Birthplace of James Joyce
Submitted by @thoughtwax
Circle Garden
CIRCLE GARDEN Designed and maintained by ORINDA JUNIOR GARDEN CLUB
A Floating Bomb -- Vancouver's Port Explosion
Submitted by @VanConventions West and @BC_LHC
Brodbeck and Zundel General Merchandise Store
The Baldwin County Historic Development Commission was petitioned on October 15, 2012, for Historic Site Designation, pursuant to the authority conveyed by the Act No. 80-497, as amended by...
- alabama
- historic site
Central Agricultural School
It began in 1912, Booker T. Washington, President of Tuskegee Institute, approached Julius Rosenwald, President of Sears, Roebuck and Company, with an idea for a pilot program that was to have a...
- louisiana
- african amer...
Community Retirement Home
In 1944, a group of citizens discussed establishment of a retirement home in Port Arthur. Federated Mission Society members from several churches served on the board of directors. Incorporated as...
- texas
- community
Ascension Parish Negro Fairgrounds/As cension Parish Negro Fair Association, Inc.
The Ascension Parish Negro Fair Association, Inc.The APNFA, Inc. was established September 22, 1950 by concerned citizens in the Prairieville area. The Association assisted and encouraged...
- louisiana
- african americans
- entertainment
Babe Didrikson Zaharias (June 26, 1911 - September 27, 1956)
Birthplace ofBabe Didrikson Zaharias(June 26, 1911 - September 27, 1956) One of seven children, Mildred Ella "Babe" Didrikson was the daughter of Norwegian immigrants Hannah Marie (d. 1945)...
- texas
- women
- sports
- golf
August 26, 1814
AUGUST 26, 1814IN THIS VILLAGE PRESIDENT MADISONAND MEMBERS OF HIS OFFICIAL FAMILYFOUND REFUGE IN THE HOME OF CALEBBENTLEY, FIRST POSTMASTER OF BROOKEVILLE, FOLLOWING THE BURNINGOF THE CAPITOL AND...
- brookeville
- madison
- imageryan
Halifax Explosion
On December 6, 1917, the explosives-laden SS Mont- Blanc and SS Imo collided in Halifax Harbour, causing a massive explosion, a tidal wave, and fires. Some 2,000 people died and thousands...
- halifax
- disaster
- explosion
Battle of Tourond's Coulee / Fish Creek National Historic Site of Canada
BATTLE OF TOUROND'S COULEE - FISH CREEKOn the morning of April 24, 1885, Major-General F.D. Middleton and some 800 Canadian troops were moving north along both banks of the South Saskatchewan to...
- louis riel
- saskatchewan
- gabriel dumont
- north-west rebellion
- canada
- saskatchewan
- fish creek
Angel Juarbe, Jr.
This statue was built in 2001 for Fox Television's filming of its reality mini-series, Murder in Small Town X. Restored in 2005 with donated funds and services, the statue is now a tribute to...
- fox
- 9/11
- fireman
- murder in sm...
- reality mini-series
The Corner Stone
C & H Sugar Factory
August G. Hemenez
To Remember George Morrison Rolph
- crockett
Juan Bautista de Anza
Audrey Lassen
In Memory of George H. Blume
Blume House Historical Museum
