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The Palmerton Historic District is a national historic district located in Palmerton, Carbon County, Pennsylvania.Bordered roughly by Tomb Street, Avenue A, 8th Street, and Harvard Avenue, it encompasses 1,262 contributing buildings, seven contributing structures (five railroad bridges, one road bridge, and one park gazebo), and four contributing sites (three parks and a cemetery), as well as ...
Graceland Cemetery is a large historic garden cemetery located in the north side community area of Uptown, in Chicago, Illinois, United States.Established in 1860, its main entrance is at the intersection of Clark Street and Irving Park Road.
A typical plaque found on properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of sites, buildings, structures, districts, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic value".
Location of Tomb: Article: K'inich Yax K'uk' Mo' Maya ruler (ruled 426 – c. 437) – named in Maya inscriptions as the founder and first ruler of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization polity centered at Copán Copán in Mexico: Hunal tomb inside of Temple 16 in the Copán acropolis; [7]
Tomb alleged to be that of Annie Palmer at Rose Hall, Jamaica. The White Witch is a legendary story of a haunting in Jamaica. According to the legend, the spirit of a white plantation owner named Annie Palmer haunts the grounds of Rose Hall, Montego Bay. [1]
This included the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, which was dedicated on November 11, 1921. The cenotaph above the tomb is a later addition, and was dedicated on November 11, 1932. [19] At the end of World War II, the cemetery had a total of 16 major memorials. Another 12 major memorials were added after 1949, with eight of these constructed after ...
Nathaniel Brown Palmer (August 8, 1799 – June 21, 1877) was an American seal hunter, explorer, sailing captain, ship designer, and a whale hunter.He gave his name to Palmer Land, Antarctica, which he explored in 1820 on his sloop Hero.
Palmer Cemetery, originally known as the Kensington Burial Grounds, was established around 1732 in the Fishtown section of Philadelphia. [ 3 ] The cemetery holds the remains of many of the original families of Kensington such as the Cramp and Shibe Families. [ 4 ]