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Carbondale
(Encyclopedia)Carbondale. 1 City (2020 pop. 21,857), Jackson co., S Ill.; inc. 1869. It is a railroad division point and the retail center of a coal-mining and ...midsummer day and midsummer night
(Encyclopedia)midsummer day and midsummer night, names given to the feast of the nativity of St. John the Baptist (June 24) and the preceding night (St. John's Eve, June 23). Because midsummer is about the time of ...Saint Bartholomew's Day, massacre of
(Encyclopedia)Saint Bartholomew's Day, massacre of, murder of French Protestants, or Huguenots, that began in Paris on Aug. 24, 1572. It was preceded, on Aug. 22, by an attempt, ordered by Catherine de' Medici, on ...John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway
(Encyclopedia)John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway, Wyo.: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial
(Encyclopedia)Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial
(Encyclopedia)Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
(Encyclopedia)Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences: see Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel under Nobel Prize. ...Urgench , ancient city, present-day Turkmenistan
(Encyclopedia)Urgench o͝orgyĕnchˈ [key], ancient city of central Asia, on the site of present-day Kunya-Urgench (Köhne Ürgenç), in Turkmenistan. It lies c.85 mi (140 km) NW of modern Urganch, Uzbekistan. A ma...Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
(Encyclopedia)Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial, 28 acres (11 hectares), NE Va., in Arlington National Cemetery; est. 1955. Formerly called the Custis-Lee Mansion, it is a memorial to the Confederate Gene...Logan, John Alexander
(Encyclopedia)Logan, John Alexander, 1826–86, American politician, Union general in the Civil War, b. Murphysboro, Ill. He fought in the Mexican War and practiced law in Illinois. A Democrat who supported Stephen...Browse by Subject
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