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Embodies the Bond Among Marines Everywhere

  • san francisco
  • bay area
  • california
  • hawaii
  • vietnam
  • milling
  • first marine brigade

Rosalind Franklin

Via Open Plaques 496 By Spudgun67 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Via Open Plaques 496 By Spudgun67 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons

  • franklin
  • watson
  • crick
  • dna

DNA Double Helix 1953

  Via Open Plaques 1352 Photo credit Simon Harriyott  

  Via Open Plaques 1352 Photo credit Simon Harriyott

  • dna
  • science
  • watson
  • crick
  • franklin

Roald Amundsen

Roald Amundsen1872 - 1928 Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian polar explorer, was the first to locate the magnetic North Pole and to navigate the Northwest Passage, the Arctic water route from the...

Roald Amundsen1872 - 1928 Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian polar explorer, was the first to locate the magnetic North Pole and to navigate the Northwest Passage, the Arctic water route from the...

  • san francisco
  • bay area
  • california
  • norway
  • south pole
  • north pole
  • magnetic
  • bering straits
  • gjoa
  • oslo

They Shall Not Pass

Plaque to remember anti-fascist demonstration 1937. Submitted by @Schopflin    

Plaque to remember anti-fascist demonstration 1937. Submitted by @Schopflin  

  • london
  • wwii
  • fascist
  • blackshirt

Reston: A "New Town"

  Submitted by @jqmcd 

  Submitted by @jqmcd 

  • reston
  • virginia

Robert E. Simon Jr.

  Submitted by @jqmcd 

  Submitted by @jqmcd 

  • reston
  • virginia

Information on Cropton's Well

© Copyright Colin Grice and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

© Copyright Colin Grice and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

  • geograph

Senator John F. Kennedy Presidential Campaign Speech

Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

  • jfk
  • crowley
  • louisiana
  • kennedy
  • presidential
  • president
  • rice

Eugene O'Neill

The past is the present, isn't it? It's the future, too. Eugene O'Neill, Long Day's Journey Into Night Time Capsule placed by Eugene O'Neill Foundation and National Park Service - 1988

The past is the present, isn't it? It's the future, too. Eugene O'Neill, Long Day's Journey Into Night Time Capsule placed by Eugene O'Neill Foundation and National Park Service - 1988

  • 99pi

Totally Destroyed by a Zeppelin Raid

These premises were totally destroyed by a zeppelin raid during the World War on September 8th 1915Rebuilt 1917 John Phillips Managing Directory   Submitted by @kivacreative

These premises were totally destroyed by a zeppelin raid during the World War on September 8th 1915Rebuilt 1917 John Phillips Managing Directory   Submitted by @kivacreative

  • london
  • wwi
  • zeppelin
  • destroyed
  • totally destroyed
  • totally

Former Duke Ellington Residence

"2728 Sherman Ave. NW   Edward Kennedy Ellington Residence 1919-1922 'I Love You Madly' ... Dedicated This Day April 28, 1990 Marion Barry Jr., Mayor"   One of several former DC residences of Duke...

"2728 Sherman Ave. NW   Edward Kennedy Ellington Residence 1919-1922 'I Love You Madly' ... Dedicated This Day April 28, 1990 Marion Barry Jr., Mayor"   One of several former DC residences of Duke...

  • duke ellington
  • ellington
  • washington
  • dc
  • columbia heights
  • jazz

President Lincoln Under Fire

"LINCOLN UNDER FIRE AT FORT STEVENS JULY 12, 1864    ERECTED BY THE ASSOCIATED SURVIVORS SIXTH ARMY CORPS WASHINGTON D. C.  JULY 12, 1920"   More information on Fort Stevens: here.   Submitted by YoBigC

"LINCOLN UNDER FIRE AT FORT STEVENS JULY 12, 1864    ERECTED BY THE ASSOCIATED SURVIVORS SIXTH ARMY CORPS WASHINGTON D. C.  JULY 12, 1920"   More information on Fort Stevens: here.   Submitted by YoBigC

  • lincoln
  • civil war
  • washington
  • d.c.
  • dc
  • jubal early

First Rock Salt Mine

FIRST ROCK SALT MINE Salt evaporated from brine springs on Avery Island since 1791. On May 4, 1862, workmen enlarging these springs to produce more salt for the Confederacy hit solid salt at a...

FIRST ROCK SALT MINE Salt evaporated from brine springs on Avery Island since 1791. On May 4, 1862, workmen enlarging these springs to produce more salt for the Confederacy hit solid salt at...

  • salt
  • civil war
  • mining
  • avery
  • island
  • confederacy

Joseph Mitchell