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Old Rapides Cemetery

As settlers moved into central Louisiana in the mid-1700s, thecolonial Spanish government established a post named El Rapido, alsocalled Poste du Rapide by local French settlers.During the same...

As settlers moved into central Louisiana in the mid-1700s, thecolonial Spanish government established a post named El Rapido, alsocalled Poste du Rapide by local French settlers.During the same...

  • louisiana
  • pineville
  • cemetery
  • rapides parish

St. John The Baptist Cemetery

ST. JOHN the BAPTIST CEMETERYESTABLISHED 1772WELCOME TO THIS HOLY PLACE.THE CATHOLIC CEMETERY IS THE LAST RESTINGPLACE OF THE BODIES OF THE FAITHFUL DEPARTEDAWAITING REUNION WITH THEIR SOULS AT...

ST. JOHN the BAPTIST CEMETERYESTABLISHED 1772WELCOME TO THIS HOLY PLACE.THE CATHOLIC CEMETERY IS THE LAST RESTINGPLACE OF THE BODIES OF THE FAITHFUL DEPARTEDAWAITING REUNION WITH THEIR SOULS AT...

  • louisiana
  • cemetery
  • catholic
  • new orleans

Po' Henry and Tookie

Henry Dorsey & Marlan Tookie Collom first met while working on a cotton farm, their mutual love for old time delta blues made them friends for life. As the duo Po'Henry and Tookie, they played New...

Henry Dorsey & Marlan Tookie Collom first met while working on a cotton farm, their mutual love for old time delta blues made them friends for life. As the duo Po'Henry and Tookie, they played New...

  • louisiana
  • rayville
  • blues
  • delta blues
  • music

Richard A. Lewis Memorial

This plaque is placed here by the Town of Dubach, the Dubach Revitalization Coalition, and Drabo to honor the memory of Richard A. "Dickie Lewis and to show appreciation for his generosity to the...

This plaque is placed here by the Town of Dubach, the Dubach Revitalization Coalition, and Drabo to honor the memory of Richard A. "Dickie Lewis and to show appreciation for his generosity to...

  • louisiana
  • dubach
  • citizen memorial
  • town square

Arthur L. Larson

    Here Rest U.S. Army and Navy Veterans

      Fairview Volunteer Fire Dep't

        William G. "Bill" Wolters Fire Chief

          Sylvester Baxter Riverfront State Park

            William D. Hayward Memorial Amphitheater Lone Tree Sanctuary Garden Dedicated 1997

              Private First Class Ernest W. Prussman, U.S. Army Medal Of Honor

              September 15, 1921 - September 8, 1944The Medal of Honor is the nation’s highest military award. Ernest W. Prussman of Murdock street, Brightion died heroically in Loscoat, France while attacking...

              September 15, 1921 - September 8, 1944The Medal of Honor is the nation’s highest military award. Ernest W. Prussman of Murdock street, Brightion died heroically in Loscoat, France while...

              • memorial - s...

              puerto rican veterans memorial

                Patrick L. Sullivan

                  Senator Joseph Finnegan Park at Port Norfolk

                  Joseph Finnegan Park at Port Norfolk in Dorchester, Boston. This was a former industrial site that housed the Shaffer Paper Company. Now an oasis of life with restored wetlands and an important...

                  Joseph Finnegan Park at Port Norfolk in Dorchester, Boston. This was a former industrial site that housed the Shaffer Paper Company. Now an oasis of life with restored wetlands and an important...

                    The Life And Times Of The Boston Harbor

                      Treaty of Utrecht

                      This plaque at the back of the old town hall in the center of Utrecht tells about the treaty of Utrecht. It is in Dutch and English text, and explains that in april 1713 the first time that...

                      This plaque at the back of the old town hall in the center of Utrecht tells about the treaty of Utrecht. It is in Dutch and English text, and explains that in april 1713 the first time...

                      • townhall
                      • treaty of utrecht

                      Willemshof

                      This plaque tells the history of the building called "Willemshof". It started as the royal horse stables of king Willem II, and was donated to be converted into a church by his son king Willem...

                      This plaque tells the history of the building called "Willemshof". It started as the royal horse stables of king Willem II, and was donated to be converted into a church by his son king...

                      • office building
                      • former church
                      • royal stables

                      West Bridgewater Monument, built 1879

                       The memorial was dedicated on July 4, 1879. It lists the names of the 30 West Bridgewater residents who died in the war. The primary inscription reads, “In Memory of the Citizens of this Town, in...

                       The memorial was dedicated on July 4, 1879. It lists the names of the 30 West Bridgewater residents who died in the war. The primary inscription reads, “In Memory of the Citizens of this Town, in...

                        Witness Stones for enslaved people Cato, Jin Cole and Titus at Historic Deerfield, Massachusetts

                        These three markers are "Witness Stones" commemorating three enslaved people who lived in Old Deerfield in the late 1700s and early 1800s. They were three of more than 25 enslaved people owned by...

                        These three markers are "Witness Stones" commemorating three enslaved people who lived in Old Deerfield in the late 1700s and early 1800s. They were three of more than 25 enslaved people owned by...

                        • witness stones
                        • historic deerfield
                        • slavery

                        Crónica Miscelánea de la Sta. Provincia de Xalisco

                        Aquí estuvo el conventode San Francisco, dondeFray Antonio Telloescribiera su CrónicaMiscelánea de la Sta.Provincia de XaliscoInstituto Jaliciense de Antrolopogía e HistoriaH. Ayuntamiento...

                        Aquí estuvo el conventode San Francisco, dondeFray Antonio Telloescribiera su CrónicaMiscelánea de la Sta.Provincia de XaliscoInstituto Jaliciense de Antrolopogía e HistoriaH. Ayuntamiento...

                        • jalisco
                        • guadalajara
                        • méxico
                        • nueva españa
                        • convento