Goodman, Chaney and Schwerner Murder Site
On June 21, 1964, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner were murdered near here by members of the Ku Klux Klan and local law enforcement. They were volunteers for Mississippi Freedom...
- voter registration
- black voter ...
- murder
- ku klux klan
- church burning
- mississippi
Raleigh Cemetery
Here are buried some members of the generation that settled Shelby County. The County Court had been formed less than five years when, in 1824, Raleigh was surveyed as the place to which...
- shelby county
- tennessee
B&B Glazier Stove Co
Landmark site of the former B&B Glazier Stove Co. offices Finished in 1902 Northwest Side of Main Street Looking South c. 1908 On the northwest corner of Main Street and the railroad...
Battle Of Collierville
On Oct. 11, 1863, Gen. James R. Chalmers, with a force of about 3000 Confederate Cavalrymen, consisting of the 7th TN, 13th TN, 18th MS, 2nd MO, 2nd AR, and 3rd MS, approached Collierville from...
- shelby county
- tennessee
John Grisham
Author John Grisham immortalized downtown Memphis, particularly Front Street, in his novel The Firm. In 1993, he became the first author to have four books on the best seller list at the same...
- shelby county
- tennessee
- risham
- oxford
Clark's Point
AT THIS POINT OF ROCKS CALLED CLARK'S POINT IN THE YEAR 1847 WILLIAM SQUIRE CLARK DROVE PILES AND BUILT THE FIRST WHARF IN THE BAY OF SAN FRANCISCO
- san francisco
- bay area
- clark
- wharf
- piles
- point of rocks
Belmont
BELMONT BELMONT WAS PATENTED EARLY IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY BY THOMAS LEE, OF STRATFORD. ABOUT 1800, LUDWELL LEE, AN OFFICER IN THE REVOLUTIONARY ARMY, BUILD THE HOUSE AND HE LIVED HERE UNTIL...
- belmont
- lafayette
- lee
- revoutionary army
- hurley
Ethel's Bench
ETHEL'S BENCH Donated by Family and Friends to the City of Albany In Loving Memory of ETHEL V. HANSEN Albany's First Crossing Guard for her 33 Years of Service
- albany
- california
- bay area
- crossing guard
The First Settlers of Sandy Bay
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOR OF THE FIRST SETTLERS OF SANDY BAY THE FIRST PARISH IN ROCKPORT WAS CONSTITUTED IN 1755. THE CORNER STONE OF THIS MEETING HOUSE LAID IN 1803. THE TOWER...
- rockport
- massachusetts
- park
- cleaveland
- ebenezer
- civil war
- franklin pierce
- revolutionary war
Constance Johnson Spiewak
IN MEMORY OF CONSTANCE JOHNSON SPIEWAK WHOSE DREAM OF HOPE AND LABOR OF LOVE IS WITH US HERE IN THE HERITAGE CENTER
- spiewak
- rockport
- massachusetts
- hope and labor
Town of Rockport
TOWN OF ROCKPORT THIS PARK WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE GENEROSITY AND PUBLIC SPIRIT OF GEORGE W. HARVEY HER NATIVE SON 1924
- rockport
- massachusetts
- park
- rock
- harvey
Getty Tomb
Submitted by @Susannist
- geometric massing
- ornament
- graceland cemetery
- chicago
- illinois
Kam Wah Chung Company Building
KAM WAH CHUNG COMPANY BUILDING HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK THIS PROPERTY POSSESSES NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE IN COMMEMORATING THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA KAM...
- john day
- oregon
- chinsese
- mercantile
- herb
William Alexander Leidesdorff
WILLIAM ALEXANDER LEIDESDORFF 1810 - 1846 BUILDER ENTREPRENEUR VISIONARY PIONEER SAN FRANCISCAN AFRICAN-AMERICAN
The Chicago Public Library Cultural Center
Chicago Landmark The Chicago Public Library Cultural Center Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, architects 1897 This building was the first permanent structure of the city's public library system....
- library
- chicago
- illinois
- grand civic building
Frank R. Lillie House
Submitted by @Susannist
- chicago
- illinois
- lillie
Fountain of Time
Submitted by @Susannist
- taft
- fountain
- chicago
- illinois
Original Professors' Row
"ORIGINAL PROFESSORS' ROW" BUILT IN 1903, THIS CITY BLOCK OF SEMI-ATTACHED ROW HOUSES FROM 5200 TO 5244 SOUTH GREENWOOD AVENUE IS CONSIDERED THE ORIGINAL PROFESSORS' ROW OF THE...
- professors
- chicago
- university o...
- illinois
The Obamas' First Date
"On our first date, I treated her to the finest ice cream Baskin-Robbins had to offer, our dinner table doubling as the curb. I kissed her, and it tasted like chocolate." Submitted by @Susannist
- obama
- baskin robbins
- chicago
- illinois
St Paul's Club and St Paul's Square
Submitted by @caddickbrown
- luncheon club
- birmingham
- england