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Confinement of Jefferson Davis

CONFINEMENT OF JEFFERSON DAVIS  IN THIS CASEMATE JEFFERSON DAVIS, PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES, WAS CONFINED, MAY 22 - OCTOBER 2, 1865. AS HIS HEALTH SUFFERED IN THE CASE-MATE, HE WAS...

CONFINEMENT OF JEFFERSON DAVIS  IN THIS CASEMATE JEFFERSON DAVIS, PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES, WAS CONFINED, MAY 22 - OCTOBER 2, 1865. AS HIS HEALTH SUFFERED IN THE CASE-MATE, HE...

  • never brough...
  • civil war
  • 1865
  • confederacy
  • confinement

First Africans in Virginia

FIRST AFRICANS IN VIRGINIA The first documented Africans in Virginia arrived here in Aug. 1619 on the White Lion, and English privateer based in the Netherlands. Colonial officials traded food for...

FIRST AFRICANS IN VIRGINIA The first documented Africans in Virginia arrived here in Aug. 1619 on the White Lion, and English privateer based in the Netherlands. Colonial officials traded food...

  • slavery
  • 1619
  • virginia
  • hampton
  • hereditary lifelong
  • 20 and odd
  • 1624

Civil War Camp

Near here a Civil War training camp was built in August 1861. Named Camp Holton, Camp Sigel and finally Camp Reno, its boundaries were Prospect and Bartlett Avenues and Lafayette and Royall...

Near here a Civil War training camp was built in August 1861. Named Camp Holton, Camp Sigel and finally Camp Reno, its boundaries were Prospect and Bartlett Avenues and Lafayette and...

  • civil war
  • wisconsin
  • 1861

The Fiftieth Anniversary Gift of the Class of 1914

1964 THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY GIFT OF THE CLASS OF 1914

1964 THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY GIFT OF THE CLASS OF 1914

  • berkeley
  • california
  • cal
  • fountain

Mark McGwire

    Berkeley Lawn Bowling Club House

    BERKELEY LAWN BOWLING CLUB HOUSE DEDICATED OCTOBER 17 1964 BUILT BY THE BERKELEY LAWN BOWLING CLUB IN COOPERATION WITH THE CITY OF BERKELEY

    BERKELEY LAWN BOWLING CLUB HOUSE DEDICATED OCTOBER 17 1964 BUILT BY THE BERKELEY LAWN BOWLING CLUB IN COOPERATION WITH THE CITY OF BERKELEY

    • berkeley
    • california
    • lawn bowling
    • 1964

    Frank Drake Bowling Green

    FRANK DRAKE BOWLING GREEN DEDICATED MAY 19, 1962 IN HONOR OF HIS OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO BERKELEY LAWN BOWLING CLUB CITY OF BERKELEY 

    FRANK DRAKE BOWLING GREEN DEDICATED MAY 19, 1962 IN HONOR OF HIS OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO BERKELEY LAWN BOWLING CLUB CITY OF BERKELEY 

    • berkeley
    • lawn bowling
    • 1962
    • drake

    Rollie Fingers

    • oakland
    • athletics

    Peggy's Cove Lighthouse Warning

    Warning. Injury and Death have rewarded careless sight-seers here. The ocean and rocks are treacherous. Savour the sea from a distance. Submitted by: @TheErickLee

    Warning. Injury and Death have rewarded careless sight-seers here. The ocean and rocks are treacherous. Savour the sea from a distance. Submitted by: @TheErickLee

    • warning
    • peggy's cove
    • lighthouse
    • nova scotia

    John Albert Johnson

    JOHN ALBERT JOHNSON JULY 26 1861  SEPT 21 1909 THREE TIMES GOVERNOR OF MINNESOTA A POOR BOY * A COUNTRY EDITOR * A NATURAL LEADER CUT OFF IN HIS PRIME THE NATION MOURNS HIS LOSS "HIS LIVE WAS...

    JOHN ALBERT JOHNSON JULY 26 1861  SEPT 21 1909 THREE TIMES GOVERNOR OF MINNESOTA A POOR BOY * A COUNTRY EDITOR * A NATURAL LEADER CUT OFF IN HIS PRIME THE NATION MOURNS HIS LOSS "HIS LIVE...

    • minnesota