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John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Church of the Holy Trinity

[Rendering of the Seal of the President of the United States]

In Memoriam

Within the hallowed walls of the historic Church of the Holy Trinity in

Georgetown, D.C. worshiped the late President of the United States, John

Fitzgerald ...

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Fort Johnson

The First Shot

Across the harbor directly in front of you lies Fort Johnson. From Fort Johnson came the shot that began the Civil War.

If a Union soldier at Fort Sumter looked toward Fort Johnson at 4:30 a.m., April ...

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John A. “Snow-Shoe” Thompson

[Upper Marker:]

As a Tribute

To a great compatriot from Telemark

This plaque was presented

by the Norwegian Olympic Ski Team

Competing at Sqaw Valley

In February 1960

[Lower Marker:]

Dedicated to

John A. “Snow-Shoe” Thom(p)son

Born April 30, 1827, in Tinn (Atra), Telemark, Norway. Died May 15, 1878 near ...

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John Marshall's Farm

Near this location stood Chickahominy Farm, the country residence of U.S. Chief Justice John Marshall. Spending weekends at the farm with his wife, Marshall wrote that farming provided many hours of "laborious relaxation." Born in 1775, Marshall fought in the ...

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We Salute John “Snowshoe” Thompson / A Tribute From Three Luther

We Salute John “Snowshoe” Thompson

On his homemade snowshoes John carried the mail and supplies over the snowy Sierras for 20 winters. As he traveled, he saved the lives of seven people who were snowbound in mountain cabins. In 1866, ...

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John & Dennis Searles Wagon Routes

1875 - 1895

This monument commemorates two wagon routes used by the Searles brothers to haul borax from their plant on Borax Lake (now Searles Lake) to the railhead at Mojave. The southern route traveled west of the Trona Pinnacles ...

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John Floyd Arrowood

1891-1925

Born two miles west April 1891, Arrowood was one of the first American soldiers to be decorated for bravery in World War I. The French government, on Nov. 14, 1917, awarded him the Croix de Guerre for the rescue of ...

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Former St. Johns County Jail

ACCORD Freedom Trail

This building, designed by architect F. A. Hollingsworth, opened in 1953 as the St. Johns County Jail, replacing an earlier jail building on San Marco Avenue that subsequently became a tourist attraction. A decade later, this building played ...

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Property of John Ogden   1680

Home of Royal Governor

Jonathan Belcher 1751 – 1757

Wedding of Catherine Peartree Smith

to Elisha Boudinot held here 1778.

Attended by Lafayette and

Alexander Hamilton. Home of Governor Aaron Ogden, descendant

of original settler 1812.

Marker is on E Jersey Street, on the left when traveling ...

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Site of First St John's Church

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Site of First St John's Church (1760) erected by Sir William Johnson; first Church of England North of the Mohawk River

Marker is at the intersection of West State Street and W. Green Street on West State Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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