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Pioneer Cairn Plaza

The Pioneer Cairn Plaza The Dominion Land Survey of 1869 providedan organized method of legally diving thevast expanses of the Canadian West. Thetownship consisting of 36 sections wasthe base unit...

  • saskatoon
  • pioneer
  • cairn
  • yxe
  • dominionlandsurvey

Lafayette's Tour, NY

    Olivier Plantation House & St. Mary's Orphanage

    Located on this site from ca. 1820 to 1949 stood the original David Olivier creole-style plantation house. It was purchased by The New Orleans Catholic Association for the Relief of Male Orphans...

    • louisiana
    • new orleans
    • religion
    • plantation

    Basin Street

    Buried in the ground beneath in the ground beneath our feet and embodied in the architecture reaching toward the sky are the remnants of New Orleans' history. The Basin Street area is no...

    • louisiana
    • new orleans

    Dooky Chase's Restaurant

    Making Rights Real - Louisiana Civil Rights Trail    Dooky Chase's Restaurant gained notoriety as a safe place where people of all races could sit down to meet and discuss strategies for the Civil...

    • louisiana
    • new orleans
    • civil rights
    • restaurant

    McDonogh 19 Elementary School

    Making Rights Real - Louisiana Civil Rights Trail      On November 14, 1960, three six-year-old girls-Leona Tate, Tessie Prevost and Gail Etienne- integrated McDonogh 19. Known as the...

    • louisiana
    • new orleans
    • lower ninth ward
    • civil rights
    • education

    Black Yankees and The Sea

    PORTSMOUTH Black Heritage Trail Black Yankees and The Sea People of African-origin or descent have been part of Portsmouth since at least 1645. This waterfront was an entry port for enslaved...

      In Memory of Sam and Mira Kon

        Mariam K. Altman

          Beebe Building

            The Ohio State Reformatory

              The Cradle of Professional Football

                Saint Tikhon

                SAINT TIKHON RUSSIAN ORTHODOX ARCHBISHOP OF NORTH AMERICA 1898-1907 CONSECRATED & LIVED IN ST. NICHOLAS CATHEDRAL. ELECTED PATRIARCH OF MOSCOW IN 1917. WILLIAM C. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2020 647 13

                  Major "Dick" Bong

                  MAJOR "DICK" BONG "America's Ace of Aces". It was here that Major Richard Bong was born. received his education. and grew to manhood. After attending Superior State College where he received his...

                  • wwii
                  • army air corp
                  • grew to manhood

                  Donald P. McCullum

                  Submitted by @DIYGene.