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Keweenaw Rocket Range

THE KEWEENAW ROCKET RANGE THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ESTABLISHED A ROCKET RANGE ON THIS SITE WHICH WAS USED FROM 1964-1971. MICHIGAN'S FIRST ROCKET TO ENTER SPACE WAS LAUNCHED FROM THIS SITE ON...

  • keweenaw
  • michigan
  • rocket
  • nasa
  • space

General Strike

GENERAL STRIKE! In December 1946, management refusal to recognize a union of retail clerks in stores adjacent to Latham Square led to a general strike involving 100,000 workers in Alameda County....

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  • califorinia
  • latham
  • strike

Potentilla Shrubs

These Potentilla Shrubs mark the entrance to the Loraine Minish-Cooper Garden of Hope to symbolize the importance of living life with purpose, dedication and commitment.  These shrubs were planted...

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  • canada
  • northwest te...
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Yellowknife Time Capsule

 HIS EXCELLENCY, THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JULES LEGER, C.C., C.M.M., C.D., GOVERNOR GENERAL OF CANADA DEPOSITED A TIME CAPSULE WITHIN THESE WALLS ON THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF MAY NINETEEN HUNDRED AND...

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  • time capsule
  • cc mm cd
  • northwest te...

Margadh na Feirme Smithfield

  • dublin
  • ireland
  • smithfield

Galway Gaelic Plaque

  • galway
  • ireland
  • 2006

For His Beloved Wife Anne McGrath

This Tomb was Erected by John Rob McGrath of Ennis in memory of his Beloved Wife Anne McGrath for himself and Family. [illegible]

  • ireland
  • ennis
  • tomb

The Bunkum Stone

The Bunkum Stone is a sister to the Blarney Stone in Ireland. It is said that kissing the Bunkum Stone confers the gift of loquacity.The Bunkum Stone is named in honor of Felix Walker, the...

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  • buncombe
  • asheville
  • north carolina
  • bunkum
  • stone
  • kissing
  • felix walker

The Original Location of Oakgrove Cumberland Presbyterian Church

COMMEMORATING THE ORIGINAL LOCATION OAKGROVE CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 1886 - 1967 REV. R. J. C. AHIL, FIRST PASTOR THE ZELOSOPHIAN ACADEMY FOUNDED 1890 BY REV. J. H. B. HALL   Submitted by...

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  • cumberland
  • presbyterian
  • church

Bradford War Memorials

Soldiers Memorial. 21 S Main St, Bradford, VT. Located next to the Charles Edgar Clark statue. @readtheplaque https://t.co/7ibMuAaZLu Tweet Submitted by @LostToHistory

  • bradford
  • vermont
  • wwi
  • civil war
  • spanish-american war