Two Sisters
TWO SISTERS Oh Pioneer, speak of your story, lest we forget. On a pleasant winter day, January 6, 1903, Knut Throndson, an 1892 homesteader from Hellingdal, Norway, decided to visit his...
- south dakota
- winter
- pioneer
- storm
- sleigh
Public Toilet
Public Toilet Funded by World Toilet Association (WTA) Municipal Government of Suwon Republic of Korea
- korea
- toilet
- sanitation
The Medford Rum Distilleries
THE MEDFORD RUM DISTILLERIES Rum manufacturing started in Medford in 1715 and continued until 1905. Four distilleries, owned mostly by fathers and sons, operated in the Medford Square area....
- medford
- massachusetts
- rum
"Jingle Bells" Composed Here
"JINGLE BELLS" COMPOSED HERE ON THIS SITE STOOD THE SIMPSON TAVERN, WHERE IN 1850 JAMES PIERPONT (1822-1893) WROTE THE SONG "JINGLE BELLS" IN THE PRESENCE OF MRS. OTIS WATERMAN, WHO LATER...
- medford
- massachusetts
- jingle bells
- christmas
Leahy Square
1890 - 1918 LEAHY SQUARE THIS SQUARE IS DEDICATED IN MEMORY OF PVT. THOMAS AMBROSE LEAHYCO. E 101ST INFANTRY 26TH DVI.A.E.F. 1917 - 1918 FRANCE HE GALLANTLY SERVED AND DIED FOR HIS COUNTRY ON...
- wwi
- medford
- massachusetts
Brothers in Arms, Brothers in Life
DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THE FIVE PHILLIPSBROTHERS WHO SERVED THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS WITH HONOR AND DISTINCTION DURING WORLD WAR ii. MAJOR WILLIAM H. PHILLIPSMAJOR CECIL F. PHILLIPSCAPTAIN ERNEST...
- wwii
- medford
- massachusetts
Rose M. Sloane
ROSE M. SLOAN 1896 - 1986 MEDFORD SQUARE BUSINESS WOMAN COMMUNITY LEADER GIVEN IN MEMORY BY HER CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN, AND CENTURY BANK JULY 2009 Submitted by @csixty4
- medford
- massachusetts
Don Hermilio Vizcarra Diaz, Hijo Ilustre de Yanahuara
Roster of the First Company of Minutemen
ROSTER OF THE FIRST COMPANY OF MINUTE MEN WHO ASSEMBLED IN MEDFORD AT THE CALL FOR PAUL REVERE AND ENGAGED IN THE BATTLE OF APRIL 19, 1775. Submitted by @csixty4.
- medford
- massachusetts
- revolutionary war
- minute men
- paul revere
This tablet is cast from metal recovered from the USS Maine
Louis W Baker Guy W Halliday Constantine L North William P Northcross Gave the utmost USS Maine destroyed in Havana Harbor, February 15, 1898 This tablet is cast from metal recovered from...
- maine
- orange county
- california
- spanish american war
The Roxy Theatre
Submitted by @jqmcd
- theatre
- roxy
- pleasanton
- california
- todo
Johnston Building
Submitted by @jqmcd
- pleasanton
- california
- todo
Pleasanton Hotel
Submitted by @jqmcd
- pleasanton
- california
- hotel
- todo
Captain Isaac Hall Hitching Post
Submitted by @csixty4. Older plaque on same subject at same location:
- revolutionary war
- paul revere
- medford
- massachusetts
In Memory of Sgt. Thomas J. Williams A.U.S.
Submitted by @csixty4.
- wwii
- cambridge
- massachusetts
Aliso Park Arboretum
Aliso Park Arboretum Donated by Frank Bruins 1883 - 1982 Smaller marker is new as of December 30, 2016. Text is difficult to read: In loving memory of Ben "Poppie" Sokolec and...
- california
- aliso
- los angeles
- park
- arboretum
John Wayne Memorial Association
In the United terminal at SNA.
- wayne
- john wayne
- airport
- lots angeles
- california
- todo
Tom Lantos
Tom Lantos 1928 - 2008 The only Holocaust survivor elected to the US Congress. Sever this district for 28 years. Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Eloquent advocate for human rights...
- lantos
- san francisco
- bay area
- california
- airport
- holocaust
- congress
San Francisco Airport Plaque
Plaque announcing the San Francisco airport. Dedicated 1979 Found by Miriam Allen, age 8.
- san francisco
- airport
- miriam
- california
- bay area
Antisuyo
The Inca called their empire Tahauntinsuyo, which means the Land of the Four Quarters: Chinchaysuyo to the north, Condesuyo to the west, Collasuyo to the south, and Antisuyo to the east. Cusco,...
- peru
- cusco
- inca
- antisuyo