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This stone plaque is also on the Barður Snæfellsás statue in Arnarstapi, Iceland. It reads: Barður Snæfellsás Erected in memory of our brother, Trausti Jónsson, born March (?) 13 1909, D December...

Memorial to Trausti Jónssonar

This stone plaque is also on the Barður Snæfellsás statue in Arnarstapi, Iceland. It reads: Barður Snæfellsás Erected in memory of our brother, Trausti Jónsson, born March (?) 13 1909, D December 16, 1928 and our parents Guðrun Sigtryggsdóttir, born (?) 1878 and died February 18, 1841 and Jón Sigurðsson, born August 17, 1876, died May 25, 1956 Haraldur Jónsson and siblings rock (?)

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Dartmovth Hall

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First Presbyterian Church -- NYC

LANDMARKS OF NEW YORK FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH THE CITY'S EARLIEST PRESBYTERIAN CONGREGATION ORGANIZED IN 1716, BUILT THIS CHURCH IN 1845 FROM PLANS BY JOSEPH C. WELLS AFTER WORSHIPING FOR...

LANDMARKS OF NEW YORK FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH THE CITY'S EARLIEST PRESBYTERIAN CONGREGATION ORGANIZED IN 1716, BUILT THIS CHURCH IN 1845 FROM PLANS BY JOSEPH C. WELLS AFTER WORSHIPING ...

St. Mark's Church Corner Stone

Manhattan Island Native American Settlements in 1600

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[Location approximate]

BASIC: The First User-Friendly Computer Programming Language

Photo Credit: Geoff Hansen of the Valley NewsMore details here.

Photo Credit: Geoff Hansen of the Valley NewsMore details here.

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1964

Dawn Redwood Tree

Originally Shaped Like Kentucky

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Submitted by @fulmerford

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Anatomy-Zoology Building

Anatomy/Zoology #ReadThePlaque https://t.co/wMb5UO9hgH TweetSubmitted by @PraliteMonks

Anatomy/Zoology #ReadThePlaque https://t.co/wMb5UO9hgH TweetSubmitted by @PraliteMonks

Agricultural Hall

Fun plaques in the Shepardson building https://t.co/7g4WXZ5N2T TweetSubmitted by @PraliteMonks

Fun plaques in the Shepardson building https://t.co/7g4WXZ5N2T TweetSubmitted by @PraliteMonks

Johnson Hall

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Bonus: Johnson Hall #ReadThePlaque https://t.co/Wbefl1Ykdp TweetSubmitted by @PraliteMonks

Aileen Rockwell Hall

Rockwell Hall #ReadThePlaque https://t.co/Xji62Sl6Pc TweetSubmitted by @PraliteMonks

Rockwell Hall #ReadThePlaque https://t.co/Xji62Sl6Pc TweetSubmitted by @PraliteMonks

Forestry Building

Forestry building #ReadThePlaque https://t.co/SwzKi44b2D TweetSubmitted by @PraliteMonks

Forestry building #ReadThePlaque https://t.co/SwzKi44b2D TweetSubmitted by @PraliteMonks

Clark Building

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Clark building #ReadThePlaque https://t.co/UCo5mrkbjD TweetSubmitted by @PraliteMonks

FWA

Not sure why this is in Wager but #ReadThePlaque https://t.co/jQlxQwKUqT TweetSubmitted by @PraliteMonks

Not sure why this is in Wager but #ReadThePlaque https://t.co/jQlxQwKUqT TweetSubmitted by @PraliteMonks

The Lindsay Nature Garden

Hallett Park