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IN MEMORY OF F.T.C. CAPLE

IN MEMORY OF F.T.C. CAPLE SECRETARY OF MONKEY TOWN REGATTA (BAYARDS COVE) AND AMY LOUISE HIS WIFE This plaque is originally from OpenBenches and is imported with their permission The image and...

IN MEMORY OF F.T.C. CAPLE SECRETARY OF MONKEY TOWN REGATTA (BAYARDS COVE) AND AMY LOUISE HIS WIFE This plaque is originally from OpenBenches and is imported with their permission The image and...

  • openbenches.org

1996

1996 IN MEMORY OF NORMAN BRUNT FROM NORTHWICH CHESHIRE WHO LOVED THIS PLACE This plaque is originally from OpenBenches and is imported with their permission The image and text is licensed CC BY-SA...

1996 IN MEMORY OF NORMAN BRUNT FROM NORTHWICH CHESHIRE WHO LOVED THIS PLACE This plaque is originally from OpenBenches and is imported with their permission The image and text is licensed CC BY-SA...

  • openbenches.org

IN MEMORY OF P.A. STANDING MSC MCSP DIPT

IN MEMORY OF P.A. STANDING MSC MCSP DIPT DIED 2-1-1993 AGED 42 LOVED AND REMEMBERED BY SO MANY This plaque is originally from OpenBenches and is imported with their permission The image and text...

IN MEMORY OF P.A. STANDING MSC MCSP DIPT DIED 2-1-1993 AGED 42 LOVED AND REMEMBERED BY SO MANY This plaque is originally from OpenBenches and is imported with their permission The image and...

  • openbenches.org

IN MEMORY OF FRAN & DAN

IN MEMORY OF FRAN & DAN WHO LOVED THIS PLACE This plaque is originally from OpenBenches and is imported with their permission The image and text is licensed CC BY-SA 4.0Uploaded by gasmanic

IN MEMORY OF FRAN & DAN WHO LOVED THIS PLACE This plaque is originally from OpenBenches and is imported with their permission The image and text is licensed CC BY-SA 4.0Uploaded by gasmanic

  • openbenches.org

IN MEMORY OF PAUL AND JAMES

IN MEMORY OF PAUL AND JAMES OF DOVERIDGE DERBYSHIRE BELOVED SONS OF MARION AND TREVOR ROE OF DARTMOUTH This plaque is originally from OpenBenches and is imported with their permission The image...

IN MEMORY OF PAUL AND JAMES OF DOVERIDGE DERBYSHIRE BELOVED SONS OF MARION AND TREVOR ROE OF DARTMOUTH This plaque is originally from OpenBenches and is imported with their permission The image...

  • openbenches.org

Tom Sweeney Legendary Doorman

Tom SweeneyLegendary Doorman- Over 30 years of magical momentsSir Francis Drake Submitted by @Ritterton.

Tom SweeneyLegendary Doorman- Over 30 years of magical momentsSir Francis Drake Submitted by @Ritterton.

  • hotel
  • san francisco
  • honor

Birthplace of Jackson State University

  Jackson State University was founded here in 1877 in the former U.S. Marine Hospital. Known as the Natchez Seminary, the school was founded by the American Baptist Home Mission Society and the...

  Jackson State University was founded here in 1877 in the former U.S. Marine Hospital. Known as the Natchez Seminary, the school was founded by the American Baptist Home Mission Society and...

  • mississippi
  • education
  • african-american

Van Dorn House

  Ca. 1830 Federal. Built by Peter A. Van Dorn, New Jersey native who purchased this land in 1826. In 1817 Van Dorn was first clerk of the State House of Representatives. Boyhood home of Van...

  Ca. 1830 Federal. Built by Peter A. Van Dorn, New Jersey native who purchased this land in 1826. In 1817 Van Dorn was first clerk of the State House of Representatives. Boyhood home of...

  • mississippi

Lil Green

  Lil Green was known as the Queen of the Blues in the early 1940s when her distinctive, seductive voice was highlighted on “Romance in the Dark,” “Why Don’t You Do Right?” and other blues and pop...

  Lil Green was known as the Queen of the Blues in the early 1940s when her distinctive, seductive voice was highlighted on “Romance in the Dark,” “Why Don’t You Do Right?” and other blues and...

  • mississippi
  • blues
  • african american
  • women

Woodville Blues

  Musicians from Woodville demonstrate the breadth of the blues’s influence on American music. Composer William Grant Still incorporated the blues into his “Afro-American Symphony,” while the...

