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Floyd Springs

Submitted by Alan Crocker via https://www.instagra m.com/p/gF9FXySjfm/

• georgia
• civil war
• 1864

Station Street Municipal Parking Lot

  Submitted by ‏@jqmcd

• virginia
• herndon
• parking
• municipal

Site of Pump House

Berkeley History Site of pump House Peet Brothers / Colgate Palmolive  In the early 20th century, a thriving manufacturing district grew up in southwest Berkeley. This is the site of a former salt...

• berkeley
• california
• colgate
• peet
• pump

General Cleburne's Proposal to Arm Slaves

General Cleburne's Proposal to Arm Slaves Here on January 2, 1864, Confederate Gen. Patrick Cleburne proposed arming slaves in exchange for their freedom to alleviate a desperate manpower...

• georgia
• cleburne
• slaves
• civil war

Grace Bagnato

Grace Bagnato 1891 - 1950 The Canada of today has been created by thousands of immigrants from every corner of the world. Some of these became leaders in their communities and co-creators of...

• toronto
• bagnato
• ontario
• ward

Middle Fork of the Vermilion River

Middle Fork of the Vermilion River Has been established as a state protected river by Illinois statute P.A. 84-1257 And designated as a state- administered component of the National Wild...

• river
• illinois

Van Benthuysen-Elms Mansion

  Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

• lousiana
• new orleans
• yankee
• germany
• q'master
• adolf karl g...
• u-boat

Dainty, A Schnitzelburg Street Game

DAINTY A SCHNITZELBURG STREET GAME Introduced to Louisville in 1800 by German immigrants, Dainty is played with a 5" stick, and a 3' stick. The 5" stick is place on the ground, hit wit...

• kentucky
• dainty
• schnitzelburg
• louisville

Forest Lawn Cemetery

  Forest Lawn Cemetery was part of a parcel owned by Samuel Dexter, who came to Michigan in 1824 from New York State.  He purchased 926 acres of land that was incorporated as the village...

Tourist Buses Crash Memorial, Salar de Uyuni

EN MEMORIA De las victimas del tragico accidente que sego la vida de trece personas. Este monumento se erigio para suplicar por la paz eterna de estas almas, y como silenciosos ruego por la...

• bolivia
• tourist
• buses
• salt flats

Chakra Yantra

Jantar Mantar observatory in Jaipur. Submitted by @Petramatic

• india
• jaipur
• observatory

Blue Star Memorial Highway

BLUE STARMEMORIAL HIGHWAY A tribute to the Armed Forces that have defended the United States of America SPONSORED BY Garden Clubs of Golden Foothills District IN COOPERATION...

• california
• blue star
• garden clubs

Chinese Railroad Workers

ABOUT 1000 FEET FROM THIS LOCATION IS THE TRACK OF THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD. IN 1865 THOUSANDS OF CHINESE IN KWANTUNG PROVENCE CHINA WERE RECRUITED TO WORK ON THIS GREAT CONNECTION...

• california
• railroad
• china
• china
• placer county

Berkeley Garbage Wars

In 1908, residents of West Berkeley took up arms to stop garbage wagons from dumping trash in their backyards. After a showdown, Berkeley relented, and the neighborhood of Ocean View seceded...

• berkeley
• albany
• garbage
• activism
• environment
• california
• bay area

Sillamäe Remediation

On the plaque: Sillamäe Jäätmehoidla Saneerimine 1999-2008 (in Estonian) English translation: Sillamäe Waste Containment Remediation 1999-2008. The area around the plaque was a tailings pond from...

• sillamäe
• waste area
• estonia

Le 6 JUIN 1944

Submitted by @robertdall .

• wwiii
• normandy

Which Introduced Pizza to the West Coast in 1935

  This is the site of Lupo'sRestaurant which introduced Pizza to the West cost in 1935. The original brick oven, fired by oak-wood, is still in use here at Tommaso's. Submitted by @scatebase.

• pizza
• san francisco
• oak-wood
• california
• bay area

Downtown Oberlin Historic District

[Location approximate] Submitted by @DIYgirl.

• ohio
• oberlin
• downtown

Frances Albrier

• berkeley
• california
• bay area
• civil rights

Moland House

• revolutionary war
• washington
• moland
• cavalry
• pulaski
• pennsylvania