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On?sime Dorval On 7 June 1954, she was registered in the Persons of National Historic Significance, a register of people designated by the Government of Canada as being nationally significant in the history of the country.
Joseph WhartonThe Wharton family continued to hold gatherings at the family mansion at Batsto, New Jersey until the 1920s, and in 1954 sold Wharton's vast Pinelands properties in southern New Jersey to the state, forming the core of Wharton State Forest.
Margaret FullerA memorial to Fuller was erected on the beach at Fire Island in 1901 through the efforts of Julia Ward Howe.
Edwin Howard ArmstrongPhilosophy Hall, the Columbia building where Armstrong developed FM, was declared a National Historic Landmark in 2003 in recognition of that fact.
J. P. MorganThe Cragston Dependencies, associated with his estate Cragston at Highlands, New York, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
Thomas Fuller (architect)In 2002, the Thomas Fuller Construction Company, founded by Fuller's grandson Thomas G. Fuller and now operated by his great-grandsons, was awarded a contract to renovate the Library of Parliament in Ottawa which he originally designed.
John Sherman CooperA life-sized bronze bust of Cooper sculpted by John Tuska was installed at the Kentucky State Capitol in 1987.
Emma LazarusEmma Lazarus was honored by the Office of the Manhattan Borough President in March 2008 and her home on West 10th Street was included in a map of Women's Rights Historic Sites.
John BigelowHis estate at Highland Falls, New York, known as The Squirrels, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
Levon HelmIn May 2013, the New York State Legislature approved a resolution to name State Route 375 - the road which connects State Route 28 with the town of Woodstock -'' Levon Helm Memorial Boulevard''.
Bernard MaybeckThe 1910 First Church of Christ, Scientist is designated a National Historic Landmark and is considered one of Maybeck's finest works.
Cyprian NorwidIn 1966, the Polish Scouts in Chicago acquired a 240 acre parcel of property in the northwoods of Wisconsin, 20 miles west of Crivitz, WI and named it Camp Norwid in his honor.
Archibald ButtIn October 1913, the Butt-Millet Memorial Fountain, named for Archibald Butt and Francis Millet, was dedicated near the White House on the Ellipse.
Rutherford B. HayesFollowing the donation of his home to the state of Ohio for the Spiegel Grove State Park, he was re-interred there in 1915. -RCB- -RCB-
Salmon P. ChaseChase's birthplace in New Hampshire was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1975.
Phil Swingthumb | right | 270px | Phil Swing Memorial Fountain, at the southwest San Diego Civic Center, today sits unused and neglected, with only this plaque to remind San Diegans of Swing's contribution to San Diego Swing was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1920.
Vincent MeredithHis home in the Golden Square Mile, Lady Meredith House, was made a National Historic Site of Canada in 1990 and is today part of McGill University, named for his wife.
Harry YountHis reports described the challenges of protecting the wildlife in the first U. S. national park and influenced the culture of the National Park Service, which was founded 35 years later in 1916.
William Cornelius Van HorneHorne's summer estate on Minister's Island was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1996.
Andy Russell (Canadian author)In 2000, he hosted representatives from the Nature Conservancy of Canada and several other organizations at Hawk's Nest, his home on Indian Springs Ridge near the northeastern boundary of Waterton Lakes National Park.
George BomfordIn 1892, due to construction of Sherman Circle on the site of the estate, the remains of George Bomford, his wife Clara, and son Henry Baldwin Bomford, were moved to Rock Creek Cemetery and placed under one headstone.
Frank LautenbergOn June 6, 2013, his body lay in repose atop the Lincoln Catafalque within the Senate chamber at the Capitol.
Ron LindnerLindner has been inducted into three fishing hall of fames and the Lindy Rig was featured in the Minnesota State Historical Society's 2008 list of'' Minnesota's 150 -- The people, places, and things that shape our state''.
Buckey O'NeillOn July 3, 1907, a monument by sculptor Solon Borglum was dedicated to O'Neill and the other Rough Riders in their memory in Prescott, Arizona.
George B. McClellanThese include Fort McClellan in Alabama, McClellan Butte in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, where he traveled while conducting the Pacific Railroad Survey in 1853, and a bronze equestrian statue honoring General McClellan in Washington, D. C. Another equestrian statue honors him in front of Philadelphia City Hall, while the McClellan Gate at Arlington National Cemetery is dedicated to him and displays his name.
Richard NeutraNeutra's famed Gettysburg Cyclorama building demolished by National Parks Service, March 8 -- 9, 2013.
