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TheUnited States of America is afederal republic of 50states,a federal district and 14territories. It is located mostly in centralNorth America. The U.S. has three land borders, two withCanada and one withMexico, and has sea borders withCuba,the Bahamas, theDominican Republic,Bermuda andRussia, and is otherwise bounded by thePacific Ocean, theBering Sea, theArctic Ocean and theAtlantic Ocean. Of the 50 states, onlyAlaska andHawaii are not contiguous with any other state. The U.S. also has a collection ofdistricts, territories, and possessions in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean. Each state has a high level of autonomy according to the system of federalism. The U.S. traces its national origin to thedeclaration by 13 British colonies in1776 that they were one free and independent state. They were recognized as such by theTreaty of Paris in 1783. Since then, the nation has grown to become asuperpower and exerts a high level of economic, political, military, and cultural influence.

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Marcus Alonzo Hanna (September 24, 1837 – February 15, 1904) was an American businessman andRepublican politician who served as aUnited States Senator from Ohio as well as chairman of theRepublican National Committee. A friend and political ally of PresidentWilliam McKinley, Hanna used his wealth and business skills to successfully manage McKinley's presidential campaignsin 1896 andin 1900.

Hanna was born in New Lisbon (todayLisbon), Ohio, in 1837. His family moved to the growing city ofCleveland in his teenage years, where he attended high school withJohn D. Rockefeller, who became a lifelong friend. He was expelled from college, and entered the family mercantile business. He served briefly during theAmerican Civil War and married Charlotte Rhodes. Her father, Daniel Rhodes, took Hanna into his business after the war. Hanna was soon a partner in the firm, which grew to have interests in many areas, especially coal and iron. He was a millionaire by his 40th birthday, and turned his attention to politics. (Full article...)
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Cover of the April–May 1939 issue; artwork byNorman Saunders

Marvel Science Stories was an Americanpulp magazine that ran for a total of fifteen issues in two separate runs, both edited by Robert O. Erisman. The publisher for the first run was Postal Publications, and the second run was published by Western Publishing; both companies were owned by Abraham andMartin Goodman. The first issue was dated August 1938, and carried stories with more sexual content than was usual for the genre, including several stories byHenry Kuttner, under his own name and also underpseudonyms. Reaction was generally negative, with one reader referring to Kuttner's story "The Time Trap" as "trash". This was the first of several titles featuring the word "Marvel", andMarvel Comics came from the same stable in the following year.

The magazine was canceled after the April 1941 issue, but when a boom inscience fiction magazines began in 1950, the publishers revived it. The first issue of the new series was dated November 1950; a further six issues appeared, the last dated May 1952. In addition to Kuttner, contributors to the first run includedArthur J. Burks andJack Williamson; the second run published stories byArthur C. Clarke,Isaac Asimov,Jack Vance, andL. Sprague de Camp, among others. In the opinion ofscience fiction historian Joseph Marchesani, the quality of the second incarnation of the magazine was superior to the first, but it was unable to compete with the new higher-quality magazines that had appeared in the interim. (Full article...)
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William McKinley (January 29, 1843 – September 14, 1901) was the 25thpresident of the United States, serving from 1897 untilhis assassination in 1901. A member of theRepublican Party, he led a realignment that made Republicanslargely dominant in the industrial states and nationwide for decades. McKinley successfully led the U.S. in theSpanish–American War and oversaw a period ofAmerican expansionism, with the annexations ofHawaii,Puerto Rico,Guam, thePhilippines, andAmerican Samoa.

McKinley was the last president to have served in theAmerican Civil War; he was the only one to begin his service as anenlisted man and end it as abrevet major. After the war, he settled inCanton, Ohio, where he practiced law and marriedIda Saxton. In 1876, McKinley was elected to Congress, where he became the Republican expert on theprotective tariff, believingprotectionism would bring prosperity. His 1890McKinley Tariff was highly controversial and, together with aDemocratic redistricting aimed atgerrymandering him out of office, led to his defeat in theDemocratic landslide of 1890. He was electedgovernor of Ohio in 1891 and 1893, steering a moderate course between capital and labor interests. (Full article...)
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Jennings in 2002

Peter Charles Archibald Ewart JenningsCM (July 29, 1938 – August 7, 2005) was a Canadian and American television journalist. He was best known for serving as the sole anchor ofABC World News Tonight from 1983 until his death fromlung cancer in 2005. Despite dropping out of high school, Jennings transformed himself into one of American television's most prominent journalists.

Jennings started his career early, hosting a Canadian radio show at age 9. He began his professional career withCJOH-TV inOttawa during its early years, anchoring the local newscasts and hosting the teen dance showSaturday Date on Saturdays and then co-anchoring theCTV Television Network's national newscast. In 1965,ABC News tapped him to anchor its flagship evening news program. Critics and others in the television news business attacked his inexperience, making his job difficult. He became a foreign correspondent in 1968, reporting from theMiddle East. (Full article...)
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TheAmerican goldfinch (Spinus tristis) is a small North Americanbird in thefinch family. It ismigratory, ranging from mid-Alberta toNorth Carolina during thebreeding season, and from just south of theCanada–United States border to Mexico during the winter.

