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• Directory:South Dakota
  ...the Rockies. Mt. Rushmore, in this group, is famous for the likenesses of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt, which were carved in granite b * The faces of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln are sculpted int
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• Directory:Rhode Island
  * Though second in command to George Washington, Nathaniel Greene, a Rhode Islander, is acknowledged by many historians as * Rhode Island Red Monument in Adamsville pays homage to the world-famous poultry breed.
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• Directory:Oregon
  ...el. In 1848 the Oregon Territory was created, including all of present-day Washington and Idaho. The state's current boundaries were established in 1853. Salem i ...he 42d to the 49th parallel. The area was reduced with the creation of the Washington Territory in 1853, and Oregon became a state in 1859 with a constitution th
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• Directory:Maryland
  ...ate to join the new country, with Annapolis as the state capital. In 1791, Washington D.C. was created from land donated by Maryland, and became the nation's per ...e of Bladensburg, and burned the Capitol and other government buildings in Washington D.C. On Sept. 12, they attacked Baltimore and fired on Fort McHenry. The Am
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• Directory:Zachary Taylor
  | death_place=[[Washington, D.C.]] ...nd became the second U.S. president never to hold any prior office (George Washington being the first). Taylor was also the last southerner to be elected presid
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• Directory:George Washington
  | name=George Washington | image=George-Washington.jpg
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• Directory:Mississippi
  ...9). Natchez, the first territorial capital, was replaced in 1802 by nearby Washington, which in turn was replaced by Jackson in 1822. This encouraged growth of t ...foot and left foot) occurred in Vicksburg at Phil Gilbert's Shoe Parlor on Washington Street.
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  Site=Washington, D.C. | Origin=[[Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport|Washington National Airport]]|
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• Directory:West Virginia
  ...s removed from the vault and is on display at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. ...as contributed by West Virginia for the Washington Monument and arrived in Washington in February 1885.
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• Directory:Oklahoma
  ...notably Stephen H. Long), and scientific and curious travelers (among them Washington Irving and George Catlin) came into the present-day state. ...tle drive, titled "On the Chisholm Trail," was set in place in Duncan as a monument to the American Cowboy.
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• Directory:William McKinley
  *[[McKinley Monument]], Buffalo, New York * McKinley Monument, Springfield, Massachusetts
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• Directory:James Buchanan
  For fifteen years in [[Washington, D.C.]], prior to his presidency, Buchanan lived with his close friend, Ala ...Park|StonyBatter, Pennsylvania]]. Part of an 18.5-acre memorial site, the monument is a 250-ton pyramid structure designed to show the original weathered surf
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• Directory:Montana
  ...tana were in territories of Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, Dakota, Oregon, Washington and Idaho. ...camps. At the time, Montana was part of Idaho Territory. Edgerton wrote to Washington, D.C., urging the creation of a new territory. Montana became a territory o
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• Directory:Alabama
  ...ed) began to move into Alabama forcing the various tribes off their lands. Washington, the first Alabama county, was created in 1800 from Mississippi Territory. * The town of Enterprise houses the Boll Weevil Monument to acknowledge the role this destructive insect played in encouraging farme
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• Directory:Andrew Jackson
  ...n Revolution, and the second President to have been a [[prisoner of war]] (Washington had been captured by the French in the [[French and Indian War]]). ...of Andrew Jackson: {{cite book | editor = B. M. Dusenbery (ed.) | title = Monument to the Memory of General Andrew Jackson | publisher = Walker & Gillis |date
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• Directory:Kansas
  * A monument to the first Christian martyr on United States Territory stands along High * George Washington Carver, the famous botanical scientist who discovered more than 300 product
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• Directory:James K. Polk
  ...f the nation's territory. Polk secured the [[Oregon Territory]] (including Washington, Oregon and Idaho), amounting to about 285,000 square miles (738,000 km²) ...Academy]] and the [[Smithsonian]], the groundbreaking for the [[Washington Monument]], and the issuance of the first [[postage stamp]]s in the United States, i
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• Directory:Kentucky
  * The first town in the United States to be named for the first president was Washington. It was named in 1780. * The only monument south of the Ohio River dedicated to Union Soldiers who died in the Civil W
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• Directory:Tennessee
  ...in 1777, at their request, North Carolina organized those settlements into Washington co.; Jonesboro, the county seat and oldest town in Tennessee, was founded t * Greeneville has the only monument in the United States honoring both the Union and Confederate armies. It is
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• Directory:Thomas Jefferson
  | children=[[Martha Jefferson Randolph|Martha Washington Jefferson]], Jane Randolph Jefferson, Stillborn son, Mary Wayles Jefferson, | president3=[[George Washington]]
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