Tim Cole thumb | Historical marker at Cole's grave On February 3, 2012, on the third anniversary of Cole's exoneration, the State of Texas unveiled a historical marker at his grave.
William Augustus Edwards Among the academic institutions for which Edwards designed buildings were : -- Camp Hill -- In 1930 William A. Edwards and firm designed the educational classroom and administrative building for The Southern Industrial Institute, now known as Lyman Ward Military Academy, in Camp Hill, AL.
Jim Baker (frontiersman)1917, The Baker Cabin was removed from Savery and taken to Frontier Park in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
H. Dale CookIn July 2009, Congressman John Sullivan submitted a bill to rename the Federal building and United States courthouse in Tulsa, Oklahoma the'' H. Dale Cook Federal Building and United States Courthouse.''
Margaret Ridley CharltonIn September 2003 the Minister of Canadian Heritage, the Honorable Sheila Copps, approved the Board's recommendation and Margaret Ridley Charlton has been added to the list of approximately 600 other'' persons of national historic significance''.
Brewster HigleyBecause Higley wrote'' The Western Home'' while living in Smith County, Kansas, and because they felt it described their state very well, the Kansas legislature voted to make'' Home on the Range'' the official state song on April 8, 1947.
Jedediah HotchkissThe magnificent Queen Anne and Eastlake style mansion Hotchkiss built in 1888 at 437 East Beverley Street, Staunton, Virginia, still stands and is on the National Register of Historic Places and a Virginia Landmark.
Waldo Rudolph WedelIn 1934, he published his first report on the Medicine Creek site, under Nebraska State Historical Society archaeologist A. T. Hill.
Paul DresserWith no funds to purchase a memorial stone, Dresser's grave remained unmarked until 1922, when the Indiana Society of Chicago had a boulder from the banks of the Wabash River brought to Chicago to mark his burial site.
Edgar NealeBy 2008 the family had at least four generations of association with the Chamber of Commerce with his great granddaughter, Angela Hunter of Hunter Tourism Consultancy being a member.
John F. FitzgeraldHis great-granddaughter Caroline Kennedy threw out the first pitch for Fenway Park's 100th anniversary on April 20, 2012.
George Ludlum HartfordTo immortalize outstanding American merchants'', Joseph Kennedy in 1953 commissioned a bronze bust of George's father George Huntington Hartford, four times life size along with 7 other men, which would come to be known as the Merchandise Mart Hall of Fame in Chicago.
Richard M. AtwaterAtwater retired in 1906 to a large farm in Chadds Ford in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, which contained the site of the Battle of Brandywine, eventually given to the state of Pennsylvania for Brandywine Battlefield State Park.
James Riely GordonGordon's designs are also well represented in the Monte Vista Residential Historic District, featured on the National Register of Historic Places since 1998.
Bert H. MillerAs of 2013 Miller remains the last Democrat to hold the Class II United States Senate seat from Idaho.
Al CappAccording to the Boston Globe (as reported on May 18, 2010), the town has renamed its amphitheater in the artist's honor, and is looking to develop an Al Capp Museum.
Gilbert Brown WilsonWilson's creativity and local sensibility was made all the more evident when artist Bill Wolfe restored the mural in 2009 and realized that Wilson had used clay from the nearby Wabash River in some of his colors.
Harriet TubmanIn 1999, the Canadian government designated the Salem Chapel, British Methodist Episcopal Church in St. Catharines, as a National Historic Site of Canada because of its association with Tubman.
Stanley L. KlosIn 2004, Klos, as a board member of the James Monroe Foundation, proposed that JMF acquire and restore the family farm and birthplace of President James Monroe.
Robert McClelland (American politician)His former residence at 47 East Elm Avenue in Monroe, Michigan was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 as the Governor Robert McClelland House and is today privately owned.
Bob Waldmire thumb | 275px | Waldmire's van in List_of_Route_66_museums #Illinois _ Route_66_Association_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum | Route 66 Hall of Fame In 1992, Bob Waldmire re-opened the Hackberry General Store in the ghost town of Hackberry, Arizona as a Route 66 tourism information post and souvenir shop.
John Randolph Tucker (politician)His Lexington home, Blandome was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
Thornsbury Bailey BrownA 12-foot-high obelisk commemorating Private Brown as the first Union combat casualty of the war was placed on his grave in the national cemetery in 1928 by the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War and a marker also was placed near the spot where he died.
Alfred I. du PontAlfred du Pont was designated a Great Floridian by the Florida Department of State in the Great Floridians 2000 Program.
Pancha CarrascoThe former U. S. Coast Guard cutter Point Bridge was renamed Pancha Carrasco in her honor when it was turned over to the Costa Rican Coast Guard in 2001.
