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Oak Grove Cemetery (Dixboro)

Oak Grove Cemetery   The Village of Dixboro was primarily a farming community, revolving around the mills located on Fleming Creek.  It remained that way until 1925 when Plymouth Road was...

Oak Grove Cemetery   The Village of Dixboro was primarily a farming community, revolving around the mills located on Fleming Creek.  It remained that way until 1925 when Plymouth Road...

    Dixboro United Methodist Church

    Dixboro United Methodist Church   In its earliest years, the Village of Dixboro was served by "circuit-riding" preachers.  The infrequency of these visits and the "occurrence of carousing in the...

    Dixboro United Methodist Church   In its earliest years, the Village of Dixboro was served by "circuit-riding" preachers.  The infrequency of these visits and the "occurrence of carousing in the...

      Dixboro School

      Dixboro School   Constructed in 1888, the Dixboro School was part of Superior Township School District No. 2.  It stands on land set aside in the original village plat of 1826 as "a public square...

      Dixboro School   Constructed in 1888, the Dixboro School was part of Superior Township School District No. 2.  It stands on land set aside in the original village plat of 1826 as "a public square...

        Roland Hemond Meritorious Service Award

        Roland Hemond has served professional baseball for over 50 years. Won the prestigious major league baseball Executive of the Year award three times during his career and regarded as the original...

        Roland Hemond has served professional baseball for over 50 years. Won the prestigious major league baseball Executive of the Year award three times during his career and regarded as the...

        • giants
        • baseball
        • fall league

        Site of the San Remo Café

        Site of the San Remo Café (1925 - 1967)In its post-war heyday, the San Remo was a meeting place for an unparalleled array of figures from the Beat movement, the New York School of poets and...

        Site of the San Remo Café (1925 - 1967)In its post-war heyday, the San Remo was a meeting place for an unparalleled array of figures from the Beat movement, the New York School of poets...

        • san remo café
        • macdougal street
        • greenwich village
        • south villag...
        • nyc
        • new york city
        • allen ginsberg
        • dylan thomas
        • jack kerouac
        • william s. burroughs
        • miles davis
        • frank o’hara
        • judith malina
        • jackson pollock
        • james baldwin
        • tennessee williams
        • gore vidal
        • james agee
        • william styron
        • john cage
        • merce cunningham
        • larry rivers
        • the beat movement
        • the new york...
        • the living theater
        • lgbtq artist...
        • 20th century...

        In Memory of Weldon Hogg, Dec 5, 1914 - Nov 14, 1998

          Grand Master Peter G. Urban, Ph.D.

          By Nightscream (Own work) [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

          By Nightscream (Own work) [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

            Baldwin Apple Monument

            THIS MONUMENT MARKS THE SITE OF THE FIRST BALDWIN APPLE TREE FOUND GROWING WILD NEAR HERE. IT FELL IN THE GALE OF 1815. THE APPLE FIRST KNOWN AS THE BUTTERS, WOODPECKER OR PECKER APPLE WAS NAMED...

            THIS MONUMENT MARKS THE SITE OF THE FIRST BALDWIN APPLE TREE FOUND GROWING WILD NEAR HERE. IT FELL IN THE GALE OF 1815. THE APPLE FIRST KNOWN AS THE BUTTERS, WOODPECKER OR PECKER APPLE WAS...

            • apple
            • baldwin
            • 1815

            Civil Rights Freedom Riders

            Civil Rights Freedom Riders. May 20, 1961. On May 20, 1961, a group of black and white SNCC members led by John Lewis left Birmingham bound for Montgomery on a Greyhound bus. They were determined...

            Civil Rights Freedom Riders. May 20, 1961. On May 20, 1961, a group of black and white SNCC members led by John Lewis left Birmingham bound for Montgomery on a Greyhound bus. They were determined...

            • civil rights
            • john lewis
            • freedom rides
            • montgomery
            • alabama
            • greyhound
            • transportation
            • civil rights...
            • 1960s
            • kennedy

            Frank O'Hara (Greenwich Village)

            Frank O'Hara (1926 - 1966)The influential American poet Frank O’Hara lived at 441 East Ninth Street from 1959 to 1963. O’Hara was a leading member of the New York School of poetry as well as an...

