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Isandhlwana 22nd January 1879 Around this hill a British force under the immediate command of Lieut. Col. A.W. Durnford and Brevet Lieut. Col. H.B. Pulleine was annihilated by a zulu impy of between 20,000 and 25,000 under the command of Ntshingwaye Ka Mahole Khoza. 53 officers, 806 non-commissioned officers and men, as also 471 native troops and non-combatants lost their lives. This led directly to the heroic defence of Rorke's Drift which lies ten miles to the west. Erected by the Historical Monuments Commission.
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To the memory of 22 officers and 590 N.C. officers and men of the 1st and 2nd battalions 24th regiment who fell in action on the field of Isandhlwana on the 22nd January 1879 and in the defence of Rorkes Drift on the 22nd and 23rd January 1879. Erected by their comrades past and present and by old friends of the regiment. Anno Domini 1913.
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Kassiesbaai A fishing community had probably already been settled here on crown land by 1820, five years after the shipwreck of the Arniston. After passing into the successive ownership of the Swart and Pratt families, the settlement and ten morgen of land were transferred to the Waenhuiskrans Fishermen's Union in 1937. In 1970, when threatened by the Group Areas Act, the village was saved and subsequently restored by the Preserve Arniston Committee. Kassiesbaai is one of the few remaining traditional fishing villages in the vernacular style once prevalent in the South Western Cape.
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{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.....
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Tsiamelo This monument was erected by the people of Howick to commemorate the site of arrest of President Nelson Mandela on 5 August 1962. The plaque was unveiled by the President of the Republic of South Africa on occasion of receiving honorary citinship on 12 December 1996.
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{left} This piece of land, being fifty-seven feet long and eighteen feet wide, was dedicated as an open space for the use of the public for ever. In memory of Robert Procter and Esther Procter, his wife, of 78 St Pauls Churchyard, by their four children.
{right top}Sacred to the memory of Mr. John Procter, late of No. 94 Tottenham Court Road, who departed this life the 7th day of July 1834 in the 74th year of his age, and of Mrs. Mary Procter, relict of the above, who died the 22nd day of Jany. 1840, aged 77 years.
{right bottom} Also of John, grandson of the above, born 17th June 1835. Died 15th March 1836.
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Memorial Buildings
These buildings stand on part of the Old Bunhill Fields Burial Ground. The first freehold possessed by London Friends, used by them for burials during nearly two hundred years, it was closed to such purposes in 1855.
In 1880 The Metropolitan Board of Works purchased parts of the property for widening streets from which, and also from the site of these premises, all remains of interments being first carefully removed were re-interred in the ground adjoining. And out of the proceeds of such compulsory sales these buildings with their halls, coffee-tavern club and committee rooms have been built.
Near this spot George Fox was interred in 1690, previously Edward Burrough and some ninety other martyr Friends who died in London prisons had been buried here.
To the memory of these ancient worthies and for the furtherance of religious, moral and philanthropic objects are these buildings now dedicated by The Society of Friends in London .... thereby to promote the best welfare & happiness of the surrounding population.
London, 10, Mo., 1881.
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IN MEMORY OF MGR. CAN SALVATORE SANTANGELO ARCIDIACONO OF THIS METROPOLITAN CHAPTER VICAR GENERAL OF THE ARCHIDIOCESE INTEGRATED PRIEST AND EXHIBITED MASTER IN THE EXACT SCIENCES HONOR HIS SCHOOL AND THE CITY WITH HIS NOBILITY OF SPIRIT THE RULES WERE TRANSFERRED AND COMPOSED HERE IN THE PEACE OF CHRIST N. 19 JUNE_1845 M. 12-JANUARY_1928
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{on the left}The experience of all ages should have taught our rulers that persecution can never efface principles. Individuals may perish but truth is eternal - Gerralds defence. Scottish Political Martyrs Memorial A.D.MDCCCLI. {on the right}To the memory of Thomas Muir, Thomas Fyshe Palmer, William Skirving, Maurice Margarot and Joseph Gerrald Condemned in Scotland A.D.MDCCXCXCIII-IV to transportation for advocating with fearless energy the principles of parliamentary reform.
