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Culloden Battlefield Historical Marker The Battle of Culloden was fought on this Moor 16th April 1746. (A historical marker located near Inverness in Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom.)

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Culloden Battlefield in #InvernessScotland
www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=85783

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In Memory of the Soldiers of the XX Corps of the US 3rd Army Historical Marker Am 11. April 1945 erreichten Einheiten des XX. Corps der 3. US-Armee das Konzentrationslager Buchenwald. Die SS ergriff die Flucht. (A historical marker located in Weimar in Weimar, Thuringia, German...

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In Memory of the Soldiers of the XX Corps of the US 3rd Army in #WeimarGermany

www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=220554

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Jonita Ruth Bonham Historical Marker Jonita Bonham was born on April 2, 1922 in Bennington, Oklahoma, After completing nursing school, she was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Army Air Corps Medical Corps 1944-1945. (A historical ...

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Jonita Ruth Bonham near #FortWaltonBeachFL
www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=192280

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Understood. The wide shot isn’t always necessary, although preferable. But all the text on the marker is a bigger deal. 😊

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The Historical Marker Database Public history cast in metal, carved on stone, permanently marked.

This marker is not yet in HMdb.org! Do you mind submitting it to the site?

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The Princeton Bell Historical Marker This bell was especially cast for the USAS. Princeton, which was commanded by our late fellow-townsman, the illustrious Captain Robert F. Stockton, under whose patronage “The Princeton” was built. (A ...

This one?

www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=10621

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Dr. Alice C. Evans Historical Marker Bacteriologist for the US Department of Agriculture who discovered that brucellosis bacteria found in raw milk caused undulant fever in humans. (A historical marker located in Towanda in Bradford Cou...

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Dr. Alice C. Evans in #TowandaPA
www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=122322

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Birthplace of Mary McLeod Bethune Historical Marker This noted humanitarian and educator was born five miles north of Mayesville, S.C., on July 10, 1875. (A historical marker located in Mayesville in Sumter County, South Carolina.)

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Birthplace of Mary McLeod Bethune in #MayesvilleSC
www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=27402

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Emma Eccles Jones Plaza Historical Marker (A historical marker located in Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County, Utah.)

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Emma Eccles Jones Plaza in #SaltLakeCityUT
www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=239567

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'The Nuns' Historical Marker (A historical marker located in Mérida in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico.)

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“The Nuns” in #MéridaMexico 🇲🇽
www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=131086

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#mexicanhistory
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That’s part of the picture, a big part. Sometimes former high schools stayed educational in nature but their use changed, sometimes as elementary or middle schools. Sometimes they became community centers.

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Langston High School Historical Marker This building housed Johnson City’s first African-American public high school. (A historical marker located in Johnson City in Washington County, Tennessee.)

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Langston High School in #JohnsonCityTN
www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=83062

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Camp Zion Missionary Baptist Church Historical Marker The Rev. Hillary Hooks, formerly a slave on the James E. Winston plantation, organized Camp Zion Baptist Church in 1870. Winston granted land to Camp Zion trustees in 1887. (A historical marker locat...

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Camp Zion Missionary Baptist Church in #WhartonTX
www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=205730

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Abijah and Lucy Terry Prince Historical Marker Early Landowners and First Known African American Poet Abijah Prince (c. 1706-94) served in the French & Indian Wars, as a slave and freedman. (A historical marker located in Guilford in Windham Cou...

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Abijah and Lucy Terry Prince in #GuilfordVT
www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=196881

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So cool!!!

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African American Community Building in the West Historical Marker In the 1870s, thousands of African Americans fled the poverty and racial unrest that followed the American Civil War to homestead on the plains of Kansas. These migrants were known as the Exodusters. ...

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African American Community Building in the West in #TorringtonWY
www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=119890

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#BlackHistory
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Virginia Institute Historical Marker Near this spot stood the frame dwelling of David Frederick Bittle, pastor of Mt. (A historical marker located near Middlebrook in Augusta County, Virginia.)

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Virginia Institute near #MiddlebrookVA
www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=50575

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Esther Short Historical Marker (A historical marker located in Vancouver in Clark County, Washington.)

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Esther Short in #VancouverWA
www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=64239

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B&O Freight Station Historical Marker The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad reached Grafton on January 11, 1852 and thus a railroad town was born. (A historical marker located in Grafton in Taylor County, West Virginia.)

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B&O Freight Station in #GraftonWV
www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=180674

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Timmer’s Resort Historical Marker This property was acquired January 4, 1864, by Mathias and Margaret Timmer. In 1882, Timmer’s Hotel was opened. (A historical marker located near Slinger in Washington County, Wisconsin.)

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Timmer’s Resort near #SlingerWI
www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=48255

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Lanier/Miona Springs Historical Marker Upon the chartering of Macon County, by an Act approved December 29, 1837, the town of Lanier was made the first county seat. (A historical marker located near Oglethorpe in Macon County, Georgia.)

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Lanier/Miona Springs near #OglethorpeGA
www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=40140

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Trinity Episcopal Church Historical Marker An Episcopal Congregation was first established in Hamilton in 1823 as part of a missionary movement under Bishop Philander Chase who later became the founder of Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. (A hi...

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Trinity Episcopal Church in #HamiltonOH

www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=122284

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Howard County Jail, 1851 Historical Marker (A historical marker located in Ellicott City in Howard County, Maryland.)

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#HowardCounty Jail, 1851 in #EllicottCityMD

www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=111721

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Terrorist Act of 9 December 2003, a War Memorial (A war memorial located in Moskva in Moskva, Russia.)

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Terrorist Act of 9 December in #MoscowRussia
www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=252194

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Wabanaki Traditions Historical Marker Long before Europeans arrived, Wabanaki people hunted, fished, gathered berries, and harvested clams on what we now call Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park. (A historical marker located nea...

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Wabanaki Traditions near #BarHarborME

www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=105696

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Native Peoples Historical Marker Native tribes have lived in this area for over 2,500 years. The oldest evidence dates to 500 BCE from footed pottery shards belonging to people of the Tchefuncte Culture. (A historical marker located...

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Native Peoples in #MandevilleLA
www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=139151

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Warriors' Path Historical Marker (A historical marker located near Middlesboro in Bell County, Kentucky.)

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Warriors’ Path near #MiddlesboroKY
www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=207718

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The Teardrop Monument Historical Marker Long before the first Europeans, Woodland Indians followed the buffalo trace later known as Pound (Sounding) Gap. The gap was a freeway between Kentucky and Virginia. (A historical marker located in ...

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The Teardrop Monument in #PoundGapKY
www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=273370

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Meeting of Nations Historical Marker The Fort Smith Council was held in this building in September 1865. To establish relations following the Civil War, delegates of twelve Indian nations met with President Andrew Johnson’s representativ...

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Meeting of Nations in #FortSmithAR
www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=59025

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What is this “Rock Man”? Historical Marker For generations the Inuit people of Northern Canada, Greenland, and Alaska have constructed these rock monuments for hunting and navigational purposes. (A historical marker located in Anchorage in An...

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What is this "Rock Man" in #AnchorageAK
www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=69768

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#AlaskaNativeHistory
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