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Sgt. Walter K. Singleton (1944 - 1967)

Born in Memphis and a graduate from Bartlett High School, Singleton was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor by Congress for heroism during combat in Vietnam. Serving in the 3rd...

• shelby county
• tennessee

Police Memorial

Shooting of police officers is thankfully a rare occurrence in Australia. THis is the only one of these I have seen.   These officers were shot while on a stakeout in 1998  <a...

• police
• shooting
• memorial
• australia

Neath Volunteers

Dedicated to The Neath Volunteers for Liberty who died whilst defending democracy in the Spanish Civil War HAROLD DAVIES of NEATH ALWYN SKINNER of NEATH JAMES STRANGWARD of ONLLWYN Submitted...

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• wales
• uk
• spanish civil war
• volunteers
• whilst

Inventor of the Backpack Parachute

Solomon Lee Van Meter, Jr. Inventor of the Backpack Parachute Amanda Matthews, Sculptor Prometheus Foundry, Lex. On loan from The Aviation Museum of Ky., Lexington    Submitted by  Bryan Arnold ...

Playland at the Beach

HISTORICAL SITE  ON THIS SITE, FROM SUTRO HEIGHTS PARK TO GOLDEN GATE PARK FROM THE EARLY 1920S UNTIL 1972, STOOD THE WORLD FAMOUS PLAYLAND-AT- THE-BEACH AMUSEMENT PARK. THIS MONUMENT...

• san francisco
• bay area
• california
• playland
• amusement park
• fondly dedicated

First Congregational Church in Amherst

  First Congregational Church in Amherst In 1739, the Puritan-dominated Massachusetts Bay Colony authorized establishment of a First Church for the East District of Hadley. In 1759 the district...

• amherst
• massachusetts
• congregation...
• 1939

The Jones Library, Amherst, Massachusetts

THE JONES LIBRARY AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS  "To the Jones Library my first serious collector and longtime friend under Charles Green. Robert Frost   Submitted by @CitizenWald

• amherst
• massachusetts
• jones
• robert frost

Michael James Delligatti, Inventor of Big Mac

McDonald's Presented to Michael James Delligatti in Recognition of 20 years of Outstanding Leadership, Achievement, and Innovation 1957 - 1977 by the Men and Women of McDonald's of Pittsburgh

• pittsburgh
• pennsylvania
• big mac
• mcdonalds
• table

Here Stood the Residence of John Hancock

  Plaque as cautionary tale: the loss of the John Hancock House in Boston helped galvanize the #preservation movement Submitted by @CitizenWald

The Last Public Hanging in Birmingham

Submitted by @caddickbrown

• birmingham
• england
• hanging
• puns
• cursive

Rescue of Joshua Glover

RESCUE OF JOSHUA GLOVER Joshua Glover was a runaway slave who sought freedom in Racine in 1852. In 1854, his Missouri owner used the Fugitive Slave Act to apprehend him. This 1850 law permitted...

• racine
• wisconsin
• slavery
• canada
• fuguitive slave act

Dr John Ash

DR JOHN ASH 1723 - 1798  who resided here for a time, founded the General Hospital in 1768.  [Location approximate] Submitted by @caddickbrown.

• birmingham
• england
• hostpital

Guild of Handicrafts

[Location approximate] Submitted by @caddickbrown

• birmingham
• england
• dixon
• handicrafts

Admiral Lord Nelson

Trafalgar Bi-Centenary 2005  ADMIRAL LORD NELSON 1758 - 1805  Whilst visiting Birmingham in August 1802, Vice Admiral Viscount Nelson stayed at Styles' (later the Royal) Hotel, which stood at the...

• birmingham
• england
• trafalgar
• nelson
• styles hotel
• bull ring

Medical School

Mr WILLIAM SANDS COX, F. R. S.  opened a Medical School on this site in 1925, the forerunner of the Medical School and the Queen's College, Birmingham. [Location approximate] Submitted by @caddickbrown

• birmingham
• england
• medical school

In Memory of Ruth Berling

RAMP  In memory of RUTH BERLING ELMER SCHLOBOHM JOHN TURNBLOOM SHIRLEY WHITE DORA WHITE FERM JEITZ

• albany
• california
• bay area
• ramp
• church

Clayton B. Neill

CLAYTON B. NEILL  MEMBER  AMERICAN SOCIETY OF  CIVIL ENGINEERS

• carmel
• california
• engineers
• civil engineering

Court Square

Of the four original municipal parks laid out by city planners in 1819, Court Square is the only one left in its original form. Ironically, no court house was ever built on Court Square ... it was...

• shelby county
• tennessee

Red Auerbach

ARNOLD "RED" AUERBACH "THE BOSTON CELTICS ARE NOT A BASKETBALL TEAM. THEY ARE A WAY OF LIFE." WON EIGHT CONSECUTIVE NBA CHAMPIONSHIPS AND A TOTAL OF NINE AS COACH OF THE BOSTON CELTICS. WON...

• boston
• massachusetts
• celtics
• basketball

Perry House

PERRY HOUSE  Victorian home build in 1860 by whaling captain Manuel Perry and his wife Mary de Mello Silva, of Boston. The house remained in the family until 1963. Restored in 1967.

• monterey
• california
• 1860