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James Yeh Jau Liu, Tiberon

Submitted by @jqmcd

Submitted by @jqmcd

    2006 FIFA World Soccer Cup Celebration

      A Tribute to Ted Gurney

      Submitted by @jqmcd

      Submitted by @jqmcd

        Gordon Lightfoot

        As I mentioned in my previous email, my husband and I visited Orillia Ontario today. One of the best bits of trivia about Orillia is that it is the home town of Gordon Lightfoot. In his early...

        As I mentioned in my previous email, my husband and I visited Orillia Ontario today. One of the best bits of trivia about Orillia is that it is the home town of Gordon Lightfoot. In his...

          Hyde Park

            Time Capsule

            The San Juan Capistrano Historical Society in conjunction with the city's 50th Birthday Celebration Committee placed this TIME CAPSULE on December 17, 2011. To be opened in April 2061

            The San Juan Capistrano Historical Society in conjunction with the city's 50th Birthday Celebration Committee placed this TIME CAPSULE on December 17, 2011. To be opened in April 2061

              Coliseum Theater

              Submitted by @pkmonaghan

              Submitted by @pkmonaghan

                Tennessee State Capitol

                  Atascadero Administration Building

                  Submitted by @jqmcd

                  Submitted by @jqmcd

                    Jose Dolores Garcia

                    JOSE DOLORES GARCIA Jose Dolores Garcia was a prominent citizen of San Juan Capistrano who was of Juaneno Indian and Spanish descent. In 1862 he married Maria Refugia Yorba at the Mission. He...

                    JOSE DOLORES GARCIA Jose Dolores Garcia was a prominent citizen of San Juan Capistrano who was of Juaneno Indian and Spanish descent. In 1862 he married Maria Refugia Yorba at the Mission....

                      Hunter Mill Road - Crossroads to War

                      T 46-BCROSSROADS TO WARDuring the Civil War, this junction of HunterMill Road and the Alexandria, Loudoun, &Hampshire Railroad was a vital crossroads asUnion and Confederate troops moved along...

                      T 46-BCROSSROADS TO WARDuring the Civil War, this junction of HunterMill Road and the Alexandria, Loudoun, &Hampshire Railroad was a vital crossroads asUnion and Confederate troops moved along...

                      • hunter mill ...

                      Hurricane Gustav

                      Hurricane Gustav roared through Baton Rouge on September 1, 2008. Traffic on the Mississippi River was shut down. Ninety-mile per hour winds uprooted thousands of mature oak trees. Houses were...

                      Hurricane Gustav roared through Baton Rouge on September 1, 2008. Traffic on the Mississippi River was shut down. Ninety-mile per hour winds uprooted thousands of mature oak trees. Houses were...

                      • louisiana
                      • baton rouge
                      • old state capitol
                      • hurricane gustav
                      • disaster
                      • weather

                      On September 21, 1779

                      On September 21, 1779Col. Dickson commanding theBritish post at Baton RougeSurrendered toGov. Galvez and his American Allies. This tablet commemorates thisOne battle of theAmerican RevolutionOn...

                      On September 21, 1779Col. Dickson commanding theBritish post at Baton RougeSurrendered toGov. Galvez and his American Allies. This tablet commemorates thisOne battle of theAmerican RevolutionOn...

                      • louisiana
                      • revolutionary war
                      • freedom
                      • baton rouge

                      John P Holland's First Submarine

                        Grafton Park

                          North Shore Beach & Yacht Club 1958

                          Submitted by @jqmcd THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NORTH SHORE BEACH & YACHT CLUB 1958 DESIGNED BY...

                          Submitted by @jqmcd THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NORTH SHORE BEACH & YACHT CLUB 1958 DESIGNED...

                          • salton sea

                          Temple Lodge #14

                            Le Sorbonne

                              Memorial Gazebo

                              Submitted by @jqmcd

                              Submitted by @jqmcd

                                American Zoetrope