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A Seat in the Bush

This plaque has been placed on the back of a park bench, on a walking track just outside Halls Gap.  You can only get to it by walking there! Plaque reads: Grampians Walking Tracks Support Group...

This plaque has been placed on the back of a park bench, on a walking track just outside Halls Gap.  You can only get to it by walking there! Plaque reads: Grampians Walking Tracks Support...

  • grampians
  • victoria
  • australia
  • halls gap

Grampians Grave Marker

This grave and the plaque are behind the Halls Gap Caravan Park.  It is the only grave in the area and although old, is maintained by locals. The Plaque reads: A short life.... The Folkes family...

This grave and the plaque are behind the Halls Gap Caravan Park.  It is the only grave in the area and although old, is maintained by locals. The Plaque reads: A short life.... The Folkes...

  • grampians
  • victoria
  • australia
  • halls gap

Veteran's Memorial Building

    Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim

    KAHAL KADOSH BETH ELOHIM (HOLY CONGREGATION HOUSE OF GOD)FOUNDED 1750 THE CRADLE OF REFORM JUDAISM IN THE UNITED STATES, 1824  JEWS WHO SETTLED IN CHARLESTON AS EARLY AS 1695 WORSHIPED INFORMALLY...

    KAHAL KADOSH BETH ELOHIM (HOLY CONGREGATION HOUSE OF GOD)FOUNDED 1750 THE CRADLE OF REFORM JUDAISM IN THE UNITED STATES, 1824  JEWS WHO SETTLED IN CHARLESTON AS EARLY AS 1695 WORSHIPED INFORMALLY...

    • jews
    • synagogue
    • tabernacle
    • charleston
    • south carolina
    • george washington
    • reform judaism
    • 1695

    Burial Site

    Burial Site In 1813 A number of soldiers were buried near here who died of wounds and disease suffered during General Hampton's campaign Chateaugay Historical Society                Submitted by...

    Burial Site In 1813 A number of soldiers were buried near here who died of wounds and disease suffered during General Hampton's campaign Chateaugay Historical Society                Submitted by Alan Reno

    • reno
    • war of 1812
    • war graves
    • upstate new york
    • new york
    • chateaugay

    In Memory of the Garrison Defending Fort Sumter During the Bombardment

    Submitted by Colin Bunnell.

    Submitted by Colin Bunnell.

    • civil war
    • sumter
    • 1861
    • anderson
    • artillery
    • 1932

    Huckleberry Rock Lookout

    • huckleberry rock
    • muskoka
    • muskoka lakes

    Laguna Hills Fire Station

    • laguna hills
    • fire station

    The Lettunich Building, Watsonville

    The Lettunich Building Corner of Main and East Beach Streets Once hailed as the most elegant hotel south of San Francisco, the Mansion House in Watsonville, built in 1871, was considered past its...

    The Lettunich Building Corner of Main and East Beach Streets Once hailed as the most elegant hotel south of San Francisco, the Mansion House in Watsonville, built in 1871, was considered past its...

    • watsonville
    • california
    • 1871
    • lettunich

    Helen Lewis

    ULSTER HISTORY CIRCLE HELEN LEWIS 1916-2009  Dancer, Choreographer, Writer Holocaust Survivor who found peace and a home in Belfast taught dance here  Submitted by @robbeorn

    ULSTER HISTORY CIRCLE HELEN LEWIS 1916-2009  Dancer, Choreographer, Writer Holocaust Survivor who found peace and a home in Belfast taught dance here  Submitted by @robbeorn

    • belfast
    • ulster
    • ireland
    • holocaust
    • wwii

    Jefferson Davis Highway

    Jefferson Davis Highway Tennessee Honoring Those who served in the War between the States 1861-1865 Erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy November 1963 "Lord God of Hosts Be With Us...

    Jefferson Davis Highway Tennessee Honoring Those who served in the War between the States 1861-1865 Erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy November 1963 "Lord God of Hosts Be With Us...

