Virtual Globetrotting: Memorials

Virtual Globetrotting: Memorials http://virtualglobetrotting.com/ A great way to explore everything that can be seen from space! en-us Copyright 2009 admin@virtualglobetrotting.com (Nic) admin@virtualglobetrotting.com (Nic) Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:17:17 -0800 http://backend.userland.com/rss <![CDATA[Chicago Volunteer Firefighter's Memorial]]>

Chicago Volunteer Firefighter's Memorial

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Chicago Volunteer Firefighter's Memorial
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By: adrbr
@ 2009-11-21 11:17:17]]>

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Chicago Volunteer Firefighter's Memorial
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By: adrbr
@ 2009-11-21 11:17:17]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/chicago-volunteer-firefighters-memorial/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/chicago-volunteer-firefighters-memorial/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:17:17 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/chicago-volunteer-firefighters-memorial/ 41.98769320 -87.67660709 <![CDATA[Pacific War Memorial (replica)]]>

Pacific War Memorial (replica)
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By: kjfitz
@ 2009-11-10 11:12:34]]>

Pacific War Memorial (replica)
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By: kjfitz
@ 2009-11-10 11:12:34]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/pacific-war-memorial-replica/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/pacific-war-memorial-replica/ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:12:34 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/pacific-war-memorial-replica/ 21.43793000 -157.75365100 <![CDATA[Temporary memorial]]>

Temporary memorial
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By: kjfitz
@ 2009-11-10 10:57:07
The memorial is just over the fence on the military base property. Perhaps a local serviceman died? Might be notes attached to the fence to the right.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/temporary-memorial/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/temporary-memorial/ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:57:07 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/temporary-memorial/ 21.48539800 -158.02766600 <![CDATA[USS Arizona Memorial & USS Missouri]]>

USS Arizona Memorial & USS Missouri
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By: kjfitz
@ 2009-11-09 19:50:54]]>

USS Arizona Memorial & USS Missouri
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By: kjfitz
@ 2009-11-09 19:50:54]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/uss-arizona-memorial-uss-missouri/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/uss-arizona-memorial-uss-missouri/ Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:50:54 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/uss-arizona-memorial-uss-missouri/ 21.37686500 -157.93393200 <![CDATA[Mohács Memorial Site]]>

Mohács Memorial Site
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By: hhgygy
@ 2009-11-06 07:39:06
The Memorial Site for the Battle of Mohács in 1526 which was lost to the Turks who then ruled Hungary for ca. 150 years]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/moh-cs-memorial-site/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/moh-cs-memorial-site/ Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:39:06 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/moh-cs-memorial-site/ 45.94165300 18.64768300 <![CDATA[Site of Stonewall Jackson mortal wounding]]>

Site of Stonewall Jackson mortal wounding

Site of Stonewall Jackson mortal wounding
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By: LancelotLink
@ 2009-11-01 15:40:21
A stone marker designates the spot where in the darkness of May 2, 1863 Lieutenant General Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson was mistakenly shot by his own men in the confusion and nervousness that inevitably attend nighttime operations. One of the shots severely damaged his left arm which was amputated the next day. Pneumonia set in, and on May 10, 1863, the general died in Guinea Station. Good bird's eye view in Bing of this spot.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/site-of-stonewall-jackson-mortal-wounding/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/site-of-stonewall-jackson-mortal-wounding/ Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:40:21 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/site-of-stonewall-jackson-mortal-wounding/ 38.31076500 -77.65015200 <![CDATA[Hitachi Aircraft Company WWII memorial]]>

Hitachi Aircraft Company WWII memorial
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By: kjfitz
@ 2009-10-30 10:51:09
A battle-scarred building stands, alone and unoccupied, in a peaceful park just north of Tamagawajosui Station in Tokyo’s Tachikawa Ward. Disused since 1993, the structure is a rare relic of the Second World War’s closing chapter. Its pitted concrete walls bear witness to multiple American air attacks on what was, at the time, a substation for the Hitachi Aircraft Company. The photo series published by Tokyo Times (more info link) catches the building on a brilliantly clear day, with the former substation’s drab concrete walls standing in sharp contrast to the deep blue skies which, in the now-distant past, begat winged fury with guns ablaze.]]>

Pavlov's House
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By: kjfitz
@ 2009-10-30 10:45:14
Pavlov's House became the name of a fortified apartment building during the Battle of Stalingrad in 1942–1943. It gained its popular name from Sergeant Yakov Pavlov, who commanded the platoon that seized the building and defended it during the long battle.

Pavlov's House became a symbol of the stubborn resistance of the Soviet Union in the Battle of Stalingrad, and in the Great Patriotic War in general.

]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/pavlovs-house/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/pavlovs-house/ Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:45:14 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/pavlovs-house/ 48.71547000 44.53279700 <![CDATA['Cenotaph' by G. L. T. Sharp]]>

'Cenotaph' by G. L. T. Sharp
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By: kjfitz
@ 2009-10-29 11:19:56
This granite concrete monument is a twentieth century war memorial.]]>

'Cenotaph' by G. L. T. Sharp
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By: kjfitz
@ 2009-10-29 11:19:56
This granite concrete monument is a twentieth century war memorial.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/cenotaph-by-g-l-t-sharp/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/cenotaph-by-g-l-t-sharp/ Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:19:56 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/cenotaph-by-g-l-t-sharp/ 49.28255500 -123.10960900 <![CDATA[Terry Fox Memorial and Lookout]]>

Terry Fox Memorial and Lookout
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By: kjfitz
@ 2009-10-28 13:24:51
The Terry Fox Monument, situated in the outskirts of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, signifies humanitarian Terry Fox's tragic halt in his Marathon of Hope on August 31, 1980. The monument, which depicts Terry Fox during his run, serves as one of a few historical tourist sites in the city. It is open to the public and offers a panoramic view of Thunder Bay and its surroundings.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/terry-fox-memorial-and-lookout/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/terry-fox-memorial-and-lookout/ Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:24:51 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/terry-fox-memorial-and-lookout/ 48.48435800 -89.16810800 <![CDATA[Terry Fox Memorial]]>

Terry Fox Memorial
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By: kjfitz
@ 2009-10-28 13:23:14
Description of Work:
This four-sided architectural memorial sits on a raised platform of concrete and tiles outside BC Place. According to the pamphlet Downtown Vancouver Architecture and Public Art (1998), "the memorial is a postmodern interpretation of the triumphal arches of Rome." There is a stylized cast lion on each corner of the roof. The square pavilion houses a map of Canada and an image of one-legged runner Terry Fox by Ian Bateson etched into polished steel surfaces. The inscriptions commemorate Fox's heroic effort to run across Canada to raise funds for cancer research. The "Marathon of Hope" eventually raised over $30m.
Artist Statement:
The miracle of Terry Fox was that he was an ordinary young man who turned his response to pain and loss into a triumph of hope and courage. When Terry lost his right leg to cancer in 1977 he decided to raise funds for cancer research. He would run across Canada and ask every Canadian to join the fight against cancer by donating one dollar. He began his Marathon of Hope in Newfoundland on April 12, 1980 heading for the Pacific and home 5,300 miles away. As he ran his daily 26 miles, the lone figure with the distinctive hop-and-skip gait became a symbol that captured the imagination of a nation. On September 2, Terry was forced to abandon his run when cancer was discovered in his lung. That morning he had written 3,318 miles under the date in his diary. But the Marathon of Hope was not over. Messages of affection and encouragement flooded in and donations to continue the battle against cancer, eventually totaled more than $30 million. In the last year of his brief life Terry received many honours, but Terry Fox will always be remembered most as the young man who demonstrated and took a nation along with him on his Marathon of Hope. Dedicated 1984 by the people of British Columbia; Architect:Franklin Allen / The Corner Group; Illustration: Ian Bateson"]]>

'Frank Glass and Grace E. Simon's Memorial' by Peter Shire

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'Frank Glass and Grace E. Simon's Memorial' by Peter Shire
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By: pmoore66
@ 2009-10-19 14:32:15
in Elysian Park at Angel's Point]]>

