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The Galveston Movement | By the late 1800's, thousands of Jews began fleeing their homes in Russia and Eastern Europe to escape anti-Semitic policies and violent pogroms. Many immigrated to the U.S., establishing communities in New York City and elsewhere along the East coast. Overcrowding in these neighborhoods coincided with growing anti-Semitic sentiment. The Galveston Movement, a humanitarian effort that brought nearly 10,000 Jewish immigrants through the Port of Galveston between 1907 and 1914, was initiated... | 29.301717, -94.791150 | On 22nd Street, Galveston, (On the left when traveling south) | https://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=57364 |
The Garden of Remembrance | The Garden of Remembrance is a half-acre memorial garden in downtown Seattle to honor the Washington State residents who died in wars since World War II. | 47.608087, -122.337571 | Seattle, WA | http://landscapevoice.com/garden-of-remembrance/ |
The Gateway to the West/The Gateway Arch | "The Gateway Arch"/"The Gateway to the West" is the US's largest monument. Constructed in 1965, the memorial is commemorating western expansion and the beginning of manifest destiny in the US. Created by Eero Saarinen, "The Gateway" is featured in St. Louis, MO as that is said to be the beginning of western half of the US. | , | St. Louis, MO | https://www.nps.gov/jeff/index.htm |
The German School of Guatemala | En este lugar funciono el Colegio Aleman de Quetzaltenango, desde su fundación en 1928 hasta su clausura en 1941. En el año del centenario del Colegio Aleman de Guatemala Rendimos homenaje a sus fundadores, directores, maestros y exalumnos. Asociacion de Educacion y Cultura “Alejandro von Humboldt” Colegio Aleman de Guatemala Quetzaltenango, 25 de agosto de 2001 English translation: In this building was the German School of Quetzaltenango, from its foundation in 1928 until its closure in... | 14.836189, -91.518508 | On 3a Calle, Quetzaltenango, (On the left when traveling east) | https://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=100790 |
The Heigold Facade | The Heigold Facade Christian Heigold, a German immigrant and stonecutter, came to Louisville sometime prior to 1850, and in 1857 he built his home at 264 Marion Street in an area known as the Point. This was a period of unrest and attacks on Irish and German immigrants, not long after the infamous Bloody Monday incident in 1855. In order to prove his patriotism and loyalty to America, he carved inscriptions and busts of American notables into the facade of the house. Among the incised mottos is... | 38.263990, -85.725086 | On River Road, Louisville, (On the right when traveling east) | https://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=104120 |
The Herris Stone | This stone's original inscription was Heare lyes bodey of Livt Willeame Herris who died May 16 : 1698 : aged : 065 years : By birth a Britaire : a good soldier a good husbnd & kinde : neighbour. Mr. Herris (Harris) was the father of Anne Harris, the wife of Thomas Owsley, the immigrant ancestor of many American Owsley's. These plaques placed by Pohick Church and the Owsley Family Historical Society to preserve an important historic antiquity. | 38.708968, -77.193640 | Near Richmond Highway (U.S. 1) , Lorton, | https://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=201 |
The Heyday of Four-and-a-Half Street | Front This quiet street was once Washington's answer to New York's Lower East Side. Fourth Street, known until 1934 as a 4½ Street, and nearly Seventh Street were Southwest's shopping centers. Around 1900 this street was the dividing line between a mostly African American community living to the east and mostly Irish, Italian, and Jewish communities to the west. Yet black and white adults came together over life's necessities in the small shops along 4½ Street. Grocers,... | 38.879158, -77.017808 | On I Street SW, Southwest, | https://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=109106 |
The Historic Trilogy | The term “Historic Trilogy” is used to represent the role the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CRRNJ) Terminal, Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty played in American history. It was these three historic structures that greeted most of the immigrants arriving to the New York Harbor area during the wave of immigration of the 19th and early 20th centuries. The Statue of Liberty, dedicated in 1886, was a gift from the people of France to the people of the United States. Its original intent was... | 40.699538, -74.048381 | On Liberty Walk, Jersey City, (On the right when traveling north) | https://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=69419 |
The Historic Trilogy | The term “Historic Trilogy” is used to represent the role the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CRRNJ) Terminal, Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty played in American history. It was these three historic structures that greeted most of the immigrants arriving to the New York Harbor area during the wave of immigration of the 19th and early 20th centuries. The Statue of Liberty, dedicated in 1886, was a gift from the people of France to the people of the United States. Its original intent was... | 40.707417, -74.034521 | Near Audrey Zapp Road, Jersey City, (On the right when traveling east) | https://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=49344 |
The History of This Area | The Native People The cultural history of people inhabiting the western slope of the Sierras spans a period of at least 3,500 years. It is known that the Nisenan, a Native California tribe, occupied the geographic region between the Sierra Buttes, those rugged peaks outlined on the horizon, and the Consumnes River drainage to the south. As experienced hunters and gatherers, the Nisenan possessed considerable knowledge of the plants and animals of the region and utilized this information to... | 39.317732, -120.815920 | On State Route 20, near Washington, (On the right when traveling east) | https://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=44642 |