Boca Raton Resort and Club

Boca Raton's Jewish population is nearly 50 percent-the highest percentage of any city in Florida. This growth occurred slowly after World War II and represents a phenomenal increase that started with the two Jewish families known to have lived in ...

Beth David Congregation (Conservative)

Greater Miami's first Jewish congregation was founded in 1912 as B'nai Zion, named for its founder, Morris Zion. Max Lehrman arrived in Florida in 1905 and married Rose Seitlin in 1913. Their wedding, the first recorded Jewish marriage in Greater ...

Civil War Soldiers Buried at Clinton Indiana

In Memoriam

1861 —— 1865

Clinton’s Tribute

to the Soldier

Dead buried within

these grounds

( Base Section )

Soldiers Monument

Marker can be reached from North Main Street north of Maple Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Confederate Soldiers Buried in this Cemetery

[ Front Plaque ]

Erected by The United States to mark the burial place of eleven Confederate Soldiers who, while prisoners of war, died at Terre Haute and were buried in this cemetery, where the individual graves cannot now be identified.

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Patrick E. Gorman

1892 - - - - - 1980

International President, 1923 – 1942

International Secretary-Treasurer, 1942 – 1976

Chairman of the Board, 1976 – 1979

Amalgamated Meat Cutters & Butcher Workmen

of North America

“Mr. Amalgamated”

Longevity alone would make Pat Gorman ...

1914 United Confederate Veterans Reunion

On these grounds, May 6-9, 1914, the United Confederate Veterans celebrated their 24th annual reunion. Expecting no more than 25,000 reunion goers, the city was nearly overwhelmed when an estimated 70,000 visitors including 8,000 Veterans converged on Jacksonville. The average ...

"The Great Endurance Run"

On November 24, 1909 the "Autoist" participating in "The Great Endurance Run" reached the "Turn Around Checkpoint" at the Jacksonville City Hall which was located at this exact site. The location marked the halfway point for the "Drivers and Observers" ...

McAllister State Graded School

The term “graded school” was used to refer to any school that had more than one room and therefore contained more than one grade level of pupils. The McAllister State Graded School was built in 1914 and added to in ...

Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial

The Battle of Lake Erie

September 10, 1813

American.........................................British

O.H. Perry............Commander............R.H. Barclay

9...............Vessels...............6

54...............Guns...............63

1. The battle begins near this spot at 11:45 A.M. The British open fire when the fleets are approximately one mile apart.

2. Perry's flagship, the Lawrence, is disabled after suffering 80% casualties ...

Patrick J. Quinlan

1849 - - - - - 1893

President

United Association of Journeyman and

Apprentices of the Plumbing and

Pipefitting Industry of the

United States and Canada

1889 - 1892

A plumber born in Boston, Massachusetts, Patrick J. Quinlan was a member ...