Foremast of the U.S.S. Maine

Ship blown up, Havana 15 Feb. 1898.

Mast recovered 6, Oct. 1910.

Erected here 5, May, 1913.

Marker is on Turner Joy Road, on the left when traveling west.

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Across the Ocmulgee

Late on Nov. 17, 1864, the 29th Missouri Mounted Infantry [US] seized the ferry at Planters’ Factory (Ocmulgee Mills) on the Ocmulgee River at Seven Islands (12 miles NW) to secure it for the crossing of the Right Wing of ...

Line of the Minutemen

Line of the Minutemen

April 19,1775

Stand your ground

Don't fire unless fired upon

But if they want war

let it begin here.

Captain Parker

Marker is at the intersection of Bedford Street (State Highway 4) and Massachusets Avenue on Bedford Street.

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The San Fernando Pioneer Memorial Cemetery

This Cemetery, earlier known as Morningside Cemetery, is the oldest non-sectarian cemetery in San Fernando Valley. It was used from the early 1800's until 1939. It was legally abandoned in 1959. In this same year Mrs. Nellis S. Noble donated ...

In Memory of the Men of Yale

[ front ]

In Memory of the Men of Yale

who, true to Her Traditions,

gave Their Lives that Freedom

Might not perish from the Earth

1914 – Anno Domini – 1918

[ back ]

Erected by the Graduates of

Yale University

A.D. MDCCCCXXVI

Marker can be reached from ...

Monasterboice / Mainistir Bhuithe

Monasterboice — from Mainistir Bhuithe (the Monastery of Buithe)

This is the only early Irish monastery whose name incorporates the Irish word mainistir.

Monasterboice was founded by St Buite, who died around 520.

The monastery was an important centre of spirituality and learning ...

The Civil War Memorial Grove

THIS GROVE OF TREES

as saplings, transplanted from southern battlefields was dedicated to the memory of UNION VETERANS of the CIVIL WAR and presented to the State of California

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The Stoneman Raid

In July, 1864, Union forces under Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman, USA, closed in on Atlanta. Finding its fortifications “too strong to assault and too extensive to invest,” Sherman sought to force its evacuation by sending Maj. Gen. Geo. Stoneman, with ...

The California Peace Officers Memorial

In Tribute

Since statehood, the people of California have sought and cherished a quality of life unsurpassed in this great nation. There have been among us those who chose to serve as peace officers and when called upon unselfishly gave more ...

Mother's Day

Founded by Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia. First officially observed in 1908, it honored motherhood and family life at a time of rising feminist activism. An early supporter was John Wanamaker, whose store stood opposite. Mother's Day was given federal recognition, ...