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'Frank Glass and Grace E. Simon's Memorial' by Peter Shire
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By: pmoore66
@ 2009-10-19 14:32:15
in Elysian Park at Angel's Point]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/frank-glass-and-grace-e-simons-memorial-by-peter-shire/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/frank-glass-and-grace-e-simons-memorial-by-peter-shire/ Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:32:15 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/frank-glass-and-grace-e-simons-memorial-by-peter-shire/ 34.08083100 -118.24550900 <![CDATA[Cholera Cross]]>

Cholera Cross
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By: kjfitz
@ 2009-10-14 17:06:38
On plaque:

"In 1832, Cholera plagued this area. Entire families were wiped out, sometimes overnight. Jos(eph) Altepeter made a covenant with his maker if his large family was spared he would erect a large cross on his farm near the public road as a perpetual memorial. The family was spared and the original wooden cross that was built was replaced many times."]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/cholera-cross/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/cholera-cross/ Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:06:38 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/cholera-cross/ 38.59034200 -89.53518400 <![CDATA[German war cemetery Futa pass]]>

German war cemetery Futa pass
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By: giove
@ 2009-10-08 11:35:55
30683 WWII German Soldiers ]]>

German war cemetery Futa pass
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By: giove
@ 2009-10-08 11:35:55
30683 WWII German Soldiers ]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/german-war-cemetery-futa-pass/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/german-war-cemetery-futa-pass/ Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:35:55 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/german-war-cemetery-futa-pass/ 44.09620000 11.27321700 <![CDATA[English war cemetery Assisi]]>

English war cemetery Assisi
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By: giove
@ 2009-10-08 08:00:06
The Assisi War Cemetery contains the resting places of 949 WWII Commonwealth soldiers, including Britons, Canadians, Australians, Indians, South Africans and New Zealanders who took part in the central Italian campaign. Although the Rivotorto memorial is beautifully kept by Commonwealth officials, too few visitors spare time to honour the foreigners who died to free Italy of Nazism and Fascism]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/english-war-cemetery-assisi/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/english-war-cemetery-assisi/ Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:00:06 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/english-war-cemetery-assisi/ 43.04662400 12.60879600 <![CDATA[Polish war cemetery Cassino]]>

Polish war cemetery Cassino
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By: giove
@ 2009-10-08 07:44:48
The Polish cemetery at Monte Cassino contains graves of more than one thousand Poles who died while storming the abbey in May 1944, during the Battle of Monte Cassino. The religious affiliation of the dead men is marked by each grave having one of three different types of headstone: the Catholic and Orthodox headstones are distinguished from each other by different forms of cross, while the Jewish headstones bear Stars of David. The cemetery also contains the grave of General Anders, commander of the Polish forces, who survived the war, dying in London in 1970. ]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/polish-war-cemetery-cassino/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/polish-war-cemetery-cassino/ Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:44:48 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/polish-war-cemetery-cassino/ 41.49409000 13.80699300 <![CDATA[German war cemetery Cassino]]>

German war cemetery Cassino
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By: giove
@ 2009-10-08 07:41:07
Located in the village of Caira north of Cassino this war cemetery buries 20,051 mostly German soldiers. The cemetery was constructed between 1959 and 1964, by grouping in smaller cemeteries and isolated burials from around the Cassino and Liri Valley area. It was officially opened on 4th May 1965.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/german-war-cemetery-cassino/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/german-war-cemetery-cassino/ Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:41:07 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/german-war-cemetery-cassino/ 41.53082900 13.82271100 <![CDATA[English war cemetery Nettuno]]>

English war cemetery Nettuno
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By: giove
@ 2009-10-08 07:36:18
On 3 September 1943 the Allies invaded the Italian mainland, the invasion coinciding with an armistice made with the Italians who then re-entered the war on the Allied side. Progress through southern Italy was rapid despite stiff resistance, but by the end of October, the Allies were facing the German winter defensive position known as the Gustav Line, which stretched from the river Garigliano in the west to the Sangro in the east. Initial attempts to breach the western end of the line were unsuccessful. Operations in January 1944 landed troops behind the German lines at Anzio, but defenses were well organized, and a breakthrough was not actually achieved until May. The site of the cemetery originally lay close to a casualty clearing station. Burials were made direct from the battlefield after the landings at Anzio and later, after the Army had moved forward, many graves were brought in from the surrounding country. Beach Head War Cemetery contains 2,315 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 294 of them unidentified. ]]>

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Halifax Explosion Memorial Bell Tower
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By: mlc1us
@ 2009-09-15 11:34:48
The Halifax Explosion Memorial Bell Tower on Fort Needham overlooks the area devastated by the Halifax Explosion of December 6, 1917. It commemorates those who were killed or suffered injury, and those who lost homes and family when the munitions ship, Mont Blanc, blew up in Halifax Harbour. It also honours the survivors, who rebuilt the cities of Halifax and Dartmouth in the years that followed.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/halifax-explosion-memorial-bell-tower/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/halifax-explosion-memorial-bell-tower/ Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:34:48 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/halifax-explosion-memorial-bell-tower/ 44.66596900 -63.60172000 <![CDATA[Canadian war cemetery Moro river]]>

Canadian war cemetery Moro river
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By: giove
@ 2009-09-14 06:31:17
The 1st Canadian Division crossed the river Moro December 6, 1943, despite a tough opposition, and captured Ortona 28 after fighting street by street, in the only month of December the division lost 500 men. (1615 graves)]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/canadian-war-cemetery-moro-river/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/canadian-war-cemetery-moro-river/ Mon, 14 Sep 2009 06:31:17 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/canadian-war-cemetery-moro-river/ 42.33696000 14.41699100 <![CDATA[English war cemetery Sangro river]]>

English war cemetery Sangro river
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By: giove
@ 2009-09-14 06:26:37
The Adriatic sector saw fierce fighting in November-December 1943 with the attempt of the Allies to break through the eastern end of the Gustav Line. Many of those who died fighting in those months and those that followed are buried in this cemetery contains a memorial to the 500 Indian soldiers who fell in this area (2617 graves)]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/english-war-cemetery-sangro-river/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/english-war-cemetery-sangro-river/ Mon, 14 Sep 2009 06:26:37 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/english-war-cemetery-sangro-river/ 42.21785500 14.53637100 <![CDATA[St George’s Chapel of Remembrance]]>

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St George’s Chapel of Remembrance
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By: kjfitz
@ 2009-09-11 16:34:14
This brick built chapel was built in 1951, to replace an earlier chapel destroyed by fire, and now serves as a memorial to all the aircrew who died flying from the Biggin Hill Sector. It is surrounded by a garden of remembrance and has gate guardians in the form of full-sized replicas of a Hurricane and a Spitfire, representing the aircraft that flew from the former airfield during the Battle of Britain. The replicas replaced genuine aircraft which formerly served as the guardians.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/st-george-s-chapel-of-remembrance/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/st-george-s-chapel-of-remembrance/ Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:34:14 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/st-george-s-chapel-of-remembrance/ 51.32670200 0.02365500 <![CDATA[Minturno war cemetery]]>

Minturno war cemetery
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By: giove
@ 2009-09-11 01:30:24
Situated on the western flank of the German Army position along the Gothic Line, in this cemetery there are a lot of fallen during the bloody fight in winter 1944-1945 and during the crossing of Gariogliano river (2049 graves)]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/minturno-war-cemetery/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/minturno-war-cemetery/ Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:30:24 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/minturno-war-cemetery/ 41.24175500 13.76699600 <![CDATA[Caserta war cemetery]]>

Caserta war cemetery
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By: giove
@ 2009-09-11 01:12:41
The Royal palace was used as HQ for allied armies for all the italian campaign, and a military hospital was settled in Caserta unti december 1945, some graves belong from this hospital, others are graves of POW died before the invasion. (768 graves)]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/caserta-war-cemetery/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/caserta-war-cemetery/ Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:12:41 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/caserta-war-cemetery/ 41.08882500 14.34467900 <![CDATA[Salerno war cemetery]]>

