Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
NATIONAL HISTORICAL MARKER CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL ONE OF THE BEST PRESERVED AND LEAST ALTERED OF OLD AMERICAN CANALS, THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO GREW FROM WASHINGTON'S VISION of...
- ties of comm...
- chesapeak and ohio
- canal
- thade
- canal era
Lady Bird Johnson Park
LADY BIRD JOHNSON PARK THE DOGWOOD AND DAFFODIL PLANTINGS ON THIS ISLAND ARE DEDICATED TO PRESIDENT & MARS LYNDON B. JOHNSON WHO CHALLENGED AMERICA TO MAKE MORE BEAUTIFUL THE ENVIRONMENT OF ALL...
- johnson
- dogwood
- park
- washington dc
Air Space
THIS SOIL AND THE AIR SPACE EXTENDING ABOVE IT SHALL NOT BE A PART OF ANY NATION AND SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO ANY ENTITY'S JURISDICTION.
- berkeley
- california
- bay area
- air space
- not be a par...
Richard Stites
Richard Stites, a historian of the Russian revolutionary people, as people. In memory of Richard Stites 1931-2010 member of Martin's Tavern fellowship from 1956 onward Submitted by @Ed_Baptist
- russia
- revolution
- washington dc
- tavern
Space Tree
SPACE TREE The seed for this tree were flown abroad the US Space Shuttle Atlantis, December 2-8, 1988 by Lt. Col. Jerry L. Ross, USAF. The tree was presented to the City of Cresco on...
- space tree
- atlantis
- cresco
- iowa
- 1988
- notre dame
- purdue
Dr. Norman E. Borlaug
IN TRIBUTE TO DR. NORMAN E. BORLAUG NATIVE OF HOWARD COUNTY, IOWA 1970 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE LAUREATE HIS WORK IN AGRICULTURE PROMOTED PEACE BY HIS CRUSADE AGAINST WORLD FAMINE. Submitted by @Susannist
- borlaug
- green revolution
- nobel peace prize
- famine
- iowa
Last Indian Clash
After decades of driving past this plaque, I finally stopped to read the "Last Indian Clash" Near this spot in 1764, Shawnee Indians killed John Tremble (Trimble) in the last such event in Augusta...
- colonization
- virginia
- 1764
- pontiac
- augusta county
The Bivouc of the Dead
A memorial at Dows Rest Area in Iowa. It reads: "On fame's eternal camping ground, Their silent tents are spread And glory guards with solemn spread The bivouac of the dead."
- memorial
- war
- iowa
Compton's Cafeteria Riot
UPTOWN TENDERLOIN Lost Landmarks COMPTON'S CAFETERIA RIOT ~ 1996 ~ ONE AUGUST EVENING IN 1966, TRANSGENDER WOMEN AND GAY MEN BANDED TOGETHER TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST OPPRESSION AFTER A...
- san diego
- california
- transgender
- gay rights
- galvanized
Site of North Hall
SITE OF NORTH HALL SECOND OF TWO ORIGINAL CAMPUS BUILDINGS ERECTED 1873 RAZED 1917 AND 1931
- berkeley
- california
- cal
- razed