The Famous "49 Fourth Street" Location
ON THIS SITE, THE FAMOUS "49 FOURTH STREET" LOCATION OF THE UNITED STATES SELECTIVE SERVICE INDUCTION CENTER, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF SAN FRANCISCANS AND OTHER NORTHER CALIFORNIANS WERE INDUCTED INTO...
- san francisco
- bay area
- california
- wwii
- selective service
- 1940
Usonia Homes
Submitted by: Sam Santangelo
- frank lloyd wright
- usonia
- 99pi
- new york
Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Liberty
"ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF LIBERTY" MARKING ROUTE TAKEN BY WASHINGTON FROM PHILADELPHIA TO CAMBRIDGE TO ASSUME COMMAND OF THE PATRIOT ARMY IN 1775 PLACED HERE BY THE NEW...
- washington
- george washington
- revolutionary wary
- liberty
- vigilance
- 1775
Usonia Homes
Submitted by Avery Trufelman.
- wright
- frank lloyd wright
- 99pi
- new york
Reconciling History, Baltimore's Confederate Monuments
Lee Jackson Monument This monument was a gift from prominent Baltimore banker J. Henry Fergusun, who left funds in his will for the City of Baltimore to create a monument to his childhood...
- baltimore
- maryland
- confederacy
- civil war
- special commission
- white supremacy
- lost cause
1887 Railway Accident Memorial
Plaque reads: This memorial is erected by public subscription in the honor of the late Frederick William Maskell and James McNab The former engine driver, aged 46 years And the latter Fireman,...
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- railway
- accident
- melbourne
- australia
- heroic devot...
- windsor
- fearful accident
Western Canada's Oldest Skyscraper
Union Bank Building (Top right plaque. English transcription) Constructed in 1903-1904, this building is Western Canada's oldest skyscraper. It combines the technology of steel framing, a...
- winnipeg
- manitoba
- royal bank
- skyscraper
- canada
- western canada
- tallest
Field Artillery Cannon, Donor Unknown
Proclaiming Its Admission to the Union
THIS GUN WAS USED TO FIRE THE FIRST SALUTE (OCTOBER 18TH, 1850) ON THE ARRIVAL OF THE NEWS IN CALIFORNIA PROCLAIMING ITS ADMISSION TO THE UNION REMOUNTED FOR THE CITY OF WATSONVILLE, MARCH 22,...
- watsonville
- california
- cannon
- admission
- 1850
George Washington
GEORGE WASHINGTON 1732 - 1799 FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY FIRST IN WAR, FIRST IN PEACE FIRST IN THE HEARTS OF HIS COUNTRYMENT
- watsonville
- california
- george washington