Salerno war cemetery
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By: giove
@ 2009-09-10 03:19:28
Allied landed in Salerno 8-9 september 1943, and stabilished a bridgehead after bloody fighting, most of the fallen rest here (1846 fallen)]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/salerno-war-cemetery/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/salerno-war-cemetery/ Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:19:28 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/salerno-war-cemetery/ 40.62559000 14.92331700 <![CDATA[Bari war cemetery]]>

Bari war cemetery
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By: giove
@ 2009-09-10 03:12:05
Bari was the army headquarters during the early stages of the campaign of Italy and continued to be a supply base and hospital until the end of the war. The cemetery contains the fallen members of the garrison and the hospital and others moved here from most of south west of Italy. In 1981, 85 dead of World War 1 were moved here from Brindisi (2128 fallen)]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/bari-war-cemetery/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/bari-war-cemetery/ Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:12:05 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/bari-war-cemetery/ 41.06525300 16.89490200 <![CDATA[Agira war cemetery]]>

Agira war cemetery
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By: giove
@ 2009-09-10 03:03:10
Agira was captured July 28, 1943 by the 1st Canadian Division in September this location was chosen to bury all the Canadian fallen during the campaign (490 graves)]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/agira-war-cemetery/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/agira-war-cemetery/ Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:03:10 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/agira-war-cemetery/ 37.65487800 14.55091400 <![CDATA[Catania war cemetery]]>

Catania war cemetery
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By: giove
@ 2009-09-10 02:56:51
It contains 2135 graves of the fallen in the next step of the campaign in Sicily, including many who fell in the battle for the bridgehead of the river Simeto.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/catania-war-cemetery/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/catania-war-cemetery/ Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:56:51 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/catania-war-cemetery/ 37.46267300 15.04029400 <![CDATA[Siracusa war cemetery]]>

Siracusa war cemetery
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By: giove
@ 2009-09-10 02:52:45
The majority of those who are buried in this cemetery fell July 10, 1941 when the Commonwealth forces landed in Sicily or in the early stages of the next campaign. Many were part of the Airborne troops who were killed when strong winds pushed their gliders away from their targets.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/siracusa-war-cemetery/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/siracusa-war-cemetery/ Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:52:45 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/siracusa-war-cemetery/ 37.07509000 15.25836300 <![CDATA[Gurka war cemetery, Rimini]]>

Gurka war cemetery, Rimini
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By: giove
@ 2009-09-10 02:32:51
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_Line]]>

Gurka war cemetery, Rimini
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By: giove
@ 2009-09-10 02:32:51
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_Line]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/gurka-war-cemetery-rimini/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/gurka-war-cemetery-rimini/ Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:32:51 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/gurka-war-cemetery-rimini/ 44.00524800 12.54322200 <![CDATA[English-Canadian war cemetery, Coriano]]>

English-Canadian war cemetery, Coriano
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By: giove
@ 2009-09-10 02:30:10
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_Line]]>

English-Canadian war cemetery, Coriano
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By: giove
@ 2009-09-10 02:30:10
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_Line]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/english-canadian-war-cemetery-coriano/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/english-canadian-war-cemetery-coriano/ Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:30:10 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/english-canadian-war-cemetery-coriano/ 43.98521900 12.60525600 <![CDATA[English war cemetery, Montecchio]]>

English war cemetery, Montecchio
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By: giove
@ 2009-09-10 02:27:01
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_Line]]>

English war cemetery, Montecchio
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By: giove
@ 2009-09-10 02:27:01
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_Line]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/english-war-cemetery-montecchio/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/english-war-cemetery-montecchio/ Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:27:01 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/english-war-cemetery-montecchio/ 43.86084200 12.76931000 <![CDATA[English war cemetery, Gradara]]>

English war cemetery, Gradara
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By: giove
@ 2009-09-10 02:23:26
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_Line]]>

English war cemetery, Gradara
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By: giove
@ 2009-09-10 02:23:26
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_Line]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/english-war-cemetery-gradara/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/english-war-cemetery-gradara/ Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:23:26 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/english-war-cemetery-gradara/ 43.94128200 12.78435200 <![CDATA[Arawa War Memorial]]>

Arawa War Memorial
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By: kkeps
@ 2009-09-07 12:28:39]]>

Arawa War Memorial
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By: kkeps
@ 2009-09-07 12:28:39]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/arawa-war-memorial/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/arawa-war-memorial/ Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:28:39 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/arawa-war-memorial/ -38.13489400 176.26291000 <![CDATA[Anchor of the Edmund Fitzgerald]]>

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Anchor of the Edmund Fitzgerald
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By: kjfitz
@ 2009-09-04 12:06:46
On November 10, 1975, the lake freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald Anchor sank on Lake Superior while en route to a steel mill in Detroit, MI. All 29 of her crew perished in the icy waters of Lake Superior that day.

On January 7, 1974, the Fitzgerald lost her bow anchor while docked on the Detroit River. The 12,000-lb anchor remained there at the bottom of the Detroit River until it was recovered on July 20, 1992. Today, the anchor stands outside of the Dossin Great Lakes Museum as a tribute to the memory of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald and her crew.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/anchor-of-the-edmund-fitzgerald/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/anchor-of-the-edmund-fitzgerald/ Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:06:46 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/anchor-of-the-edmund-fitzgerald/ 42.33483900 -82.98526200 <![CDATA['Bridge of Remembrance' by Prouse and Gummer]]>

'Bridge of Remembrance' by Prouse and Gummer
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By: kjfitz
@ 2009-09-04 09:37:03
There were many ideas for an appropriate means of acknowledging Canterbury's contribution to World War I. The suggestion for a bridge of remembrance was put forward in a letter to the The Press by Mrs J. Wyn Irwin, wife of a school teacher. Mrs Irwin envisaged an arched bridge in place of the Cashel Street bridge. This bridge was significant because all the soldiers passed over it as they left for war. This proposal received a lot of support but still had to compete with the other projects.

The Bridge of Remembrance project gained an advantage over the other schemes when the Council agreed to pay for the building of the steel understructure. A competition was held for the design of the bridge. A Wellington architectural firm Prouse and Gummer was selected as the winner from twenty four entries. The construction contract was let to D. Scott and Son for £16 078, and work started on the bridge 23 January, 1923.

The design by Prouse and Gummer incorporated a cross suggesting sacrifice as the basis of the human character. Included in the bridge's design are torches to highlight the inscribed battle fronts, lions symbolising the Empire and its victory, along with wreaths of rosemary for remembrance. The sculptural detail was performed by Frederick Gurnsey, a local sculptor and his assistant Lawrence Berry.

The Bridge of Remembrance was opened on Armistice Day, 11 November, 1924 and was dedicated to the memory of those who took part in the 1914-1918 war. At a later date further plaques were added to commemorate the battlefields of World War II.]]>

Australian-American Memorial
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By: mlc1us
@ 2009-08-04 10:49:20
Commemorates the role of the United States in World War II.]]>

Australian-American Memorial
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@ 2009-08-04 10:49:20
Commemorates the role of the United States in World War II.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/australian-american-memorial/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/australian-american-memorial/ Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:49:20 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/australian-american-memorial/ -35.29806300 149.15056900 <![CDATA[Dur Yolcu Memorial (Wait traveller)]]>

Dur Yolcu Memorial (Wait traveller)
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By: neotrix
@ 2009-08-03 03:53:40
The Dur Yolcu Memorial on the hillside above Kilitbahir, Gallipoli, Turkey.

There is a famous poem in memory of the WW I fights, which requests a traveller passing by to stop and think of the heroism (Dur, yolcu .. : Wait, traveller ..).]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/dur-yolcu-memorial-wait-traveller/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/dur-yolcu-memorial-wait-traveller/ Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:53:40 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/dur-yolcu-memorial-wait-traveller/ 40.15672100 26.37296500 <![CDATA[Dybbøl Mill]]>

Dybbøl Mill
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By: Dania
@ 2009-07-29 03:15:05
Dybbøl Mill is located on a hill west os Sonderborg in the village Dybbøl.

Dybbøl Mill is one of the strongest Danish national symbols.
It lies at Dybbøl Brestwork, built in 1744 and has milled grain until 1990.

