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Nova Scotia Tree for Boston

This is the home of the Nova Scotia Tree for Boston. Each year, Nova Scotia gives a tree to thank the people of Boston for their help in the aftermath of the Halifax Explosion on December 6, 1917....

This is the home of the Nova Scotia Tree for Boston. Each year, Nova Scotia gives a tree to thank the people of Boston for their help in the aftermath of the Halifax Explosion on December 6, 1917....

  • boston
  • halifax
  • nova scotia
  • explosion
  • tree
  • holidays
  • christmas

In Memory of David McKean

IN MEMORY OF DAVID McKEAN 3RD AND YOUNGEST SON OF THE LATE ROBERT McKEAN ESQ. OF KILMARNOCK, SCOTLAND; WHO DIED IN THIS CITY, OF YELLOW FEVER, IN THE MIDST OF HIS USEFULNESS, ON THE 7TH DAY OF...

IN MEMORY OF DAVID McKEAN 3RD AND YOUNGEST SON OF THE LATE ROBERT McKEAN ESQ. OF KILMARNOCK, SCOTLAND; WHO DIED IN THIS CITY, OF YELLOW FEVER, IN THE MIDST OF HIS USEFULNESS, ON THE 7TH DAY OF...

    Birthplace of the "Star Spangled Banner"

    THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER WAS BORN HERE -•- The flag that flew from the ramparts at Fort McHenry - and inspired the famous poem by Francis Scott Key - was sewn at this site in 1813.   ...  ...

    THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER WAS BORN HERE -•- The flag that flew from the ramparts at Fort McHenry - and inspired the famous poem by Francis Scott Key - was sewn at this site in 1813.   ......

    • baltimore
    • inner harbor
    • war of 1812
    • star spangled banner
    • francis scott key

    Millennium Park

    Mayor Richard M. Daley dedicated Millennium Park 16 July 2004as a gift to the people of Chicago.  This park is an enduring tribute to Chicago's long history of architectural and artistic...

    Mayor Richard M. Daley dedicated Millennium Park 16 July 2004as a gift to the people of Chicago.  This park is an enduring tribute to Chicago's long history of architectural and artistic...

    • chicago
    • millennium park
    • 2004

    Depoe Bay

    TO THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF DEPOE BAY THE COURAGE TO SUCCEED  The sea is dangerous and its storms terrible, but these obstacles have never been sufficient reason to remain ashore...it is with an...

    TO THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF DEPOE BAY THE COURAGE TO SUCCEED  The sea is dangerous and its storms terrible, but these obstacles have never been sufficient reason to remain ashore...it is with...

    • depoe bay

    Hooks Brothers Photography Established in 1907

    Covering much of the 20th century, the company chronicled and documented the history and lives of black Memphis and Memphians. Among the subjects and luminaries captured on film by the Hooks...

    Covering much of the 20th century, the company chronicled and documented the history and lives of black Memphis and Memphians. Among the subjects and luminaries captured on film by the...

    • shelby county
    • tennessee

    Fowler Pear Tree

    FOWLER PEAR TREE  PLANTED AS PART OF AN ORCHARD CIRCA 1868 A. D. JACOB D. FOWLER, WHO WITH HIS PARTNER MORRIS H FROST, CLAIMED AS A HOMESTEAD THIS MAJOR PORTION OF THE AREA WHICH NOW, COMPRISES...

    FOWLER PEAR TREE  PLANTED AS PART OF AN ORCHARD CIRCA 1868 A. D. JACOB D. FOWLER, WHO WITH HIS PARTNER MORRIS H FROST, CLAIMED AS A HOMESTEAD THIS MAJOR PORTION OF THE AREA WHICH NOW, COMPRISES...

    • mulilteo
    • 1863

    St. Anthony's Hall

    ST. ANTHONY'S HALL The ancient hall of the guild of St. Anthony which was founded prior to 1418 and dissolved in 1627. From 1705 to 1946 it housed the York Blue Coat Boys' School. Submitted by @slashdotat

    ST. ANTHONY'S HALL The ancient hall of the guild of St. Anthony which was founded prior to 1418 and dissolved in 1627. From 1705 to 1946 it housed the York Blue Coat Boys' School. Submitted by @slashdotat

    • york
    • guild
    • anthony

    Temple Judea

      École Polytechnique massacre

      By Bobanny, Public Domain, Link

      By Bobanny, Public Domain, Link

      • montreal
      • massacre
      • 1989
      • engineering

      The Sydney-Emden Action

      Submitted by Big M Tours.

      Submitted by Big M Tours.

        Municipality of Mosman

        Submitted by Big M Tours.

        Submitted by Big M Tours.

          Mast of HMAS Sydney

          Submitted by Big M Tours.

          Submitted by Big M Tours.

            Ships and Sailors Lost in the Defence of Australia

            Submitted by Big M Tours.

            Submitted by Big M Tours.

              From the GPO to the Harbour

              Submitted by Big M Tours.

              Submitted by Big M Tours.

                CU Folsom Field - Fred Folsom sculpture

                FATHER OF COLORADO UNIVERSITY FOOTBALLFRED FOLSOM 1873-1944In 1895, Fred Folsom was named head football coach at the University of Colorado. That year, he coached CU to the first of three...

                FATHER OF COLORADO UNIVERSITY FOOTBALLFRED FOLSOM 1873-1944In 1895, Fred Folsom was named head football coach at the University of Colorado. That year, he coached CU to the first of...

                • football stadium
                • boulder
                • university colorado
                • statue
                • bust
                • campus

                Red Rocks Amphitheatre

                RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATREPRINCIPAL CONSTRUCTION BY THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATIONCORPS COMPANY 1848, SP-13C MT. MORRISON, CO.1936-1941DEDICATED AS A MEMORIAL TO ALL WHO SERVED ATMT. MORRISON AND TO THE 3...

                RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATREPRINCIPAL CONSTRUCTION BY THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATIONCORPS COMPANY 1848, SP-13C MT. MORRISON, CO.1936-1941DEDICATED AS A MEMORIAL TO ALL WHO SERVED ATMT. MORRISON AND TO THE 3...

                • concert venue
                • city park
                • denver
                • morrison

                Grand Canyon National Park

                Submitted by Darren Platt

                Submitted by Darren Platt

                • grand canyon
                • common inheritance

                William Forsythe

                William Forsythe 1854-1935  Indiana artist and teacher; member of the Hoosier group influential in Indiana and the World of Art.  Studio and residence located at 15 South Emerson (on diagonal...

                William Forsythe 1854-1935  Indiana artist and teacher; member of the Hoosier group influential in Indiana and the World of Art.  Studio and residence located at 15 South Emerson (on...

                • indiana
                • artist

                To Commemorate the Establishment of the Town of Lovisville 1780

                TO COMMEMORATE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TOWN OF LOVISVILLE 1780.  ON THIS SITE STOOD FORT NELSONBVILT 1782 VNDER THE DIRECTION OF GEORGE ROGERS CLARK AFTER THE EXPEDITION WHICH GAVE TO THE COVNTRY...

                TO COMMEMORATE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TOWN OF LOVISVILLE 1780.  ON THIS SITE STOOD FORT NELSONBVILT 1782 VNDER THE DIRECTION OF GEORGE ROGERS CLARK AFTER THE EXPEDITION WHICH GAVE TO THE COVNTRY...

                • lovisville
                • lewis and clark
                • kentucky
                • fort nelson
                • 1780