William BurgesAlmost all of Burges's work in the Hall was lost in a redevelopment of the 1960s in which Wyatt's designs were reinstated, although the fireplace was removed to Knightshayes Court and the East Window, above the high table, was restored circa 2009.
Karen T. TaylorA portrait sculpture of Mrs. Thomas Hart Benton V (Barbara) resides in the International Headquarters of the Order of the Eastern Star in the Embassy Row area of Washington, D. C. right | thumb | Taylor filming an episode of America's Most Wanted with correspondent Ed Miller Since 1990, Taylor has been a contributor to America's Most Wanted on FOX.
William BorahWilliam E. Borah Apartment, Windsor Lodge, a home of his in Washington, D. C., was designated a U. S. National Historic Landmark in 1976.
John Nathan CobbShe was the longest-serving ship of the NOAA fleet and its predecessors at the time she left service, and has been listed on the U. S. National Register of Historic Places since 2009.
Louis BromfieldIn the 1980s, Louis Bromfield was posthumously elected to the Ohio Agricultural Hall of Fame, and in December 1996, the centennial of his birth, the Ohio Department of Agriculture placed a bust of him in the lobby named for him at the department's new headquarters in Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
Dugald Campbell PattersonThe family home, known today as Dugald and Frances Patterson House, has been a heritage landmark in Burnaby since 1994, and is listed on the'' Canada's Historic Places'' website.
Asa Gray Mount Auburn Cemetery The Asa Gray Award, the highest award of the American Society of Plant Taxonomists, was established in 1984 to honor a living botanist for career achievements.
Benjamin BrandrethThe Brandreth Pill Factory complex was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
Karl MaldenOn November 12, 2005, the United States House of Representatives authorized the United States Postal Service to rename the Los Angeles Barrington Postal Station as the Karl Malden Postal Station in honor of Malden's achievements.
Monte Simmons On July 29, 2011, the San Francisco 49ers signed Simmons as an undrafted free agent.
Elbridge G. SpauldingThe boathouse he constructed on his'' River Lawn'' estate on Grand Island, known as the Spaulding-Sidway Boathouse, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.
Cole PorterIn December 2010, his portrait was added to the Hoosier Heritage Gallery in the office of the Governor of Indiana.
Jimmie Rodgers (country singer)In May 2010, a second marker, on the Mississippi Country Music Trail, was erected near Rodgers' gravesite, marking his role as The Father of Country Music.
Bass ReevesOn May 16, 2012, a bronze statue of Reeves by sculptor Harold Holden, of Enid, Oklahoma, was cast at a foundry in Norman, Oklahoma.
Thelma Stovall Stovall's portrait, painted by Louisville portrait painter Doris Leist, hangs in the Capitol and a plaque commemorating her achievements was placed in the Capitol in 1982.
Robert E. Leejpg | Lee by MerciƩ, Monument Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, 1890 File : Robert E Lee Univ of Texas.
John DenverOn September 24, 2007, the California Friends of John Denver and The Windstar Foundation unveiled a bronze plaque near the spot where his plane went down near Pacific Grove.
Raphael SemmesRaphael Semmes House on Government Street in Mobile, Alabama, listed on the National Register of Historic Places He defended both his actions at sea and the political actions of the southern states in his 1869 Memoirs of Service Afloat During The War Between the States.
Morton M. McCarverHis former home in Oregon City was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974, and a Liberty Ship built during World War II was also named in his honor.
John TonIn 2000, a community group called the Chicago/Calumet Underground Railroad Effort (C/CURE) was established to research and possibly develop the John Ton Farm site.
John A. Wilson (sculptor)In 1913, Wilson was commissioned by the North Carolina Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy to make the The Confederate Monument (Silent Sam) for the students of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who served in the war.
John Wosky Crane Flat Fire Lookout Generals' Highway Stone Bridges | Clover Creek Bridge Chinquapin, California | Chinquapin Ranger Station Wosky was born in Iowa in 1904.
Byron JanisIn 2008, Byron Janis had the great honor of being written into the Congressional Record of both the Senate and the House of Representatives, honoring him as a musician, a diplomat and an inspiration.
Hunter McGuire Dr. Hunter Holmes McGuire is immortalized by a statue by American sculptor William Couper placed on the grounds of the Virginia State Capitol in 1904, which is 2 blocks from his beloved hospital.
George S. HoustonHis governorship began a string of Democratic governors which was unbroken until H. Guy Hunt, a Republican, became governor in 1987.
