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Morris Manor

MORRIS MANOR   This Building is dedicated to Beverly & Charles R. Morris as gratitude for their tireless support for CAMBA and affordable housing in Brooklyn   October 2, 2008Submitted by @lampbane

MORRIS MANOR   This Building is dedicated to Beverly & Charles R. Morris as gratitude for their tireless support for CAMBA and affordable housing in Brooklyn   October 2, 2008Submitted by @lampbane

  • new york
  • brooklyn
  • flatbush
  • affordable housing
  • camba

Charles Marega

CHARLES MAREGA (1871-1939) This Italian-Canadian sculptor created a number of outstanding monuments in the three decades after his arrival in British Columbia in 1909. Working first in the...

CHARLES MAREGA (1871-1939) This Italian-Canadian sculptor created a number of outstanding monuments in the three decades after his arrival in British Columbia in 1909. Working first in the...

  • vancouver
  • italian
  • sculptor
  • charles marega

Bud Scott

Clarence “Bud” Scott, Sr., led one of the most popular dance bands in the Mississippi-Louisiana region for several decades beginning around 1900. Scott (1876-1938), a lifelong Natchez resident,...

Clarence “Bud” Scott, Sr., led one of the most popular dance bands in the Mississippi-Louisiana region for several decades beginning around 1900. Scott (1876-1938), a lifelong Natchez...

  • mississippi
  • blues
  • music

"The Natchez Burning"

(side 2)"The Natchez Burning" Few events in African-American history have been as memorialized as the Natchez fire of 1940. In addition to a monument, markers, museum exhibits, and annual local...

(side 2)"The Natchez Burning" Few events in African-American history have been as memorialized as the Natchez fire of 1940. In addition to a monument, markers, museum exhibits, and annual local...

  • mississippi
  • blues
  • music
  • disaster

761st Tank Battalion

From 1940-1944, Louisiana hosted a series of military maneuvers designed to train soldiers for all aspects of Army Ground Forces operations. Approximately 75,000 black soldiers maneuvered in...

From 1940-1944, Louisiana hosted a series of military maneuvers designed to train soldiers for all aspects of Army Ground Forces operations. Approximately 75,000 black soldiers maneuvered...

  • louisiana
  • wwii
  • african americans

Bennett Plantation Home

In memory of Henry Seth Bennett, born 1842, died 1924 and Sarah Baggett Cotton, born 1848 died 1922. Henry was a veteran of the Civil War was shot through the right lung in the Battle of...

In memory of Henry Seth Bennett, born 1842, died 1924 and Sarah Baggett Cotton, born 1848 died 1922. Henry was a veteran of the Civil War was shot through the right lung in the Battle...

  • louisiana
  • plantation site
  • geneology

Sylvester Magee

May 28, 1841 - October 15, 1971    Believed to have been the last surviving American Slave, Magee was born in Carpet, North Carolina and sold at Enterprise, Mississippi at the age of nineteen. He...

May 28, 1841 - October 15, 1971    Believed to have been the last surviving American Slave, Magee was born in Carpet, North Carolina and sold at Enterprise, Mississippi at the age of nineteen....

  • mississippi
  • slave
  • african american
  • civil war
  • centurion

Fort Rosalie Revisited

In 1940, Natchez native Jefferson Davis Dickson built a "reconstruction" of Fort Rosalie as a tourism attraction to appeal to the city's early automobile-driving visitors. A World War I flying ace...

In 1940, Natchez native Jefferson Davis Dickson built a "reconstruction" of Fort Rosalie as a tourism attraction to appeal to the city's early automobile-driving visitors. A World War I flying ace...

  • mississippi
  • natchez
  • colonial era
  • park
  • national par...

The Freedom Fountain

Dedicated to all the men and women who paid the ulitmate price in service to their country. This nation was conceived in liberty and built upon these sacrifices over the centuries. If this country...

Dedicated to all the men and women who paid the ulitmate price in service to their country. This nation was conceived in liberty and built upon these sacrifices over the centuries. If this country...

  • louisiana
  • veterans
  • park

Jimmy Lee Swaggart

Jimmy Lee Swaggart, born in Ferriday,Louisiana, on March 15, 1935, describeshimself as an old-fashioned, Holy Ghost-filled, shouting, weeping, soul-winning,gospel-preaching preacher. His...

Jimmy Lee Swaggart, born in Ferriday,Louisiana, on March 15, 1935, describeshimself as an old- fashioned, Holy Ghost-filled, shouting, weeping, soul-winning,gospel-preaching preacher....

  • louisiana
  • ferriday
  • jimmy swaggart
  • religion

Mickey Gilley

Mickey Leroy Gilley, born March 9,1936, grew up in Ferriday, Louisiana, andis a well-known country music performerand songwriter. He learned to play thepiano alongside his famous cousins, JerryLee...

