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Other notable contributing resources include the Endicott-Johnson Athletic Association East Branch Recreational Center (1947), St. James Roman Catholic Church Complex (1914-1950), Ash Block (c. 1901), Tacoma Block (1892, 1945), Rich Block, Dawson Block (1898-1899), Woolworths (c. 1937), Men's Quality Shop (1966), Red Robin Diner (1950, 1959 ...
The city of Southaven, Mississippi, borders Olive Branch on the west, and unincorporated areas border the city to the east and south. [ 7 ] According to the United States Census Bureau , the city of Olive Branch has a total area of 36.9 square miles (95.6 km 2 ), of which 36.7 square miles (95.0 km 2 ) is land and 0.2 square miles (0.5 km 2 ...
The Johnson City Unit is located on the south side of the city, with parking areas at the visitor center on Lady Bird Lane, and on United States Route 290 at N Street. The visitor center, located in a former hospital, provides an introduction to the park, exhibits and films about President Johnson and his wife Lady Bird. A short way north of ...
Tipton-Haynes State Historic Site, known also as Tipton-Haynes House, is a Tennessee State Historic Site located at 2620 South Roan Street in Johnson City, Tennessee.It includes a house originally built in 1784 by Colonel John Tipton, and 10 other buildings, including a smokehouse, pigsty, loom house, still house, springhouse, log barn and corncrib.
5 July – American Revolution: the Continental Congress sends the Olive Branch Petition to King George III, hoping for a reconciliation. 30 July – second voyage of James Cook : HMS Resolution (1771) anchors at Spithead , Captain Cook having completed the first eastabout global circumnavigation .
The Mountain Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers was an old soldiers' home opened in 1904 in Mountain Home, Johnson City, Tennessee.Its site has since been taken over by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, and is home to the Mountain Home National Cemetery and the James H. Quillen VA Center.
It is one of two identical arches erected in 1920 in Johnson City and in nearby Endicott, known as the Endicott Square Deal Arch. It was originally constructed by Endicott-Johnson Shoe Company employees to honor George F. Johnson (1857–1948), their highly respected employer and benefactor.
The Olive Branch Petition was adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 5, 1775, and signed on July 8, 1775 in a final attempt to avoid war between Great Britain and the Thirteen Colonies in America.