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David McKee HALL, Congress, NC (1918-1960)

HALL, David McKee, a Representative from North Carolina; born in Sylva, Jackson County, N.C., May 16, 1918; attended the public schools in Jackson County, N.C.; special student at the…

Seven Days battles

(Encyclopedia) Seven Days battles, in the American Civil War, the week-long Confederate counter-offensive (June 26–July 2, 1862) near Richmond, Va., that ended the Peninsular campaign. After the…

Liberty Day: U.S. Virgin Islands

Celebrating the life and work of David Hamilton Jackson by Liz Olson Held as a public holiday in the U.S. Virgin Islands annually on 1 November, Liberty Day commemorates David…

2007 Academy Awards

The 2007 Academy Awards were presented February 24, 2008, at the Kodak Theatre. Best Picture Atonement…

Reed, James Alexander

(Encyclopedia) Reed, James Alexander, 1861–1944, American political leader, b. near Mansfield, Ohio. He moved to Iowa and was admitted (1885) to the bar, practicing there and later in Missouri. He…

Tazewell, Littleton Walter

(Encyclopedia) Tazewell, Littleton WalterTazewell, Littleton Waltertăzˈwəl [key], 1774–1860, American politcal leader, b. Williamsburg, Va., grad. College of William and Mary, 1792. He was admitted (…

Ewing, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Ewing, Thomas, 1789–1871, American statesman, b. Ohio co., Va. (now W.Va.). He represented Ohio in the U.S. Senate (1831–37) and supported Henry Clay in the Whig fight against the…

Tufts University

(Encyclopedia) Tufts University, main campus at Medford, Mass.; coeducational; chartered 1852 by Universalists as a college for men. It became a university in 1955. Jackson College, formerly a…

Gallatin, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Gallatin, city (2020 pop. 44,431), seat of Sumner co., N central Tenn., near Nashville; inc. 1815. It is a livestock and agricultural…