Civil War Monument, Milwaukee
TO THOSE WHO FOUGHT IN THE WAR FOR THE UNION 1861 - 1865 ERECTED 1898
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Catherine Grace Hike
IN LOVING MEMORY CATHERINE GRACE HIEKE 1954 - 2006 "CATE" A CHAMPION FOR HOMELESS DOGS
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- albany
- california
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Norma and Art Schroeder
IN LOVING MEMORY OF NORMA AND ART SCHROEDER WHO SO ENJOYED COMING HERE
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- albany
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- bench
Crismon Mill Site
DAUGHTERS OF UTAH PIONEERS No. 43 ERECTED DEC.10, 1938 CRISMON MILL SITE THIS MONUMENT MARKS THE SITE OF THE CRIMSON MILL, THE FIRST GRIST MILL BUILT IN THE TERRITORY OF UTAH. BUILT BY...
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- utah
- pioneers
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John Peter Zenger
John Peter Zenger The renowned champion of the freedom of the press spent his first days in America on Governors Island. AS a 13 year old boy he arrived in New York In 1710 with thousands...
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And the Traditional Head Village
TO PERPETUATE THE SITE OF FORT SHERMAN IDAHO 1878 - 1901 AND THE TRADITIONAL HEAD VILLAGE OF THE COEUR D'ALENE INDIAN TRIBE DEDICATED NOV 11, 1934 Submitted by @larrycebula
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- idaho
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- indians
Cleopatra's Needle on Victoria Embankment pt. 1
Cleopatra's Needle in London is one of three similar named Egypian obelisks and is located in the City of Westminster, on theVictoria Embankment near the Golden Jubilee Bridges. It is close to the...
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Cleopatra's Needle on Victoria Embankment pt. 2
On erection of the obelisk in 1878, a time capsule was concealed in the front part of the pedestal containing: a set of 12 photographs of the best-looking English women of the day, a box of...
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- london
- thames
- river
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Cleopatra's Needle on Victoria Embankment pt. 4
The effort almost met with disaster on 14 October 1877, in a storm in the Bay of Biscay, when the Cleopatra began wildly rolling, and became uncontrollable. The Olga sent out a rescue boat with...
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- london
- thames
- river
- oblelisk
W. S. Gilbert
1836 - W.S.GILBERT - 1911 PLAYWRIGHT & POET. HIS FOE WAS FOLLY & HIS WEAPON WIT. TRAGEDY COMEDY
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Cleopatra's Needle on Victoria Embankment pt. 3
The obelisk remained in Alexandria until 1877 when Sir William James Erasmus Wilson, a distinguished anatomist and dermatologist, sponsored its transportation to London from Alexandria at a...
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- london
- thames
- river
- oblelisk
Shrapnel scars on the sphynx
Cleopatra's Needle is flanked by two faux- Egyptian sphinxes, designed by the English architect George John Vulliamy. The sphinxes are cast in bronze and bear hieroglyphic inscriptions that...
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- london
- thames
- river
- oblelisk
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Bathhouse Row
The health benefits of "taking the baths" were a primary reason for baseball coming to Hot Springs. The players tended to drink heavily, and believed the hot bath regimen could "boil out"...
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Frankie Shinn's poem
This strange poem by 10 year old Frankie Shinn sits on the floor of the Air Street cut through behind The Quadrant pub. 'Mrs Longton Howarth told us to make a New Year's Resolution I...
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Wonderful Days At Purdue
IN MEMORY OF OUR WONDERFUL DAYS AT PURDUE CLASS OF 1925 APRIL 26, 1975 Submitted by: Melissa McCurley