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Civil Rights MemorialsSt. Matthew's African Methodist Episcopal Church - Boonville, MO

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St. Matthew's Chapel A.M.E. Church is a historic African Methodist Episcopal church located at 309 Spruce Street in Boonville, Cooper County, Missouri

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.

location: Missouri

date approved: 09/23/2023

last visited: never

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Civil Rights MemorialsThe Nanjing Bell - Riverside, CA

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A large bell near the entrance to the Mission Inn in Riverside, California.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member bluesnote

location: California

date approved: 09/21/2023

last visited: never

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Civil Rights MemorialsTempting Target - Montross, VA

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The marker is located at 1650 State Park Rd, on the grounds of Westmoreland State Park near the Visitor Center, Montross, VA United States 22520

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe

location: Virginia

date approved: 09/18/2023

last visited: 09/18/2023

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Civil Rights MemorialsJohn Smith Explores the Chesapeake-Native Inhabitants - Marbury, MD

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The marker is at 2750 Sweden Point Road, near the Discovery Room in Smallwood State Park, Marbury, MD USA 20658

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe

location: Maryland

date approved: 09/18/2023

last visited: 09/18/2023

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Civil Rights MemorialsPowhatan’s Headquarters - Williamsburg, VA

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At the time Captain John Smith traveled the York River, several Eastern Virginia Algonquian tribes paid tribute to a spiritual and political leader named Powhatan. In return, he provided military assistance, guidance, and food.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe

location: Virginia

date approved: 09/17/2023

last visited: 09/17/2023

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Civil Rights MemorialsCrafting a Legacy Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail - Baltimore MD

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Too large for Mary’s house, the 30 x 42-foot garrison flag was finished on the floor of a nearby brewery. Her helpers included an African American indentured servant named Grace Wisher.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe

location: Maryland

date approved: 09/16/2023

last visited: 07/06/2019

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Civil Rights MemorialsFree to Fight Star - Colonial Beach VA

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During the War of 1812, to weaken the American economy, the British took tobacco and lured the enslaved labor force from plantations along the Potomac River. Physically fit males also provided the British with a valuable source of new recruits.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe

location: Virginia

date approved: 09/12/2023

last visited: 09/12/2023

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Civil Rights MemorialsGibson School - Wright City, MO

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The retention of the history of the former "Black Schools" in Missouri is a major project of the DNR, this is one of them. There is no place to park, and Hwy is traveled heavy and fast ... USE CAUTION when visiting.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.

location: Missouri

date approved: 09/09/2023

last visited: never

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Civil Rights MemorialsCarl Burton Stokes Historical Marker - Cleveland, OH

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An historical marker honoring Carl Stokes, former mayor of Cleveland and first African American mayor of a major American city

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member jonathanatpsu

location: Ohio

date approved: 09/05/2023

last visited: never

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Civil Rights MemorialsThe Heart of the Household-Andrew Johnson National Historic Site - Greeneville TN

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The marker is located at the intersection of E Depot Street and N College Street, Greeneville TN 37745. It is next to the Early Home of Andrew Johnson, a unit of the Andrew Johnson National Historic Site

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe

location: Tennessee

date approved: 09/04/2023

last visited: 09/04/2023

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Civil Rights MemorialsLoyal Quaker and Brave Slave-Rebecca Wright and Thomas Laws - Winchester VA

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Sheridan had learned that a loyal Quaker named Rebecca Wright lived in Winchester on this site. Also, a slave named Thomas Laws often passed through Confederate lines to sell vegetables in town.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe

location: Virginia

date approved: 08/30/2023

last visited: 08/30/2023

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Civil Rights MemorialsA las Victimas Ignoradas - Turballos, Muro de Alcoy, Alicante, España

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Según Naciones Unidas mueren 100.000 personas al día.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member GURUGU

location: Comunidad Valenciana, Spain

date approved: 08/29/2023

last visited: never

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Civil Rights MemorialsSappony Baptist Church - Stony Creek VA

