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Marcha del Rector

El 1° de agosto de 1968 la Universidad llegó hasta aquí encabezada por su rector JAVIER BARROS SIERRA.Brazo con brazo, estudiantes y maestros de todo México protagonizaron ese día la primera...

El 1° de agosto de 1968 la Universidad llegó hasta aquí encabezada por su rector JAVIER BARROS SIERRA.Brazo con brazo, estudiantes y maestros de todo México protagonizaron ese día la...

    Inquisition

    Frente a este lugar estuvo el quemadero de la Inquisición de 1596 a 1771. Dirección de monumentos coloniales y de la República.- In front of this place was the burner of the Inquisition from 1596...

    Frente a este lugar estuvo el quemadero de la Inquisición de 1596 a 1771. Dirección de monumentos coloniales y de la República.- In front of this place was the burner of the Inquisition from 1596...

      Het Utrechts schip

      This plaque explains the metal sculpture here, in the form of a ship. At this location the remains of a thousand year old wooden ship was found 2.3 meters deep in the ground, in december 1930. The...

      This plaque explains the metal sculpture here, in the form of a ship. At this location the remains of a thousand year old wooden ship was found 2.3 meters deep in the ground, in december 1930....

      • archeology
      • old ship
      • utrecht
      • 1000 ad

      Ivan Reitman Cinema

      IVAN REITMAN CINEMA   Director Ivan Reitman has entertained and influenced generations of film lovers with seminal films like STRIPES, MEATBALLS, and DAVE. In GHOSTBUSTERS, be made hilariously...

      IVAN REITMAN CINEMA   Director Ivan Reitman has entertained and influenced generations of film lovers with seminal films like STRIPES, MEATBALLS, and DAVE. In GHOSTBUSTERS, be made...

      • new york
      • manhattan
      • downtown manhattan
      • wall street
      • ivan reitman
      • movies
      • cinema
      • film
      • alamo drafthouse

      Raymond Lemieux: First Chemical Synthesis of Sucrose

      National Historic Chemical LandmarkRaymond U. Lemieux: First chemical synthesis of sucroseAt this site, the National Research Council Canada's Prairie Regional Laboratory, Raymond U. Lemieux, with...

      National Historic Chemical LandmarkRaymond U. Lemieux: First chemical synthesis of sucroseAt this site, the National Research Council Canada's Prairie Regional Laboratory, Raymond U. Lemieux, with...

      • saskatoon
      • saskatchewan
      • canada
      • chemistry
      • sucrose
      • national res...
      • science

      William Bartram Trail

      In 1775, traveling by boat Bartram passed here, noting higher land and trees "of an incredible magnitude"

      In 1775, traveling by boat Bartram passed here, noting higher land and trees "of an incredible magnitude"

      • louisiana
      • bartram trail
      • livingston parish

      Pottery Hill

      This site (16ST48), dominated by the ancient Castain Oak (2006, Live Oak Society), has provided evidence of human activity though a sequence of aboriginal ceramics dating from the late Tchefuncte...

      This site (16ST48), dominated by the ancient Castain Oak (2006, Live Oak Society), has provided evidence of human activity though a sequence of aboriginal ceramics dating from the late Tchefuncte...

      • louisiana
      • native american
      • st. tammany parish

      Simpson Church of God

      Second oldest continuously active Church of God in Louisiana. Began by Robert H. Owens, 1897. 1st named Welcome Church of God. 1st convert was James Harville. Early converts from Pine Island...

      Second oldest continuously active Church of God in Louisiana. Began by Robert H. Owens, 1897. 1st named Welcome Church of God. 1st convert was James Harville. Early converts from Pine...

      • louisiana
      • rapides parish
      • church
      • religion

      A.Z. Young's Home Civil Rights Leader

      While serving as the President of the historic Bogalusa Civic and Voters League (The League), Dr. A. Z. Young, a noted Civil Rights Leader, Luminary & Icon, led the historic 1967 nine day Civil...

      While serving as the President of the historic Bogalusa Civic and Voters League (The League), Dr. A. Z. Young, a noted Civil Rights Leader, Luminary & Icon, led the historic 1967 nine day...

