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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMREI_laurel-hill-cemetery_Philadelphia-PA.html
Founded in 1836 and designed by Scottish architect John Notman, this was the nation's second major rural cemetery. With its rolling landscape, horticultural plantings, and eclectic architecture, it offered a romantic alternative to the crowded urb…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMREH_commercial-digital-computer-birthplace_Philadelphia-PA.html
BINAC, the world's first commercial, electronic, stored program, digital computer passed verification tests here, at 3747 Ridge Ave., on April 7, 1949. Customer acceptance of UNIVAC I, the world's first open market, commercial computer, followed o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRAY_the-lake-light_Toronto-ON.html
This lighthouse, one of the earliest on the Great Lakes, was completed in 1808 as an hexagonal tower 52 feet high, topped by a wooden cage with a fixed whale-oil lantern. In 1832 it was raised to 82 feet and later equipped with a revolving light. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRAX_lieutenant-joseph-bonnell_Philadelphia-PA.html
On April 7, 1836, Lieutenant Joseph Bonnell, West Point Class of 1825, 3rd Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army, Fort Jesup, Louisiana, was sent alone into Texas by U.S. General Gaines to quell an uprising of 1,700 hostile Indians which threatened the sma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC2E_shibe-park-connie-mack-stadium_Philadelphia-PA.html
Early Major League baseball park opened here, 1909. Renamed, 1953. Home to Athletics 1909 - 1954: Phillies 1938 - 1970. Site of three Negro League World Series; five A's World Series victories. Razed, 1976.