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Denver International Airport

    In Memory of Soldiers and Sailors in the War With Spain

    IN MEMORY OF SOLDIERS AND SAILORS IN THE WAR WITH SPAIN SHELL, FROM BATTLESHIP MAINE DESTROYED IN HAVANA HARBOR FEB. 15 1898, WAS PRESENTED BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TO CAMP SAMUEL M. PORTER NO. 45,...

    IN MEMORY OF SOLDIERS AND SAILORS IN THE WAR WITH SPAIN SHELL, FROM BATTLESHIP MAINE DESTROYED IN HAVANA HARBOR FEB. 15 1898, WAS PRESENTED BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TO CAMP SAMUEL M. PORTER NO....

      Niagara Falls State Park

      • 1885

      You Are in a Watershed

        Sheldon House

          Rancho San Antonio

          After contemplating a pair of Spanish land grant boundary markers erected in 1937 on the border of El Cerrito and Albany — here's one from a previous Read the Plaque post — I wondered if you'd...

          After contemplating a pair of Spanish land grant boundary markers erected in 1937 on the border of El Cerrito and Albany — here's one from a previous Read the Plaque post — I wondered if you'd...

          • san leandro
          • rancho san antonio
          • east bay
          • land grants

          Northern Boundary of Rancho San Antonio

          There's an earlier Read the Plaque entry that shows the reverse side of this marker, on San Pablo Avenue, right in front of the Wells Fargo Bank branch next to El Cerrito Plaza. To be honest, I...

          There's an earlier Read the Plaque entry that shows the reverse side of this marker, on San Pablo Avenue, right in front of the Wells Fargo Bank branch next to El Cerrito Plaza. To be honest, I...

          • east bay
          • albany
          • berkeley
          • oakland
          • california
          • land grants
          • rancho san antonio

          DePaul Academy

          This is a plaque commemorating DePaul Academy, an all-boys high school that ran from 1898 until 1968 on the site of what's now Byrne Hall at DePaul University. The academy was a feeder school for...

          This is a plaque commemorating DePaul Academy, an all-boys high school that ran from 1898 until 1968 on the site of what's now Byrne Hall at DePaul University. The academy was a feeder school...

          • catholic
          • catholic history
          • chicago
          • depaul university
          • vincentians

          Father Thomas Munster

          A plaque accompanying a statue of Thomas Munster, a Vincentian priest.Transcription: Father Thomas Munster, 1922-2007, Vincentian PriestBorn, Raised and Lived in SheffieldA Founder and Past...

          A plaque accompanying a statue of Thomas Munster, a Vincentian priest.Transcription: Father Thomas Munster, 1922-2007, Vincentian PriestBorn, Raised and Lived in SheffieldA Founder and Past...

          • catholic
          • catholic history
          • chicago
          • depaul university
          • vincentians

          Father Peter John de Smet

          This is within the Jesuit residence at the Cataldo Mission in Idaho!Transcription:Father Peter John De Smet, "Apostle to the Indians"Around 1821, Father Peter John de Smet left his homeland of...

          This is within the Jesuit residence at the Cataldo Mission in Idaho!Transcription:Father Peter John De Smet, "Apostle to the Indians"Around 1821, Father Peter John de Smet left his homeland...

          • spokane
          • idaho
          • coeur d'alene
          • cataldo
          • catholics
          • jesuit
          • westward expansion
          • missionary

          The Breakup Site

          The Breakup Site Sacramento & Ward St. On this spot, April 7, 2009, Jerome Tyson broke the heart of Natalie Little. They were on a date; Jerome was quiet all evening. When asked by Natalie If...

          The Breakup Site Sacramento & Ward St. On this spot, April 7, 2009, Jerome Tyson broke the heart of Natalie Little. They were on a date; Jerome was quiet all evening. When asked by Natalie...

            Berkeley Copywriters Guild

            Berkeley Copywriters Guild 1250 Addison St. On this spot, birthed in 1962, lays lain. layed lies the location original whereabouts around here of the Berkeley Copywriter's Guild. A place where...

            Berkeley Copywriters Guild 1250 Addison St. On this spot, birthed in 1962, lays lain. layed lies the location original whereabouts around here of the Berkeley Copywriter's Guild. A place...

              Environmental Design by Joe W. Overstreet

                Jamestown Oak

                  Bruce King

                    Jamestown Architectural Heritage - Beaux Arts

                      Icaria-Speranza Utopian Colony

                      • icarian

                      Union Station Timeline

                        Lake View House

                          The Ranch House