During the battles at Dybbøl, 7th-18th April 1864, during the two Schleswigian Wars, the mill was shot in the gravel, but was rebuilt shortly after.

It became a symbol of Danish bravery.
]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/dybb-l-mill/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/dybb-l-mill/ Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:15:05 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/dybb-l-mill/ 54.90697700 9.75804300 <![CDATA[Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp]]>

Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp
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By: Dania
@ 2009-07-26 04:26:46
Płaszów (Polish pronunciation: [ˈpwaʂuf]) was a Nazi German concentration camp in the southern suburb of Kraków, founded by the Nazis in Płaszów soon after the German invasion of Poland and the creation of the General Government, during German Nazi occupation of Poland. The construction of the camp, originally intended as a forced labour camp, began in summer 1940. In 1941 the camp was extended and subsequently became a concentration camp with deportations of the Jews from the Kraków Ghetto beginning October 28, 1942. Commanding the camp was Amon Göth, an SS commandant from Vienna who was known for being uncommonly sadistic in his treatment of prisoners. On March 13, 1943, Göth personally oversaw the liquidation of the Kraków Ghetto, forcing its Jewish inhabitants deemed capable of work into the camp. Those deemed unfit for work were killed. Under him were his staff of SS men and a few SS women, including Gertrud Heise, Luise Danz, Alice Orlowski and Anna Gerwing.

The camp is featured in the movie Schindler's List about the life of Oskar Schindler.
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Memorial Park Ryvangen
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By: Dania
@ 2009-07-22 08:57:04
Mindelunden is a memorial park in Ryvangen in Copenhagen, Denmark.

During the Second World War, the German occupying power executed members of the Danish resistance movement on this location. After the liberation the site was converted to a cemetery and memorial park for the resistance members who were executed there. The condemned were tied to one of the "silent poles" at the end of the firing range and executed by firing squad.

Danish site

]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/memorial-park-ryvangen/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/memorial-park-ryvangen/ Wed, 22 Jul 2009 08:57:04 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/memorial-park-ryvangen/ 55.72691400 12.56671200 <![CDATA[Veteran's Memorial Cross]]>

Veteran's Memorial Cross
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By: Parabellum
@ 2009-07-18 13:41:21
See "More Info" for an explanation of why the cross looks like a box on a pole.]]>

Veteran's Memorial Cross
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@ 2009-07-18 13:41:21
See "More Info" for an explanation of why the cross looks like a box on a pole.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/veterans-memorial-cross/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/veterans-memorial-cross/ Sat, 18 Jul 2009 13:41:21 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/veterans-memorial-cross/ 35.31451900 -115.55069800 <![CDATA[Iwo Jima Survivors Memorial Park]]>

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Iwo Jima Survivors Memorial Park
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Iwo Jima Survivors Memorial Park
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By: neotrix
@ 2009-07-07 02:49:12]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/iwo-jima-survivors-memorial-park/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/iwo-jima-survivors-memorial-park/ Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:49:12 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/iwo-jima-survivors-memorial-park/ 41.69819800 -72.75860200 <![CDATA[The shrine to Jean Charles de Menezes]]>

The shrine to Jean Charles de Menezes
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By: adrbr
@ 2009-07-05 17:47:06
On 22 July 2005, Jean Charles de Menezes, a Brazilian electrician living in London, was shot dead by plainclothes police officers at Stockwell station. This incident came a day after the failed 21 July 2005 London bombings occurred on Tube trains and a bus in London, however it later emerged that it was a case of mistaken identity on the part of the police and that Menezes had nothing to do with the attacks.

]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/the-shrine-to-jean-charles-de-menezes/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/the-shrine-to-jean-charles-de-menezes/ Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:47:06 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/the-shrine-to-jean-charles-de-menezes/ 51.47211100 -0.12268700 <![CDATA[Portal of the Folded Wings Shrine to Aviation]]>

Portal of the Folded Wings Shrine to Aviation

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Portal of the Folded Wings Shrine to Aviation
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@ 2009-06-26 10:17:59
The Portal of the Folded Wings Shrine to Aviation is in Burbank, California. The shrine is a 75-foot tall structure of marble, mosaic and sculpted figures, and is the burial site for 13 pioneers of aviation. It was built in 1924 as the entrance to Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery. It was dedicated in 1953 by aviation enthusiasts who wanted a final resting place for pilots, mechanics and other pioneers of flight.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/portal-of-the-folded-wings-shrine-to-aviation/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/portal-of-the-folded-wings-shrine-to-aviation/ Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:17:59 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/portal-of-the-folded-wings-shrine-to-aviation/ 34.19025700 -118.35371200 <![CDATA[Memorial to UTA Flight 772 in the desert of Niger]]>

Memorial to UTA Flight 772 in the desert of Niger

Memorial to UTA Flight 772 in the desert of Niger
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Memorial to UTA Flight 772 in the desert of Niger
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@ 2009-06-16 19:02:36]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/memorial-to-uta-flight-772-in-the-desert-of-niger/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/memorial-to-uta-flight-772-in-the-desert-of-niger/ Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:02:36 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/memorial-to-uta-flight-772-in-the-desert-of-niger/ 16.86493300 11.95372600 <![CDATA[National D-Day Memorial]]>

National D-Day Memorial
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By: mlc1us
@ 2009-06-13 09:18:53
Located in the town suffering the highest per capita D-Day losses in the nation, the National D-Day Memorial pays tribute to the Allied Forces participating in the largest land,sea, and air operation in history: the invasion of Normandy, June 6, 1944.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/national-d-day-memorial/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/national-d-day-memorial/ Sat, 13 Jun 2009 09:18:53 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/national-d-day-memorial/ 37.32992700 -79.53563000 <![CDATA[Wannsee Conference Site]]>

Wannsee Conference Site
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By: Dania
@ 2009-06-08 04:58:40
The Wannsee Conference was a meeting of senior officials of the Nazi German regime, held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee on 20 January 1942. The purpose of the conference was to inform administrative leaders of Departments responsible for various policies relating to Jews, that Reinhard Heydrich had been appointed as the chief executor of the "Final solution to the Jewish question", and to obtain their full support. In the course of the meeting, Heydrich presented a plan, presumably approved by Adolf Hitler, for the deportation of the Jewish population of Europe to German-occupied areas in eastern Europe, and the use of the Jews fit for labour on road-building projects, in the course of which they would eventually die, the surviving remnant to be annihilated after completion of the projects. The plan was never carried out as conceived, as it was predicated on the continued occupation of Polish and Soviet lands then under German control. Instead, as Soviet forces gradually pushed back the German lines, most of the Jews of German-occupied Europe were sent to extermination or concentration camps, or killed where they lived. As a result of the efforts of historian Joseph Wulf, the Wannsee House, where the conference was held, is now a Holocaust Memorial.

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Concentration Camp Theresienstadt
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By: Dania
@ 2009-06-08 03:25:33
Theresienstadt concentration camp (often referred to as Terezín) was a Nazi German concentration camp during World War II. It was established by the Gestapo in the fortress and garrison city of Terezín (German name Theresienstadt), located in what is now the Czech Republic.

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Concentration Camp Natzweiler-Struthof
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By: Dania
@ 2009-06-08 02:11:20
Natzweiler-Struthof was a German concentration and extermination camp located in the Vosges Mountains close to the Alsatian village of Natzwiller (German Natzweiler) in France, about 50 km south west from the city of Strasbourg.

Natzweiler-Struthof was the only concentration camp established by the Nazis on French territory, though there were French-run temporary camps such as the one at Drancy. (At the time, the Alsace-Lorraine area in which it was established had been annexed by Germany as an integral part of the German Reich, unlike other parts of France.)

The writer Boris Pahor was interned in Natzweiler-Struthof and wrote his novel Necropolis based on this experience.

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Concentration Camp Mauthausen
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By: Dania
@ 2009-06-08 01:51:13
Mauthausen Concentration Camp (known from the summer of 1940 as Mauthausen-Gusen Concentration Camp) grew to become a large group of Nazi concentration camps that was built around the villages of Mauthausen and Gusen in Upper Austria, roughly 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of the city of Linz.

