Veteran's Memorial Building
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
Archbishop James P. Lyke 1939 - 92
Born on February 18 in Chicago, Illinois, Father James P. Lyke, OFM, Ph.D. was the first African- American Catholic priest to serve in Tennessee. Two years after his June 24, 1966 ordination,...
- shelby county
- tennessee
Forrest's Artillery Positions
August 21, 1864 In this locality, the highest in Memphis, a section (2 guns) of Forrest's artillery was emplaced under Lt. Sale, supporting his raid on Memphis. Fire was directed against Federals...
- shelby county
- tennessee
Calvary Cemetery
Consecrated in 1867 to serve the booming populations of the Catholic Irish, Germans and Italians, Calvary became the second Catholic Cemetery in Shelby County. Msgr. Martin Riordan, V.G., of St....
- shelby county
- tennessee
Chucalissa Indian Town
The site of an ancient ceremonial center which flourished from 1000-1600 A.D. It may have been one of the towns visited by DeSoto when he first saw the Mississippi River in 1541. It was part of a...
- shelby county
- tennessee
Blue Star Memorial Highway
A tribute to the Armed Forces that have defended the United States of America Sponsored by The Garden Club of Rosemark in cooperation with The Tennessee Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc. and...
- shelby county
- tennessee
Greek Influence
The architects of the 1929 National Bank of Commerce wanted to convey the strength of the bank by basing their design on ancient Greek temples. It's built according to the �Golden Section�...
- shelby county
- tennessee
Chickasaw Trail
The main trail of the Chickasaws from their towns in Pontotoc, Miss., here reached the Bayou Gayoso after following roughly the line of Highway 78, Lamar Boulevard, and Marshall Street....
- shelby county
- tennessee
Burkle Estate
In the years immediately preceding the Civil War, Jacob Burkle operated the Memphis Stockyards on this site. Herdsmen seeking shelter and respite at Chelsea House found the stockyards a...
- shelby county
- tennessee
Blair T. Hunt, Sr. & Jr.
Blair T. Hunt, Sr., was an African-American born into slavery in Huntsville, Alabama. As a youth, he came to Memphis with his owners, the Hunt family, and lived in the Hunt-Phelan House....
- shelby county
- tennessee