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Brownstown Area Veterans Memorial

All Gave Some - Some Gave All

Dedicated in remembrance

of our veterans

Memorial Day 2001

by

their friends and families

Conceived by

Veterans of Foreign Wars

Post #9770

Brownstown, Il.

Killed in Action

L.H. Foley · M. Forbis · R.O. Cortelloni · C. Garner · R. Sexton · V.D. Davis ...

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St. Elmo Area Veterans Memorial

Duty - Honor - God - Country

We dedicate this memorial

to the men and women

whose names are listed on

the tablets before you.

They left this community to

serve with honor and dignity

and to preserve freedom

around the world.

"Never in the course of history

has so ...

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Kittiewan Plantation

Colonial home of Dr. William Rickman, Head Surgeon of the Continental Army of Virginia, and wife Elizabeth Harrison Rickman Edmondson, of Berkeley.

Original section constructed ca. 1770-1790, shed roof addition added ca. 1840.

Land referred to as Kenwon, mentioned in ...

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Spalding County

Spalding County was created by Act of Dec. 20, 1851 from Fayette, Henry and Pike Counties. It was named for Thomas Spalding (1774-1851), native of Frederica. One of the earliest cotton and sugar cane planters in Georgia, he was a ...

Wryanoke and Parrish Hill

Charles City County, Virginia

The Weanoc Indians gave this area its name. The Minge family settled much of the Weyanoke peninsula during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Landmarks have included Weyanoke Parish Church, Tyler’s Mill, a steamboat landing, a post ...

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First School House and Council House in Iron County

"I commenced a grammar school in my wickiup by the light of the fire and only one grammar book." Diary of George A. Smith, February 25, 1851.

The first school house, 18 x 24 feet, was built west of the Council ...

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John C. Freemont Memorial

Seeking a suitable railroad route through the central Rockies, John C. Freemont and Company reached Parowan February 6, 1854.

These are Freemont's own words, "We were all so feeble we could barely drag ourselves down the trail, but the Mormons took ...

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Whitewater Canal State Historic Site

The Whitewater Canal was one of several projects begun by the Indiana Improvement Act of 1836, which was designed to improve transportation and develop commerce state-wide. Constructed to link southeastern and central Indiana, the canal was completed in 1847. The ...

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A Dune System Called "NaNa"

NaNa, the tallest dune in Florida, is a protected landmark due largely to the efforts of MaVynne Betsch (January 14, 1935-September 5, 2005), widely known as the "Beach Lady." Betsch, who once performed opera in London, Paris and Germany, returned ...

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Milwaukee-Downer College Buildings

This set of four buildings, including Merrill, Johnston, and Holton Halls and Greene Memorial Library, designed by A. C. Eschweiler and erected in 1897–1905, was designated as a Milwaukee Landmark in 1973 in recognition of its architectural and historical significance ...

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