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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
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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
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2 weeks ago

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
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3 weeks ago

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
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1 month ago

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

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“The Nuns” in #MéridaMexico 🇲🇽
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1 month ago

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
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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
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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
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2 months ago

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
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2 months ago

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
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2 months ago

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

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Esther Short in #VancouverWA
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2 months ago

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
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2 months ago

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
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3 months ago

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
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3 months ago

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

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3 months ago

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

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3 months ago

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
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4 months ago

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

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4 months ago

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
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4 months ago

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

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Warriors’ Path near #MiddlesboroKY
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4 months ago

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
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5 months ago

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
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Geburtshaus von Dr. August Ziegler / Birthplace of Dr. August Ziegler Historical Marker 22.10.1885 - 03.03.1937 Sachverständiger des kaiserlichen Reichskolonialamts in der Kolonie Togo. Leiter der bayerischen Hauptstelle für Rebenzüchtung in Würzburg. (A historical marker located in Mar...

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Geburtshaus von Dr. August Ziegler / Birthplace of Dr. August Ziegler in #KitzingenGermany
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Laurie Hernandez Historical Marker (A historical marker located in Camden in Camden County, New Jersey.)

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Laurie Hernandez in #CamdenNJ
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The Quietman Makes Some Noise / Taking the Gloves Off Historical Marker The Quietman Makes Some Noise. 1979. Washington Street. To help local kids get in shape and stay out of trouble, six friends star the Somerville Boxing Club, among them Norman 'Stoney' Stone. (A histo...

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The Quietman Makes Some Noise / Taking the Gloves Off in #SomervilleMA
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6 months ago

Anduiza Hotel and Fronton Historical Marker This unique building was built for Juan Cruz Anduiza in 1912 as a boarding house for Basque sheepherders who wintered in Boise. (A historical marker located in Boise in Ada County, Idaho.)

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Anduiza Hotel and Fronton in #BoiseID
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6 months ago

Florida House Historical Marker (A historical marker located in Fernandina Beach in Nassau County, Florida.)

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Florida House in #FernandinaBeachFL
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6 months ago

Baca Home Historical Marker Gregorio Baca bought this house from G. Becker in 1907 for his bride, Chona Ortega. It's walls are 16' thick adobe. (A historical marker located in Springerville in Apache County, Arizona.)

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Baca Home in #SpringervilleAZ
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6 months ago

New Castle and Frenchtown Railroad Historical Marker New Castle has a long history as a national transportation link. In the 1820s a turnpike connected ships on the Delaware River with ships on the Chesapeake Bay. (A historical marker located in New Ca...

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New Castle and Frenchtown Railroad in #NewCastleDE
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7 months ago

Gravesite of Major Jeremiah Austill Historical Marker Near this site, is the gravesite of Major Jeremiah Austill, folk hero & prominent figure in the early settlement of Clarke County. (A historical marker located in Rockville in Clarke County, Alabama....

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Gravesite of Major Jeremiah Austill in #RockvilleAL
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