Initially a single camp at Mauthausen, it expanded over time to become one of the largest labour camp complexes in German-controlled Europe. Apart from the four main sub-camps at Mauthausen and nearby Gusen, more than 50 sub-camps, located throughout Austria and southern Germany, used the inmates as slave labour. Several subordinate camps of the KZ Mauthausen complex included quarries, munitions factories, mines, arms factories and Me 262 fighter-plane assembly plants.

In January 1945, the camps, directed from the central office in Mauthausen, contained roughly 85,000 inmates. The death toll remains unknown, although most sources place it between 122,766 and 320,000 for the entire complex. The camps formed one of the first massive concentration camp complexes in Nazi Germany, and were the last ones to be liberated by the Western Allies or the Soviet Union. The two main camps, Mauthausen and Gusen I, were also the only two camps in the whole of Europe to be labelled as "Grade III" camps, which meant that they were intended to be the toughest camps for the "Incorrigible Political Enemies of the Reich". Unlike many other concentration camps, intended for all categories of prisoners, Mauthausen was mostly used for extermination through labour of the intelligentsia, who were educated people and members of the higher social classes in countries subjugated by Germany during World War II.

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Maly Trostenets Extermination Camp
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By: Dania
@ 2009-06-08 01:34:33
Maly Trastsianiets extermination camp, a small village on the outskirts of Minsk, Belarus, was the site of a Nazi extermination camp.

Originally built in the summer of 1941, on the site of a Soviet kolkhoz, as a concentration camp, to house Soviet prisoners of war who had been captured following the German attack on Soviet Union which commenced on June 22 of that year (known as Operation Barbarossa), the camp became a Vernichtungslager, or extermination camp, on May 10, 1942 when the first transport of Jews arrived there. While many Jews from Germany, Austria and the present-day Czech Republic met their deaths there (in most cases almost immediately upon their arrival, by being trucked to the nearby Blagovshchina (Благовщина) and Shashkovka (Шашковка) forests killing grounds and shot in the back of the neck), the primary purpose of the camp was the extermination of the substantial Jewish community of Minsk and the surrounding area. Mobile gas chambers deployed here performed a subsidiary if not insignificant function in the genocidal process.

On June 28, 1944, as the Red Army approached the region, the Nazis bombed the camp in an attempt to obliterate evidence of its existence, in conformity with the aims of the so‑called Aktion 1005. But the Soviets are said to have discovered 34 grave‑pits, some (not all) measuring as much as 50 meters in length and 3 to 4 meters in depth, located in the Blagovshchina Forest some 500 meters from the Minsk–Mogilev highway, at about the 11th‑kilometer mark (according to the special report prepared by the Soviet Extraordinary State Commission in the 1940s). No survivors of the camp are known to exist, and original estimates of the number of people killed there ranged from 200,000 to more than half a million. Yad Vashem currently estimates the number as 65,000 Jews while German historian Christian Gerlach estimates the number to be in the range of 40,000–60,000. Signage on the site indicates 206,000 were murdered there.

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Concentration Camp Herzogenbusch
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By: Dania
@ 2009-06-08 01:11:49
KZ Herzogenbusch was a concentration camp located near the city of 's-Hertogenbosch, in the Netherlands.

During World War II, Konzentrations-lager Herzogenbusch was one of the few official concentration camps in western Europe outside of Germany. In the Netherlands, it is commonly known as camp 'Vught', since it is actually near the town of Vught.

On the site today is the dutch maximum prison Vught.
]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/concentration-camp-herzogenbusch/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/concentration-camp-herzogenbusch/ Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:11:49 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/concentration-camp-herzogenbusch/ 51.66662600 5.25861000 <![CDATA[Westerbork Concentration Camp]]>

Westerbork Concentration Camp
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By: Dania
@ 2009-06-08 00:54:37
Camp Westerbork was a World War II concentration camp in Hooghalen, ten kilometers north of Westerbork, in the northeastern Netherlands. Its function during the Second World War was to assemble Roma and Dutch Jews for transport to other Nazi concentration camps.

In 1939, the Dutch government erected a refugee camp, Centraal Vluchtelingenkamp Westerbork, in which people--mostly from Germany, but also from Austria, Czechoslovakia and Poland, and mostly of Jewish faith--were housed after they had tried in vain to escape Nazi terror in their homeland. During World War II, the Nazis used the facilities and turned it into a deportation camp for Jews, about 400 Gypsies and, in the very end of the War, for some 400 women from the resistance movement.

Between July 1942 and September 1944, almost every Tuesday a cargo train left for the concentration camps Auschwitz-Birkenau, Sobibór, Bergen-Belsen and Theresienstadt. In the period from 1942 to 1945, a total of 107,000 people passed through the camp on a total of 93 outgoing trains. Only 5,200 of them survived, most of them in Theresienstadt or Bergen-Belsen, or liberated in Westerbork.

Anne Frank stayed in this hut from August until early September 1944, when she was taken to Auschwitz.

Anne Frank and her family were put on the first of the three final trains (the three final transports were most probably a reaction to the Allies' offensive) on September 2, 1944 for Auschwitz, arriving there three days later.

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Concentration Camp Kamp Amersfoort
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By: Dania
@ 2009-06-08 00:41:00
The official name for Kamp Amersfoort was "Polizeiliches Durchgangslager Amersfoort", P.D.A. or Police Transitcamp Amersfoort.

During the years of 1941 to 1945, over 35,000 prisoners were kept here. The camp was situated in the southern part of Amersfoort, on the city limit between Amersfoort and Leusden in central Netherlands.

]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/concentration-camp-kamp-amersfoort/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/concentration-camp-kamp-amersfoort/ Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:41:00 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/concentration-camp-kamp-amersfoort/ 52.13353400 5.36321600 <![CDATA[Radegast station]]>

Radegast station
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By: Dania
@ 2009-06-07 23:50:11
Radegast is a former railway station in Łódź, Poland. During World War II, in the course of the Holocaust, the station, located at the time near the boundary of the Łódź Ghetto, was the place where Jewish and other inhabitants of Łódź were gathered for transport out of the Ghetto and the city to the Kulmhof and Auschwitz death camps. About 150,000 Jews passed through the station on the way to their deaths in the period from 16 January, 1942 to August 29, 1944. The station thus had the same significance for Łódź as the better known Umschlagplatz had for Warsaw.

August 2008, US talk host Jerry Springer appeared in the british genealogical documentary series "Who do you think you are" to search for the life of his ancestors. He found out that his grand mother, her sister and brother in law were transported to Chelmno Extermination Camp in 1942 from this station after having stayed in the Ghetto of Łódź in a small room for 6 months without kitchen, running water, toilette and furnitures.

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Gross-Rosen Concentration Camp
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By: Dania
@ 2009-06-07 23:11:53
KL Gross-Rosen (Groß-Rosen) was a German concentration camp, located in Gross-Rosen, Lower Silesia (now Rogoźnica, Poland). It was located directly on the rail line between Jauer (now Jawor) and Striegau (now Strzegom).

It was set up in the summer of 1940 as a satellite camp to Sachsenhausen, and became an independent camp on May 1, 1941. Initially, work was carried out in the camp's huge stone quarry, owned by the SS-Deutsche Erd- und Steinwerke GmbH. As the complex grew, many inmates were put to work in the construction of the subcamps' facilities.

In October 1941 the SS transferred about 3,000 Soviet POWs to Gross-Rosen for execution by shooting.

