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Attracties in Dumfries
Dumfries werd opgericht als een Royal Burgh in 1186 en is een plek om de dag door te brengen, alle attracties te zien,
een plek die Robert Burns belde naar huis.
Dingen om te zien zijn, Robert Burns House Mausoleum, Rose Garden
Graf en standbeeld, Devorgilla Bridge, Old Bridge Museum, Midsteeple,
Victoria Cross ontvangers gedenkteken
Dumfries Museum & Camera Obscura
Luchtvaartmuseum, Robert Burns Center
Moat Brae Huis en Tuin
Greyfriars Church en 's werelds oudste postkantoor.
De onderstaande lijst is de attracties die op de kaart van Dumfries en Galloway zijn aangegeven
Robert Burns Hermitage
Burns Cottage
Sint-Michiels- en Zuidparochiekerk
Burns Standbeeld Dumfries
Robert Burns House
Jean Armour Standbeeld
Dumfries-museum
Obscura en museum
Robert Burns Ellisland Farm
Robert Burns Memorial Garden
Robert Burns Memorial Cairn
Wenkbrauwen
Site van Old Greyfriars Church
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Spaarbankenmuseum
Luchtvaartmuseum Dumfries & Galloway
Lieverd Abdij
Devorgilla-brug
Middentoren
Robert Burns Center
Mausoleum van Robert Burns
Burgh-kerk
Noorwegen Huis
Robert Burns Rose Garden
Dumfries Academie
Dr. Henry Duncan Standbeeld
Lochfoot-fontein
Ca' de Yowes
Robert Burns gedenksteen
Burns' Rock
Oorlogsmonument Maxwellton
Museum van het oude brughuis
3e Hertog van Queensberry Monument
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John Paul Jones Birthplace Museum
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John Paul Jones was a Revolutionary War hero known as the father of the U.S. Navy.
Born in Arbigland Kirkcudbright Scotland in 6th July 1747, John Paul joined the British Merchant Marine at the age of 13 at the age of 27 he fled to America as he murdered a sailor in self-defence on the island of Tobago. Arriving in America he added Jones to his name to hide his identity. He joined the Continental Navy and became the scourge of the British Navy, when the Continental Navy disbanded in 1787 he joined the Russian Navy. He ended his life in France and died in Paris in 1792.
His remains were eventually found in a disused cemetery in Paris and return to America. He lies at rest in a tomb inside the chapel of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.
There has been 5 US naval war ships named after John Paul Jones the last being
the USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53) built in 1991.
