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Plaque Wording: Navy Landing Dedicated by the City of New Orleans to honor the personnel of the United States navy and offer appreciation for their sacrifices and service to the nation and the city 8 February 1991

Plaque Wording: Woldenberg Riverfront Park is dedicated to the memory of Malcolm Woldenberg who prospered in New Orleans and left a legacy of caring and of confidence in the city of New Orleans

Plaque Wording: Sidney Bechet Wizard of jazz and master of the clarinet and soprano saxophone. Born May 14, 1897 New Orleans Died May 14, 1959 Paris, France "I have never forgotten the power and imagination with which he played." Duke Ellington (c.1973) This memorial was unveiled by Marc H Moriai, Mayor City of New Orleans, and Francois Bujon de L'Esiang French ambassador to the U.S. in the presence of Daniel Sidney Bechet and other Bechet family members too numerous to mention. May 6 1997

Plaque Wording: Monument to the Immigrant dedicated to the courageous men and women who left their homeland seeking freedom, opportunity and a better life in a new country. March 19, 1995
Commissioned by the Italian American Marching Club

Plaque Wording: Kossuth 1802-1894
Here on March 30, 1852 Louis Kossuth Governor of Hungary Leader of the 1848 revolution Addressed the citizens of New Orleans
Hungarians of Louisiana, Arpadhon and Hungarians Worldwide 2002

Plaque Wording: This statue of Henry Clay was erected A.D. 1856 on Canal Street at the intersection of Royal and St Charles Street and was removed to Lafayette Square A.D. 1900

Plaque Wording: Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790 "Save while you are young to spend while you are old
One penny saved is better than two pennies earned" Poor Richard's Savings
Dedicated to the people of New orleans by Henry Wadsworth Gustine of Chicago, Illinois A.D. 1926

Plaque Wording: {top plaque}Old Absinthe House Restoration Honor Award Vieux Carre Commission 1959
{bottom plaque} a long list of famous names. Why?

Plaque Wording: They live with us ??? in ?????? memory World War II Dec 1941 - Dec 1945?

Plaque Wording: Slavery During the Republic and Early Statehood 1836-1860
Between 1836 and 1860, the slave population in Texas grew from 5,000 to 182,566. The greatest increase in the number of slaves brought to Texas occurred from 1850 to 1865.
Among the expanding slave population were children who were purchased and brought to the State, or born in captivity to enslaved parents. Enslaved children typically wore slave cloth shirts made of homespun cotton or wool and were expected to do chores until they were old enough for field work. Enslaved women were expected to bear children and take care of their home life in the slave quarters, and to help farm cotton and other crops. Cotton produced by slave labor was the most important staple in the Texas economy, but slave labor was also integral to the economic growth of Texas in the lumber and construction industries. Several iconic Texas buildings including the 1853 limestone Texas Capitol, the 1856 Governor's Mansion, and the 1853 Pease Mansion were built with Black slave labor. Most slaves showed skills in farming, animal husbandry, construction, masonry, cooking and blacksmithing.

Plaque Wording: Confederate Field Texans served in both the Confederate and the Federal armies during the Civil War. While there were few battles on Texas soil, Dick Dowling's troops turned back Federal invasion forces at Sabine Pass in 1863, and the last land engagement of the war was fought at Palmito Ranch near Brownsville {the rest is illegible}

Plaque Wording: Our brethren of '76
To the memory of those masons who provided much of the inspiration, determination and leadership for the American Revolution that brought independence to the colonists and established a free nation under God in America. The high noon club of Dallas dedicates this tablet.

Plaque Wording: On November 22nd 1963, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, thirty-fifth president of the United States, visited Dallas. A presidential parade traveled north on Houston Street to Elm Street and west on Elm Street. As the parade continued on Elm Street at 12:30 p.m., rifle shots wounded the President and Texas Governor John Connally.
Findings of the Warren Commission indicated that the rifle shots were fired from a sixth floor window near the southeast corner of the Texas School Book Depository building, Elm and Houston, a block north of this marker.
President Kennedy expired at Parkland Memorial Hospital at 1:00 p.m. The John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial Plaza is nearby, bounded by Main, Record, Market and Commerce Streets.

