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 | Fort Ward is a former Union Army installation now located in the city of Alexandria in the U.S. state of Virginia. It was the fifth largest fort built to defend Washington, D.C. in the American Civil War. It is currently well-preserved with 90-95% of its earthen walls intact.
The fort is now a part of the City of Alexandria's 45-acre (18-ha) Fort Ward Mueseum and Historic Site a... |  | 04/06/2007 | 393 | 
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 | Fort Gaines is a historic fort on Dauphin Island, Alabama, United States. It was named for Edmund Pendleton Gaines. Established in 1821, and best known for its role in the Battle of Mobile Bay during the American Civil War.
Exhibits include the huge anchor from the USS Hartford, Admiral David Farragut's flagship on which he gave his world famous command, "**** the Torpedoes... | | 02/03/2007 | 281 |
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 | Chief Sitting Bull, leader of the Sioux. He was born on the Grand River a few miles west of Mobridge in March 1831. He was not a hereditary chief, but he acquired whatever power possessed through personal qualities which appealed to his people. Sitting Bull's tragic end came at the very place he was born. The great Sioux leader was shot by Indian police in 1890 while resisting arrest and hi... |  | 12/17/2005 | 377 |
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 | The Dornier 328Jet was to depart Manassas (HEF) for Myrtle Beach (MYR). During takeoff from runway 34R (5700 ft long) the crew reportedly had an airspeed miscompare. The takeoff was aborted but the airplane could not be stopped on the remaining runway length. It went through the perimeter fence and crossed Observation Road, coming to rest near the Cannon Industrial Park.
The airplane was... |  | 01/13/2007 | 1,052 |
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 | The Battle of Cold Harbor, the final battle of Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's 1864 Overland Campaign during the American Civil War, is remembered as one of American history's bloodiest, most lopsided battles. Thousands of Union soldiers were slaughtered in a hopeless frontal assault against the fortified troops of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Grant said of the battle in his memoirs &qu... |  | 01/09/2007 | 492 |
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 | Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial is a World War I cemetery on the southeast edge of the town of Waregem, Belgium. This is the only American World War I cemetery in Belgium and 411 American servicemen are buried or commemorated there. Many of them fell at Spitaals Bosschen, an action of the Ypres-Lys Campaign by the 91st Infantry Division in the closing days of World War I.
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 | Grant's Tomb is a mausoleum containing the bodies of Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885), an American Civil War General and the 18th President of the United States, and his wife, Julia Dent Grant (1826-1902). | | 09/19/2005 | 233 |
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 | *Willow Run Airport has a rich history, dating back to 1941 when Henry Ford and Charles Lindbergh built the worlds largest bomber facility at the airport.
*During World War II, almost 8,700 B–24 "Liberator" bombers were built at Willow Run. During its peak production, the plant employed 42,000 people including "Rosie the Riviter".
*I–94 freeway... | | 08/03/2005 | 203 |
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 | The Sandweiler German war cemetery is a World War II cemetery in Sandweiler, in southern Luxembourg. It contains the graves of 10,913 German servicemen from the Battle of the Bulge in winter 1944 and spring 1945. Of these, 5,599 were buried by the American war graves service during the war; American casualties were buried at the Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial about 1.5 kilometres (0.... | | 08/29/2009 | 26 |
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 | The Cabanatuan American Memorial was erected by the survivors of the Bataan Death March and the prisoner of war camp at Cabanatuan in the Philippines during World War II. It is located at the site of the camp and honors those Americans and Filipinos who died during their internment. The American Battle Monuments Commission, recognizing the significance of this memorial, accepted responsibility... | | 08/15/2009 | 28 |
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 | Location: Aldie, Virginia
Constructed by John Roswell Miller, his two daughters, and his second son. Miller began clearing the land for his castle in 1980 and was completed in 1999. The castle is currently owned by Gilbert Julien and is opened for tours. | | 09/17/2006 | 294 |
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 | This is the baseball diamond used in the film Bull Durham starring Kevin Costner. It was used for the scenes for the Durham Bulls home games located in Durham, NC. | | 11/24/2007 | 300 |
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