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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CML_hungarian-freedom-fight-of-1956-a-war-memorial_Los-Angeles-CA.html
Hungarian Freedom Fight of 1956. Erected in memory of the heroes of the glorious Hungarian Freedom Fight of 1956. A symbol of man's yearning for freedom everywhere.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CLI_berlin-wall-segments_Los-Angeles-CA.html
Berlin Wall Segments. The Wall Along Wilshire features ten sections of the original Berlin Wall. Measuring nearly forty feet wide, it is the world's longest stretch of the Wall outside of Germany. The Wall Along Wilshire was assembled in 2009 as a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2C9F_canoga-park-fire-station-72_Los-Angeles-CA.html
Built in 1931 and vacated in 1978 due to earthquake damage. Became the home of the Canoga Park Chamber of Commerce 1982. Dedicated as the Canoga Park Community Center 10/26/1986. Dedication of the Canoga-Owensmouth Historical Museum in part of the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B1J_naval-and-marine-corps-reserve-center_Los-Angeles-CA.html
Designed as the largest enclosed structure without columns in the world by noted California architects Robert Clements & Associates, this Art Deco building, constructed between 1938 and 1941 by the WPA, is the largest and second-oldest Navy Reserv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B1G_first-jewish-site-in-los-angeles_Los-Angeles-CA.html
The Hebrew Benevolent Society of Los Angeles (1854), first charitable organization in the city, acquired this site from the city council by deed of April 9, 1855. This purchase of a sacred burial ground represented the first organized community ef…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AYF_plaza-substation_Los-Angeles-CA.html
The largest and most significant of the fourteen substations in the city, this brick power-transforming plant was built by the Los Angeles Railway Company to convert electricity from alternating current (AC) to direct current (DC) so as to provide…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AYE_old-ironsides_Los-Angeles-CA.html
This iron cannon was installed on the USS Constitution "Old Ironsides", which was launched October 21, 1797. First in action against French privateers in 1798, "Old Ironsides" rendered distinguished service against the British …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ATQ_aimee-semple-mcpherson_Los-Angeles-CA.html
Aimee Semple McPherson (1890-1944) founded the international Church of the Foursquare Gospel and was a well-known figure in Los Angeles. After her founding of the Angelus Temple in 1923, the population of the Echo Park neighborhood greatly increas…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ATP_a-gabrielino-indian-site_Los-Angeles-CA.html
Archaeological evidence indicates that Indian villages were located in Ferndell Canyon.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2APJ_rocha-adobe_Los-Angeles-CA.html
Built in 1865 by Don Antonio Jose Rocha on Rancho Rincon de los Bueyes.