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Kennerettes Civic and Social Club, Inc.

Organized in 1957 as the YWCA Kennerettes by a group of young ladies and women from the Kenner / Metairie area. The organization promotes spiritual, educational, recreational, and...

  • louisiana
  • kenner
  • jefferson parish

Member of the General Council of the First International LOPATIN GERMAN ALEXANDROVICH

Here was born LOPATIN GERMAN ALEXANDROVICH 1845-1918 Member of the General Council of the First International, the first translator into Russian of the fundamental work of K. Marx (Capital).

  • nizhny novgorod

Kenner Community Band

Kenner Community Band was organized in 1944 by Henry "Teddy" Stewart and Rodney Jones. Band was under the direction of Maestro Wilson. In 1960, renowned drummer and singer Joseph...

  • louisiana
  • kenner
  • music

Lehi Public Safety Officers Memorial

Lehi Public Safety Officers MemorialFor of those to whom much is given, much is required. When at some future date the high court of history sits in judgement on each of us - recording whether in...

  • utah
  • memorial

Swans Club, Inc.

Organized in October of 1952 by a group of educators who worked at Washington Elementary School. The mission of the organization is to provide humanitarian services to enhance community life. The...

  • louisiana
  • kenner
  • education
  • jefferson parish

RESTON - A "NEW TOWN"

T 58RESTONA "NEW TOWN"In 1961, Robert E. Smith Jr. began developing6,750 acres of Sunset Hills Farm as a communityopen to all races, ages, and incomes. Workingwith Simon, the architectural firm of...

  • reston virgi...

The W.A. "Bay" Evans Home

Architect Blum E. Hester, who designed the Creighton Theatre, drew the plans for this house in 1933. Built for William Arthur "Bay" Evans (1900-1954) and his wife Garnet, the residence features...

  • texas
  • historic landmark
  • architecture
  • conroe

Dr. O. R. Nevitt Memorial Swimming Pool

    Vasily Vasilyevich ROSANOV, Russian philosopher

    Here Vasily Vasilyevich ROSANOV, an outstanding Russian philosopher, writer and publicist, studied at the Nizhny Novgorod provincial men's gymnasium from 1872 to 1878.

    • nizhny novgorod
    • minin university

    In Salute to the Officers and Men, Living and Dead, of the U.S.S. "San Francisco"

    In salute to the officers and men, living and dead, of the U.S.S. "San Francisco"   A warship named for our city, which, though sorely wounded, emerged triumphantly from the Battle of Guadalcanal,...

      Surviving a Fierce Storm

        Working on the River

          Komlev Alexander Sadofievich

          Alexander Sadofievich Komlev studied at this school. Died while performing international duty in the Republic of Afghanistan on August 29, 1980. For courage and courage he was posthumously awarded...

          • bor

          Every Shovel Tells a Story

            Louisiana Frog Company

            Louis Baer, an immigrant from France, was joined at this site in 1933, by the Babineaux brothers, Lionel, Desire, and Pete, to form the Louisiana Frog Company acclaimed "The Largest Shippers...

            • louisiana
            • commerce
            • rayne
            • frogs