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Marker is near Stony Creek, Virginia, in Sussex County, 23882 on 17352 Concord Sappony Road. Virginia Marker number is K-309-a. Church membership grew and at one point half of Sappony's congregants were enslaved people.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe

location: Virginia

date approved: 08/25/2023

last visited: 08/25/2023

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Civil Rights MemorialsFort Huger - Smithfield VA

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Beginning in July 1861, enslaved and freed blacks assisted in the construction of Fort Huger.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe

location: Virginia

date approved: 08/24/2023

last visited: 08/25/2023

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Civil Rights MemorialsMaster and Slaves - Newport News VA

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Marker located on the grounds of Lee Hall Mansion, Yorktown Road (Virginia Route 238), Newport News , VA USA 23603.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe

location: Virginia

date approved: 08/24/2023

last visited: 08/24/2023

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Civil Rights MemorialsFranklin Street Baptist Church [Historic] - St. Charles, MO

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This structure in the Frenchtown Historic District is classified as C. This church today is the Freedom Church.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.

location: Missouri

date approved: 08/24/2023

last visited: never

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Civil Rights MemorialsFranklin School - St. Charles, MO

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Built as a private school by St. Borromeo, sold to city school district for Black students.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.

location: Missouri

date approved: 08/23/2023

last visited: never

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Civil Rights MemorialsWar Comes to Fairfield - Woodford VA

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War brought profound changes to the Chandler family, Fairfield, and the slaves who toiled on the plantation. Three of Thomas Chandler’s sons enlisted in the Confederate army.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe

location: Virginia

date approved: 08/22/2023

last visited: 08/22/2023

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Civil Rights MemorialsJoseph Smith, Jr. - Carthage, IL

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After founding FAR WEST, and losing the "Mormon War" in MO; he moved to Illinois, and things got worse.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.

location: Illinois

date approved: 08/19/2023

last visited: never

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Civil Rights MemorialsThe Chancellor Slaves The Battle of Chancellorsville - Chancellorsville VA

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Their names are unrecorded, their labors are rarely noted. No images of them survive. But slaves outnumbered Chancellor family members when Frances Chancellor moved into this house in 1861.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe

location: Virginia

date approved: 08/11/2023

last visited: 08/18/2014

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Civil Rights MemorialsAndres Bello - Los Angeles, CA

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A bust of Venezuelan-Chilean humanist, diplomat, poet, legislator, philosopher, educator and philologist, Andres Bello. His political and literary works constitute an important part of Spanish American culture.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member bluesnote

location: California

date approved: 08/11/2023

last visited: never

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Civil Rights MemorialsFor All Anguish – For Some Freedom - Waverly Village VA

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Most white Spotsylvanians owned small farms of a few hundred acres. More than 6,000 slaves – half the county’s population – toiled on these farms, usually in groups of two or three, often alongside their owners.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe

location: Virginia

date approved: 08/09/2023

last visited: 08/09/2023

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Civil Rights MemorialsBen Franklin - Riverside, CA

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A quote from Ben Franklin in Riverside, California.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member bluesnote

location: California

date approved: 08/05/2023

last visited: never

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Civil Rights MemorialsJames Robinson House - Manassas VA

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To the south stood the farmhouse of James Robinson, a former slave freed by Landon Carter. There, during the First Battle of Manassas on 21 July 1961, Col. Wade Hampton’s Legion covered the Confederates falling back to Henry Hill.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe

location: Virginia

date approved: 08/02/2023

last visited: 08/03/2023

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Civil Rights MemorialsBetty Washington - Brandy Station VA

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Marker is near Brandy Station, VA in Culpeper County at Brandy Road (Business U.S. 15/29), Brandy Station VA 22714. The marker was erected in 2000 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number F-12.)

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe

location: Virginia

date approved: 08/02/2023

last visited: 08/03/2023

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