Mickey Leroy Gilley, born March 9,1936, grew up in Ferriday, Louisiana, andis a well-known country music performerand songwriter. He learned to play thepiano alongside his famous cousins,...

  • louisiana
  • music
  • ferriday
  • country & western

Jerry Lee Lewis

Jerry Lee Lewis, born September 29, 1935,in Ferriday, Louisiana, with a God-given talent,at an early age became a world-famous rock-and-roll star. At age 8 he sang for the first timeto an audience...

Jerry Lee Lewis, born September 29, 1935,in Ferriday, Louisiana, with a God-given talent,at an early age became a world-famous rock-and-roll star. At age 8 he sang for the first timeto an audience...

  • louisiana
  • ferriday
  • music
  • rock & roll

Leon "Pee Wee" Whittaker

1906 - 1993Leon "Peewee" Whittaker was bornabout 35 miles north of Ferriday,near Newellton, Louisiana. Hestudied music as a child and receivedinstruction on clarinet, trombone,guitar, string bass,...

1906 - 1993Leon "Peewee" Whittaker was bornabout 35 miles north of Ferriday,near Newellton, Louisiana. Hestudied music as a child and receivedinstruction on clarinet, trombone,guitar, string bass,...

  • louisiana
  • ferriday
  • music
  • blues

Howard K. Smith

Howard Kingsbury Smith, a broadcasterand journalist, was born in Ferriday,Louisiana, May 12, 1914. His father, alsonamed Howard K. Smith, was of a gentleman-farmer's family from Lettsworth,...

Howard Kingsbury Smith, a broadcasterand journalist, was born in Ferriday,Louisiana, May 12, 1914. His father, alsonamed Howard K. Smith, was of a gentleman-farmer's family from Lettsworth,...

  • louisiana
  • ferriday
  • journalist

Calero County Park - Baily Fellow House

Calero County Park – Bailey Fellows House   The nearby Bailey Fellows house is a historic "Italianate" structure located at the south end of Calero Reservoir and appears on the County of Santa...

Calero County Park – Bailey Fellows House   The nearby Bailey Fellows house is a historic "Italianate" structure located at the south end of Calero Reservoir and appears on the County of Santa...

    Sleeping Widow

    Submitted by @jqmcd.

    Submitted by @jqmcd.

      COMMERATION OF THE TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY IN THE BAHAMAS

      ThIS PLAQUE IS IN COMMERATION OF THE TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY IN THE BAHAMAS THE FOLLOWING PERSONS WERE THE FIRST MEMBERS ROM HARBOUR ISLAND TO SERVE IN THE...

      ThIS PLAQUE IS IN COMMERATION OF THE TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY IN THE BAHAMAS THE FOLLOWING PERSONS WERE THE FIRST MEMBERS ROM HARBOUR ISLAND TO SERVE IN THE...

        Ipswich was Settled in March 1633

        IPSWICH WAS SETTLED IN MARCH 1633 ON THIS HILL-TOP THE FIRST MEETING-HOUSE WAS BUILT AND SURROUNDED WITH A STONE FORT. THE PRESENT EDIFICE IS THE FIFTH WHICH HAS OCCUPIED THIS SPOT NATHANIEL...

        IPSWICH WAS SETTLED IN MARCH 1633 ON THIS HILL-TOP THE FIRST MEETING-HOUSE WAS BUILT AND SURROUNDED WITH A STONE FORT. THE PRESENT EDIFICE IS THE FIFTH WHICH HAS OCCUPIED THIS SPOT...

          Hiawatha Asylum for Insane Indians

          HIAWATHA ASYLUM FOR INSANE INDIANS Receiving Congressional appropriations in 1899. the Hiawatha Asylum for Insane Indians was the second federal mental hospital and the first dedicated to...

          HIAWATHA ASYLUM FOR INSANE INDIANS Receiving Congressional appropriations in 1899. the Hiawatha Asylum for Insane Indians was the second federal mental hospital and the first dedicated...

            5 November 2009 Ft. Hood Memorial - Killeen, Texas

            5 November 2009 Ft. Hood Memorial - Killeen, Texas At 13:20 on a sunny Thursday afternoon on the 5th of November, 2009, Soldiers at the Fort Hood Soldier Readiness Processing Center Medical...

            5 November 2009 Ft. Hood Memorial - Killeen, Texas At 13:20 on a sunny Thursday afternoon on the 5th of November, 2009, Soldiers at the Fort Hood Soldier Readiness Processing Center...

            • fort hood
            • killeen
            • texas
            • memorial
            • army
            • military