Juan A. Avila 1921-2008

"The Greatest Generation"

This young infantryman of the 102d Division stands “on guard” in the rubble of a defeated Germany in 1945 as a conquering hero. When he returned to his hometown after the war he got a job helping with ...

Bicentennial Celebration / La Bajada

This is a two sided marker

Side A:

Bicentennial Celebration

This facility was built by the New Mexico State Highway Department to commemorate the

bicentennial birthday of the United States. Located 15 miles south of the plaza in Santa Fe, the nation's oldest capital ...

Jone Quock Mui

Historic Cannery Row

Quock Mui was born at Point Lobos in 1859 (lower left). Her parents were Cantonese fishermen who sailed to California by seagoing junk in 1851. Point Lobos was a thriving multicultural community in the later 19th century. Quock ...

Jimmy Swaggart's "Date"

On this date, Oct 11, 1991,

Reverend Jimmy Swaggart

picked up a "Date" at

Clark's Travel Center.

Marker is on Indio Boulevard, on the right when traveling south.

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Sitting in Judgement

Civil War to Civil Rights

(Front):

This imposing, Greek Revival style structure was designed by George Hadfield as Washington's first City Hall/Courthouse. Throughout its history, the building has housed the local and federal courts for DC, presided over by judges ...

The Japanese Community

Historic Cannery Row

While the majority of Monterey’s commercial fishermen in the 1930s were Sicilian, about 10 percent of the fleet were Japanese nationals, some of whom has been fishing the bay since 1900. These Issei – first generation Japanese – ...

John Steinbeck

Historic Cannery Row

The real neighborhood of John Steinbeck’s Cannery Row.

Real people and places in the neighborhood of Monterey’s old Ocean View Avenue inspired fictional characters and establishments in the mind of John Steinbeck. Published in 1945, his novel Cannery Row ...

Bishop James M. Thoburn

Methodist missionary to India, south Asia, and the Philippines, 1859 to 1908. Upon retirement he lived in Meadville until his death in 1922. He is buried in Greendale Cemetery.

Marker is on Hickory Street (Pennsylvania Route 77) 0.4 miles north of ...

St. James Santee Parish Veterans Memorial

1941 ~ 1945

Erected by the citizens of St. James Santee Parish in grateful appreciation of the services rendered our beloved country by her sons and daughters in World War II

Kirkley, D.C.; Lofton, P.S.; Lofton, Harry M.; Lofton, J.A., ...

Jamestown Veterans Monument

For all who proudly serve in our armed forces

Marker is on French Santee Road (U.S. 45), on the left when traveling west.

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