    • shelby county
    • tennessee

    St. Agnes Academy

    Founded January 10, 1851, St. Agnes Academy was sponsored by the Dominican Sisters from Kentucky. The school continued to operate during the Civil War and some nuns were pressed into service as...

    Founded January 10, 1851, St. Agnes Academy was sponsored by the Dominican Sisters from Kentucky. The school continued to operate during the Civil War and some nuns were pressed into service...

    • shelby county
    • tennessee

    Second Presbyterian Church

    This church was founded on Dec. 28, 1844, on Front St. near Gayoso. It has since become the parent of ten daughter churches. It erected its first owned building in 1849 at Main and Beale. During...

    This church was founded on Dec. 28, 1844, on Front St. near Gayoso. It has since become the parent of ten daughter churches. It erected its first owned building in 1849 at Main and Beale. During...

    • shelby county
    • tennessee

    Archbishop James P. Lyke 1939 - 92

    Born on February 18 in Chicago, Illinois, Father James P. Lyke, OFM, Ph.D. was the first African-American Catholic priest to serve in Tennessee. Two years after his June 24, 1966 ordination, he...

    Born on February 18 in Chicago, Illinois, Father James P. Lyke, OFM, Ph.D. was the first African- American Catholic priest to serve in Tennessee. Two years after his June 24, 1966 ordination,...

    • shelby county
    • tennessee

    Forrest's Artillery Positions

    August 21, 1864 In this locality, the highest in Memphis, a section (2 guns) of Forrest's artillery was emplaced under Lt. Sale, supporting his raid on Memphis. Fire was directed against Federals...

    August 21, 1864 In this locality, the highest in Memphis, a section (2 guns) of Forrest's artillery was emplaced under Lt. Sale, supporting his raid on Memphis. Fire was directed against Federals...

    • shelby county
    • tennessee

    Calvary Cemetery

    Consecrated in 1867 to serve the booming populations of the Catholic Irish, Germans and Italians, Calvary became the second Catholic Cemetery in Shelby County. Msgr. Martin Riordan, V.G., of St....

    Consecrated in 1867 to serve the booming populations of the Catholic Irish, Germans and Italians, Calvary became the second Catholic Cemetery in Shelby County. Msgr. Martin Riordan, V.G., of St....

    • shelby county
    • tennessee

    Chucalissa Indian Town

    The site of an ancient ceremonial center which flourished from 1000-1600 A.D. It may have been one of the towns visited by DeSoto when he first saw the Mississippi River in 1541. It was part of a...

    The site of an ancient ceremonial center which flourished from 1000-1600 A.D. It may have been one of the towns visited by DeSoto when he first saw the Mississippi River in 1541. It was part of a...

    • shelby county
    • tennessee

    Blue Star Memorial Highway

    A tribute to the Armed Forces that have defended the United States of America Sponsored by The Garden Club of Rosemark in cooperation with The Tennessee Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc. and The...

    A tribute to the Armed Forces that have defended the United States of America Sponsored by The Garden Club of Rosemark in cooperation with The Tennessee Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc. and...

    • shelby county
    • tennessee

    Greek Influence

    The architects of the 1929 National Bank of Commerce wanted to convey the strength of the bank by basing their design on ancient Greek temples. It's built according to the �Golden Section� rule,...

    The architects of the 1929 National Bank of Commerce wanted to convey the strength of the bank by basing their design on ancient Greek temples. It's built according to the �Golden Section�...

    • shelby county
    • tennessee

    Chickasaw Trail

    The main trail of the Chickasaws from their towns in Pontotoc, Miss., here reached the Bayou Gayoso after following roughly the line of Highway 78, Lamar Boulevard, and Marshall Street. Submitted...

    The main trail of the Chickasaws from their towns in Pontotoc, Miss., here reached the Bayou Gayoso after following roughly the line of Highway 78, Lamar Boulevard, and Marshall Street....

    • shelby county
    • tennessee