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Brad Gilbert

    Jason Kidd

      Dave Dravecky

        Rickey Henderson

          Bruce Bochy

            Mosquito Fleet Historical Monument

            Submitted by @robblerouser.

            Submitted by @robblerouser.

            • mosquito
            • fleet
            • kitsap
            • ferry
            • port orchard
            • puget sound

            In commemoration of the historic role of Kossuth House

            Former headquarters of the Hungarian Reformed Federation of America (est. 1896), a longtime center for Hungarian-Americans and for anti-Communist activism, and unofficial embassy of Free Hungary...

            Former headquarters of the Hungarian Reformed Federation of America (est. 1896), a longtime center for Hungarian-Americans and for anti- Communist activism, and unofficial embassy of Free Hungary...

            • washington dc
            • dupont circle

            Blanche K. Bruce and Josephine Beal Willson Bruce Residence

            AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE TRAIL, WASHINGTON, DC 2010 R Street, NW Senator Blanche Kelso Bruce (1841-1898) and his wife Josephine Beal Wilson Bruce (1853-1923), leaders of Washington's "aristocrats...

            AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE TRAIL, WASHINGTON, DC 2010 R Street, NW Senator Blanche Kelso Bruce (1841-1898) and his wife Josephine Beal Wilson Bruce (1853-1923), leaders of Washington's "aristocrats...

            • washington dc
            • dupont circle

            James Baldwin, The Belvoir

            James Baldwin August 2, 1924 - December 1, 1987 The Belvoir, 470 West End Ave. Manhattan One of the most prescient writers of the twentieth century, whose work addresses the complex plurality of...

            James Baldwin August 2, 1924 - December 1, 1987 The Belvoir, 470 West End Ave. Manhattan One of the most prescient writers of the twentieth century, whose work addresses the complex plurality of...

            • james baldwin
            • the fire next time
            • french legio...
            • semicolon
            • frederick do...
            • dewitt clint...

            Home of Medgar and Myrlie Evers

            The Home of Medgar Wiley Evers [and Myrlie Evers] Field secretary for the National Association of Colored People (NAACP) of Mississippi Leader in the struggle for justice and equality Born: July...

            The Home of Medgar Wiley Evers [and Myrlie Evers] Field secretary for the National Association of Colored People (NAACP) of Mississippi Leader in the struggle for justice and equality Born:...

            • medgar evers
            • myrlie evers
            • naacp
            • voting rights
            • mississippi
            • rcnl
            • alcorn state...
            • tougaloo college

            George and Ira Gershwin

            George Gershwin   1898-1937 Ira Gershwin 1896-1983 The Composer, and the lyricist, lived here between 1929 and 1933, the years they wrote the Broadway show Girl Crazy, and the political satires,...

            George Gershwin   1898-1937 Ira Gershwin 1896-1983 The Composer, and the lyricist, lived here between 1929 and 1933, the years they wrote the Broadway show Girl Crazy, and the political satires,...

            • george gershwin
            • ira gershwin
            • broadway
            • of thee i sing
            • satire

            General Manuel Belgrano (1770-1820)

            Statesman, Leader and forerunner of the Independence Movement in Latin America.  Promoter of the economy and education, mentor of the principles of freedom that burst onto the Argentine early...

            Statesman, Leader and forerunner of the Independence Movement in Latin America.  Promoter of the economy and education, mentor of the principles of freedom that burst onto the Argentine early...

            • washington dc
            • dupont circle

            Covid Mural

              "The plaque isn't really the important part for me" - Dan Pollock

              [Location approximate] Submitted by @TealePB.

              [Location approximate] Submitted by @TealePB.

                Joy Oil Station

                Submitted by @heritagetoronto.

                Submitted by @heritagetoronto.