Appel's Department Store

Jewish Merchants on Duval Street

Many of the first Jewish settlers in Key West worked as peddlers. In 1891, the Key West City Council passed an anti-immigrant, anti-peddler annual tax of $1,000 per cart. As a result, many of the ...

B'nai Zion Congregation

In 1907, B'nai Zion bought this wood-frame home-office from Dr. John B. H. Maloney and converted it into a synagogue. Founded in 1887, B'nai Zion was an amalgamation of several small congregations. Until it bought this building, the congregation met ...

City Cemetery, Jewish Section

Founded as a city cemetery in 1865, grave sites in the Jewish section date from the 1880s. Among the early Jewish pioneers buried here are Berman and Rose Weintraub, who operated a successful grocery business in 1900 and assisted fellow ...

Suresnes American Cemetery and Memorial

Originally a World War I cemetery, the Suresnes American Cemetery and Memorial just outside Paris now shelters the remains of U.S. dead of both wars. The 7.5-acre cemetery contains the remains of 1,541 Americans who died in World War I ...

St. Mihiel American Cemetery and Memorial

The World War I St. Mihiel American Cemetery and Memorial in France, 40.5 acres in extent, contains the graves of 4,153 of our military dead. The majority of these died in the offensive that resulted in the reduction of the ...

Somme American Cemetery and Memorial

The World War I Somme American Cemetery and Memorial in France is sited on a gentle slope typical of the open, rolling Picardy countryside. The 14.3-acre cemetery contains the graves of 1,844 of our military dead. Most lost their lives ...

Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial

The World War II Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial site in Italy covers 77 acres, rising in a gentle slope from a broad pool with an island and cenotaph flanked by groups of Italian cypress trees. Beyond the pool is ...

Rhone American Cemetery and Memorial

The site of the Rhone American Cemetery and Memorial in France was selected because of its historic location along the route of the U.S. Seventh Army's drive up the Rhone Valley. It was established on August 19, 1944 after the ...

Oise-Aisne American Cemetery and Memorial

The Oise-Aisne American Cemetery and Memorial in France contains the remains of 6,012 American war dead, most of whom lost their lives while fighting in this vicinity in 1918 during World War I. Their headstones, aligned in long rows on ...

North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial

At the 27-acre North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial in Tunisia rest 2,841 of our military dead, their headstones set in straight lines subdivided into nine rectangular plots by wide paths, with decorative pools at their intersections. Along the southeast ...