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Halifax Public Gardens

HALIFAX PUBLIC GARDENS Opened to the public in 1875, these grounds united the 1837 Horticultural Society gardens with an adjacent civic garden created in 1867. The original design of...

  • nova scotia
  • public gardens
  • halifax

Fort Assumption

South of here, at the highest part of the bluff, on Assumption Day, August 15, 1739, Fort Assumption was erected by Sieur de Bienville, French Governor of Louisiana. This was the first structure...

  • shelby county
  • tennessee

Frank Robinson

  • oakland
  • coliseum

St. Mary's CathedralChapel and Diocesan House

This church was founded on this site as an Episcopal Mission in 1857 and consecrated on Ascension Day in 1858 by James Otey, the 1st Bishop of Tennessee. It was designated as the Diocesan...

  • shelby county
  • tennessee

Rufus Thomas Memorial

Ambassador of Soul: The King of Rhythm and Blues; The Funkiest Chicken of the South. A star and veteran of service to this community. A man whose talents have endured and whose performances...

  • shelby county
  • tennessee

Montgomery Freemasonry

Submitted by @LostToHistory

  • montgomery
  • alabama
  • freemasonry
  • 1821
  • jackson

The Applegate Trail; Southern Route to Oregon

  • oregon
  • applegate
  • roseburg

Spouting Horns

SPOUTING HORNS  THE ERODING OF THE WEAKER MATERIAL, OR THE PRESENCE OF LAVA TUBES WITHING THE COASTAL ROCK FORMATION ALLOWS THE PULSE OF THE SEA TO BE RELEASED AND THROWN SKYWARD IN A RELEASE OF...

  • ocean
  • depoe bay
  • oregon

George Blanda

  • oakland
  • raiders
  • coliseum

Repaired Fountain 1744

I think it is discussing the restoration of water to the Trevi Fountain.  Plaque reads: 'Benedictus XIV POM ivos aqua virginis compluribus locis manantes quique in usu esse  desierant in...

  • rome
  • italy
  • fountain