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Kerri Walsh Jennings

    Matt Williams

      Keena Turner

        Matt Cain

          Tim Hardaway

            John McVay

              Brad Gilbert

                Jason Kidd

                  Dave Dravecky

                    Rickey Henderson

                      Bruce Bochy

                        Mosquito Fleet Historical Monument

                        Submitted by @robblerouser.

                        Submitted by @robblerouser.

                        • mosquito
                        • fleet
                        • kitsap
                        • ferry
                        • port orchard
                        • puget sound

                        In commemoration of the historic role of Kossuth House

                        Former headquarters of the Hungarian Reformed Federation of America (est. 1896), a longtime center for Hungarian-Americans and for anti-Communist activism, and unofficial embassy of Free Hungary...

                        Former headquarters of the Hungarian Reformed Federation of America (est. 1896), a longtime center for Hungarian-Americans and for anti- Communist activism, and unofficial embassy of Free Hungary...

                        • washington dc
                        • dupont circle

                        Blanche K. Bruce and Josephine Beal Willson Bruce Residence

                        AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE TRAIL, WASHINGTON, DC 2010 R Street, NW Senator Blanche Kelso Bruce (1841-1898) and his wife Josephine Beal Wilson Bruce (1853-1923), leaders of Washington's "aristocrats...

                        AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE TRAIL, WASHINGTON, DC 2010 R Street, NW Senator Blanche Kelso Bruce (1841-1898) and his wife Josephine Beal Wilson Bruce (1853-1923), leaders of Washington's "aristocrats...

                        • washington dc
                        • dupont circle

                        James Baldwin, The Belvoir

                        James Baldwin August 2, 1924 - December 1, 1987 The Belvoir, 470 West End Ave. Manhattan One of the most prescient writers of the twentieth century, whose work addresses the complex plurality of...

                        James Baldwin August 2, 1924 - December 1, 1987 The Belvoir, 470 West End Ave. Manhattan One of the most prescient writers of the twentieth century, whose work addresses the complex plurality of...

                        • james baldwin
                        • the fire next time
                        • french legio...
                        • semicolon
                        • frederick do...
                        • dewitt clint...

                        Home of Medgar and Myrlie Evers

                        The Home of Medgar Wiley Evers [and Myrlie Evers] Field secretary for the National Association of Colored People (NAACP) of Mississippi Leader in the struggle for justice and equality Born: July...

                        The Home of Medgar Wiley Evers [and Myrlie Evers] Field secretary for the National Association of Colored People (NAACP) of Mississippi Leader in the struggle for justice and equality Born:...

                        • medgar evers
                        • myrlie evers
                        • naacp
                        • voting rights
                        • mississippi
                        • rcnl
                        • alcorn state...
                        • tougaloo college

                        George and Ira Gershwin

                        George Gershwin   1898-1937 Ira Gershwin 1896-1983 The Composer, and the lyricist, lived here between 1929 and 1933, the years they wrote the Broadway show Girl Crazy, and the political satires,...

                        George Gershwin   1898-1937 Ira Gershwin 1896-1983 The Composer, and the lyricist, lived here between 1929 and 1933, the years they wrote the Broadway show Girl Crazy, and the political satires,...

                        • george gershwin
                        • ira gershwin
                        • broadway
                        • of thee i sing
                        • satire

                        General Manuel Belgrano (1770-1820)

                        Statesman, Leader and forerunner of the Independence Movement in Latin America.  Promoter of the economy and education, mentor of the principles of freedom that burst onto the Argentine early...

                        Statesman, Leader and forerunner of the Independence Movement in Latin America.  Promoter of the economy and education, mentor of the principles of freedom that burst onto the Argentine early...

                        • washington dc
                        • dupont circle

                        Covid Mural

                          "The plaque isn't really the important part for me" - Dan Pollock

                          [Location approximate] Submitted by @TealePB.

                          [Location approximate] Submitted by @TealePB.