view gallery |  FIRST - Westfield Casualty of World War I - Westfield, MA
in First of its Kind A plaque at the entrance to Kane Park honors William Hassett Kane, the first Westfield Casualty of World War I. The entrance to Kane Park is located on Union Avenue opposite Meadow Street in Westfield, MA posted by: neoc1 location: Massachusetts date approved: 8/17/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST -- Railroad Open to Full Passenger Service in Delaware - Newark, DE
in First of its Kind One of many historical markers at Iron Hill park in Newark, Delaware. posted by: bluesnote location: Delaware date approved: 8/12/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST -- Steam Locomotives in Delaware - Newark, DE
in First of its Kind One of many historical markers at Iron Hill park in Newark, Delaware. posted by: bluesnote location: Delaware date approved: 8/12/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST -- Railroad in Delaware - Newark, DE
in First of its Kind One of many historical markers at Iron Hill park in Newark, Delaware. posted by: bluesnote location: Delaware date approved: 8/12/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST -- Attempt at Providing an Alternative Route Between Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington - Newark, DE
in First of its Kind One of many historical markers at Iron Hill park in Newark, Delaware. posted by: bluesnote location: Delaware date approved: 8/12/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST -- Experiment in Railroad Building in Delaware - Newark, DE
in First of its Kind One of many historical markers at Iron Hill park in Newark, Delaware. posted by: bluesnote location: Delaware date approved: 8/12/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST - American Built Steam Engine Locomotive - Baltimore, MD
in First of its Kind The Tom Thumb was the first American built steam engine locomotive. The Tom locomotive is on display at the B&O Railroad Museum at 901 West Pratt Street in Baltimore, MD. posted by: neoc1 location: Maryland date approved: 8/11/2022 last visited: 8/14/2022 |
view gallery |  First showing (World Premier) of the Wizard of Oz - former Strand Theater, Oconomowoc, WI
in First of its Kind A commemorative engraved stone marker plus plaza (called Oz Plaza, where the theater used to be) featuring statues of the movie's characters. posted by: adgorn location: Wisconsin date approved: 8/5/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST -- Theatre Built with Fire Safety Building Ordinance - San Diego, CA
in First of its Kind One of many historic buildings in San Diego, California. posted by: bluesnote location: California date approved: 8/5/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST- town to be liberated on the westernfront WWII - Sainte Mère Église, France
in First of its Kind Sainte Mère Église was the first town to be liberated on the westernfront WWII posted by: PetjeOp location: Normandie, France date approved: 8/4/2022 last visited: 8/10/2022 |
view gallery |  FIRST - Settler in Eastford - Eastford, CT
in First of its Kind A monument in memory of John Perry is located in a traffic triangle at the intersection of John Perry Road, Edwin Cooper Road, and Westford Road in Eastford, CT. posted by: neoc1 location: Connecticut date approved: 7/27/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST city newspaper - Tampere, Finland
in First of its Kind Tamperelainen is Finland's oldest CITY newspaper for the free distribution, published in Tampere, Kangasala, Nokia, Lempäälä, Pirkkala and Ylöjärvi. posted by: marcius location: Finland date approved: 7/21/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST - Train in McBaine & settler in Central Missouri - McBaine, MO
in First of its Kind Missouri river bottom town suffered at the floods, but rains and settlers kept coming. posted by: YoSam. location: Missouri date approved: 7/18/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST Person Buried in Kit Cemetery - Irving, TX
in First of its Kind A 1998 Irving Heritage Society Landmark sign at the Kit Cemetery provides some history of this cemetery, noting that the first person buried in the cemetery was a child, back in 1896, and whose grave is now lost. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Texas date approved: 7/18/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Coppell's FIRST Government Buildings - Coppell, TX
in First of its Kind A sign placed by the Coppell Historical Society is on the former fire station at 616 S Coppell Rd, Coppell, TX, providing some information about the city's earliest government buildings, now the offices of Mantis Innovation. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Texas date approved: 7/17/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  First - General Hospital in Prince Edward Island - Charlottetown, PEI
in First of its Kind The plaque is located on the wall of a historic building at 18-20 Haviland Street, which is a former wooden residence and hospital that has been converted into an apartment building. posted by: denben location: Prince Edward Island, Canada date approved: 7/16/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST - National Air Show
in First of its Kind Abbotsford Airport the site of the 1st National Air Show posted by: stinger503 location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 7/16/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Coppell's FIRST School Buildings - Coppell, TX
in First of its Kind A sign placed by the Coppell Historical Society stands at the sidewalk at 511 W Bethel Rd, providing some information for the city's earliest school buildings, now only a memory. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Texas date approved: 7/12/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Coppell's FIRST Water Supply - Coppell, TX
in First of its Kind A sign placed by the Coppell Historical Society stands at the sidewalk at 454 W Bethel Rd, providing some information about the city's first water supply, the tank that you see in front of you. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Texas date approved: 7/11/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST Lutheran Congregation - Toledo, OH
in First of its Kind Salem Lutheran Church is Toledo's first and oldest Lutheran congregation. posted by: bobfrapples8 location: Ohio date approved: 7/11/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Site FIRST Used as a Cemetery - Moody, TX
in First of its Kind A 1981 Texas Historical Marker at Naler Cemetery, Moody, TX, indicates that this site was first used as a cemetery for the burial of Polly Naler in 1863. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Texas date approved: 7/11/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST Burial in Harrington Cemetery - Irving, TX
in First of its Kind A 2008 Irving Heritage Society Landmark sign at the Harrington Cemetery, a remnant of the days of Estelle, TX, now part of Irving, indicates that the first burial here took place in 1891, that of a niece of Bryant Harrington, the land owner. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Texas date approved: 7/10/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  First - Airport in the Pacific Northwest - Vancouver, WA
in First of its Kind A plaque about the first airport in the Pacific Northwest. posted by: saopaulo1 location: Washington date approved: 7/8/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST plaque- The Moor, Falmouth, Cornwall,UK
in First of its Kind Falmouth being the FIRST sign, the start, to what would have been a very historic event for the United Kingdom. It also highlights communications of the day
The great battle of Trafalgar, With Napoleon Bonapart and Admiral Nelson. posted by: MoreOutdoor location: South West England, United Kingdom date approved: 7/7/2022 last visited: 7/8/2022 |
view gallery |  OLDEST Catholic Parish in Waco - Waco, TX
in First of its Kind St. Mary's Church of the Assumption is at 1401 Washington St, Waco, TX, and a 1990 Texas Historical Marker here notes that this is the oldest Catholic parish in Waco, dating to 1869 posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Texas date approved: 7/6/2022 last visited: never |
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