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Scouts

(Encyclopedia) Scouts or Boy Scouts, organization of boys and girls 11 to 17 years old, founded (1907) in Great Britain by Sir Robert (later Lord) Baden-Powell and originally for boys only; since the…

The Red Cross & Crescent

The Question: When was the Red Crescent Society founded? The Answer: Swiss businessman Jean Henri Dunant founded what would eventually become the International…

Burton, Gary

(Encyclopedia) Burton, Gary, 1943- , American jazz vibraphone player, composer, and bandleader, b. Anderson, In. Burton is self-taught on the…

St. Patrick's Day: More Dallas than Dublin

A short history of the holiday by Borgna Brunner Related Links Irish Saints Irish Movies Quiz: Irish English Quiz: Irish Literature & Folklore Quiz Ancestry of U.S. Population by Rank…

St. Patrick's Day: More Dallas than Dublin

A short history of the holiday by Borgna Brunner Related Links Irish Saints Irish Movies Quiz: Irish English Quiz: Irish Literature & Folklore Quiz Ancestry of U.S. Population by Rank…

Henry Louis BELLMON, Congress, OK (1921-2009)

Senate Years of Service: 1969-1981Party: RepublicanBELLMON, Henry Louis, a Senator from Oklahoma; born on a farm near Tonkawa, Kay County, Okla., September 3, 1921; educated in Noble County…

Wall DOXEY, Congress, MS (1892-1962)

Senate Years of Service: 1941-1943Party: DemocratDOXEY, Wall, a Representative and a Senator from Mississippi; born in Holly Springs, Marshall County, Miss., August 8, 1892; attended the…