(Encyclopedia) Scott, Winfield, 1786–1866, American general, b. near Petersburg, Va.
Although vain and pompous (he was called “Old Fuss and Feathers”), Scott was also generous, fair-minded,…
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Gertrude Bell was born in England in 1868. She was the first European woman to travel in remote parts of the Middle East. She traveled, often alone, and…
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(Encyclopedia) Thanksgiving Day, national holiday in the United States commemorating the Pilgrims' celebration of the harvest reaped by the Plymouth Colony in 1621, after a winter of great starvation…