Gross-Rosen was known for its brutal treatment of NN (Nacht und Nebel) prisoners, especially in the stone quarry. The brutal treatment of the political and Jewish prisoners was not only due to the SS and criminal prisoners, but to a lesser extent also due to German civilians working in the stone quarry. In 1942 for political prisoners the mean survival time was less than two months.
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Johnstown Flood National Memorial
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By: mlc1us
@ 2009-06-01 12:09:32
Johnstown Flood National Memorial commemorates the 2,209 people who died in the Johnstown Flood of 1889, caused by a break in the South Fork Dam. Clara Barton successfully led the American Red Cross in its first disaster relief effort. The memorial is located at 733 Lake Road near South Fork, Pennsylvania, about 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Johnstown. The memorial preserves the remains of the dam and portions of the former Lake Conemaugh bed.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/johnstown-flood-national-memorial/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/johnstown-flood-national-memorial/ Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:09:32 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/johnstown-flood-national-memorial/ 40.34978000 -78.77085200 <![CDATA[9/11 Memorial]]>

9/11 Memorial
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By: mlc1us
@ 2009-06-01 09:47:02
After the September 11, 2001 attacks on America, the City of Lake Charles acquired two World Trade Center beams from the City of New York and one slab of Pentagon limestone from the U.S. Government. The Lake Charles Fire Department escorted these materials to the Civic Center to be used in a memorial honoring those who lost their lives that day. After several public meetings, local artists designed the Memorial using ideas generated by people from the community. A local architect assisted with the plans for construction while community volunteers worked to raise the necessary funds. The World Trade Center beams rise from a reflecting pool and visitors may touch one of the beams from the walkway. Each piece of glass embedded in the "Ribbon of Souls" represents one of the lives lost in the attacks. Earth tones represent the World Trade Center; blue, the Pentagon; and green; the Pennsylvania field. The clay tiles contain fingerprint impressions made by people from the community and silently communicate that 9/11 touched all of our lives. Engraved in the Pentagon limestone are the names of a Lake Charles native and a Sulphur native who died during the attacks. The 9/11 Memorial provides a serene setting for meditation and reflection. It is a quiet place to remember the catastrophic events of September 11 and pay tribute to the lives lost that day. It stands as a testimony to the strength of the American character and to the principles of liberty and justice that bind us together as a free nation. ]]>

Spirit of the American Doughboy statue
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Dedicated in 1934 in memory of the local soldiers who lost their lives in World War I.]]>

Spirit of the American Doughboy statue
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By: milwhcky
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Dedicated in 1934 in memory of the local soldiers who lost their lives in World War I.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/spirit-of-the-american-doughboy-statue/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/spirit-of-the-american-doughboy-statue/ Mon, 25 May 2009 10:01:43 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/spirit-of-the-american-doughboy-statue/ 44.24457100 -88.41551500 <![CDATA[Eastnor Castle Obelisk]]>

Eastnor Castle Obelisk
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Eastnor Castle Obelisk
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Fosse Ardeatine Massacre
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By: mlc1us
@ 2009-05-16 09:10:34
The Fosse Ardeatine massacre (Italian: Eccidio delle Fosse Ardeatine) was a mass execution carried out in Rome on 24 March 1944 by German occupation troops during the Second World War as a reprisal for a partisan attack conducted on the previous day in central Rome.

Subsequently, the Cave Ardeatine (also known as the Fosse Ardeatine) became a National Monument and a Memorial Cemetery open daily to visitors. Every year, on the anniversary of the slaughter and in the presence of the senior officials of the Italian Republic, a solemn State commemoration is held at the monument in honour of the fallen.]]>

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Douglass-Anthony Memorial Bridge
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Douglass-Anthony Memorial Bridge
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Munich air disaster memorial
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By: neotrix
@ 2009-05-15 06:18:51
The Munich air disaster took place on 6 February 1958, when British European Airways Flight 609 crashed on its third attempt to take off from a slush-covered runway at Munich-Riem Airport in Munich, West Germany. On board the plane was the Manchester United football team, nicknamed the "Busby Babes", along with a number of supporters and journalists. 23 of the 44 people on board the aircraft died as a result of the crash. The injured were taken to the Rechts der Isar Hospital in Munich where 16 survived.

The team was returning from a European Cup match in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.

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Filipino Heroes Memorial
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@ 2009-05-13 15:33:38
One of the most recent additions to Corregidor is the Filipino Heroes Memorial. This 6,000-square meter complex has 14 murals depicting heroic battles fought by Filipinos from the 15th century up to the present day. It was designed by Francisco Mañosa, while the murals and a statue of a Filipino guerrilla were sculpted by Manuel Casas. The complex was inaugurated by President Fidel V. Ramos on August 28, 1992.

Once every May 6 at exactly noon, sunlight falls on the center of the altar and visitors are required to have a moment of silence since this is the exact moment that Corregidor and the Philippines fell into the hands of the Japanese.]]>

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Memorial Arch of Tilton
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Memorial Arch of Tilton
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By: kkeps
@ 2009-05-02 06:56:47]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/memorial-arch-of-tilton/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/memorial-arch-of-tilton/ Sat, 02 May 2009 06:56:47 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/memorial-arch-of-tilton/ 43.44081800 -71.58870400 <![CDATA[Sam Houston Statue Arch]]>

Sam Houston Statue Arch
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By: kkeps
@ 2009-05-01 16:55:19]]>

Sam Houston Statue Arch
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By: kkeps
@ 2009-05-01 16:55:19]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/sam-houston-statue-arch/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/sam-houston-statue-arch/ Fri, 01 May 2009 16:55:19 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/sam-houston-statue-arch/ 29.72202000 -95.39091800 <![CDATA[Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch]]>

Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch
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By: kkeps
@ 2009-05-01 16:44:08]]>

Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch
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By: kkeps
@ 2009-05-01 16:44:08]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/soldiers-and-sailors-memorial-arch-1/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/soldiers-and-sailors-memorial-arch-1/ Fri, 01 May 2009 16:44:08 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/soldiers-and-sailors-memorial-arch-1/ 41.76528600 -72.68007500 <![CDATA[Here Jeanne d'Arc was burned on a stake]]>

Here Jeanne d'Arc was burned on a stake
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By: Dania
@ 2009-04-29 23:31:01
The cross marks the spot where Jeanne d'Arc was burned on a stake after the trial on may 30th. 1431.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/here-jeanne-darc-was-burned-on-a-stake/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/here-jeanne-darc-was-burned-on-a-stake/ Wed, 29 Apr 2009 23:31:01 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/here-jeanne-darc-was-burned-on-a-stake/ 49.44349500 1.08845100 <![CDATA[Columbine Memorial]]>

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Columbine Memorial
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By: jbottero
@ 2009-04-25 13:33:59
Still under construction in the current Google pic...]]>

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Columbine Memorial
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By: jbottero
@ 2009-04-25 13:33:59
Still under construction in the current Google pic...]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/columbine-memorial/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/columbine-memorial/ Sat, 25 Apr 2009 13:33:59 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/columbine-memorial/ 39.60550600 -105.07897100 <![CDATA[Ossuary of Douamont]]>

Ossuary of Douamont
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By: giove
@ 2009-04-22 07:46:39
This monument was built from 1920 to 1927 in order to memorate and honour the 700.000 soldiers which fell in the battle of Verdun. On the cemetary are 15.000 French soldiers and under the monument they placed the remains of some 130.000 unknown Frenh and German soldiers. The battle took place from feb 1916 to dec 1916 and was started by the Germans in order to bleed the French army to dead. They didn't succeed. Both sides took almost equal huge losses. The battle field is only 20 x 20 km's and it is said that each square meter was hit dozens of times by heavy artillery shells. Even today shells and remains are found every day. The Douaumont cemetary and monument are impressive reminders of this trenchwar. Never Again is the message. ]]>

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Magna Carta Memorial
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By: kjfitz
@ 2009-04-16 14:24:47
Situated in a grassed enclosure on the lower slopes of Cooper's Hill, this memorial is of a domed classical style, containing a pillar of English granite on which is inscribed "To commemorate Magna Carta, symbol of Freedom Under Law". The memorial was created by the American Bar Association to a design by Sir Edward Maufe R.A., and was unveiled on 18 July 1957 at a ceremony attended by American and English lawyers.

