiana