Plymouth Church - Underground Railroad Heritage Trail
The congregation of Plymouth Church hired Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) as their first minister, approving of his abolitionist sentiments. Beecher protested the Fugitive Slave Law of...
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- plymouth church
- henry ward beecher
- 1850
- 1856
- underground railroad
- slavery
Henry Miller
1891-1980 Raised in Brooklyn, the best-selling author is noted for his imaginative, controversial novels Tropic of Cancer (1934), which chronicles his colorful life as an expatriate in Paris,...
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Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims - Landmarks of New York
LANDMARKS OF NEW YORK PLYMOUTH CHURCH OF THE PILGRIMS FOUNDED IN 1847 AS PLYMOUTH CHURCH AND BUILT IN 1849 FROM DESIGNS BY J.C. WELLS, THIS CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH BECAME A CENTER OF ANTI- SLAVERY...
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- plymouth church
- henry ward beecher
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Eben Knowlton House
1889 EBEN KNOWLTON HOUSE 1938 HANS ISBRANDTSEN HOUSE ARCHITECT WILLIAM H BEERSSubmitted by @lampbane
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- brooklyn heights
- 1889
- 1938
- william h. beers
Gary Michael Cutick
A true Brooklyn boy who kept family & friends embraced & laughing. In our hearts forever. Submitted by @lampbane
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- gary michael cutick
David Zurak
1970-2017 Inspirational Master Alchemist Believed the incredible - Achieved the improbable Submitted by @lampbane
- david zurak
- 2017
- alchemist
- bench
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Mauro M. Bacolo
In memory of MAURO M. BACOLO You don't have to be a physicist to know what matters Submitted by @lampbane
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Roza & Moses Lapidus
IN LOVING MEMORY ROZA & MOSES LAPIDUS ASYA & JOHN Submitted by @lampbane
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- moses lapidus
Sonia and David Schuman
IN LOVING MEMORY OF SONIA AND DAVID SCHUMAN, GENEROUS WITH LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP. WE REMEMBER THEM Submitted by @lampbane
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- brooklyn heights
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- promenade
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- sonia schuman
- david schuman
Fernando Berrocal
FERNANDO BERROCAL 1975-2007 EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE GONE YOUR LOVING MEMORY WILL LIVE ON. YOUR LOVING WIFE, FAMILY AND FRIENDS. Submitted by @lampbane
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- fernando berrocal
- 1975
- 2007
Ida B. Wells
July 16, 1862- March 25, 1931 Born into slavery in Holly Springs, Mississippi in 1862, Ida B. Wells was an investigative journalist, newspaper co- owner and suffragist who launched the...
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- journalist
- black history
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- myrtle avenue
- 4 metrotech
- gold street
- brooklyn
- downtown brooklyn
Edith Bolling Wilson
EDITH BOLLING WILSON Edith Bolling Wilson was born here on 15 Oct. 1872, where she lived with her parents Judge William H. and Sallie White Bolling and ten siblings. Edith Bolling married...
St. James Baptist Church
ST. JAMES BAPTIST CHURCH This church, founded in 1886 by former members of First African Baptist Church, is one of the oldest surviving institutions remaining from the town of Mitchelville, a...
Cherry Hill School
CHERRY HILL SCHOOL This one-room frame school, built ca. 1937, was the first separate school building constructed for African-American students on Hilton Head Island. It replaced an...
Mitchelville Site
MITCHELVILLE SITE In 1862, after Hilton Head’s fall to Union forces in 1861, this town, planned for the area’s former slaves and named for General Ormsby M. Mitchel, began. Submitted by...
Antislavery Society
ANTISLAVERY SOCIETY The founding meeting of the Michigan Antislavery Society was held in the First Presbyterian Church, located on this site, on November 10, 1836. Delegates from six...
Macoun Marsh
The Macoun Marsh is a small area of land that has been set aside to protect the nature found here. Owned by the Beechwood Cemetery, it is a lovely place to explore an urban wetland...
Hart Massey House
This residence, completed in 1959, sensitively echoes its natural setting, making it a distinctly Canadian interpretation of the International Style. Its minimalist design reflects the modernist...
Barkaloo Cemetery
DEDICATEDTO TO THE SACRED MEMORY OFOUR COMRADESOF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR ERECTED MAY 19, 1935 ROBERT PORTER POST NO 986 VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF U.S. Submitted by @lampbane
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Revolutionary War Cemetery
1776 1962REVOLUTIONARY WAR CEMETERY IN EVERLASTING MEMORY TO ALL THOSE THAT ARE BURIED HERE, THAT OUR COUNTRY BE EVER FREE Submitted by @lampbane
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- bay ridge
- barkaloo cemetery
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