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Hyde Park

    Time Capsule

    The San Juan Capistrano Historical Society in conjunction with the city's 50th Birthday Celebration Committee placed this TIME CAPSULE on December 17, 2011. To be opened in April 2061

    The San Juan Capistrano Historical Society in conjunction with the city's 50th Birthday Celebration Committee placed this TIME CAPSULE on December 17, 2011. To be opened in April 2061

      Coliseum Theater

      Submitted by @pkmonaghan

      Submitted by @pkmonaghan

        Tennessee State Capitol

          Atascadero Administration Building

          Submitted by @jqmcd

          Submitted by @jqmcd

            Jose Dolores Garcia

            JOSE DOLORES GARCIA Jose Dolores Garcia was a prominent citizen of San Juan Capistrano who was of Juaneno Indian and Spanish descent. In 1862 he married Maria Refugia Yorba at the Mission. He...

            JOSE DOLORES GARCIA Jose Dolores Garcia was a prominent citizen of San Juan Capistrano who was of Juaneno Indian and Spanish descent. In 1862 he married Maria Refugia Yorba at the Mission....

              Hunter Mill Road - Crossroads to War

              T 46-BCROSSROADS TO WARDuring the Civil War, this junction of HunterMill Road and the Alexandria, Loudoun, &Hampshire Railroad was a vital crossroads asUnion and Confederate troops moved along...

              T 46-BCROSSROADS TO WARDuring the Civil War, this junction of HunterMill Road and the Alexandria, Loudoun, &Hampshire Railroad was a vital crossroads asUnion and Confederate troops moved along...

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              Hurricane Gustav

              Hurricane Gustav roared through Baton Rouge on September 1, 2008. Traffic on the Mississippi River was shut down. Ninety-mile per hour winds uprooted thousands of mature oak trees. Houses were...

              Hurricane Gustav roared through Baton Rouge on September 1, 2008. Traffic on the Mississippi River was shut down. Ninety-mile per hour winds uprooted thousands of mature oak trees. Houses were...

              • louisiana
              • baton rouge
              • old state capitol
              • hurricane gustav
              • disaster
              • weather

              On September 21, 1779

              On September 21, 1779Col. Dickson commanding theBritish post at Baton RougeSurrendered toGov. Galvez and his American Allies. This tablet commemorates thisOne battle of theAmerican RevolutionOn...

              On September 21, 1779Col. Dickson commanding theBritish post at Baton RougeSurrendered toGov. Galvez and his American Allies. This tablet commemorates thisOne battle of theAmerican RevolutionOn...

              • louisiana
              • revolutionary war
              • freedom
              • baton rouge

              John P Holland's First Submarine

                Grafton Park

                  North Shore Beach & Yacht Club 1958

                  Submitted by @jqmcd THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NORTH SHORE BEACH & YACHT CLUB 1958 DESIGNED BY...

                  Submitted by @jqmcd THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NORTH SHORE BEACH & YACHT CLUB 1958 DESIGNED...

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                  Temple Lodge #14

                    Le Sorbonne

                      Memorial Gazebo

                      Submitted by @jqmcd

                      Submitted by @jqmcd

                        American Zoetrope

                          SAN FRANCISCO'S HELLENIC HERITAGE

                          SAN FRANCISCO'S HELLENIC HERITAGE AN AFFIRMATION OF THE PROMISE OF AMERICA IN TRIBUTE TO THE GREEK IMMIGRANTS WHO SETTLED IN THE VICINITY OF THIRD AND FOLSOM STREETS IN THE EARLY 1900s AND IN...

                          SAN FRANCISCO'S HELLENIC HERITAGE AN AFFIRMATION OF THE PROMISE OF AMERICA IN TRIBUTE TO THE GREEK IMMIGRANTS WHO SETTLED IN THE VICINITY OF THIRD AND FOLSOM STREETS IN THE EARLY 1900s AND...

                            Eddie L. Dorsey, MD; Ima Pierson, DDS; Howard C. Scoggins, MD; Luins Williams, MD

                              May 17-18, 1944   Along with leaders of the newly formed NAACP chapter, Drs. Dorsey, Pierson, Scoggins, and Williams were violently expelled from Iberia Parish on May 17-18, 1944, because they...

                              May 17-18, 1944   Along with leaders of the newly formed NAACP chapter, Drs. Dorsey, Pierson, Scoggins, and Williams were violently expelled from Iberia Parish on May 17-18, 1944, because they...

                            • louisiana
                            • african-american
                            • civil rights

                            In Memory of the First Barrow Stadium

                            In Memory of the First Barrow Stadium   (1956-2011)     Architect: Henry G. Grimball     Originally known as the Pontchartrain Park Stadium of the New Orleans Recreation Department, the first...

                            In Memory of the First Barrow Stadium   (1956-2011)     Architect: Henry G. Grimball     Originally known as the Pontchartrain Park Stadium of the New Orleans Recreation Department, the first...

                            • louisiana
                            • new orleans
                            • sports
                            • african american
                            • negro leagues
                            • baseball

                            Site of Mount Carmel

                            Site of Mount Carmel, the first organized community in the Eudora area. John Booth donated land for a Presbyterian Church and a seminary for girls. Rev. Benjamin Shaw was director and pastor....

                            Site of Mount Carmel, the first organized community in the Eudora area. John Booth donated land for a Presbyterian Church and a seminary for girls. Rev. Benjamin Shaw was director and...

                            • arkansas
                            • settlements
                            • cemetery