African American Holidays: Kwanzaa, Juneteenth, Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Black History Month is observed every February in the United States. Learn about the history, traditions, and…
(Encyclopedia) Daye, Stephen, c.1594–1668, British settler in North America, considered by many to be the first printer in the English American colonies. He came to Massachusetts Bay with his family…
(Encyclopedia) Gordon, John Brown, 1832–1904, U.S. public official and Confederate general, b. Upson co., Ga. Gordon began his Civil War service as an infantry captain and so distinguished himself…
(Encyclopedia) mark, designation for the free village community that was supposed to have been the unit of primitive German social life. According to a theory formulated in the 19th cent. by Georg…
(Encyclopedia) Lundy, Benjamin, 1789–1839, American abolitionist, b. Sussex co., N.J., of Quaker parentage. A pioneer in the antislavery movement, Lundy founded (1815) the Union Humane Society while…
(Encyclopedia) Lee, William Henry Fitzhugh, known as Rooney Lee, 1837–91, Confederate cavalry general in the American Civil War, b. Arlington House, near Alexandria, Va.; son of Robert E. Lee. He…
WILLARD, Charles Wesley, a Representative from Vermont; born in Lyndon, Caledonia County, Vt., June 18, 1827; was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1851; studied law; was…
MAGNUSON, Donald Hammer, a Representative from Washington; born on a farm near Freeman, Spokane County, Wash., March 7, 1911; attended the public schools and Spokane University, 1926-1928; was…
(Encyclopedia) Hernández, JoséHernández, Joséhōsāˈ ārnänˈdĕs [key], 1834–86, Argentine poet, journalist, and soldier. Hernández lived in the pampas as a child. He was the author of the national…
OLSON, Alec Gehard, a Representative from Minnesota; born in Mamre Township, Kandiyohi County, Minn., September 11, 1930; attended the public schools and graduated from Willmar High School in…
