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Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim

KAHAL KADOSH BETH ELOHIM (HOLY CONGREGATION HOUSE OF GOD)FOUNDED 1750 THE CRADLE OF REFORM JUDAISM IN THE UNITED STATES, 1824  JEWS WHO SETTLED IN CHARLESTON AS EARLY AS 1695 WORSHIPED INFORMALLY...

  • jews
  • synagogue
  • tabernacle
  • charleston
  • south carolina
  • george washington
  • reform judaism
  • 1695

Burial Site

Burial Site In 1813 A number of soldiers were buried near here who died of wounds and disease suffered during General Hampton's campaign Chateaugay Historical Society                Submitted by Alan Reno

  • reno
  • war of 1812
  • war graves
  • upstate new york
  • new york
  • chateaugay

In Memory of the Garrison Defending Fort Sumter During the Bombardment

Submitted by Colin Bunnell.

  • civil war
  • sumter
  • 1861
  • anderson
  • artillery
  • 1932

Huckleberry Rock Lookout

  • huckleberry rock
  • muskoka
  • muskoka lakes

Laguna Hills Fire Station

  • laguna hills
  • fire station

The Lettunich Building, Watsonville

The Lettunich Building Corner of Main and East Beach Streets Once hailed as the most elegant hotel south of San Francisco, the Mansion House in Watsonville, built in 1871, was considered past its...

  • watsonville
  • california
  • 1871
  • lettunich

Helen Lewis

ULSTER HISTORY CIRCLE HELEN LEWIS 1916-2009  Dancer, Choreographer, Writer Holocaust Survivor who found peace and a home in Belfast taught dance here  Submitted by @robbeorn

  • belfast
  • ulster
  • ireland
  • holocaust
  • wwii

Jefferson Davis Highway

Jefferson Davis Highway Tennessee Honoring Those who served in the War between the States 1861-1865 Erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy November 1963 "Lord God of Hosts Be With Us...

  • shelby county
  • tennessee

St. Agnes Academy

Founded January 10, 1851, St. Agnes Academy was sponsored by the Dominican Sisters from Kentucky. The school continued to operate during the Civil War and some nuns were pressed into service...

  • shelby county
  • tennessee

Second Presbyterian Church

This church was founded on Dec. 28, 1844, on Front St. near Gayoso. It has since become the parent of ten daughter churches. It erected its first owned building in 1849 at Main and Beale. During...

  • shelby county
  • tennessee