            Frank O'Hara (1926 - 1966)The influential American poet Frank O’Hara lived at 441 East Ninth Street from 1959 to 1963. O’Hara was a leading member of the New York School of poetry as well as...

            • frank o'hara
            • east 9th street
            • east village
            • nyc
            • new york city
            • new york sch...
            • new york sch...
            • lunch poems
            • the new amer...
            • allen ginsberg
            • amiri baraka
            • joe lesueur
            • larry rivers
            • joan mitchell
            • robert rauschenberg
            • robert motherwell
            • jane freilicher
            • jackson pollock
            • willem de kooning
            • franz kline
            • grace hartigan
            • fairfield porter
            • michael goldberg
            • abstract exp...
            • museum of mo...
            • moma
            • art curator
            • art critic
            • 20th century...
            • american mod...
            • gay poets an...

            James Baldwin (Greenwich Village)

            James Baldwin (1924 - 1987)The great American writer James Baldwin lived in an apartment here from 1958 through 1961. The power and eloquence of Baldwin’s varied works impacted ideas about race,...

            James Baldwin (1924 - 1987)The great American writer James Baldwin lived in an apartment here from 1958 through 1961. The power and eloquence of Baldwin’s varied works impacted ideas about...

            • james baldwin
            • horatio street
            • greenwich vi...
            • nyc
            • new york city
            • another country
            • giovanni's room
            • the fire next time
            • go tell it o...
            • notes of a n...
            • nobody knows my name
            • i am not your negro
            • medgar evers
            • malcolm x
            • martin luther king
            • jr.
            • richard wright
            • william f. buckley
            • nina simone
            • langston hughes
            • lorraine hansberry
            • maya angelou
            • toni morrison
            • beauford delaney
            • richard avedon
            • marlon brando
            • harry belafonte
            • sidney poitier
            • josephine baker
            • miles davis
            • ray charles
            • yves montand
            • robert kennedy
            • john f. kennedy
            • 20th century...
            • american civ...
            • american civ...
            • american gay...
            • 1963 march o...
            • 1965 selma-t...
            • 20th-century...
            • gay poets an...
            • 20th century...
            • harlem renaissance

            Jean-Michel Basquiat

            Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960 - 1988)From 1983 to 1988 renowned artist Jean-Michel Basquiat lived and worked here, a former stable owned by friend and mentor Andy Warhol. Basquiat’s paintings and...

            Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960 - 1988)From 1983 to 1988 renowned artist Jean-Michel Basquiat lived and worked here, a former stable owned by friend and mentor Andy Warhol. Basquiat’s paintings...

            • jean-michel basquiat
            • great jones street
            • noho
            • noho histori...
            • nyc
            • new york city
            • andy warhol
            • keith haring
            • kenny scarf
            • julian schnabel
            • al diaz
            • madonna
            • debby harry
            • david bowie
            • annina nosei gallery
            • mary boone gallery
            • gagosian gallery
            • galerie brun...
            • east village...
            • the mudd club
            • max's kansas city
            • samo© graffiti
            • american gra...
            • 20th-century...
            • 20th-century...
            • 1981 indepen...
            • 1981 rené ri...

            Site of First PFLAG Meeting

            Site of First PFLAG Meeting In 1972, Queens school teacher Jeanne Manford walked alongside her gay son, activist Morty Manford, at the Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade, carrying a sign...

            Site of First PFLAG Meeting In 1972, Queens school teacher Jeanne Manford walked alongside her gay son, activist Morty Manford, at the Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade, carrying a sign...

            • pflag
            • parents fami...
            • west thirtee...
            • greenwich vi...
            • nyc
            • new york city
            • jeanne manford
            • morty manford
            • american gay...
            • lgbtq equali...
            • lgbtq support group
            • the church o...
            • christopher ...
            • new york cit...
            • gay activist...

            Site of the Fillmore East

            Site of the Fillmore East (1968 - 1971)Fans of live rock, folk, and blues music streamed through this entrance during the brief but memorable life of the  Fillmore East. The great concert promoter...

