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The airfield was later renamed as Ladd Army Airfield (Ladd AAF). The elements of the airfield associated with its role in World War II, including two runways, hangars and other operational facilities, and officers' quarters, were listed on the National Register of Historic Places [2] and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1985. [3] [17]
In 1969, the 171st Infantry transitioned from mechanized to light infantry and were subsequently inactivated in 1972 from Fort Wainwright. Ladd Field was designated as a National Historic Landmark (NHL) on 4 February 1985.
In 1940, the US Army Air Force designated Ladd Field in Fairbanks, Alaska as a cold-weather testing facility. Because sufficiently cold weather was not predictable and often of short duration, Ashley McKinley suggested a refrigerated airplane hangar be built. The facilities were constructed at Eglin Field. [4] The first tests started in May 1947.
“The Ladd-Gilman House is an important state treasure, especially as we prepare for the nation’s 250th anniversary in 2026,” said Robert Levey, interim executive director of the museum.
The American Independence Museum is a historic house museum located in Exeter, New Hampshire.Its 1-acre (0.40 ha) campus includes two buildings: the Ladd-Gilman House, a registered National Historic Landmark built in 1721 by Nathaniel Ladd, and the Folsom Tavern, listed on the New Hampshire State Register of Historic Places and built in 1775 by Colonel Samuel Folsom.
The Moffatt-Ladd House, also known as the William Whipple House, is a historic house museum and National Historic Landmark in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States.The 1763 Georgian house was the home of William Whipple (1730–1785), a Founding Father, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and Revolutionary War general.
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In 2006, a print became the most expensive photo sold. [30] [31] [s 2] The Steerage: 1907 Alfred Stieglitz: Aboard the SS Kaiser Wilhelm II, possibly anchored at Plymouth, England, United Kingdom [32] Landmark modernist photo depicting immigrants on the SS Kaiser Wilhelm II. [33] [s 1] [s 2] Child Laborer in Newberry, South Carolina Cotton Mill ...