Group    From 1889 

Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities

Categories: Community / Clubs

Countries: USA

The United States' first statewide historic preservation group. In 2009, it shortened its name to Preservation Virginia. Owns sites across Virginia including Historic Jamestowne, located at Jamestown, Virginia, site of the first permanent English settlement in North America.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities

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Virginia Settlers Memorial

This voyage took place 16 years before the Mayflower. The memorial has a his...

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London Society of East Anglians

London Society of East Anglians

Apart from erecting the Liverpool Street Station memorial and commissioning the design of this flag in 1903 or 1905 we can't discover what this society has done, or what it's for.

Group, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
Masonic Lodge of Harmony 255

Masonic Lodge of Harmony 255

Depending on different sources, it is the oldest, or second oldest lodge in the Craft Province of Masonry.

Group, Community / Clubs

2 memorials
Cy Grant Trust

Cy Grant Trust

A Facebook group remembering the performer Cy Grant.

Group, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
Mog Murphy

Mog Murphy

Eccentric landlady of the Turk's Head Wapping during WW2 - stayed open all hours for service personnel seeking news of their loved ones.

Person, Commerce, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
Baker Street Irregulars

Baker Street Irregulars

The Baker Street Irregulars is a literary society dedicated to the study of Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and the Victorian world.  It is the oldest existing Sherlockian soci...

Group, Community / Clubs, History, Literature

2 memorials