Since 1957 representatives of the ABA have visited and rededicated the Memorial renewing pledges to the Great Charter. In 1971 and 1985 commemorative stones were placed on the Memorial plinth. In July 2000 the ABA came:

“to celebrate Magna Carta, foundation of the rule of law for ages past and for the new millenium."]]>

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WWII Italian Cemetery
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By: mlc1us
@ 2009-04-13 13:53:53]]>

WWII Italian Cemetery
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By: mlc1us
@ 2009-04-13 13:53:53]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/wwii-italian-cemetery/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/wwii-italian-cemetery/ Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:53:53 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/wwii-italian-cemetery/ 30.90419000 28.83985700 <![CDATA[WWII German Cemetery]]>

WWII German Cemetery
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By: mlc1us
@ 2009-04-13 13:38:44
The German Cemetery is a fortress-like memorial that was built on a high hill overlooking the sea.
Most of the soldiers buried here are German Afrika Korps lead by General Erwin Rommel . The Battle began on October 23, 1942 and lasted until November 4th. In all, 21,994 German soldiers lost their lives in the three years of the North African campaigns of WW II.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/wwii-german-cemetery/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/wwii-german-cemetery/ Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:38:44 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/wwii-german-cemetery/ 30.88935100 28.87472000 <![CDATA[Boer War Memorial]]>

Boer War Memorial
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By: adrbr
@ 2009-04-11 06:59:59]]>

Boer War Memorial
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By: adrbr
@ 2009-04-11 06:59:59]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/boer-war-memorial/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/boer-war-memorial/ Sat, 11 Apr 2009 06:59:59 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/boer-war-memorial/ 51.45771100 -2.60912400 <![CDATA['Holocaust Memorial Center' by Neumann Smith and Assoc]]>

'Holocaust Memorial Center' by Neumann Smith and Assoc

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'Holocaust Memorial Center' by Neumann Smith and Assoc
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By: pmoore66
@ 2009-04-06 06:57:57]]>

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'Holocaust Memorial Center' by Neumann Smith and Assoc
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By: pmoore66
@ 2009-04-06 06:57:57]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/holocaust-memorial-center-by-neumann-smith-and-assoc/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/holocaust-memorial-center-by-neumann-smith-and-assoc/ Mon, 06 Apr 2009 06:57:57 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/holocaust-memorial-center-by-neumann-smith-and-assoc/ 42.50198500 -83.35937100 <![CDATA[Auckland War Memorial Museum]]>

Auckland War Memorial Museum
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By: kkeps
@ 2009-04-01 15:00:09]]>

Auckland War Memorial Museum
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By: kkeps
@ 2009-04-01 15:00:09]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/auckland-war-memorial-museum/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/auckland-war-memorial-museum/ Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:00:09 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/auckland-war-memorial-museum/ -36.85963900 174.77784600 <![CDATA[Falls Road Garden of Remembrance]]>

Falls Road Garden of Remembrance
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By: giove
@ 2009-04-01 01:33:02]]>

Falls Road Garden of Remembrance
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By: giove
@ 2009-04-01 01:33:02]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/falls-road-garden-of-remembrance/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/falls-road-garden-of-remembrance/ Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:33:02 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/falls-road-garden-of-remembrance/ 54.59875800 -5.95021200 <![CDATA[Polish cemetery in Ancona]]>

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Polish cemetery in Ancona
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By: giove
@ 2009-03-22 08:18:10
Tribute to the brave men who fought and died for the liberation of Ancona 9-18 July 1944]]>

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Polish cemetery in Ancona
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By: giove
@ 2009-03-22 08:18:10
Tribute to the brave men who fought and died for the liberation of Ancona 9-18 July 1944]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/polish-cemetery-in-ancona/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/polish-cemetery-in-ancona/ Sun, 22 Mar 2009 08:18:10 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/polish-cemetery-in-ancona/ 43.58630700 13.52321200 <![CDATA[Dixie Dean Statue]]>

Dixie Dean Statue
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By: adrbr
@ 2009-03-21 05:44:39]]>

Dixie Dean Statue
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By: adrbr
@ 2009-03-21 05:44:39]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/dixie-dean-statue/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/dixie-dean-statue/ Sat, 21 Mar 2009 05:44:39 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/dixie-dean-statue/ 53.43722800 -2.96740300 <![CDATA[Edith Cavell Memorial]]>

Edith Cavell Memorial
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By: kkeps
@ 2009-03-20 16:09:26]]>

Edith Cavell Memorial
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By: kkeps
@ 2009-03-20 16:09:26]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/edith-cavell-memorial/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/edith-cavell-memorial/ Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:09:26 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/edith-cavell-memorial/ 51.50918700 -0.12726500 <![CDATA[Women of World War 2 Memorial]]>

Women of World War 2 Memorial
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By: kkeps
@ 2009-03-20 16:04:20]]>

Women of World War 2 Memorial
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By: kkeps
@ 2009-03-20 16:04:20]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/women-of-world-war-2-memorial/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/women-of-world-war-2-memorial/ Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:04:20 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/women-of-world-war-2-memorial/ 51.50341300 -0.12612800 <![CDATA[Nyamata Genocide Memorial]]>

Nyamata Genocide Memorial
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By: adrbr
@ 2009-03-16 14:28:17]]>

Nyamata Genocide Memorial
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By: adrbr
@ 2009-03-16 14:28:17]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/nyamata-genocide-memorial/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/nyamata-genocide-memorial/ Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:28:17 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/nyamata-genocide-memorial/ -2.14902600 30.09369200 <![CDATA[Via Fani massacre site]]>

Via Fani massacre site
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By: giove
@ 2009-03-16 07:17:07
At this intersection, between via Fani and via Stresa a commando of Birgate Rosse March 16 1978 kidnapped Aldo Moro (former PM and president of DC political party) and killed 5 members of the escort.
Mr. Moro was killed May 9 1978 and his body was found in Via Caetani.
The five men killed were: Domenico Ricci, Oreste Leonardi, Raffaele Jozzino, Giulio Rivera, and Francesco Zizzi.
]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/via-fani-massacre-site/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/via-fani-massacre-site/ Mon, 16 Mar 2009 07:17:07 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/via-fani-massacre-site/ 41.93812300 12.44146100 <![CDATA[Police Memorial Houston, Texas]]>

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Police Memorial Houston, Texas
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By: hhgygy
@ 2009-03-10 03:04:19
Police Officers' Memorial in Houston, Texas

Dedicated to those who lost their lives in the line of duty.
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Police Memorial Houston, Texas
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By: hhgygy
@ 2009-03-10 03:04:19
Police Officers' Memorial in Houston, Texas

Dedicated to those who lost their lives in the line of duty.
]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/police-memorial-houston-texas/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/police-memorial-houston-texas/ Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:04:19 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/police-memorial-houston-texas/ 29.76296529 -95.38304181 <![CDATA[Yorktown Memorial]]>

Yorktown Memorial
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By: mlc1us
@ 2009-02-28 20:49:55]]>

Yorktown Memorial
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By: mlc1us
@ 2009-02-28 20:49:55]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/yorktown-memorial/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/yorktown-memorial/ Sat, 28 Feb 2009 20:49:55 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/yorktown-memorial/ 37.23307900 -76.50552700 <![CDATA[Confederate Memorial]]>

Confederate Memorial
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By: maveriick
@ 2009-02-28 19:39:48]]>

Confederate Memorial
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By: maveriick
@ 2009-02-28 19:39:48]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/confederate-memorial/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/confederate-memorial/ Sat, 28 Feb 2009 19:39:48 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/confederate-memorial/ 36.37265400 -94.20883700 <![CDATA[Flags of Military Branches at Veterans Memorial Park]]>

Flags of Military Branches at Veterans Memorial Park
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By: mlc1us
@ 2009-02-28 15:23:43]]>

Flags of Military Branches at Veterans Memorial Park
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By: mlc1us
@ 2009-02-28 15:23:43]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/flags-of-military-branches-at-veterans-memorial-park/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/flags-of-military-branches-at-veterans-memorial-park/ Sat, 28 Feb 2009 15:23:43 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/flags-of-military-branches-at-veterans-memorial-park/ 47.47971100 -122.20373900 <![CDATA['Spiral for Justice' by Curtis Patterson]]>

