The Restoration of Royal Athletic Park
The Restoration of Royal Athletic Park Re-Opened 30 May 1967 Made Possible by the Generous Request of Thomas Shanks McPherson Prominent Victoria Citizen and Philanthropist Who Died December...
Site of the Discovery of Emmett Till's Body
River Site This is the site where Till's body was removed from the river. It was then taken to Greenwood, MS. Then the body was sent back To Money, MS for burial. Via a phone call from...
- glendora
- mississippi
- till
- murder
- lynching
- river
Sam's Park & Shop
Sam's Park & Shop Dedicated in tribute to Samuel J. Gorlitz founder of Federal Realty Investment Trust.
- gorlitz
- dc
- cleveland park
- federal realty
- investment trust
Empress Place Building National Monument plaque
Preservation of Monuments Board Empress Place Building Gazzetted as a National Monument on 14 February 1992. For over a century this neo- Palladian building was used as government offices. The...
- empress plac...
- asian civili...
- singapore
- 1992
- neo-palladian
St John Headquarters Singapore Heritage marker
Officially opened on 23 July 1960 by Yusof bin Ishak (1910-1970), the Yang di-Pertuan Negara of Singapore and later First President of Singapore, this building houses the headquarters of the...
- singapore
- st john's am...
- national her...
- kampong glam...
- 1960
St John Headquarters Singapore
This stone was laid by His Excellency Sir Robert Brown Black K.C.M.G. K.ST.J. O.B.E. Governor and Commander-In-Chief of The Colony of Singapore On the 23rd Day of November, 1957 Architects ...
- singapore
- st john's am...
- beach road
Mayoress Memorial Stone
This memorial stone was laid by the Mayoress of Prahran Mrs H. M. Cooch 1th October 1900 This plaque sits at street level in South Yarra's popular Chapel Street. The building is now a personal...
- prahran
- memorial stone
- melbourne
Launch Complex 34
'Abandon in Place' - 50 years have slipped by, and time can't erase what happened here; voices long silent, still echo 'go boldly'! LAUNCH COMPLEX 34 Friday, 27 January 1967 1831 Hours ...
- apollo 1
- launch complex 34
- abandon in place
- florida
- memorial
- ad astra
- apollo
Clarence Saunders'"Pink Palace"
Clarence Saunders, whose self-service groceries were followed by modern supermarkets, started construction of this building for his home in 1922. It was incomplete when he lost an epic...
- shelby county
- tennessee
Marion Scudder Griffin Memorial
Marion Scudder Griffin 1879 - 1957 First Woman Lawyer In Tennessee 1907 First Woman Elected To The Tennessee House Of Representatives 1922 Submitted from the Shelby County Register's Office.
- shelby county
- tennessee
Imperial Sir Edgar L. Turner Ceremonial Hall
Submitted by Sheila Paske
- wilmington
- massachusetts
- turner
- shriners
Annesdale Park Subdivision
Developed as an exclusive neighborhood in 1903 by Brinkley Snowden and T.O. Vinton, Annesdale Park was the first subdivision in the South planned upon metropolitan lines. It was considered...
- shelby county
- tennessee
Mother Liberty CME Church
This plaque is located in front of Mother Liberty CME Church. It reads: MOTHER LIBERTY CME CHURCHOn December 15, 1870, in Jackson, the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church was organized by...
- tennessee
- jackson
- madison county
- mother liber...
- cme
- cme church
- african-amer...
The Lynching of Bunk Richardson
Read more with the Gadsden Time's article about the unveiling of this marker. Photo credit: Marc Golden / Gadsden Times.
- gadsen
- alabama
- eji
- lynching
Hoover Dam - National Historic Markers
NATIONAL HISTORIC CIVIL ENGINEERING LANDMARK HOOVER DAM CIVIL ENGINEERING MONUMENT OF THE MILLENNIUM HOOVER DAM One of the finest examples of how civil engineering ingenuity shaped...
- hoover dam
- dam
- engineering
- 20th century
- society's qu...
Korean War Memorial at Veterans Plaza
Dedicated to the memory of the brave Americans from Shelby County who died in the Korean War Horace B. Anderton Roy Anthony Alfred J. Alverson Earl Banks William G. Barker Charles R. Barnett James...
- shelby county
- tennessee
Hoover Dam - Remembrance
THEY DIED TO MAKE THE DESERT BLOOM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WILL CONTINUE TO REMEMBER THAT MANY WHO TOILED HERE FOUND THEIR FINAL REST WHILE ENGAGED IN THE BUILDING OF THIS DAM THE UNITED...
- hoover dam
- dam
- desert
- visioned
- memorial
Flags Over Memphis
In A Memorial Ceremony On May 9, 1967, The Flags Of The Nations Which Have Claimed The Land On Which The City Of Memphis Is Located Together With The State And City Flags Were Presented By:...
- shelby county
- tennessee
Hollis Freeman Price, Sr. 1904-1982
Hollis Price was the first African-American president of LeMoyne College. In 1968, he guided the college's merger with Owen Junior College. Price was president of the college for 27 years and upon...
- shelby county
- tennessee
Fannie Lou Hamer
FANNIE LOU HAMER In 1962 at age 44, Hamer tried to register to vote; the next day she was fired from her job on the plantation east of here. She became a civil rights activist, opening her...
- ruleville
- mississippi
- freedom trail
- oxford comma
- civil rights