(Encyclopedia) Arlington Memorial Bridge, granite and concrete bridge across the Potomac River connecting the Lincoln Monument in Washington, D.C., with Arlington National Cemetery, N Va.; built 1926…
(Encyclopedia) Arlington National Cemetery, 420 acres (170 hectares), N Va., across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C.; est. 1864. More than 60,000 American war dead, as well as notables…
(Encyclopedia) Robinson, Edwin Arlington, 1869–1935, American poet, b. Head Tide, Maine, attended Harvard (1891–93). At his death, many critics considered Robinson the greatest poet in the United…
BELL, Theodore Arlington, a Representative from California; born in Vallejo, Solano County, Calif., July 25, 1872; moved with his parents to St. Helena, Napa County, in 1876; attended the…
HUBBELL, William Spring, a Representative from New York; born in Painted Post, Steuben County, N.Y., January 17, 1801; attended the public schools; postmaster of Bath, N.Y., in 1829; town…
(Encyclopedia) White Sulphur Springs, city (1990 pop. 2,779), Greenbrier co., SE W.Va., in the Allegheny Mts. near the Virginia border; settled c.1750. A mineral springs health resort since early…
(Encyclopedia) Santa Fe Springs, city (1990 pop. 15,520), Los Angeles co., SW Calif., inc. 1957. The city lies in an oil and natural gas region and has diversified manufacturing.
(Encyclopedia) Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), organization that seeks to upgrade moral life, especially through abstinence from alcohol. The National WCTU of the United States was founded…
Senate Years of Service: 1959-1982Party: DemocratWILLIAMS, Harrison Arlington, Jr., a Representative and a Senator from New Jersey; born in Plainfield, Union County, N.J., December 10, 1919;…