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Plaque Wording: The Immmigrants dedicated to the people of all nations who entered America through Castle Gardens

Plaque Wording: November 2, 1960 Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States, and Vice President Richard M. Nixon, Republican Presidential nominee

Plaque Wording: {top plaque}On this site stood the home, 1778-1780, of Juan de Miralles (1715-1780) the first Spanish diplomatic representative to the United States of America. He died April 28, 1780, while visiting General George Washington at his Morristown headquarters. The same home became the residence of his successor, Francisco Rondón, who lent it to General Washington for the winter of 1781-1782.
Through these officials Spanish military and financial assistance was channeled to the American Patriot.
{bottom plaque} On this site was the home 1766-1771 of John Penn 1729-1795 last colonial governor of Pennsylvania son of Richard Penn and grandson of William Penn the founder. Also the home 1771-1810 of Benjamin Chew 1722-1810 last colonial Chief Justice of Pennsylvania

Plaque Wording: Betsy Ross Elizabeth Griscom Claypoole January 1, 1752 - January 30, 1836 and her husband John Claypoole August 15, 1752 - August 3, 1817

Plaque Wording: Commodore Uriah Phillips Levy April 22, 1792 - March 22, 1862 Nissan 30, 5552 - Adar II 20, 5622 "I am an American, a sailor and a Jew"
Born in Philadelphia in 1792, Uriah Phillips Levy was a fifth generation American. According to family stories, he left for sea at ten years old, returnging to celebrate his bar mitzvah here at Congregation Mikveh Israel in 1805. He served with distinction in the U.S. Navy in the War of 1812 and became the first Jewish Navy Commodore - equivalent to the rank of Admiral today.
During his fifty-year career, Levy was brought before a court martial six times and killed a man in a duel-all incidents related to rampant anti-Semitism. He was dismissed twice from the Navy, but was reinstated by Presidents James Monroe and John Tyler. He went on to command the Mediterranean fleet and was appointed to head the Navy Court Martial Board by President Lincoln to head the Navy Court Martial Board during the Civil War. Levy played a key role in helping repeal the flogging of sailors, making the U.S. Navy the first in the world to abolish physical punishment.
Levy always admired Thomas Jefferson and the Bill of Rights he crafted, which safeguard liberties for all Americans. In 1834, he commissioned a statue of Jefferson, which sits in the U.S. Capitol today. In 1834, Levy purchased Monticello, Jefferson's home near Charlottesville, Virginia, which he repaired, restored and preserved for future generations.
The World War II destroyer escort USS Levy (DE-162)was named in his honor, as were the Uriah P. Levy Jewish Chapel at the Norfolk Naval base in Virginia, and the Commodore Uriah P. Levy Center and Jewish Chapel at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Levy is buried at Beth Olom Cemetery in Queens, New York.
Sculptor: Gregory Pototsky

Plaque Wording: Richard Tucker August 28 1913 - January 8 1975 Metropolitan Opera Tenor

Plaque Wording: in loving memory of Louis Moreau Gottschalk the celebrated American (can't read the rest)

Plaque Wording: In memory of Genevieve Beavers Earle 1883-1956 longtime resident of Brooklyn Heights. Civic leader and good neighbor. Member and minority leader of the city council. Devoted to the welfare of Brooklyn and the city of New York. This plaque is the gift of her many friends.

Plaque Wording: ERECTED 1866 By the Navy Club of Key West To the Memory of the Officers, Sailors & Soldiers of the Army, Navy & Marine Corps of the United States, who lost their lives in their Country's service upon this station from 1861 to 1866

Plaque Wording: {left}God Bless America. City of Key West, Florida dedicated Sept 10 1983 This monument establishes southernmost point of continental U.S.A. designed as a num buoy shape & color channel marker.....
{right}October 10 1993 A.D. In honor of the generosity of the people of the United States of America to the people of Cuba. This memorial is dedicated in honor of the thousands of Cubans that have lost their lives at sea looking for freedom and social justice in this great melting pot, America, the leader in democracy.....