Markers Attached to Sculpture
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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMR6D_charles-miller_Scottsdale-AZ.html
An early Civic Leader of Scottsdale, Charles Miller purchased this property and the 120 acres to the North and West from Scottsdale founder Winfield Scott.
He with two others Founded the Scottsdale Light and Power Company, which brought electricity to Sc…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMR72_felix-anthony-doc-blanchard_Bishopville-SC.html
We point with pride to young Doc Blanchard- one of the greatest names in football- our hometown boy who met success with modesty- a boy who fit perfectly into the pattern laid down by his dad. With memory of your father, with honor to your mother, Doc Blanc…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMR86_admiral-raphael-semmes-csa_Mobile-AL.html
(Front):CommanderC.S. SteamerAlabamaRear-AdmiralC.S. NavySailor, Patriot,StatesmanScholarandChristianGentleman(Side Plaque):Admiral Raphael Semmes, CSACommander of the Most Successful Sea Raider In HistoryCSS AlabamaStill after these many years his patrioti…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMRD2_defender-of-liberty_Washington-DC.html
"I ... looked forward to ... Independence, ... and will risque the last Penny of my Fortune and the last Drop of my Blood upon the Issue."George Mason, 1778.
George Mason belonged to the genteel Virginia plantation society that cultivated some truly extr…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMRFG_bernardo-de-g-lvez-memorial_Washington-DC.html
Bernardo de G?lvez(Count de G?lvez)1746 - 1786"Bernardo de G?lvez the great Spanish soldier carried out a courageous campaign in lands bordering the lower Mississippi. This masterpiece of military strategy lightened the pressure of the English in the war ag…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMRGM_david-of-sassoon_Fresno-CA.html
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Donated tothe County of Fresnoby the People of Armenian Descentof the San Joaquin ValleyAugust 11, 1970
Varaz Samuelian, Sculptor
[Lower Marker:]David of Sassoon is the legendary folk-hero of the Armenians, who rid their land of for…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMRGS_dr-martin-luther-king-jr_Fresno-CA.html
"I have a dream..."
Nobel Peace Prize 1964
Dedicated January 18, 1988
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMRJB_g-lvez-monument_New-Orleans-LA.html
Bernardo de G?lvezGovernor of Louisiana1777 to 1785
The government of Spain donates this statue to the city of New Orleans to commemorate the bicentennial year of the independence of the United States to which the Spanish governor so decisively contribut…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMRKI_henry-miller_Los-Banos-CA.html
There is one description of Henry Miller, California's cattle king, that sums up his contributions to this community: Henry Miller - Founding Father of Los Banos.
Born 1827 in Brackenheim, Kingdom of Wurtemberg, Germany, Miller left the family farm at ag…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMRN9_abraham-lincoln-statue_New-York-NY.html
One of three sculptural renditions of Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) in New York City's parks, this larger-than-life bronze by Henry Kirke Brown (1814-1886) stands vigil on a busy crossroads at the north end of Union Square Park.
Abraham Lincoln was born in…