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Howard University, one of the oldest Black colleges in the United States, was established by Congress in 1866 to educate formerly enslaved individuals. Its name honors Freedman's Bureau Commissioner General Oliver Otis Howard, a member of the white First Co…
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Fort Severn ChapterNational SocietyDaughters of the American RevolutionhonorsFort Severnand theUnited States Naval Academy.[map]"Locating Fort Severn within the U.S. Naval Academy, March 28, 1977."
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Boyhood home of Eugene O'Neill, America's most renowned playwright and setting for his masterpieces ?Ah, Wilderness' and ?Long Day's Journey Into Night". O'Neill won the Nobel Prize in literature in 1936.
This site possesses exceptional value in commemor…
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Judge W.H. Kilpatrick of Corinth had Oak Home built in 1857 by Tom Chesney, a local house designer and builder. Mr. M.S. Miller, a civil engineer working in Corinth shortly before the war, made this sketch in 1860, the only known Civil War vintage picture o…
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has been designated aNational Historic LandmarkThis site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of theUnited States of America
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In 1919, Bank President J. Russell Wheeler and his wife, Anna May Wheeler, retained Architect Louis Sullivan. Known as the father of the skyscraper, Sullivan was to design a building that would give the bank an image of financial security, civic monumentali…
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Beginning and HistoryIn January of 1691, at the request of the O'odham (Pima) Indians of the Santa Cruz River Valley, Jesuit Father Eusebio Francisco Kino established the mission of Tumacacori, dedicated to Saint Cajetan (San Cayetano). The Pima rebellion o…
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Here, on the historic Piedra Blanca Rancho, William Randolph Hearst created La Cuesta Encantada (The Enchanted Hill), including La Casa Grande and adjacent buildings. With their rare art treasures and beautiful gardens. 1919-1947
Presented to the State o…
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Merion Friends Meeting HouseHas been designated aNational Historic Landmark
This site possess national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of AmericaThis Meeting was established by the Merioneth Welsh community who settled this…
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Painted Desert InnHas been designated aNationalHistorical LandmarkThis site possesses National Significancein Commemorating theHistory of the United States of America1987