'Spiral for Justice' by Curtis Patterson

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'Spiral for Justice' by Curtis Patterson
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By: pmoore66
@ 2009-02-22 06:58:26
on the state capitol grounds AKA "Roy Wilkins Memorial"]]>

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'Spiral for Justice' by Curtis Patterson
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By: pmoore66
@ 2009-02-22 06:58:26
on the state capitol grounds AKA "Roy Wilkins Memorial"]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/spiral-for-justice-by-curtis-patterson/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/spiral-for-justice-by-curtis-patterson/ Sun, 22 Feb 2009 06:58:26 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/spiral-for-justice-by-curtis-patterson/ 44.95247900 -93.10381200 <![CDATA['Memorial to Jesse Owens' by Curtis Patterson]]>

'Memorial to Jesse Owens' by Curtis Patterson

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'Memorial to Jesse Owens' by Curtis Patterson
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By: pmoore66
@ 2009-02-21 10:55:53
at the OSU stadium]]>

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'Memorial to Jesse Owens' by Curtis Patterson
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By: pmoore66
@ 2009-02-21 10:55:53
at the OSU stadium]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/memorial-to-jesse-owens-by-curtis-patterson/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/memorial-to-jesse-owens-by-curtis-patterson/ Sat, 21 Feb 2009 10:55:53 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/memorial-to-jesse-owens-by-curtis-patterson/ 40.00342700 -83.01945600 <![CDATA[Lidice Memorial (Památník Lidice)]]>

Lidice Memorial (Památník Lidice)
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By: adrbr
@ 2009-02-14 10:37:08]]>

Lidice Memorial (Památník Lidice)
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By: adrbr
@ 2009-02-14 10:37:08]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/lidice-memorial-pam-tn-k-lidice/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/lidice-memorial-pam-tn-k-lidice/ Sat, 14 Feb 2009 10:37:08 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/lidice-memorial-pam-tn-k-lidice/ 50.14391300 14.19774800 <![CDATA[US Army Expeditionary Forces (A.E.F.) of World War One memorial]]>

US Army Expeditionary Forces (A.E.F.) of World War One memorial

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US Army Expeditionary Forces (A.E.F.) of World War One memorial
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By: kjfitz
@ 2009-02-11 14:18:40
Dedicated to the US Army Expeditionary Forces(A.E.F.)of World War One, at St. Nazaire, France, their landing place April, 1917.

A.E.F. Memorial in St. Nazaire Harbor.
With outstreached arms and a sword in his hand, a doughboy stands on the back of a giant eagle that has just landed.

It was designed by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, Sculptress, with Studio in New York City.

The monument was destroyed by the Nazis during their occupation of France in 1940.

St. Nazaire became an important Nazi Submarine Base in WW-II]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/us-army-expeditionary-forces-a-e-f-of-world-war-one-memorial/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/us-army-expeditionary-forces-a-e-f-of-world-war-one-memorial/ Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:18:40 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/us-army-expeditionary-forces-a-e-f-of-world-war-one-memorial/ 47.26821300 -2.21397800 <![CDATA[Will Rogers Memorial and Museum]]>

Will Rogers Memorial and Museum
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By: kkeps
@ 2009-01-25 11:57:24
The Will Rogers Memorial Museum is located in Claremore, Oklahoma and is dedicated to the life and times of one of America’s favorite humorists and entertainers. The museum displays a large number of the Rogers Family Artifact including Will’s hats, watches, knives and furniture. Also on display are a number of original and replica pieces of western art, including a life size statue of Will standing the center of the museum. Will and his family are buried in the small garden at the museum, which overlooks Claremore. ]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/will-rogers-memorial-and-museum/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/will-rogers-memorial-and-museum/ Sun, 25 Jan 2009 11:57:24 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/will-rogers-memorial-and-museum/ 36.32097800 -95.63154500 <![CDATA[Cairns War Memorial]]>

Cairns War Memorial
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By: kkeps
@ 2009-01-17 05:52:48]]>

Cairns War Memorial
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By: kkeps
@ 2009-01-17 05:52:48]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/cairns-war-memorial/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/cairns-war-memorial/ Sat, 17 Jan 2009 05:52:48 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/cairns-war-memorial/ -16.91748500 145.77514400 <![CDATA[South African War Memorial]]>

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South African War Memorial
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By: kkeps
@ 2009-01-16 16:26:03
The South African War Memorial is not the sort of monument you would expect to find in Plymouth. It is located at the north-east corner of Plymouth Hoe, near the entrance to the Royal Citadel.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/south-african-war-memorial/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/south-african-war-memorial/ Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:26:03 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/south-african-war-memorial/ 50.36638100 -4.13945000 <![CDATA[Conning tower USS Boston (SSN-703)]]>

Conning tower USS Boston (SSN-703)
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By: kjfitz
@ 2009-01-15 10:43:33]]>

Conning tower USS Boston (SSN-703)
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By: kjfitz
@ 2009-01-15 10:43:33]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/conning-tower-uss-boston-ssn-703-1/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/conning-tower-uss-boston-ssn-703-1/ Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:43:33 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/conning-tower-uss-boston-ssn-703-1/ 42.87551300 -78.87850000 <![CDATA[Prison Ship Martyrs Memorial]]>

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Prison Ship Martyrs Memorial
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By: kjfitz
@ 2009-01-12 14:27:47
After the Yanks had been kicked out of New York City by the British, the redcoats used it as their headquarters. They had a lot of American POWs: soldiers, sailors, civilians, pretty much anyone who wasn't an ally. The Brits crammed them into prison ships moored in the East River. An estimated 11,500 people died in the ships (only 6,800 died in combat during the entire war). Perhaps 1,000 survived.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/prison-ship-martyrs-memorial/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/prison-ship-martyrs-memorial/ Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:27:47 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/prison-ship-martyrs-memorial/ 40.69140200 -73.97589900 <![CDATA['Oklahoma Fallen and Living Firefighters Memorial' by Shahla Rahimi Reynolds]]>

'Oklahoma Fallen and Living Firefighters Memorial' by Shahla Rahimi Reynolds

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'Oklahoma Fallen and Living Firefighters Memorial' by Shahla Rahimi Reynolds
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By: kjfitz
@ 2009-01-12 09:47:11
The Oklahoma Fallen and Living Firefighters Memorial is located at the Oklahoma State Firefighters Museum, 2716 N.E. 50th St., in Oklahoma City. The Memorial, Just Another Day, honors all Oklahoma firefighters who have served our citizens since the inception of the Oklahoma State Firefighters Association in 1894.

It was sculpted by artist Shahla Rahimi Reynolds of Oklahoma City.

Firefighter names are being inscribed in granite and those firefighters who gave the supreme sacrifice have the special and most honored space reserved at the park, The Wall of Valor.

The Memorial is unique in that all Oklahoma firefighters, who have served their communities for more than 20 years or retired through disability, are recognized.

The Memorial Park walkway is the next major phase and will have alcoves for meditation purposes that depict different aspects of firefighters' courage.

The walk will include honoring the rescue workers, both firefighters and non-firefighters alike, who assisted with the April 19, 1995, Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building bombing in Oklahoma City. ]]>

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Our Confederate Dead Memorial
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By: kkeps
@ 2009-01-10 11:25:08
A monument to "Our Confederate Dead" is located on the grounds of the Lowndes County Courthouse in Valdosta, Georgia.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/our-confederate-dead-memorial/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/our-confederate-dead-memorial/ Sat, 10 Jan 2009 11:25:08 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/our-confederate-dead-memorial/ 30.83199500 -83.27945700 <![CDATA[Spanish American War Memorial Obelisk]]>

Spanish American War Memorial Obelisk
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By: kkeps
@ 2009-01-10 11:14:03]]>

Spanish American War Memorial Obelisk
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By: kkeps
@ 2009-01-10 11:14:03]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/spanish-american-war-memorial-obelisk/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/spanish-american-war-memorial-obelisk/ Sat, 10 Jan 2009 11:14:03 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/spanish-american-war-memorial-obelisk/ 30.83266800 -83.27878100