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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