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Surratt Boarding House

A HISTORICAL LAND MARK  "SURRATT BOARDING HOUSE"  604 H STREET, N.W. (THEN 541)  IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN WHERE  THE CONSPIRATORS PLOTTED  THE ABDUCTION OF  U.S. PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN  IN 1865 ...

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Dundee Bombed in World War II

DUNDEE BOMBED IN WORLD WAR II ln the sky over 50th and Underwood, a Japanese balloon bomb exploded on April 18, 1945. The incendiary device flared brightly in the night, but caused no damage....

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Eastern State Penitentiary World War I Veterans

TO THE  EVERLASTING HONOR  OF THOSE INMATES  OF THE EASTERN STATE PENITENTIARY  WHO SERVED IN  THE ARMY AND NAVY DURING THE WORLD WAR  [List of inmate numbers] Note that on this WWI...

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Civil War General John T. Wilder

From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by HystericalMark, full page.License is Attribution- ShareAlike License

North Lake Methodist Church

The Reverend Charles Glenn organized the first Methodist class here in 1836, and for the next ten years the group met in the home of his brother, John. In 1846 the brothers presented...

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Argentine Township Cemetery

In 1838, Halsey Whitehead, a veteran of the War of 1812, buried his two-year-old daughter Rebecca here on land he settled in 1837. He offered burial plots for others until 1843, when he donated...

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Central Title Service Building

On August 6, 1845, the first graduation ceremony for the University of Michigan was held in this building, which was then the First Presbyterian Church. Founded in 1817 in Detroit, the...

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N. C. School for the Deaf

From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by WashuOtaku, full page.License is Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike License

Slovenians, Thomas Jefferson, and the Declaration of Independence

Slovenians, Thomas Jefferson, and the Declaration of Independence...In his copy of of Bodin's "Republic" Thomas Jefferson had initialed two pages. On one page was Bodin's definition...

The First Christmas Tree in America

The First Christmas Tree in AmericaPublicly lighted and displayed in a church Christmas service, stood where the Cleveland Public Auditorium now stands, a designated Cleveland landmark.On that...

300 Years of German Contributions

1683 - 1983To commemorate 300 years of German contributionsOn October 6, 1683, thirteen German families landed in America from Krefeld, Germany, on the ship Concord.  This date is regarded as...

Veterans Memorial

Those here gave all for duty, honor, countryRededicated July 23, 2004, and July 25, 2014.Greater Cleveland Veterans Memorial, Inc.Submitted byBryan Arnold@nanowhiskers

Eastman Reading Garden

Eastman Reading GardenDedicated September 30, 1937HonoringLinda Anne EastmanDirector of the Library 1918 to 1938Rededicated September 18, 1998Submitted byBryan Arnold@nanowhiskers

Ohio State Bar Association

Ohio State Bar Association1880 - 1980On this site, then known as Case Hall, the first meeting of the Ohio State Bar Association was held July 8, 1880.Dedicated May 21, 1980Submitted...

Commerce

Daniel Chester FrenchCommerce1912Marble: 12' x 7 1/2' x 8'Daniel Chester French (1850 - 1931) was born in Exeter, New Hampshire to an established New England family. In 1866, French's father...

Lincoln

Abraham LincolnStatesmanPatriotBeloved Citizenof the United Statesof AmericaThis statue is the gift of the school children of Greater Cleveland1932 Submitted byBryan Arnold@nanowhiskers

Emily Wilding Davison

In 1991 Tony Benn secretely put a plaque dedicated to Emily Wilding Davison, and draped in suffragette colours, inside the cupboard that she hid in. More details here IN LOVING MEMORY OF EMILY...

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Yolo County Public Library

Davis Museum