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Dedicated to the Memory of Matthew B. Juan

Co K 28th Infantry

Dedicated to the Memory of

Matthew B. Juan

Co K 28th Infantry

First Arizonian Killed in the World War

Battle of Cantingy

May 28th 1918

Marker is at the intersection of Casa Blanca Road and Sacaton Road, (Arizona Route 87), on the right ...

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Battle of Carthage

In memory of the men in blue and gray who fought here on July 5, 1861.

Dedicated by the United Veterans of Carthage, who fought side by side in four foreign wars, on July 4, 1961.

Marker is on South Main Street, ...

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The Battle of Carthage

July 5, 1861

In early July, 1861 units of the Missouri State Guard under the command of Governor Claiborne Fox Jackson were en route to extreme southwest Missouri to there organize and train to resist Federal dominance of the state. On ...

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Laurens County Confederate Monument

[Front]:

In Memory of

The Boys in Gray

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Erected 1910

by the Citizens of

Laurens Co.

Under the Auspices of

J.B. Kershaw Chapter

U.D.C.

Our Heroes

[Reverse]:

On flames eternal camp-

ing ground

Their silent tents are

spread

And glory guards with

solemn round

The bivouac of the dead.

Marker is on East Main Street, on the left ...

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Forbes Road

1758

Fort Duquesne

End of Forbes Road

Occupied by General Forbes

November 25, 1758 and by him named

Pittsburgh.

His victory determined the destiny of the

Great West and established Anglo-Saxon

supremacy in the United States.

"His name for ages to come will be dear to Americans

and appear with ...

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Providence Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church

The cemetery located about 1/2 mile SW, marks the original site of the church, founded Sept. 10, 1836. Buried here is William Blakely, Sr., survivor of Hayes Station Massacre, 1871, who with Samuel Blakely donated the land for the church ...

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Site Of The Flight Of The Gossamer Condor

This plaque at Shafter Airport commemorates the world's first man-powered flight to complete the Kremer Circuit, August 23, 1977. The circuit, a figure eight around two pylons one-half mile apart, was completed in six minutes, twenty-two seconds. The plane was ...

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Deckhouse from steamer Winapie ca.1909

In 1920, the Percy & Small shipyard did its last significant ship work. The steamer Winapie, built in New Hampshire during World War One, visited for conversion into a tank barge. The shipyard removed this three-compartment deckhouse, which held the ...

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Charles Nalle Fugitive Slave

Here was begun

April 27, 1860

The Rescue

of

Charles Nalle

an

escaped slave who had been

arrested under the

Fugitive Slave Act

Marker is at the intersection of State Street and 1st Street, on the right when traveling west on State Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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Illumination History of the Aerial Lift Bridge

The first lighting was on November 20, 1970, made possible through the contributions of Duluth school children, citizens, business people and visitors.

The present dramatic lighting, first seen on July 4, 1987, is made possible through a generous gift from the ...

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