            Site of the Fillmore East (1968 - 1971)Fans of live rock, folk, and blues music streamed through this entrance during the brief but memorable life of the  Fillmore East. The great concert...

            • fillmore east
            • second avenue
            • east village...
            • nyc
            • new york city
            • concert prom...
            • the who
            • jimi hendrix
            • the grateful dead
            • jim morrison
            • the doors
            • janis joplin
            • big brother ...
            • the allman b...
            • sly and the ...
            • led zeppelin
            • santana
            • odetta
            • van morrison
            • joan baez
            • neil young
            • fats domino
            • b.b. king
            • ike & tina turner
            • seals & crofts
            • sam & dave
            • chuck berry
            • jefferson airplane
            • the chambers...
            • the mothers ...
            • ravi shankar
            • the byrds
            • fleetwood mac
            • black sabbath
            • jackson browne
            • laura nyro
            • the kinks
            • buddy guy
            • jr. wells
            • leon russell
            • cat stevens
            • blood sweat & tears
            • frank zappa
            • ritchie havens
            • nina simone
            • derek and th...
            • the youngbloods
            • joe cocker
            • elton john
            • chicago
            • chuck berry
            • procol harum
            • country joe ...
            • crosby
            • stills
            • nash & young
            • the incredib...
            • taj mahal
            • steppenwolf
            • linda ronstadt
            • the manhatta...
            • the turtles
            • emerson
            • lake & palmer
            • eric burdon
            • the animals
            • joni mitchell
            • ray charles
            • pink floyd
            • the staple singers
            • vanilla fudge
            • the moody blues
            • johnny winter
            • miles davis
            • buffy saint marie
            • ian & sylvia
            • traffic
            • iron butterfly
            • otis redding
            • grace slick
            • john lennon

            Martha Graham

            Martha Graham (1894 - 1991)The renowned pioneer of modern dance created radical new dances and rehearsed her company in this building during the 1930s and 40s. Graham also taught in a studio later...

            Martha Graham (1894 - 1991)The renowned pioneer of modern dance created radical new dances and rehearsed her company in this building during the 1930s and 40s. Graham also taught in a studio later...

            • martha graham
            • fifth avenue
            • greenwich village
            • nyc
            • new york city
            • martha graha...
            • graham technique
            • 20th century...
            • appalachian spring
            • aaron copland
            • isamu noguchi
            • 1994 documentary

            27 Cooper Square

            27 Cooper Square In the 1960s, this 1845 former rooming house became a laboratory for artistic, literary and political currents. Writers LeRoi Jones (later Amiri Baraka) and Hettie Jones, their...

            27 Cooper Square In the 1960s, this 1845 former rooming house became a laboratory for artistic, literary and political currents. Writers LeRoi Jones (later Amiri Baraka) and Hettie Jones,...

            • 27 cooper square
            • east village
            • nyc
            • new york city
            • leroi jones
            • amiri baraka
            • hettie jones
            • yugen magazine
            • totem press
            • allen ginsberg
            • jack kerouac
            • frank o'hara
            • william s. burroughs
            • edward dorn
            • peter orlovsky
            • archie shepp
            • ornette coleman
            • elizabeth murray
            • beat generat...
            • east village...
            • black mountain poets
            • black arts movement
            • jazz in nyc ...
            • five spot ca...
            • american civ...
            • american civ...
            • 20th-century...

            Dickerman-Steele House

            Dickerman-Steele HouseThis house was built in 1878, by Edwin Dickerman for his bride Effie Steele. This plaque is in memory of their daughter, Flora, who married Jay Frank Steele. Flora lived in...

            Dickerman-Steele HouseThis house was built in 1878, by Edwin Dickerman for his bride Effie Steele. This plaque is in memory of their daughter, Flora, who married Jay Frank Steele. Flora lived in...

              Coffman Swimming Pool

                Jack's Restaurant

                • 1864
                • restaurant

                The Detroit Industry Murals

                The Detroit Industry Murals has been designated a National Historic Landmark This site possesses national significance as the United State's finest modern monumental artwork devoted to industry. ...

                The Detroit Industry Murals has been designated a National Historic Landmark This site possesses national significance as the United State's finest modern monumental artwork devoted to...

                • typo
                • united state's