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  2. San Felipe de Austin State Historic Site - Wikipedia

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    On January 1, 2008, the site was transferred from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to the Texas Historical Commission, [5] which operates it as a state historic site open to the public. The site features a museum, interpretive trails, a statue of Stephen F. Austin, a replica log cabin, the 1847 Josey Store and relevant historical markers ...

  3. Whitman Mission National Historic Site - Wikipedia

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    In more recent times, the site has been excavated for important artifacts, and then reburied. A memorial obelisk, erected fifty years after the event, stands on a nearby hill. The historic site was established in 1936 as Whitman National Monument and was redesignated a National Historic Site on January 1, 1963.

  4. Sagan Planet Walk - Wikipedia

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    The walk begins at the Sun Obelisk at Center Ithaca in Ithaca, New York. The Mercury Obelisk can be seen in the background. Map of the Planet Walk. The Sciencenter's Sagan Planet Walk is a walkable scale model of the Solar System, located in Ithaca, New York. The model scales the entire Solar System—both planet size and distances between them ...

  5. Jefferson Davis State Historic Site - Wikipedia

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    The Jefferson Davis Monument State Historic Site is a Kentucky state park commemorating the birthplace of Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederate States of America, in Fairview, Kentucky. The site's focal point is a 351-foot (107.0 m) concrete obelisk . [ 2 ]

  6. New thrift store coming to renovated Fairview Heights building

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    The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is preparing to open a Thrift Store and Donation Center in Crossroads Centre at 10850 Lincoln Trail, suite 2, in Fairview Heights.

  7. List of modern obelisks - Wikipedia

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    The obelisk stands in front of the hotel, a pyramid-shaped hotel along The Strip: Endicott, Triple Cities, New York: United States: 1975: An obelisk stands in front of radio talk show host Clint Ferro's boyhood home [citation needed] Monumen Nasional: Merdeka Square, Jakarta: Indonesia: 137 449 1975

  8. Cleopatra's Needle (New York City) - Wikipedia

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    The original idea to secure an Egyptian obelisk for New York City came from the March 1877 New York City newspaper accounts of the transporting of the London obelisk. The newspapers mistakenly attributed to a John Dixon the 1869 proposal of the Khedive of Egypt, Isma'il Pasha , to give the United States an obelisk as a gift for increased trade.

  9. Oriskany Battlefield State Historic Site - Wikipedia

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    Oriskany Battlefield State Historic Site is a historic site in Oneida County, New York, United States that marks the Battle of Oriskany, fought in 1777 during the American Revolution, one of the bloodiest engagements of the war. The park is northwest of the Village of Oriskany on NY Route 69 and is southeast of the City of Rome.