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Roman Catholic Churches by: Sextons The Roman Catholic Church dates its origins to the first century A.D. and now has many thousands of churches in nearly every country of the world. Many of them are of historic and architectural interest, but large, small, new, old, simple or ornate they are all welcome here. |
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Kilroy Was Here by: The Kilroys This category is for the posting of any and all "Kilroy Was Here" locations. Also included are Chads (UK), Clems (CAN), and Foos (AUS), which of course are similar to Kilroy. |
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Wagon Roads and Trails by: Wagon Roads & Trails This is a waymark to document all of the wagon roads & trails used by Native Americans, emigrants, merchants, U.S. Government, and stagecoaches in the expansion of the United States & Canada. |
Dixie Highway by: Dixie Highway Patrolmen The Dixie Highway carried early auto tourists from the Midwestern US and Canada to Florida. When the US highway system was established, most of this system was absorbed into the nascent numbering system, some were not. Over time, much of it has been renamed, and the remaining named portions are like an incomplete puzzle. This category is an effort to fill in those missing pieces, connecting what time and progress have severed. |
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Takeout / Delivery Menus by: Delivery Team If you're feeling hungry and want something delivered (or ready for pickup), it's great to have a list of takeout and/or delivery menus in the area. |
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Cathedrals by: Cathedrals Identifies religious buildings that are, or have been, called a cathedral. |
Agricultural Fairgrounds by: Laissez Faire County fairs, state fairs, even city fairgrounds - we want them all! Show your hometown pride by listing your local agricultural fairgrounds - show us your cows, your horses, your corn, and, of course, your BAKED GOODS. "Coney Islands" and carnivals need not apply. |
Trail of Tears by: TRAILS OF TEARS To Waymark of all the Trail Of Tears Markers.
Across the 2,200 miles and 9 States.
After Congress passed the Indian Removal Act,
May 28, 1830,
the government forceably relocated about
60,000 Indians from the southeastern
U.S. to what is now Oklahoma.
This included the Five (5) Civilized Tribes: Cherokee, Chickasaw, Creek, Choctaw and Seminole.
When Andrew Jackson ran for President in 1828, he pledged to move the Indians west of the Mississippi River.
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Target Stores by: Target Team Members A category to locate all the Target stores in the United States. Regular Target Stores, Target Greatlands and SuperTargets are all accepted. Please no Target stores in Australia (since they are not part of the Target Corporation.) |
WPA Projects by: WPA Supervisors On May 6, 1935, Franklin Delano Roosevelt created the Works Progress Administration (WPA) to employ the millions of Americans left unemployed by economic depression. This category is to waymark the projects created by the people employed by the WPA agency. |
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American Guide Series by: New Dealers During the Depression, the federal government employed writers in the Writers' Program of the Works Projects Administration (WPA) to compile the first comprehensive guidebooks to the United States, the American Guide Series. Guides were published for the 48 states, Alaska, and countless cities. This category is for waymarking places referred to in the series.
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Figurative Public Sculpture by: Figurative Public Sculpture Figurative Sculpture is sculpture that is based on the human or animal figure, but NOT that of any one particular human or animal. Please click on "show additional information" below to see requirements for posting in this category. |
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Art Deco - Art Nouveau by: Deco Nouveau Your mission if you choose to accept it, is to find either an Art Nouveau, Art Deco or Cubist building or structure built prior to 1950 to post in this category. |
Police Memorials by: Police Memorials This category is in commemoration to all law enforcement personnel who have lost their lives in the line of duty. This category is for marking all police, law enforcement, peace officer, and corrections officer memorials worldwide. |
Courthouses by: Court Jesters Courthouses are buildings that are, or have been, primarily used to conduct judicial proceedings. American county courthouses are also sometimes used as the center of the county government. |
Master Architects - Deconstructivism by: Master Architects - Deconstructivism Deconstructivism is an architectural movement that broke through the restraints of the traditional building "envelope" resulting in structures that sometimes seems more sculpture than architecture. Several architects emerged as leaders in the style and in this category we will waymark the work of those architects considered masters of the style. They are Peter Eisenman, Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Coop Himmelblau, Rem Koolhaas, Daniel Libeskind, and Bernard Tschumi. |
Battlefields by: Battlefields To waymark historic battlefields throughout the world. Anything from major battles like Waterloo and Gettysburg, to minor local skirmishes.
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