Plaque Wording: Old Victoria Custom House Completed in 1875 in the Second Empire style, Victoria's original Custom House is a distinguished example of the buildings erected by the new Federal Government after Confederation. It regulated the trade of the West Coast's busiest port and symbolized the pre-eminence of Victoria as a commercial centre in the late 19th century. Goldseekers from around the world converged on its steps to obtain miners' licences before embarking for the Klondike in 1898. This elegant structure recalls efforts to establish a federal presence across Canada through the construction of impressive public buildings.

Plaque Wording: In this place to commemorate the regaining of independence by the Polish Republic in 1918 on May 3, 1919, was planted the tree of freedom May 3, a.d. 1999

Plaque Wording: {bottom plaque}This plaque was unveiled by Her Majesty The Queen accompanied by His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh on 2nd July 2012 to mark the re-opening of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery

Plaque Wording: Established 1798 Rebuilt by T Blanch & Sons 1898. This stone is a portion of the Fortifications of Sebastopol

Plaque Wording: The discovery and fixing the site of Sydney on Wednesday 23rd January 1788. Reading from left to right: Surg. J. White R.N., Capt Arthur Phillip, R.N., Founder Lieut George Johnston, Marines, A.D.C. Capt. John Hunter, R.N. and Capt David Collins, Marines.

Plaque Wording: In this place within the defensive walls of Krakow was the St Nicholas Gate

Plaque Wording: In 384 B.C., Greek navigators from the Aegean island of Paros sailed into this bay and founded Faros - today's Old Town. This coast was built in 2016. It was dedicated to the 2400th year of the foundation of the city.

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: In this house was the main headquarters of Tadeusz Kosciuszko and his staff after the memorable oath of the national uprising on March 24, 1794

Plaque Wording: This wellhead or cistern, was built in 1835. It probably replaced a cistern of around 1675, removed when George IV bridge was built.
The cisterns provided water from Comiston Springs via the Castlehill Reservoir for the inhabitants of the Old Town, they became important meeting places where long queues formed. They fell into disuse in the 19th century when supplies to individual houses became possible.
This wellhead was repaired and restored by the Edinburgh Old Town Renewal Trust and Lothian and Edinburgh Enterprise Limited in 1997.

Plaque Wording: Sigismund Bell. The bell was commissioned by King Sigismund I the Old and bears his name. It was cast in 1520 in Kraków by the master bell-founder Hans Behem from Nuremberg. It was hoisted onto the tower on July 9, 1521, in an operation that lasted nine hours, observed by the king, his family, the court, and the people of Kraków. The bell weighs approximately 11 tons, and its clapper weighs 365 kg. Its height, including the crown, is 258 cm. The circumference of the rim is about 8.4 meters, and its diameter is 250 cm. The wall thickness ranges from 7 to 21 cm. It is the largest of the old bells in Poland.
"To God, the Best and Greatest, and to the Virgin Mother of God, His holy patrons, the illustrious Sigismund, King of Poland, had this bell made, worthy of the greatness of his mind and deeds, in the year of salvation 1520."
The bell is adorned with two plaques: one depicting St. Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr, the patron of the cathedral and all of Poland, and the other depicting King Sigismund in his majesty. On both sides of the plaques, the national emblems are visible: the Crown's coat of arms - The Eagle - and Lithuania's coat of arms - the Pahonia. The bell also features the name of the bell-founder Behem, his master mark, and the year of its creation. The bell is rung by 12 strong men and sounds on great liturgical feasts and other solemn ceremonies. Pope John Paul II wrote about Sigismund Bell: "How many emotions and memories are evoked by the sound of this royal bell! In its solemn ringing, we hear a prayer across the centuries for freedom and prosperity for the homeland, as well as a call to free the heart from all evil. Perhaps especially a call to elevate the spirit toward the values that our generation has inherited from the splendid tradition of our forefathers." In 2001, a new clapper was installed in the bell.

Plaque Wording: In honour of the creator of the statute of the Krakow Salt Mines on the 600th anniversary, this chamber was named after King Casimir the Great 1368-1968.

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

Plaque Wording: In memory of the workers of Kraków, participants of a demonstration organized by trade unions, who died in a clash with police on March 23, 1936.

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: First underground pilgrimage route God Bless in the Wieliczka Salt Mine opened on January 6, 2010 dedicated by Archbishop Metropolitan of Kraków Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz on behalf of the President of the Wieliczka Salt Mine S.A. Kajetan Dóbryna

Plaque Wording: The Founding of Australia at Sydney on Saturday 26th January 1788. Figures in rowing boat leaving H.M.S. Supply are Capt. Arthur Phillip, R.N., Lieut P. Gidley King, R.N. and Lieut George Johnston Marines A.D.C.

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.