Officer Jane Warner Plaza
Shortly after the intersection of Castro and Market was converted into a plaza, it was named in honor of our local beat cop. It was the first time I’d ever been to a dedication for someone I...
- castro
- castro district
- police
- police officer
- san francisco
Doc Holiday Died Here
732 Grand Ave., Glenwood Springs, CO Now the site of a mountaineering store
- western doc ...
De Anza
+37° 47′ 14.21″, -122° 28′ 13.57″ Mountain Lake Park (last natural lake in San Francisco)Juan Bautista De Anza, Spanish Explorer, Camped at this site March 27, 1776
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- 1776
- 1957
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José Sarria
Located at 1 Sarria Court in San Francisco’s Castro District sits a plaque honoring a gay rights pioneer. The plague reads:José Sarria Court honors the humor, political savvy, and talent of...
- castro
- castro district
- civil rights
- gay
- gay rights
- san francisco
Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day Founded by Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia. First officially observed in 1908, it honored motherhood and family life at a time of rising feminist activism. An early supporter was John...
- mothers
- pennsylvania
- philadelphia
- wanamaker
CIC 325 Harvard Street
One Sunday morning my family and I were outside Zaftig’s Delicatessen in Brookline, MA waiting for a table to open up inside. Next door is a playground, and in the grass just off the sidewalk we...
- 325 harvard street
- brookline
- massachusetts
La Reunion Cemetery
This is at Fishtrap Cemetery, 3469 Fish Trap Road, Dallas.It reads, in oddly telegraphic style:Burial Place of French, Belgian, and Swiss settlers brought here 1855-58 by Company for...
- dallas socia...
The McFall Oak
This tree, now known as the McFall Oak, is an oak tree in Glendale, California that is well over 150 years old. Local legend has it that it was used as a meeting place for Tiburcio Vásquez and...
- angeles forest
- fire
- oak tree
- tree
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Historical Society of Pennsylvania Among the oldest of its kind in the nation, the special collections library holds many of the nations important founding documents. Founded by...
- street plaque
New Century Guild
New Century Guild Founded 1882 by Eliza S. Turner. One of the oldest and largest organizations created to advance the interests of women in the labor force. Originally located on Girard St., the...
- pennsylvania...
The King of Organs
The King of Organs This plaque commemorates the 100th Anniversary of the Wanamaker, the world’s largest pipe organ. The Wanamaker Organ first echoed in this soaring atrium on June 22, 1911...
- department store
- macys
- pipe organ
- wanamaker
WDIA The Goodwill Station
111 Union Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee
- memphis blues radio
First Public Curb Ramp
In commemorationof the first public curb rampandin recognitionof those who have fought forequal access in every community 25 Years of Working Together1972-1997City of BerkeleyandCenter...
- berkeley
- curb ramp
- ramp
Memorial Stone for Mrs Bond, Brighton
This Memorial stone can be found in the toilets of the Emporium Theatre and Cafe on London Road, Brighton. The building was originally a Methodist Church and the plaque commemorates the work of...
- brighton
- church
- memorial
- methodist
- uk
Harris Whittemore appreciation
This plaque is attached to a rock next to a now quite large tree in a triangle of grass in an intersection off the main drag of downtown Naugatuck, CT. At the intersection, Rockwell Ave. meets...
- intersection
- naugatuck
- rockwell
- salem
- tree
Antelope, OR
At the base of a flagpole in front of the tiny Post Office in Antelope, Oregon, 97001. This small, nearly non-existent town has apparently had some interesting recent history. The plaque reads as...
- antelope
- cult
- invasion
- oregon
- rajneesh
- rajneeshpuram
- the 80s
- 99pi
Mob Trial And Execution (Chana, IL)
On a recent bicycle ride in the Illinois countryside, we came upon this plaque on the side of a country road. We were in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by trees, corn fields, and farms. For us,...
- 1841
- driscoll
- illinois
Everett G. DuPen Bronze Relief Sculptures
Accompanies a series of small bronze sculptures affixed to the walls of a building in Seattle. Location: 47.606358351447, -122.33657240868Transcription: EVERETT G. DUPEN BRONZE RELIEF SCULPTURES...
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Town of Searsville
Town of Searsville Here stood the lumberman’s village of Searsville whose first settler, John Sears, came in 1854. Across the road westerly from this monument stood a hotel, the school,...
- john sears
- searsville
- state regist...
28th Division Shrine
Dedicated to the heroic dead of Pennsylvania’s famed 28th in two world wars. The Division was created Sept., 1917. The Shrine was founded by Col. Theodore Boal and made a State memorial in 1932.
- memorial
- military
- pa
- pennsylvania
- shrine
- state college
- wwi
- wwii