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This bronze disc bears an impression of the ground taken from the site in Crimea where Jamaican nurse Mary Seacole ministered to British soldiers during the war of 1853-1856 I trust that England will not forget one who nursed her sick who sought out her wounded to aid and succour them and who performed the last offices for some of her illustrious dead. Sir William Howard Russell, war correspondent, The Times 1857
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{The bronze plaque} This plaque was unveiled by His Excellency Mr Shridath S Ramphal Commonwealth Secretary-General This dedication was performed by Archbishop Trevor Huddleston 23rd June 1987
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This stone was erected in 1955 in memory of Robert Smith, John Denley & Patrick Packingham, who were burnt at the stake on Lynch Green opposite this spot in August 1555 and also of all those men and women of Uxbridge who have suffered persecution in their Christian faith
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John Hanning Speke - Explorer (1827 - 1864) Speke was the first European, while on an expedition with Richard Burton to East Africa in 1858, to discover Lake Victoria. On a subsequent journey with James Grant in 1862, he confirmed its northern outlet as the source of the Nile. This plaque was erected in 1995 by The Friends of Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens
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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.
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This memorial was unveiled by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on 26 April 2005 Architects Lord Foster of Thames Bank OM Foster and Partners Erected for the Police Memorial Trust Chairman and founder Michael Winner MA Cantab
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We human beings are passing through a crucial period in our development. Conflict & mistrust have plagues the past century which has brought immeasurable human suffering & environmental destruction. It is in the interests of all of us on this planet that we make a joint effort to turn the next century into an era of peace & harmony. May this Peace Garden become monument to the courage pf the Tibetan people & their commitment to peace. May it remain as a symbol to remind us that human survival depends on living in harmony & on always choosing the path of non-violence in resolving our differences. The XIV Dalai Lama of Tibet 13 May 1999
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(brass plaque, photo on left) From near this spot, December 19 1606, sailed with 105 'adventurers':
The 'Susan Constant' 100 tons. Capt. Christopher Newport in supreme command;
The 'Godspeed' 40 tons. Capt. Bartholomew Gosnold;
The 'Discovery' 20 tons. Capt. John Ratcliffe.
Landed at Cape Henry, Virginia April 26 1607.
Arrived at Jamestown Virginia May 13 1607 where these 'adventurers' founded the first permanent English colony in America under the leadership of the intrepid Capt. John Smith, Edward Maria Wingfield President of the Council, the Reverend Robert Hunt and others.
At Jamestown July 30 1619, was convened the first representative assembly in America.
Erected by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities in 1928 in commemoration.
(on Marble Base, photo on right) Virginia Quay.
The Virginia Settlers Memorial tablet was unveiled in 1928 on the wall of Brunswick House which formerly stood about 100 yards to the west of this point. In 1999 Barratt Homes Limited reinstated this monument and commissioned the mariner's astrolabe by Wendy Taylor C.B.E.
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In memory of L.C. T.H. Shorter, Pte F. Angelone, Pte J Masson & Pte A. Trimlet who died while on active service in South Africa with The Volunteer Service Company 2nd Battalion Middlesex Regt. This tablet is erected by their comrades of the service Co, Officers, NCO & men of the 17t Middx R.V.C.
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above the bowl: To George Webster, MD, JP, 1877 below the bowl: To commemorate his long and varied services both public and private during a residence of 30 years in Dulwich this fountain is erected from the contributions of many friends and neighbours of every station.
He died 19th Novr. 1876 aged 78 years.
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This building was erected at the suggestion & unceasing beneficial exertions of George Halfhide Esqr. Anno Domini 1826.
Richard Smike
James Taylor - Churchwardens
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Seeking Justice from the Crown. In 1736 Mahomet Weyonomon, a Mohegan Sachem (chief), died in Aldermanbury in the City of London. He was 36 years old. Foreigners could not be buried in the City, so he was carried across the river and buried near St Saviours Church, now Southwark Cathedral. The exact location of the grave is unknown. The sculpture behind you is his memorial. Mahomets presence in London was the result of injustice and exploitation. His tribe had helped the first settlers in New England survive the bitter cold and repel Indian attacks. The Mohegans became allies of the English but settlers began to steal tribal lands. Despite support for the Mohegan cause from Queen Annes Commissioners in 1705, the lands were not returned. Mohomet sailed to London in 1735 with three supporters to petition King George II for the return of the stolen lands. While awaiting an audience, Captain John Mason and Mahomet contracted smallpox and died. This memorial was erected at the request of the Mohegan tribe to honour a fallen chief. A stone was brought from Mohegan lands and carved with forms that reflect ancient custom by Peter Randall-Page. It was unveiled by Her Majesty The Queen, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, on 22nd November 2006 with the tribal chairman Bruce Two Dogs Bozsum and the US Ambassador - symbolically granting the audience Mahomet never received.
