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Edison House

NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE GLENMONT HOME OF THOMAS ALVA EDISON FROM 1886 TO HIS DEATH ON OCTOBER 18, 1931. HERE THREE CHILDREN WERE BORN TO HIM AND HIS WIFE, MINA. THE LIBRARY OVER THE ENTRANCEWAY WAS...

NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE GLENMONT HOME OF THOMAS ALVA EDISON FROM 1886 TO HIS DEATH ON OCTOBER 18, 1931. HERE THREE CHILDREN WERE BORN TO HIM AND HIS WIFE, MINA. THE LIBRARY OVER THE ENTRANCEWAY...

    FDR Memorial Block

    IN SEPTEMBER 1941 PRESIDENT FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT CALLED HIS FRIEND, SUPREME COURT JUSTICE FRANKFURTER, TO THE WHITE HOUSE AND ASKED THE JUSTICE TO REMEMBER THE WISH HE THEN EXPRESSED "IF ANY...

    IN SEPTEMBER 1941 PRESIDENT FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT CALLED HIS FRIEND, SUPREME COURT JUSTICE FRANKFURTER, TO THE WHITE HOUSE AND ASKED THE JUSTICE TO REMEMBER THE WISH HE THEN EXPRESSED "IF ANY...

      Urban Trails of Keokuk

      • keokuk
      • iowa
      • walking trails

      Spring House

      The Chautauqua Spring House located in the hollow due west of here off of the Tree Top Trail, was constructed to shelter the clear spring that supplied drinking water to the Chautauqua Hotel and...

      The Chautauqua Spring House located in the hollow due west of here off of the Tree Top Trail, was constructed to shelter the clear spring that supplied drinking water to the Chautauqua Hotel and...

      • mississippi
      • park
      • crystal springs
      • copiah county

      Chautauqua Tabernacle

      The original amphitheater constructed of terraced ground and covered with sawdust sloping downward to the covered tabernacle was originally constructed in 1872 when the Brookhaven District of the...

      The original amphitheater constructed of terraced ground and covered with sawdust sloping downward to the covered tabernacle was originally constructed in 1872 when the Brookhaven District of the...

      • mississippi
      • park
      • crystal springs
      • copiah county

      Kansas City City Market

        Lieut-Gen. Sir Manley Power K.C.B.K.T.S

        Submitted by @slashdotat

        Submitted by @slashdotat

        • intrepid discharge
        • sincere was his zeal

        New Echota

        NEW ECHOTA Cherokee National Capital The sprawling town of New Town which had stood here since 1819 was designated the seat of government for the new Cherokee Nation in a legislative act of 1825...

        NEW ECHOTA Cherokee National Capital The sprawling town of New Town which had stood here since 1819 was designated the seat of government for the new Cherokee Nation in a legislative act of 1825...

          Lincoln Memorial Shrine

          Submitted by @jqmcd.

          Submitted by @jqmcd.

            Plaza Theatre

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            Submitted by @jqmcd.

              Triangle Park

              Submitted by @jqmcd.

              Submitted by @jqmcd.

                Redlands Liberty Pole

                THE REDLANDS LIBERTY POLE IN 1895 THE JUNIOR ORDER OF AMERICAN MECHANICS ERECTED THE FIRST REDLANDS "LIBERTY POLE" A TERM DERIVED FROM THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MADE FROM A CENTURY OLD, DOUGLAS FIR,...

                THE REDLANDS LIBERTY POLE IN 1895 THE JUNIOR ORDER OF AMERICAN MECHANICS ERECTED THE FIRST REDLANDS "LIBERTY POLE" A TERM DERIVED FROM THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MADE FROM A CENTURY OLD, DOUGLAS...

                  Larkin Locke House

                  LARKIN LOCKE HOUSE FIRST CONSTABLE OF PLEASANTON THIS HOUSE IS ONE OF PLEASANTON'S EARLIEST EXAMPLES OF CRAFTSMAN STYLE ARCHITECTURE. BUILT 1911

                  LARKIN LOCKE HOUSE FIRST CONSTABLE OF PLEASANTON THIS HOUSE IS ONE OF PLEASANTON'S EARLIEST EXAMPLES OF CRAFTSMAN STYLE ARCHITECTURE. BUILT 1911

                    Denise Renee Lemos Memorial Garden

                    Denise Renee Lemos Memorial Garden April 7, 1961 August 11, 2019

                    Denise Renee Lemos Memorial Garden April 7, 1961 August 11, 2019

                      Bryant Park Place - The Engineer's Club

                      Bryant Park Place A COOPERATIVE CORPORATIONORIGINALLY KNOWN AS "THE ENGINEERS CLUB" IN 1903, ANDREW CARNEGIE PRESENTED THE PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS OF ENGINEERS WITH A DONATION TO FUND THE...

                      Bryant Park Place A COOPERATIVE CORPORATIONORIGINALLY KNOWN AS "THE ENGINEERS CLUB" IN 1903, ANDREW CARNEGIE PRESENTED THE PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS OF ENGINEERS WITH A DONATION TO FUND THE...

                      • new york
                      • manhattan
                      • midtown
                      • bryant park
                      • engineering
                      • 1903
                      • 1907

                      Coffee Siding

                      Note that the marker appears to have been sponsored by descendants of the rancher, Charles Franklin Coffee, who built the railroad siding commemorated here. As usual when you start looking for...

                      Note that the marker appears to have been sponsored by descendants of the rancher, Charles Franklin Coffee, who built the railroad siding commemorated here. As usual when you start looking for...

                      • nebraska
                      • sioux county
                      • ranching
                      • railroads
                      • great plains

                      The Cheyenne Outbreak

                      The Cheyenne Outbreak   On September 9, 1878, after a year of suffering on an Oklahoma reservation, some 300 Northern Cheyenne Indians began a trek back to their homeland. Dull Knife’s bank of 149...

                      The Cheyenne Outbreak   On September 9, 1878, after a year of suffering on an Oklahoma reservation, some 300 Northern Cheyenne Indians began a trek back to their homeland. Dull Knife’s bank of 149...

                      • indian wars
                      • nebraska
                      • fort robinson
                      • cheyenne

                      Ralph Carr Memorial Highway

                      Location on U.S. 285 at Kenosha Pass. More on Governor Ralph L. Carr here. Plaque text: In Commemoration of Ralph L. Carr Governor of Colorado (1939-1943) Following the Japanese attack on Pearl...

                      Location on U.S. 285 at Kenosha Pass. More on Governor Ralph L. Carr here. Plaque text: In Commemoration of Ralph L. Carr Governor of Colorado (1939-1943) Following the Japanese attack on Pearl...

                      • colorado
                      • world war ii
                      • japanese americans
                      • executive order 9066
                      • internment
                      • ralph carr

                      Here Stood the Mission Hospice

                      "Here stood the Mission Hospice built around 1800 by the Spanish Padres on El Camino Real to break the journey from Santa Clara and serve the Indians of Mission Dolores." California Historical...

                      "Here stood the Mission Hospice built around 1800 by the Spanish Padres on El Camino Real to break the journey from Santa Clara and serve the Indians of Mission Dolores." California...

                      • california missions
                      • mission dolores
                      • ohlone people

                      Legend of the Turnips