  Musicians from Woodville demonstrate the breadth of the blues’s influence on American music. Composer William Grant Still incorporated the blues into his “Afro-American Symphony,” while...

  • mississippi
  • blues
  • music
  • african-american

Parade Ground (1)

LSU's ROTC cadets regularly held military parades on the Parade Ground, hence the name. Practice for close-order drill was held here daily, as were formal parades in full military uniform for...

LSU's ROTC cadets regularly held military parades on the Parade Ground, hence the name. Practice for close-order drill was held here daily, as were formal parades in full military uniform for...

  • louisiana
  • lsu
  • military

Parade Ground (2)

The LSU War Memorial. located at the flagpole, was dedicated in 1998 in memory of Tiger alumni who gave their lives in the defense of our country from World War II to the present.

The LSU War Memorial. located at the flagpole, was dedicated in 1998 in memory of Tiger alumni who gave their lives in the defense of our country from World War II to the present.

  • louisiana
  • lsu

March of Galvez

 Not far from here is the route taken from Manchac to Baton Rouge by the Spanish forces of Bernardo de Galvez in Sept. 1779 in their historic ouster of the British from this territory and the...

 Not far from here is the route taken from Manchac to Baton Rouge by the Spanish forces of Bernardo de Galvez in Sept. 1779 in their historic ouster of the British from this territory and...

  • louisiana
  • revolutionary war
  • cemetery

Highland Cemetery

 In use since 1815. Interred here, among others, are Armand Allard Duplantier, Sr. (1753-1827), French officer who served with Lafayette in the American Revolution; his wife, Constance Rochon...

 In use since 1815. Interred here, among others, are Armand Allard Duplantier, Sr. (1753-1827), French officer who served with Lafayette in the American Revolution; his wife, Constance...

  • louisiana
  • baton rouge
  • cemetery

In Memory of Peter Damian Fledderman

Live Oak EndowmentIn Memory ofPeter Damian Fledderman"Pete"1961-2008MS Nuclear Science  1985

Live Oak EndowmentIn Memory ofPeter Damian Fledderman"Pete"1961-2008MS Nuclear Science  1985

  • louisiana
  • lsu

Battle of Mansura/Bataille de Mansura

  English:Confederate forces under General Dick Taylor here formed battle line May 16, 1864, barring passage of General Banks' retreating Union Army. The Battle of Mansura ended in withdrawal of...

  English:Confederate forces under General Dick Taylor here formed battle line May 16, 1864, barring passage of General Banks' retreating Union Army. The Battle of Mansura ended in withdrawal...

  • louisiana
  • civil war
  • avoyelles parish

George the Duck

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    Prairie Overlook Plaque

    There is a mysterious something About the native grasses—A power, a spirit, A mystique—That both stirs the soul and quiets it Jim and Alice Wilson In memory of Timon Primm III 1914-1988 Member of...

    There is a mysterious something About the native grasses—A power, a spirit, A mystique—That both stirs the soul and quiets it Jim and Alice Wilson In memory of Timon Primm III 1914-1988 Member...

    • shaw nature reserve
    • prairies
    • overlook

    Julie Dewey

    In honor of Julie Dewey by James & Adele Crawford and Zydeco Barbara Anderson, George & Sally Krepš Mary E. MacDonald, Karen Marker Ross Jackson & Gary Barg 

    In honor of Julie Dewey by James & Adele Crawford and Zydeco Barbara Anderson, George & Sally Krepš Mary E. MacDonald, Karen Marker Ross Jackson & Gary Barg 

      First Soybeans Planted in Illinois, 1851

      FIRST SOYBEANS  PLANTED IN ILLINOIS, 1851  BITTEN BY GOLD RUSH FEVER IN 1849, DR. BENJAMIN F. EDWARDS,  BROTHER TO FORMER ILLINOIS GOVERNOR NINIAN EDWARDS AND THE  HONORABLE CYRUS EDWARDS, LEFT...

      FIRST SOYBEANS  PLANTED IN ILLINOIS, 1851  BITTEN BY GOLD RUSH FEVER IN 1849, DR. BENJAMIN F. EDWARDS,  BROTHER TO FORMER ILLINOIS GOVERNOR NINIAN EDWARDS AND THE  HONORABLE CYRUS EDWARDS, LEFT...