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Royal Artillery Memorial

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    The Wild Table of Love

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      Gillie and Marc

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        Paternoster

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          Henry Austen's Townhouse

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            In Memory of William B. Duryee

            In Memory of William B. Duryee*First agricultural teacher, 1913-1914*First agricultural agent, 1914-1917*Sec. of Agriculture, State of New Jersey, 1925-1937*Member of Monmouth County Planning...

            In Memory of William B. Duryee*First agricultural teacher, 1913-1914*First agricultural agent, 1914-1917*Sec. of Agriculture, State of New Jersey, 1925-1937*Member of Monmouth County Planning...

            • new jersey
            • monmouth county
            • holmdel township
            • holmdel county park

            Destrehan Plantation - 1811 Slave Revolt

            Destrehan Plantation is located on the 1811 Slave Revolt Trail approximately midway between the start at the 1811 Kid Ory Historic House and the ending points of the revolutionary march near...

            Destrehan Plantation is located on the 1811 Slave Revolt Trail approximately midway between the start at the 1811 Kid Ory Historic House and the ending points of the revolutionary march...

            • louisiana
            • st. charles parish
            • 1811 slave revolt
            • civil rights

            1811 Kid Ory Historic House - 1811 Slave Revolt

            The first bloodshed in the 1811 Slave Revolt Occurred within the walls of 1811 Kid Ory Historic House. The room where the initial unrest likely happened is furnished as it would have looked in...

            The first bloodshed in the 1811 Slave Revolt Occurred within the walls of 1811 Kid Ory Historic House. The room where the initial unrest likely happened is furnished as it would have looked...

            • louisiana
            • st. john the...
            • laplace
            • civil rights
            • 1811 slave revolt

            Historic Riverlands - 1811 Slave Revolt

            Historic Riverlands Church is located in Reserve, a few miles upriver from where the Slave Revolt began in 1811. In 2005, this site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places because...

            Historic Riverlands Church is located in Reserve, a few miles upriver from where the Slave Revolt began in 1811. In 2005, this site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places...

            • louisiana
            • reserve
            • st. john the...
            • civil rights
            • 1811 slave revolt

            Natchez in the Center of Slavery - Forks of the Road

            Slavery is central to American history. The labor of enslaved African Americans built much of the nation’s wealth and enabled it to gain its economic independence. The enslavement of people also...

            Slavery is central to American history. The labor of enslaved African Americans built much of the nation’s wealth and enabled it to gain its economic independence. The enslavement of people also...

            • mississippi
            • slavery
            • civil rights

            The Business of Slavery - Forks of the Road

            Fueled by the closing of the interstate slave trade into Louisiana from 1831 through 1834, traders began flooding Natchez with their human cargo. With the increasing trader activity, Natchez...

            Fueled by the closing of the interstate slave trade into Louisiana from 1831 through 1834, traders began flooding Natchez with their human cargo. With the increasing trader activity, Natchez...

            • mississippi
            • slavery
            • civil rights

            The Forced Migration - Forks of the Road

            The Forks of the Road market served as a nexus of the largest forced migration of labor in American history.Between 1800 and 1860 more than 750,000 enslaved African-Americans were moved from the...

            The Forks of the Road market served as a nexus of the largest forced migration of labor in American history.Between 1800 and 1860 more than 750,000 enslaved African-Americans were moved from...

            • mississippi
            • slavery
            • civil rights

            The Collapse of the Trade - Forks of the Road

            The Forks of the Road was a bustling depot trading in human flesh when Mississippi, in 1837, enforced its ban on the out-of-state slaves, curtailing the markets for a period. When the law was...

            The Forks of the Road was a bustling depot trading in human flesh when Mississippi, in 1837, enforced its ban on the out-of-state slaves, curtailing the markets for a period. When the law was...

            • mississippi
            • slavery
            • civil rights

            Howard High School

              Clifford Brown

                Old Mill Stone

                  Isaac Ben Greggs

                  Isaac Ben Greggs  1929-2014 Band Director Southern University, Baton Rouge 1969-2005 Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame, 2013"The most important thing is not teaching the music, teaching the...

                  Isaac Ben Greggs  1929-2014 Band Director Southern University, Baton Rouge 1969-2005 Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame, 2013"The most important thing is not teaching the music, teaching...

                  • louisiana
                  • baton rouge
                  • southern university
                  • the human jukebox

                  Saint Pierre's Episcopal Church

                  Saint Pierre's Episcopal Church was organized in 1921 by Bishop Theodore DuBose Bratton, the third Bishop of Mississippi. In 1992 the congregation constructed a new sanctuary at this location...

                  Saint Pierre's Episcopal Church was organized in 1921 by Bishop Theodore DuBose Bratton, the third Bishop of Mississippi. In 1992 the congregation constructed a new sanctuary at this location...

                  • mississippi
                  • gautier
                  • church
                  • religion

                  Jimmy Buffett

                  James William Buffett, known to the entertainment world as Jimmy Buffett, was born in Pascagoula on December 25, 1946. He and his family lived at his location on Roosevelt Street. Jimmy spent his...

                  James William Buffett, known to the entertainment world as Jimmy Buffett, was born in Pascagoula on December 25, 1946. He and his family lived at his location on Roosevelt Street. Jimmy spent...

                  • mississippi
                  • jackson county
                  • jimmy buffett
                  • parrothead

                  Waypoint: George A. Wyman, 1st Across America

                  The plaque text speaks for itself. We happened across this spot, along Interstate 80 west of California's Donner Summit, at the beginning of a road trip to see the August 2017 solar eclipse (our...

                  The plaque text speaks for itself. We happened across this spot, along Interstate 80 west of California's Donner Summit, at the beginning of a road trip to see the August 2017 solar eclipse (our...

                  • george a. wyman
                  • road trips
                  • motor vehicles
                  • motorcycles