Edward Rell MadiganIn 1995, Edward R. Madigan State Fish and Wildlife Area, a state park near Lincoln, was renamed in Madigan's honor.
John WayneHe kept it docked in Newport Harbor and it was listed on the U. S. National Register of Historic Places in 2011.
Ollie JohnstonIn the 1960s Ollie acquired and restored a full-size narrow-gauge Porter steam locomotive, which he named the'' Marie E.'' On May 10, 2005 it ran during a private early morning event on the Disneyland Railroad.
Jesse L. RenoA memorial marking the location of his death was erected in 1889 by IX Corps veterans on present-day Reno Monument Road in Fox's Gap at the South Mountain State Battlefield Park.
Richard Yates (politician, born 1815)In 1923 a statue of Yates by Albin Polasek was erected on the Illinois State Capitol grounds.
Charles Andrew Howell IIIDecember l2, 1984 was designated as Charles Howell III Day in Nashville, Tennessee by Mayor Richard Fulton, Historic Nashville, Inc. - For his work in saving The Customs House, North Front-Belmont University, The Ryman Auditorium, Union Station, Second Avenue Historic District.
Elizabeth KeckleyHer remains were transferred to National Harmony Memorial Park in Landover, Maryland, in 1960 when Columbian Harmony closed and the land was sold.
Margaret DixonDixon is further remembered for her work in prison reform through the Margaret Dixon Correctional Institute, which opened on April 1, 1976, in Jackson in East Feliciana Parish, halfway between Baton Rouge and the Mississippi state line.
Binod KanungoOn 2 May 2013, a statue of Binod Kanungo was installed on the premises of the Odisha State Archives.
Harriet LaneShe added a codicil in 1899 directing that a school building be constructed on the grounds of the Washington National Cathedral property and asked that it be called the Lane-Johnston Building'' to the end that the family names of my husband and myself may be associated with the bequest made in loving memory of our sons.''
Charlemagne TowerIn the interim, Reuben Tower relocated his family to Waterville, NY, purchasing a property that still stands at the intersection of West Main St (Rt 12) and Tower St. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977 as the Tower Homestead and Masonic Temple.
Frank B. KelloggHis house in St. Paul, the Frank B. Kellogg House was listed as a National Historic Landmark in 1976.
George Nakashima Nakashima's home, studio and workshop near New Hope, Pennsylvania, was listed on the U. S. National Register of Historic Places in August 2008.
Bass Reeves In 2007, the U. S. Route 62 bridge crossing the Arkansas River between Muskogee and Fort Gibson, Oklahoma was named the Bass Reeves Memorial Bridge in his honor.
Robert E. Lee, Westmoreland Countythe family seat, Lee's birthplace -RCB- -RCB-'' properties were Lee family owned -RCB- -RCB- On August 11, 1829, Brigadier General Charles Gratiot ordered Lee to Cockspur Island, Georgia ; plans were to build a fort on the marshy island which would command the outlet of the Savannah River.
Benjamin Butler (politician)Since 2004, a'' Benjamin F. Butler Society'' has met at the Hildreth family cemetery in early November to celebrate the birthday of General Butler, and to replace the American flag that flies over the cemetery.
Daniel AdamsonA former Manchester Ship Canal Company steam-powered tug-tender, Daniel Adamson (originally named Ralph Brocklebank but renamed in 1936) is being restored by The Daniel Adamson Preservation Society.
Bernard DalyThe bill was passed by both houses of the United States Congress and signed by the President of the United States on 7 October 2008, officially designating Lakeview's post office as the Doctor Bernard Daly Post Office Building.
Gary TilleryAffiliated with the Fine Art Studio of Rotblatt Amrany from its founding in 1992, Tillery has joined the studio team to create several prominent outdoor sculptures, including Luis Aparicio at U. S. Cellular Field, T. Denny Sanford at the Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and Ray Kroc and Ronald McDonald in downtown Chicago.
Isaac LuckFollowing the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, the block holding Luck's Building was designated for the new Convention Centre.
Amelia BloomerHer home at Seneca Falls, New York, known as the Amelia Bloomer House, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
John Peter Altgeld Gutzon Borglum, erected by the Illinois Legislature in -LSB- -LSB- Lincoln Park, Chicago (1915) -RSB- -RSB- Sickly since his brush with death in the Civil War, Altgeld had suffered from locomotor ataxia while governor, impairing his ability to walk.
Anna Mebus MartinIn 1986, Recorded Texas Historic Landmark 11270 was placed at the bank, acknowledging the contributions of Anna Mebus Martin and her family.
Hattie CarawayHer gravesite was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 20, 2007.