Monuments and Memorials Pointless Prize

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I believe he was one of the bullfighters Hemingway wrote about in Death in the Afternoon.

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Memorial to James E. Waugh (1841-1895), the “driving force” behind the creation of what became Berwyn Heights.

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2/9/2022 monuments in Torrejon in honor of the constitution

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[consularrider]

Navy and Merchant Marine Memorial to honor those lost at sea on the MVT at Boundary Channel

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[Sophie CW]

As part of Rockville’s African American Heritage tour, the house of Dr James Anderson memorializes the successful escape of his slave, Alfred Homer, on May 31, 1856 long before the Emancipation Proclamation. He walked and ran over 500 miles from this site towards Canada for his freedom, despite the $100 reward for his return and the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 which required the return of runaway slaves. #blackhistory
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[AlanA]

An actual jet that was flown! It’s nice that many small towns have Veterans Memorials of some kind. The Memorial/jet with my bike and the sign.

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Home of Supreme Court Justice Gabriel Duvall, who owned slaves but often was inclined towards abolitionist ideals. Duvall has also been called “the most insignificant” justice in the history of the U.S. Supreme Court. Duvall has been the subject of much academic interest, most notably a debate between University of Chicago Law Professors David P. Currie and (now-Judge) Frank H. Easterbrook in 1983. Currie argued that “impartial examination of Duvall’s performance reveals to even the uninitiated observer that he achieved an enviable standard of insignificance against which all other justices must be measured.” Easterbrook responded that Currie’s analysis lacked “serious consideration of candidates so shrouded in obscurity that they escaped proper attention even in a contest of insignificance,” and concluded that Duvall’s colleague, Justice Thomas Todd, was even more insignificant. Perhaps this pointless prize should be called the Duvall Prize.

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Home of Supreme Court Justice Gabriel Duvall, who owned slaves but often was inclined towards abolitionist ideals. Duvall has also been called “the most insignificant” justice in the history of the U.S. Supreme Court. Duvall has been the subject of much academic interest, most notably a debate between University of Chicago Law Professors David P. Currie and (now-Judge) Frank H. Easterbrook in 1983. Currie argued that “impartial examination of Duvall’s performance reveals to even the uninitiated observer that he achieved an enviable standard of insignificance against which all other justices must be measured.” Easterbrook responded that Currie’s analysis lacked “serious consideration of candidates so shrouded in obscurity that they escaped proper attention even in a contest of insignificance,” and concluded that Duvall’s colleague, Justice Thomas Todd, was even more insignificant. Perhaps this pointless prize should be called the Duvall Prize.

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This plaque commemorates the house directly behind it which was the first public school in Herndon. It was built in 1868 as a one-room school house, and expanded to 3 rooms in the 1870s.

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[CBGanimal]

2/10/2022 monuments In memory of the martyrs who gave their lives for God and Spain November 1936

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This monument on Vienna’s Town Green on Maple Avenue is “For those who served our country and the community,” as the statement says that wraps around its base.

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W&OD and Jim Crow on the Trail at King St in Leesburg. The King St Bridge has been painted as a train, locomotive facing east, caboose facing west.

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2/11/2022 Monuments at the entrance to Torrejon stands the monument of solidarity

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Korean War Memorial, memorializes those who served in the Korean War. The memorial is currently closed for renovations and to add a memorial wall listing the names of those who died during the war.

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Washington DC

[camiller]

Occoquan is derived from an Algonquian Doeg Indian word, meaning “at the end of the water”. Located on the Occoquan River, Occoquan was long a site of indigenous peoples’ habitation. Like the British colonists after them, they relied on the river for transportation and trade, as well as fish. Early in the 1600s Capt. John Smith sailed and explored the Occoquan River.

By 1765, Anglo-American colonists had established an industrial settlement at Occoquan, with grist mills and tobacco warehouses. The Merchant’s Mill was the first automated grist mill in the nation. It operated for 175 years until destroyed by fire. During the Civil War, the post office passed letters and packages between North and South. River silting reduced ship traffic to Occoquan and ended its days as a port, as did the shift in traffic to railroads.

Occoquan was formally established as a town in 1804 and continues to thrive. Today, it is a restored artists’ community, with shops, outdoor dining, ghost walks, a town boat dock and more.

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