Writing To You
From http://www.bcregiment.com/wp- content/uploads/The-Duke-2007-December.pdf: “A bronze kitchen table and a bronze steamer trunk, placed in the central grassed area between the pedestrian...
- vancouver
- british columbia
- canada
- drill hall
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- regiment
- world war 2
- ww2
- love letters
- art
- park
- public square
St. Julien Square
St. Julien Square St. Julien is a small town in Belgium where the 7th Infantry Battalion (1st British Columbia Regiment), 1st Infantry Division, Canadian Expeditionary Force, fought in the...
- vancouver
- british columbia
- canada
- military
- regiment
- world war 1
- ww1
- ypres
Community Plaza
This community plaza and garden, on the site of the former Dawson Public School, was created through an agreement between Wall Financial Corporation and the City of Vancouver for use as...
- vancouver
- british columbia
- canada
- community
- garden
- plaza
St. Andrew’s Wesley Church
City of Vancouver Heritage Building St. Andrew’s Wesley Church Architects: Robert P. Twizell & George S. Twizell This inspiring Gothic Revival Church, built entirely of materials from...
- vancouver
- british columbia
- canada
- church
- methodist
- presbyterian
- congregational
- heritage building
B.C. Electric Building
City of Vancouver Heritage Building B.C. Electric Building Architects: Sharp and Thompson Berwick Pratt This landmark building, completed in 1957 as the head office for the BC Electric Company, is...
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- british columbia
- canada
- heritage building
- bc electric building
- heritage horns
Terry Pratchett
ANKH-MORPORK CONSULATE - WINGCANTON TERRY PRATCHETT (EQUAL RITES, 1987) 'OFTEN THERE IS NO MORE THAN A LITTLE PLAQUE TO REVEAL THAT, AGAINST ALL GYNAECOLOGICAL PROBABILITY, SOMEONE VERY FAMOUS...
Passages Jouffroy et Verdeau
- paris
- france
- jouffroy
George Orwell
GEORGE ORWELL 1903 - 1950 NOVELIST & POLITICAL ESSAYIST LIVED HERE
- orwell
- london
- england
Herman Melville
ENGLISH HERITAGE HERMAN MELVILLE 1819 - 1891 Author of Moby Dick lived here in 1849
- melville
- london
- england
- moby dick
- 1849
Berkeley Fire Station No. 2
- berkeley
- fire
- fire department
- 1961
- 1998
- california
- bay area
First Latin School of New Amsterdam
THE FIRST LATIN SCHOOL OF NEW AMSTERDAM WAS FOUNDED ON THIS SITE IN 1659 BY DR. ALEXANDER- CAROLUS CURSIUS-CURTIUS. LITHUANIAN NOBLEMAN AND SCHOLAR WHO CAME TO THE DUTCH COLONY AS LATIN SCHOOL...
- new york
- nyc
- new amsterdam
- latin school
- stuyvesant
- lithuania
Hotel Woodland
Submitted by Sheila Paske.
- woodland
- california
- hotel
- 1928
Tremaine Nature Preserve
Conservation of this 64 acre preserve was made possible by a grant from the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation in honor of Burton G. Tremaine 1901 – 1991 and the generosity of the community of Hunting...
- nature-preserve
- hunting-valley
- ohio
20 French Soldiers
"In Memory of Twenty French Soldiers Who, Serving Under Lafayette, Died While in Camp at Norwich Town 1778." Submitted by: Tim Malone
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- lafayette
- revolutionary war
- france
- soldiers
Dr. William Beaumont (and the gastric fistula)
In memory of Dr. Beaumont, the subject of the Radiolab episode titled "Guts". http://www.radiolab.org/story/197112-guts/ He is known for performing experiments on a man who was shot in the...
- medicine
- science
- fistula
- radiolab
- beaumont
- alexis
- experiment
In Memory of Horace Wells (the blessings of anaesthesia)
A very ornate plaque across from the Old State House in Hartford. The font is hard to read, but i think i got it. "In memory of Horace Wells, dentist, who upon this spot December 11,...
- medical
- anaesthesia
- science
- surgery
- hartford
- discovery
- blessings
The Class of 1897 Gateway
The Class of 1897 Gateway Beginning in the early 1890s, the taller pillars you see before you marked the one-lane gateway to the campus from State Street. Purdue's class of 1897 paid to enlarge...
- pillars
- gateway
- purdue university
- west lafayette
- indiana
Fort Flora
Fort Flora Built on this site by civilians to protect approximately ten families during the War of 1812. Named for landowner David Flora. Ten such forts were built circa 1811-1813 in area...
- fort flora
- washington
- indiana
Abraham Lincoln addressed the citizens of Washington, Indiana on October 26, 1844
Near this site Abraham Lincoln addressed the citizens of Washington, Indiana on October 26, 1844 This plaque erected by the Daviess County Bicentennial Committee 1976 Submitted by: Charles...
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- washington
- indiana
In Memory Of The Pioneer Men and Women
In memory of the pioneer men and women who passed this way in covered wagons 1830-1930 Erected by John Bell Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1931 Submitted by David Kolenda
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- covered wagon
- madison