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Judson Memorial Church

Landmarks of New York

Constructed in 1892, this Baptist Church, named in memory of Adoniram Judson, was designed in a Greco-Romanesque style by McKim, Mead and White, with stained glass windows by John La Farge and a baptistry executed by Herbert ...

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John H. Ware 3rd, Commerce Center

John H. Ware 3rd

August 29, 1908 – July 29, 1997

B.S. University of Pennsylvania; Chairman Penn Fuel Gas, Inc.; Former Burgess; Elected three terms to Pennsylvania Senate; Chairman, Republican Finance Committee of PA; Trustee, Lincoln University, University of Pennsylvania, ...

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Pierre J. DeSmet

Jesuit leader

Roman Catholic Missionary services began in Idaho on Sunday July 10, 1840 in Teton Valley, followed by a mass held near here at Henry's Lake, July 23.

Pierre J. DeSmet a Belgian Jesuit leader accompanied a Pend Oreille - Flathead ...

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Dr. John Todd Anderson

Furman Student

Medical Missionary to China

Born 1887 Died 1918

Courtesy hmdb.org

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James City

Community founded here in 1863 as resettlement camp for freed slaves. Named for Horace James. Union Army chaplain.

Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 70 and Brown Drive on U.S. 70.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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President Lyndon B. Johnson

President Lyndon B. Johnson, Senator Hubert H. Humphrey, and Governor Karl Rolvaag enjoy the spray from Minnehaha Falls. On that day in 1964, however, Minneapolis was experiencing a drought. In order to create the beautiful display of the falls pictured ...

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Johnny Mack Brown

Side A

Johnny Mack Brown, an outstanding athlete and western movie star, was born in Dothan on September 1, 1904. Johnny Mack was one of nine children born to John Henry and Hattie McGillivray Brown. The Brown family home was located ...

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General John A. Sutter

February 15, 1808 – June 18, 1880

Swiss Immigrant

Founder of New Helvetia

The beginning of Sacramento

Builder of Sutter’s Fort

A man of vision and compassion

who deserves the respect

and gratitude

of Americans and Swiss

Marker is at the intersection of 28th Street and L Street, on ...

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On June 17, 1861

On June 17, 1861, near this spot, a railroad was first used tactically in warfare when units from the 1st to 8th Regiments, South Carolina successfully engaged 1st Ohio Volunteers who were using a train of the Loudoun & Hampshire ...

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Jackson Davis

Cumberland Court House, Virginia

Jackson Davis, an educational reformer and amateur photographer, was born in Cumberland County, VA, to William Anderson and Sally Wyatt (Guy) Davis on September 25, 1882. He attended the public schools of Richmond, VA, and received his ...

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