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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRJ0_fresno-corridor-of-flags-veterans-memorial_Fresno-CA.html
Dedicated To HonorAll Veterans of Fresno
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This plaque dedicated to allwho served in the militaryand especially those who gavetheir lives in service to Godand Country for the cause ofFreedom
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRIG_fresno-memorial-auditorium_Fresno-CA.html
This propertyhas been placed on the
National Registerof Historic Places
by the United StatesDepartment of the Interior
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRIC_george-m-bowman_Fresno-CA.html
This Water Tower is dedicated to George M. Bowman in recognition for thirty-six years of dedicated service to the City of Fresno and for his accomplishments as a naval officer. He was the city's first chief engineer and became general manager of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRIA_the-fresno-water-tower_Fresno-CA.html
Designed by architect George S. Mayer of Chicago, Illinois. It was completed in November 1894, replacing two wooden tanks erected on this site in 1887. The Tower stands 100 feet high with a tank capacity of 250,000 gallons. This facility, modeled …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRI8_honoring-the-ex-braceros-and-their-contributions_Fresno-CA.html
During and after World War II, nearly 5,000,000contracted braceros came to work in agricultureand on the railroads, the majority in California andthe San Joaquin Valley, under U.S. and Mexican Treaty,demonstrating their patriotism during the great…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRI2_william-saroyan_Fresno-CA.html
Born in Fresno, California at 621 BroadwaySon of Armenian immigrants
Writer - Playwright
First American playwright to win both thePulitzer Prize andDrama Critics' Circle Awardin the same year:"The Time of Your Life", 1940
Academy of Motio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRI1_purple-heart-memorial_Fresno-CA.html
Dedicated to the recipients of this nation's oldest military decoration
"The Purple Heart"
1782 The Military Order of the Purple Heart 1932
My stone is red for the blood they shed.The medal I bear is my country's wayto show they care.If I…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRH3_lao-hmong-american-war-memorial_Fresno-CA.html
From 1961 to 1975 the Hmong and other Lao people of the highlands of Laos helped the United States fight against Communism in Laos and Vietnam. On December 31, 1960, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower declared, "We cannot let Laos fall to the Com…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRGS_dr-martin-luther-king-jr_Fresno-CA.html
"I have a dream..."
Nobel Peace Prize 1964
Dedicated January 18, 1988
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRGO_fresno_Fresno-CA.html
"Fresno" is the Spanish word for "Ash Tree." The first settlement to which the name was applied was "Fresno City," a station on the old Butterfield Stage Route located on Fresno Slough about one and one-half miles northwesterly from the present to…