Frances Perkins

U.S. Secretary of Labor, 1933-45. Visited Homestead July 1933 to discuss New Deal policy. Local authorities barred her from meeting with aggrieved steelworkers in nearby Frick Park. Undeterred, she moved the assembly to federal property here, at the former U.S. ...

Frances Albrier

(1898-1987)

It was just automatic for me to stand up and tell a person, “You’re wrong. You’re mistreating me. You’re discriminatory. Why don’t you give me a chance?”

Great generosity coupled with anger at injustice guided the life of Frances Albrier. In ...

Bought in France for N.C.

Bought in France for N.C. by Robt. Smith & Thos. Benbury agents for Governor Caswell. Brought to Edenton by Capt. Boritz on "The Holy Heart of Jesus" in 1778. Mounted on this spot 1861. Spiked and trunnions broken off by ...

Campsite of The Army of Louis XVI, King of France

Commanded by

General de Rochambeau

during their march

to victory

at Yorktown

August 31, 1781

Marker is at the intersection of Stockton Street and Bayard Street on Stockton Street.

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France

France was the first nation to settle and develop the Lower Mississippi. Although they governed it for only 80 years, the French left a lasting impression on the river and its valley.

In 1673, Louis Jolliet, a French trader, and Father ...

Frances Dana Gage / Mount Airy Mansion

Frances Dana Gage

One of Ohio's earliest proponents of women's rights, Frances Dana Gage (1808-1884) was born in Marietta and married McConnelsville attorney James L. Gage in 1829. She immersed herself in the major social issues of the day - temperance, ...

Frances Goodrich

- 1856 - 1944 -

Missionary and teacher, Her Allanstand Cottage Industries promote the revival of Appalachian handicrafts. Lived here.

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Cecil and Frances Brown House

Designed by Houston architect Henry A. Stubee and built in 1938, this was the home of local civic, church, and business leader Cecil Brown and his wife Frances. Both were from pioneer Quaker families. Mr. Brown was prominent in the ...

Frances Payne Bolton

Frances Payne Bolton (1885-1977) was the first woman from Ohio to serve in the United States Congress. Elected in 1940 to complete the term of her late husband, Chester C. Bolton, Mrs. Bolton represented the 22nd District for 28 years. ...

Cathedral of St. Louis, King of France

[Cast at the top of the marker is a rendering of the church]Church of St. Louis, 1727-1788

Cathedral

of

St. Louis, King of France

The first church on this site designed by Adrien De Pauger was erected 1724-1727 and was ...