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Denise Renee Lemos Memorial Garden

Denise Renee Lemos Memorial Garden April 7, 1961 August 11, 2019

Denise Renee Lemos Memorial Garden April 7, 1961 August 11, 2019

    Bryant Park Place - The Engineer's Club

    Bryant Park Place A COOPERATIVE CORPORATIONORIGINALLY KNOWN AS "THE ENGINEERS CLUB" IN 1903, ANDREW CARNEGIE PRESENTED THE PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS OF ENGINEERS WITH A DONATION TO FUND THE...

    Bryant Park Place A COOPERATIVE CORPORATIONORIGINALLY KNOWN AS "THE ENGINEERS CLUB" IN 1903, ANDREW CARNEGIE PRESENTED THE PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS OF ENGINEERS WITH A DONATION TO FUND THE...

    • new york
    • manhattan
    • midtown
    • bryant park
    • engineering
    • 1903
    • 1907

    Coffee Siding

    Note that the marker appears to have been sponsored by descendants of the rancher, Charles Franklin Coffee, who built the railroad siding commemorated here. As usual when you start looking for...

    Note that the marker appears to have been sponsored by descendants of the rancher, Charles Franklin Coffee, who built the railroad siding commemorated here. As usual when you start looking for...

    • nebraska
    • sioux county
    • ranching
    • railroads
    • great plains

    The Cheyenne Outbreak

    The Cheyenne Outbreak   On September 9, 1878, after a year of suffering on an Oklahoma reservation, some 300 Northern Cheyenne Indians began a trek back to their homeland. Dull Knife’s bank of 149...

    The Cheyenne Outbreak   On September 9, 1878, after a year of suffering on an Oklahoma reservation, some 300 Northern Cheyenne Indians began a trek back to their homeland. Dull Knife’s bank of 149...

    • indian wars
    • nebraska
    • fort robinson
    • cheyenne

    Ralph Carr Memorial Highway

    Location on U.S. 285 at Kenosha Pass. More on Governor Ralph L. Carr here. Plaque text: In Commemoration of Ralph L. Carr Governor of Colorado (1939-1943) Following the Japanese attack on Pearl...

    Location on U.S. 285 at Kenosha Pass. More on Governor Ralph L. Carr here. Plaque text: In Commemoration of Ralph L. Carr Governor of Colorado (1939-1943) Following the Japanese attack on Pearl...

    • colorado
    • world war ii
    • japanese americans
    • executive order 9066
    • internment
    • ralph carr

    Here Stood the Mission Hospice

    "Here stood the Mission Hospice built around 1800 by the Spanish Padres on El Camino Real to break the journey from Santa Clara and serve the Indians of Mission Dolores." California Historical...

    "Here stood the Mission Hospice built around 1800 by the Spanish Padres on El Camino Real to break the journey from Santa Clara and serve the Indians of Mission Dolores." California...

    • california missions
    • mission dolores
    • ohlone people

    Legend of the Turnips

      This Your Wishing Well

      IN THESE BEAUTIFUL SURROUNDINGS BY THE COURTESY OF THE KINGS PARK BOARD OF PERTH THE ROTARY CLUB OF PERTH HAS PLACED THIS YOUR WISHING WELL HELP BY YOUR GIFTS THOSE WHO ARE LESS FORTUNATE YOUR...

      IN THESE BEAUTIFUL SURROUNDINGS BY THE COURTESY OF THE KINGS PARK BOARD OF PERTH THE ROTARY CLUB OF PERTH HAS PLACED THIS YOUR WISHING WELL HELP BY YOUR GIFTS THOSE WHO ARE LESS FORTUNATE YOUR...

      • community projects
      • laden with good

      In Memory of the 4,000 Cherokees Who Died on the Trail of Tears

      PLANTED OCT. 29, 1988 IN MEMORY OF THE 4,000 CHEROKEES WHO DIED ON THE TRAIL OF TEARS 1838

      PLANTED OCT. 29, 1988 IN MEMORY OF THE 4,000 CHEROKEES WHO DIED ON THE TRAIL OF TEARS 1838

        Ottawa Bell Tower

        Submitted by mamileham

        Submitted by mamileham

          Governor's Alley Stairs

          The historic steps were reopened in June 2009. Submitted by @ferryfaerie

          The historic steps were reopened in June 2009. Submitted by @ferryfaerie

            Boundary Marker 9

            Submitted by @stuherrm

            Submitted by @stuherrm

              Captain Robert Falcon Scott RN

              Submitted by pompeygeorge

              Submitted by pompeygeorge

              • antarctic explorer
              • fareham
              • stubbington

              Smith County Jamboree

                The Fallen 21

                Submitted by SBCGlobalDotNet

                Submitted by SBCGlobalDotNet

                  Sarah Cunliffe

                  Submitted by @UnionChapelUK

                  Submitted by @UnionChapelUK

                    Freedom Form II

                    Submitted by @gkatz

                    Submitted by @gkatz

                      U.S.S. Maine

                      Submitted by @Ritterton

                      Submitted by @Ritterton

                        The Marston Drop

                        From IG post

                        From IG post

                          Here Stood The Mansion of Governor Thomas Hutchinson Built About 1687

                          Submitted by @RNewengland

                          Submitted by @RNewengland