      • louisiana
      • civil rights
      • washington parish

      Macy Street Grade Separation

      Macy Street Grade Separation, Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, Project 4361, City of Los Angeles, Frank L. Shaw, Mayor. August 1931

      Macy Street Grade Separation, Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, Project 4361, City of Los Angeles, Frank L. Shaw, Mayor. August 1931

        Northern Terminus of the First Commercial Monorail in America

        In commemoration of service and honor to the Seattle World’s Fair April 21 – October 21 1962 and the City of Seattle Placed in tribute this 19th day of October 1962 at the site of the northern...

        In commemoration of service and honor to the Seattle World’s Fair April 21 – October 21 1962 and the City of Seattle Placed in tribute this 19th day of October 1962 at the site of the northern...

          George Washington

          George Washington   An authorized cast bronze by The Gorham Foundry from the original by Jean Antoine Houden (17 41–18 28) which stands in the state capital at Richmond, Virginia. It was purchased...

          George Washington   An authorized cast bronze by The Gorham Foundry from the original by Jean Antoine Houden (17 41–18 28) which stands in the state capital at Richmond, Virginia. It was purchased...

            Robert A. Conyes

            In Memory of ROBERT A. CONYES by Harriet B. Conyes

            In Memory of ROBERT A. CONYES by Harriet B. Conyes

              Jo and Norm Budman

              Jo and Norm Budman Celebrating 50 years of marriage "I'll never find another you"

              Jo and Norm Budman Celebrating 50 years of marriage "I'll never find another you"

                John Balbach

                  Allen and Ellen Wexler, 'Overlook'

                  Allan and Ellen Wexler in collaboration with di Domenico + Partners Overlook 2009 Granite and Glass Fabricated by Digital Stone Project Commissioned by MTA Arts for Transit and MTA Long Island...

                  Allan and Ellen Wexler in collaboration with di Domenico + Partners Overlook 2009 Granite and Glass Fabricated by Digital Stone Project Commissioned by MTA Arts for Transit and MTA Long Island...

                  • new york
                  • brooklyn
                  • atlantic terminal
                  • atlantic avenue
                  • mta
                  • art
                  • station
                  • lirr

                  The Atlantic Terminal Pavilion

                  THE ATLANTIC TERMINAL PAVILION "A NEW GATEWAY TO BROOKLYN" JANUARY 5, 2010 THE NEW ATLANTIC TERMINAL PAVILION IS DEDICATED TO BROOKLYN THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD'S BIRTHPLACE IN 1836   DAVID A....

                  THE ATLANTIC TERMINAL PAVILION "A NEW GATEWAY TO BROOKLYN" JANUARY 5, 2010 THE NEW ATLANTIC TERMINAL PAVILION IS DEDICATED TO BROOKLYN THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD'S BIRTHPLACE IN 1836   DAVID A....

                  • new york
                  • brooklyn
                  • atlantic terminal
                  • atlantic avenue
                  • mta
                  • david paterson
                  • jay walder
                  • marty markowitz
                  • helena williams
                  • 2010

                  George Gamow

                  George Gamow Professor of physics The George Washington University From 1934 to 1956   Gamow (1904-1968)  is renowned for developing the “Big Bang Theory” of the universe (1948), explaining...

                  George Gamow Professor of physics The George Washington University From 1934 to 1956   Gamow (1904-1968)  is renowned for developing the “Big Bang Theory” of the universe (1948),...

                    Jan Karski

                    Jan Karski (n. Jan Kozielewski) (1914-2000)   Messenger of the Polish people to their government in exile Messenger of the Jewish people to the world The man who told of the annihilation of the...

                    Jan Karski (n. Jan Kozielewski) (1914-2000)   Messenger of the Polish people to their government in exile Messenger of the Jewish people to the world The man who told of the annihilation of...

                      Haskell Museum

                      Haskell Museum 1894-1931 Caroline E. Haskell in 1894 presented to the University of Chicago the Haskell Oriental Museum. For 35 years it was a center for the study of the Near East and a sanctuary...

                      Haskell Museum 1894-1931 Caroline E. Haskell in 1894 presented to the University of Chicago the Haskell Oriental Museum. For 35 years it was a center for the study of the Near East and a sanctuary...