Capitol Hill, District of Columbia.
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Executive Director of Market 5 Gallery and Kuumba Center at Eastern Market 1973-2008 John Harrod directed Market 5 Gallery and the Kuumba Center after Mayor Walter E. Washington started a neighborhood arts initiative in . . . 
The Presbytery of the Potomac organized the Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church on April 11, 1864 and installed its organizing pastor, the Reverend John Chester, D.D. This gothic style building was designed by Washington . . . 
[National Register Plaque:] St. Mark's Church Congregation established, 1867 Church construction begun, 1888 Listed in the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior in 1973 under . . . 
After Arkansas seceded from the Union in May 1861, Confederate officers began to recruit in the Wittsburg area. Companies B, D, F and K of the 5th Arkansas Infantry Regiment were organized at Wittsburg June 12-14, 1861. . . . 
1776 1976 Out of the past so great to build a greater future in honor and memory of the Veterans of all America's wars who by their service kept the Torch of Freedom burning this monument is dedicated by Veterans of Foreign . . . 
This blockhouse is the only building that remains of a larger fort complex, built by British-Americans in 1754-1755, to defend the upper Kennebec River Valley from possible attack by the French and their Native American . . . 
Native Americans inhabited this site at the confluence of the Kennebec and Sebasticook Rivers from at least 5000 years ago, until 1692. A pilgrim trading post was also located on this site in the 1650s. Located within Fort . . . 
Juan Corz Ermitaño y terciario franciscano natural de Señoría de Génova, Italia quien trajo de España la Imagen de la Virgen En 1620 levantó en este Cerro la primera Ermita. A perpetua memoria Guatemala, 10 Julio 2010 . . . 
To all Servicemen and Women of Poinsett County who faithfully serve their country with honor
The Franco-Americans who settled in the Central Maine area in the 19th and early 20th centuries came for the most part from Quebec counties bordering Maine, such as Beauce and Frontenac. Eventually, other immigrants from . . . 
John and Catharine Brickett settled in this area around 1816. Their original log and wood frame house was later replaced with the present house, built from locally fired clay bricks. At the time, the main route wove through . . . 
A quiet August night in a popular Forest Service campground just below Hebgen Dam. Nearby Cabin Creek murmurs softly, and the moon filters thought the pines. Abruptly, the ground trembles, then jolts...then with a roar a . . . 
El Gobierno de Mexico y la Colonia Mexicana a Guatemala 20 de Noviembre 1934 Se erigió esta Fuente en la Administración del Gral. Jorge Ubico 14 de Febrero de 1935 Gral. Matías de Galvez gobernó la Capitanía de Guatemala . . . 
Several companies were raised in Craighead County for the Confederate army. Co. I of the 13th Arkansas Infantry – the “Confederate Grays” – formed in 1861. A company of the 23rd Arkansas Infantry and Co. I of the 30th . . . 
In spring 1862, Confederate Gen. Thomas Hindman sent the C.S.S. Maurepas under Capt. Joseph Fry up the White River to destroy Union supplies at Jacksonport and Grand Glaize. Fry arrived on June 2, 1862, and began shelling . . . 
Col. Christopher C. Andrews led 231 men of the 3rd Minnesota Infantry and 8th Missouri Cavalry to Woodruff Co. on April 1, 1864, to disrupt recruiting by Confederate Gen. Dandridge McRae. Marching 12 miles north of Augusta, . . . 
Shortly after the voters of Orange County and Texas approved secession in 1861, three military companies were raised in the county for Confederate service-- The Orange Light Guard, The Orange Greys, and Hannah's Company. . . . 
Gen. J.R. West led 3,094 U.S. cavalrymen in pursuit of 4,000 Confederate horsemen under Col. T.H. McCray and Gen. J.O. Shelby on Aug. 6, 1864. The U.S. troops rode to Austin, Stony Point, Searcy, and Augusta. On Aug. 11, . . . 
Orange, Texas has a long association with the U.S.Navy. Its shipyards build 39 destroyers, 93 destroyer escorts, 106 landing craft, and numerous other vessels in World War II. Orange was home for 250 "Mothball" ships of the . . . 
