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  2. Battle of Leybar Bridge - Wikipedia

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    Battle. The bridge of Leybar was at the time the only link between the mainland and the city of Saint-Louis. At the entrance of the bridge stood a small fortified tower, containing one cannon. On 21 April a little past 7:00 am, the Trarza army, which counted over 1,000 warriors, came in sight of the bridge.

  3. San Jacinto Monument - Wikipedia

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    The Art Deco monument is topped with a 220-ton star that commemorates the site of the Battle of San Jacinto, the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution. The monument, constructed between 1936 and 1939 and dedicated on April 21, 1939, is the world's tallest masonry column [4] and is part of the San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site. [5]

  4. USS Texas (BB-35) - Wikipedia

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    Designated NHL. 8 December 1976 [3] USS Texas (BB-35) is a museum ship in Galveston and former United States Navy New York -class battleship. She was launched on 18 May 1912 and commissioned on 12 March 1914. [4][5] Texas served in Mexican waters following the "Tampico Incident" but saw no action there, and made numerous sorties into the North ...

  5. Wilder Brigade Monument - Wikipedia

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    The Wilder Brigade Monument (also known as the Wilder Tower) is a large public monument located at the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park in Walker County, Georgia, United States. The monument, which consists of a stone watchtower, was erected to honor the Lightning Brigade (led by John T. Wilder) of the Northern Union Army 's ...

  6. Signal Hill, St. John's - Wikipedia

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    Cabot Tower on Signal Hill Map of St. John's (1869), The Harbour, fortifications Fort William and Fort Townsend. The final battle of the Seven Years' War in North America was fought in 1762 at the Battle of Signal Hill, in which the French surrendered St. John's to a British force under the command of Lieutenant Colonel William Amherst, who renamed what was then known as "The Lookout" as ...

  7. Tower of London - Wikipedia

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    The Tower of London, officially His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London, England. It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, which is separated from the eastern edge of the square mile of the City of London by the open space known as ...

  8. USS Iowa (BB-61) - Wikipedia

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    USS Iowa (BB-61) is a retired battleship, the lead ship of her class, and the fourth in the United States Navy to be named after the state of Iowa.Owing to the cancellation of the Montana-class battleships, Iowa is the last lead ship of any class of United States battleships and was the only ship of her class to serve in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II.

  9. King Alfred's Tower - Wikipedia

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    Henry Hoare II planned the tower in the 1760s to commemorate the end of the Seven Years' War against France and the accession of King George III, and it was erected near the site of Egbert's Stone, where it is believed that Alfred the Great, King of Wessex, rallied the Anglo-Saxons in 878 before the Battle of Edington. The tower was damaged by ...