Mahomet wrote several languages including English and Latin. He was the grandson of Sachem Oweneco who was granted the return of Mohegan lands by an order of 1705 which was ignored by the Connecticut government. Sachem comes from the Mohegan word for stone or rock.
The grey plaque in front of the sculpture is mostly unreadable
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In the shallow of depression at
a spot 100 yards left of this monument seven Protestants, six men
and one woman were burned to death
at the stake. They died for the principles of religious liberty,
for the right to read and interpret the Holy Scriptures and to worship
God according to their consciences
as revealed through Gods Holy Word
Their names shall live for ever
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{on the back of the plinth} This statue was erected in honour of Gertrude & Harold Baillie Weaver by the National Council for Animal Welfare with the generous co-operation of the sculptor. 1931 {on the front of the plinth} To all protectors of the defenceless.
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Erected by the friends of William Pitt Byrne, Esq. M. A. after a design by his widow in affectionate remembrance of the rare combination of estimable qualities which in life his modesty concealed. To his strict integrity, political consistency, noble disinterestedness, and uniform determination to vindicate the cause of independent journalism, may be ascribed his success as proprietor of the Morning Post, in maintaining the elevated tone it had attained under his father. His acquirements in classical and general literature, his love of science and art, his proficiency in music and the countenance by which he promoted their cultivation, were not less attractive than his singleness of heart, forgiving temper, generous appreciation of others, unobtrusive piety, and practical charity, rendering this refreshing fountain a suitable memorial of his worth.
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in memory of Alfred Frederick Cleave a private in this regiment and also in the 13th Middlesex (Paddington) V.R. Son of Alfred and Charlotte Cleave of this parish. He died at Springfontein August 22nd 1900 during the South African campaign aged 22 years
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In memory of King Cole, Aboriginal cricketer who died on the 24th June 1868 Your aboriginal dreamtime home. Wish you peace.
Nyuntu anangu tjukapa wiltja nga palya nga.
Eucalyptus pauciflora donated to the Aboriginal Cricket
Association by Hillier Nurseries Ltd.
Planted on Sunday 26th June 1988.
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In memory of those whose service in the Merchant Navy helped to enlarge the livelihood of Britain and protect the freedom of the British Commonwealth of nations. 1957
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... Chinese and Native inhabitants of Singapore to commemorate the visit in the month of February 1850 of the most noble Marquess of Dalhousie K.T. Governor General of British India on which occasion we emphatically recognized the wisdom of liberating commerce from all restraints under which enlightened policy this settlement has rapidly attained its present rank among British possessions and with which its future prosperity must ever be identified.
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City of London. The Dragons represent a constituent part of the armorial bearings of the City of London and have been erected to indicate the Western Boundary of the City. This commemorative plaque was unveiled by The Rt Hon The Lord Mayor Sir Ralph Edgar Perring on 16th October 1963.
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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.
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Any wording has been obliterated over time, but there is an information sign at the entrance to the cemetery which mentions Thomas Falconer
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Francisco Franco
Leader of Spain Patron and Founder inaugurated this Memorial on April 1, 1959 SS John XXIII erected his church in basilica for brief in April 7th 1960 and it was consecrated in June 4th in the same year by the cardinal Gaetano Cicognani.
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[a plaque used to be on the railings and read:] R.N.V.R Memorial Trophy This Trophy was unveiled on the 6th June 1931 by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales K.G. to commemorate the service of R.N.V.R. Officers and men in the Great War including 125,000 Officers and men who were trained for all branches of the Royal Navy at the Training Depot. HMS Victory VI at the Crystal Palace 1914-1918. The trophy was damaged during the/ 1935-1945 War and was restored in 1955 through the generosity of past and present members of the R.N.V.R. and their friends