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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1FUI_thomas-alva-edison_Port-Huron-MI.html
[Bas relief panels highlight significant events in Edison's life, including] Edison the railroad entrepreneur Edison the young scientist Edison inventions
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1FUN_poland-contribution-in-the-second-world-war-1939-1945_Buffalo-NY.html
[Rendering of Poland "White Eagle" Coat of Arms and Polish soldiers in action during WWII]This memorial is dedicated to the members of the Polish Armed Forces who gallantly participated in active combat on land, high seas and in the air. These bra…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1G6X_99th-ohio-infantry_Chickamauga-GA.html
Text on the Front Side of the Monument: 99th Ohio Infantry Barnes' Brigade, Van Cleve's Division 21st Army Corps. Text on the Back Side of the Monument: This regiment, Colonel Peter T. Swaine commanding, moved with the brigade into action September 19, …
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Center Marker Panel:[Rendering of the cruiser USS Juneau(CL-52)] 'Lest We Forget' The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal was as ferocious and decisive as any battle of World War II. It was not won cheaply. The night action of Fridaythe thirteenth of November, 1942…
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caption below handcart image "Let them come on foot, with handcarts and wheelbarrows. Let then gird up their loins and walk through, and nothing shall hinder them." South of this boulder on the banks of Clear Creek, is the site of the "Mo…
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Hennepin Avenue was often walked by a young Ronald Reagan from home to downtown and back. The street has four landmark institutions that played a vital role in the development of his character. They include the boyhood home, the grade school, now Dixon Hist…
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Forever, we honor the men and women in military service in World War II - the largest war in human history with the greatest toll in lives, treasure, and suffering. Those we honor acted with greater strength than they thought they possessed. In dark hours, …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1JG1_the-horse-and-buggy-doctor_Halstead-KS.html
"The Great American Home is that institution in which it is possible for the child to grow to maturity under conditions created and maintained for the good of the child." Dr. Arthur E. Hertzler Dr. Arthur E. Hertzler 1870 - 1946 "In the matter of doin…
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[Roll of Honored Dead] [Battle Roll] Atlanta · Cedar Creek · Stone River Shiloh · Richmond · Wilderness Pea Ridge · Antietam · Hampton Roads Vicksburg · Port Hudson · Gettysburg …
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The Flying Tigers blazed their way to glory over the skies of Burma and China in World War II. Retired Army Air Corps Captain and Air Advisor to China, Claire Lee Chennault, organized the American Volunteer Group (AVG) in early 1941 to defend the Burma Road…