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In Memory of Soldiers and Sailors in the War With Spain

IN MEMORY OF SOLDIERS AND SAILORS IN THE WAR WITH SPAIN SHELL, FROM BATTLESHIP MAINE DESTROYED IN HAVANA HARBOR FEB. 15 1898, WAS PRESENTED BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TO CAMP SAMUEL M. PORTER NO. 45,...

IN MEMORY OF SOLDIERS AND SAILORS IN THE WAR WITH SPAIN SHELL, FROM BATTLESHIP MAINE DESTROYED IN HAVANA HARBOR FEB. 15 1898, WAS PRESENTED BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TO CAMP SAMUEL M. PORTER NO....

    Niagara Falls State Park

    • 1885

    You Are in a Watershed

      Sheldon House

        Rancho San Antonio

        After contemplating a pair of Spanish land grant boundary markers erected in 1937 on the border of El Cerrito and Albany — here's one from a previous Read the Plaque post — I wondered if you'd...

        After contemplating a pair of Spanish land grant boundary markers erected in 1937 on the border of El Cerrito and Albany — here's one from a previous Read the Plaque post — I wondered if you'd...

        • san leandro
        • rancho san antonio
        • east bay
        • land grants

        Northern Boundary of Rancho San Antonio

        There's an earlier Read the Plaque entry that shows the reverse side of this marker, on San Pablo Avenue, right in front of the Wells Fargo Bank branch next to El Cerrito Plaza. To be honest, I...

        There's an earlier Read the Plaque entry that shows the reverse side of this marker, on San Pablo Avenue, right in front of the Wells Fargo Bank branch next to El Cerrito Plaza. To be honest, I...

        • east bay
        • albany
        • berkeley
        • oakland
        • california
        • land grants
        • rancho san antonio

        DePaul Academy

        This is a plaque commemorating DePaul Academy, an all-boys high school that ran from 1898 until 1968 on the site of what's now Byrne Hall at DePaul University. The academy was a feeder school for...

        This is a plaque commemorating DePaul Academy, an all-boys high school that ran from 1898 until 1968 on the site of what's now Byrne Hall at DePaul University. The academy was a feeder school...

        • catholic
        • catholic history
        • chicago
        • depaul university
        • vincentians

        Father Thomas Munster

        A plaque accompanying a statue of Thomas Munster, a Vincentian priest.Transcription: Father Thomas Munster, 1922-2007, Vincentian PriestBorn, Raised and Lived in SheffieldA Founder and Past...

        A plaque accompanying a statue of Thomas Munster, a Vincentian priest.Transcription: Father Thomas Munster, 1922-2007, Vincentian PriestBorn, Raised and Lived in SheffieldA Founder and Past...

        • catholic
        • catholic history
        • chicago
        • depaul university
        • vincentians

        Father Peter John de Smet

        This is within the Jesuit residence at the Cataldo Mission in Idaho!Transcription:Father Peter John De Smet, "Apostle to the Indians"Around 1821, Father Peter John de Smet left his homeland of...

        This is within the Jesuit residence at the Cataldo Mission in Idaho!Transcription:Father Peter John De Smet, "Apostle to the Indians"Around 1821, Father Peter John de Smet left his homeland...

        • spokane
        • idaho
        • coeur d'alene
        • cataldo
        • catholics
        • jesuit
        • westward expansion
        • missionary

        The Breakup Site

        The Breakup Site Sacramento & Ward St. On this spot, April 7, 2009, Jerome Tyson broke the heart of Natalie Little. They were on a date; Jerome was quiet all evening. When asked by Natalie If...

        The Breakup Site Sacramento & Ward St. On this spot, April 7, 2009, Jerome Tyson broke the heart of Natalie Little. They were on a date; Jerome was quiet all evening. When asked by Natalie...

          Berkeley Copywriters Guild

          Berkeley Copywriters Guild 1250 Addison St. On this spot, birthed in 1962, lays lain. layed lies the location original whereabouts around here of the Berkeley Copywriter's Guild. A place where...

          Berkeley Copywriters Guild 1250 Addison St. On this spot, birthed in 1962, lays lain. layed lies the location original whereabouts around here of the Berkeley Copywriter's Guild. A place...

            Environmental Design by Joe W. Overstreet

              Jamestown Oak

                Bruce King

                  Jamestown Architectural Heritage - Beaux Arts

                    Icaria-Speranza Utopian Colony

                    • icarian

                    Union Station Timeline

                      Lake View House

                        The Ranch House

                          Home of William J. Maddox