From the Boardwalk

Welcome to Dunlawton's boardwalk - a modern structure offering views of the former sugar factory while reducing foot traffic inside. (More on the nineteenth-century floorplan can be found in an interpretive panel near the ruins' south side.) Today's raised walk ...

Padre Eusebio Francisco Kino SJ

Founder of Missions

Man of God

Pioneer Explorer

Astronomer

Rancher Teacher

Cartographer

1645-1711

Marker can be reached from West Kino Park Place.

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Supreme Sacrifice

Erected in memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice and in honor of those who served in the Armed Forces of our country.

Marker is on Old Washington Road 0.2 miles north of Hanover Road, on the right when ...

First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in Iowa

B'nai Israel Congregation

Jews have been part of the social, economic and cultural life of Iowa since the early 19th century. It was not until 1855 that the Jewish population in Keokuk grew large enough to establish a religious community, Congregation ...

Fort Marion

In 1821, the United States assumed control of Florida and federal troops occupied the fort. It was renamed Ft. Marion, for the Revolutionary war hero Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox."

In order to modernize the fort's defensives, the east portion of ...

Confederate Fortification

This Fortification was part of a line of Confederate earthworks that guarded Swift Creek and the western approaches to Fort Clifton on the Appomattox River. It was probably constructed in response to Federal threats during Butler’s Bermuda Hundred campaign in ...

Italian Club Life In Tampa

Tampa's Italians have supported a flourishing

club life almost from their first arrival in the

1880's. L'Unione Italiana, the first mutual aid

society, was organized in 1894. Initially located

directly across the street, the club stood there

until fire destroyed it in 1914. The ...

Ambassadors of Faith

Roads to Diversity

Three dramatic religious structures dominate this corner. They are among some 40 religious institutions lining 16th Street between the White House and the Maryland state line.

Many serve as unofficial “embassies” representing the interests of their faiths ...

Eusebio Francisco Kino, S. J.

1645-1711

Pioneer Jesuit missionary,

Explorer of Northwestern New Spain,

Cartographer, historian and mission builder.

The other original casting, representing Arizona,

is located in the capitol, Washington, D.C.

Sculptor-Suzanne Silvercruys

Marker is on East 2nd Street, on the right when traveling west.

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"Lest We Forget"

Avondale World War II Memorial

Dedicated to the sacred memory

of the Avondale Boys of

World War II who made the Supreme

Sacrifice for Liberty and Humanity.

Thomas Nelson •

Albert W. Moore •

James A. Williams •

John L. Warner •

Wayne Daily • ...