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Sir Richard's Landing

Submitted by @averyj

Submitted by @averyj

  • watertown
  • 1630
  • gerry's landing
  • elmwood

DeKalb County Courthouse

Georgia makes it a crime to move or eliminate monuments to the fight for slavery So my hometown, left with no other option, put up this sign for context. Submitted by @ASFleischman

Georgia makes it a crime to move or eliminate monuments to the fight for slavery So my hometown, left with no other option, put up this sign for context. Submitted by @ASFleischman

    September 11, 2001 -- Emma E. Booker Elementary

    September 11, 2001This Plaque Designates the Site Where President George W. Bush Learned Of The Terrorist Attacks On Our Country

    September 11, 2001This Plaque Designates the Site Where President George W. Bush Learned Of The Terrorist Attacks On Our Country

      War of 1812 British Raid Hopkinton NY

                British RaidIn Feb. 1814, British troopsraided this village, seizing   300 barrels of flour ofU.S. Gov. and stored in barnsof Col. Hopkins near the brookState Education Department...

                British RaidIn Feb. 1814, British troopsraided this village, seizing   300 barrels of flour ofU.S. Gov. and stored in barnsof Col. Hopkins near the brookState Education...

      • war
      • raid
      • war of 1812
      • hopkinton
      • military
      • 1814
      • alan r reno

      Skevington Crossing

      • 1990
      • 1997
      • flood
      • 2001
      • suspension bridge

      Ohlone Park Mural

        Sea and Skyline

          Rear Admiral Daniel Judson Callaghan

            Julie Weir

              Alaska Airlines

                Harnessing of the Atom Totem Pole

                  First Chartered College in California

                  This plaque marks the original site of the first Chartered College in California. It was Chartered as the California Wesleyan College on July 10, 1851. The following year the name was changed to...

                  This plaque marks the original site of the first Chartered College in California. It was Chartered as the California Wesleyan College on July 10, 1851. The following year the name was changed...

                  • santa clara
                  • california
                  • ca
                  • college
                  • university

                  Tulane Stadium

                  Tulane Stadium was the original home of the National Football League's New Orleans Saints from 1967-1974. The Saints' first regular season game was held on September 17, 1967. Most notable for...

                  Tulane Stadium was the original home of the National Football League's New Orleans Saints from 1967-1974. The Saints' first regular season game was held on September 17, 1967. Most notable...

                  • louisiana
                  • sports
                  • new orleans

                  H. Sophie Newcomb College

                  Founded 1886 as the Coordinate Women's College of Tulane University by Josephine Louise Le Mommier Newcomb (1816-1901) in memory of her daughter Harriott Sophie Newcomb (1855-1870). Originally...

                  Founded 1886 as the Coordinate Women's College of Tulane University by Josephine Louise Le Mommier Newcomb (1816-1901) in memory of her daughter Harriott Sophie Newcomb (1855-1870)....

                  • louisiana
                  • education
                  • arts

                  Louisiana Memorial United Methodist Church - The Cradle of Louisiana Methodism

                  In 1805, Elisha W. Bowman was sent as a Missionary to Louisiana by Bishops Whatcoat and Asbury, reaching Appelousas territory in late 1805. He organized a Methodist Society in Opelousas early in...

                  In 1805, Elisha W. Bowman was sent as a Missionary to Louisiana by Bishops Whatcoat and Asbury, reaching Appelousas territory in late 1805. He organized a Methodist Society in Opelousas early in...

                  • louisiana
                  • church

                  Atchafalaya Floodway - Henderson

                  Annual flooding in the Acthafalaya Basin provides an ideal crawfish habitat. Today, most of Louisiana's crawfish production comes from farms, but the Basin still leads in the production of...

                  Annual flooding in the Acthafalaya Basin provides an ideal crawfish habitat. Today, most of Louisiana's crawfish production comes from farms, but the Basin still leads in the production...

                  • louisiana
                  • wildlife
                  • environment

                  Community Confluence

                  Artist Bill FrymireCompleted: June 2019Celebrating place and community, this monumental mosaic shows a topographical view of the confluence of the North and South Thompson Rivers set in an...

                  Artist Bill FrymireCompleted: June 2019Celebrating place and community, this monumental mosaic shows a topographical view of the confluence of the North and South Thompson Rivers set in an...

                  • kamloops
                  • art
                  • bc
                  • community
                  • aluminium

                  Louisiana Memorial Methodist Church

                  The first Methodist Church in Louisiana began here in 1805 and is called "The Cradle of Louisiana Methodism."The first conference of Louisiana Methodists convened here in 1847.

                  The first Methodist Church in Louisiana began here in 1805 and is called "The Cradle of Louisiana Methodism."The first conference of Louisiana Methodists convened here in 1847.

                  • louisiana
                  • church

                  Mississippi River - Morganza Floodway

                  Mississippi River levee breeches in the Morganza area between 1780 and 1890 resulted in 15 major floods affecting Pointe Coupée Parish and all those to the south as far as the Gulf of Mexico....

                  Mississippi River levee breeches in the Morganza area between 1780 and 1890 resulted in 15 major floods affecting Pointe Coupée Parish and all those to the south as far as the Gulf of...

                  • louisiana
                  • environment

                  Last Spike

                  Here was driven the Last Spike completing Canadian Pacific Railway from ocean to ocean November 7, 1885  submitted by Paul Mackey

                  Here was driven the Last Spike completing Canadian Pacific Railway from ocean to ocean November 7, 1885  submitted by Paul Mackey

                  • railway
                  • cpr
                  • canada
                  • bc
                  • craigellachie