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Barkers Creek Baptist Church

Founded in 1821, this is the boyhood church and burial place of Olin D. Johnston. He was decorated for bravery in World War I, served in the S.C. House of Representatives, was twice Governor of S.C., in 1935-1939 and 1943-1945, ...

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Donaldson Air Force Base / Captain John O. Donaldson

Donaldson Air Force Base

Greenville Army Air Base opened on this site in 1942 and trained B-25 bomber crews during World War II. Emphasizing air transport after 1945 and renamed Donaldson Air Force Base in 1951. It was the home ...

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Knight Hospital Monument

Erected A.D. 1870 by the state of Connecticut to commemorate the services and perpetuate the memory of the two hundred and four Union soldiers who died in the Knight Hospital in New Haven in the years 1862, 3, 4 & ...

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Metropolitan Saloon and Bowling Alley

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At this site was one of California’s first bowling alleys. It was actually three buildings, with single-lane bowling alleys in each of the side buildings. The establishment, also known as the Metropolitan Saloon and Sporting Hall, featured gambling and ...

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Cobra AH-1G/S/F Helicopter

Cobra

AH-1G/S/F Helicopter

Length: 53'

Weight: 8,404 lbs.

Payload: 2500 lbs.

Range: 359 miles

Cruise Speed: 138mph

• Although a 1966 model this helicopter was purchased by the US Army in November 1967.

• Cobra 318 arrived in Vietnam in the beginning of Feb. 1968

• Feb. 12th, 1968 ...

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South Carolina Troops at Battle of Averasboro, NC

On this field March 15-16 1865 men of South Carolina stood with men of other Southern States and fought bloodily and bravely for their beliefs and way of life. In doing so they wrote their names in imperishable letters in ...

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Unisphere

Peace Through Understanding

Dedicated toward man's aspirations to Peace Through Understanding and symbolizing his achievements in an expanding universe.

Built and presented by the United States Steel Corporation (USS)to the New York World's Fair April 22, 1964.

Made of Stainless Steel, the Unisphere ...

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Osceola "Soo" Depot

This depot was built in 1916 replacing a smaller wooden structure that was destroyed when two engines collided in front of it. Constructed of red, wire cut brick with white sandstone trim, the depot was very modern for its time, ...

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Delaware Canal / Pennsylvania Canal

Delaware Canal

Here is Lock No. 12 in a series of 23 lift locks, numbered from Bristol to Easton. Just above here is one of the nine aquaducts by which the canal and its traffic crossed courses of small streams.

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Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.

Here, in its first General Assembly held May 21-24, 1789, the Presbyterian denomination in America was formally organized on a national basis. This took place in the city's Second Presbyterian Church, which was at this site from 1750 to 1837.

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