The only finch in itssubfamily to undergo a completemolt, the American goldfinch displayssexual dichromatism: the male is a vibrantyellow in the summer and anolive color during the winter, while the female is a dull yellow-brown shade which brightens only slightly during the summer. The male displays brightly coloredplumage during the breeding season to attract a mate. (Full article...)
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A "Sieger cover"
In June 1972, a scandal involving the crew ofNASA'sApollo 15 became publicly known. The crew—David Scott,Alfred Worden, andJames Irwin—had carried about 400 unauthorizedpostal covers (stamped and postmarked envelopes) into space and to theMoon's surface on theLunar ModuleFalcon. Some of the envelopes were sold at high prices byWest German stamp dealer Hermann Sieger, and are known as "Sieger covers". Scott, Worden, and Irwin all agreed to take payments for carrying the covers. Although they returned the money, they were reprimanded by NASA. Amid much press coverage of the incident, the astronauts were called before a closed session of aSenate committee and never flew in space again.

The three astronauts and an acquaintance, Horst Eiermann, had agreed to have the covers made and taken into space. Each astronaut was to receive aboutUS$7,000 (equivalent to $52,620 in 2024). Scott arranged to have the covers postmarked on the morning of the Apollo 15 launch on July 26, 1971. They were packaged for space and brought to him as he prepared for liftoff; he brought them aboard in a pocket of hisspace suit. They were not included on the list of the personal items he was taking into space. The covers spent July 30 to August 2 on the Moon insideFalcon. On August 7, the date ofsplashdown, the covers were postmarked again on the recovery carrierUSS Okinawa. One hundred were sent to Eiermann (and passed on to Sieger); the remaining covers were divided among the astronauts. (Full article...)
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Dead soldiers from the Japanese 16th and 29th Infantry Regiments and American 7th Marines cover the battlefield after the failed assaults on 25–26 October.

TheBattle for Henderson Field, also known as theBattle of Guadalcanal orBattle of Lunga Point by the Japanese, took place from 23 to 26 October 1942 on and aroundGuadalcanal in theSolomon Islands. The battle was a land, sea, and air battle of thePacific campaign ofWorld War II and was fought between the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy and Allied forces, mainly U.S. Marines and Army. The battle was the last of three major land offensives conducted by the Japanese during theGuadalcanal campaign.

In the battle, U.S. Marine and Army forces repulsed an attack by theJapanese 17th Army under the command of Lieutenant GeneralHarukichi Hyakutake.
The American forces were defending the Lunga perimeter that guardedHenderson Field on Guadalcanal, which the Allies had captured from the Japanese in landings on Guadalcanal on 7 August 1942. Hyakutake's force was sent to Guadalcanal in response to the Allied landings with the mission of recapturing the airfield and driving the Allied forces off the island. His soldiers conducted numerous assaults over three days at various locations around the Lunga perimeter, all repulsed with heavy Japanese losses. At the same time, Allied aircraft operating from Henderson Field successfully defended American positions on Guadalcanal from attacks by Japanese naval air and sea forces. (Full article...)
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The2006 UAW-Ford 500 was a stock car race that took place on October 8, 2006. The 38th annual running of theevent, it was held atTalladega Superspeedway inTalladega, Alabama, before 160,000 spectators; the 188-lap race was the 30th in the2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series and the fourth in the ten-race, season-endingChase for the Nextel Cup.Brian Vickers ofHendrick Motorsports won the race;Kasey Kahne finished second, andKurt Busch came in third.

David Gilliland, who had thepole position, was passed immediately by teammateDale Jarrett. The race lead changed 63 times, withDale Earnhardt Jr. leading for the most laps (37). Earnhardt was leading on the final lap when he andJimmie Johnson crashed after Vickers made contact with Johnson's right rearquarter panel, causing the race to end under caution flag conditions. Vickers (Johnson's teammate) was determined the race winner byNASCAR and was later criticized since the crash lowered Johnson in the points standings. (Full article...)
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A Red Line train at Portland International Airport

TheMAX Red Line is alight rail line serving thePortland metropolitan area in theU.S. state ofOregon. Operated byTriMet as part ofMAX Light Rail, it is anairport rail link connectingHillsboro,Beaverton,Portland City Center, andNortheast Portland toPortland International Airport. The Red Line serves 36 stations; it shares its route with theBlue Line and partially with theGreen Line fromHillsboro Airport/Fairgrounds station toGateway Transit Center and thenbranches off toPortland Airport station. Service runs for 22 hours per day withheadways of up to 15 minutes. The Red Line carried an average 17,390 passengers per weekday in September 2024, the second busiest after the Blue Line.

Plans for light rail service to Portland International Airport surfaced in the 1980s, and efforts were accelerated during the airport's expansion in the 1990s. TheAirport MAX project was conceived from an unsolicited proposal byBechtel in 1997, and it was designed and built under apublic–private partnership between aconsortium of Bechtel andTrammell Crow, thePort of Portland, and local governments. Construction of the four-station, 5.5-mile (8.9 km) branch line began in 1999 and was completed in under two years due to the use of local and private financing and existing publicright-of-way. (Full article...)
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TheHawaii Sesquicentennial half dollar was struck in 1928 by theUnited States Bureau of the Mint in honor of the 150th anniversary of CaptainJames Cook's landing inHawaii, thefirst European to reach there. The coin depicts Captain Cook on theobverse and aHawaiian chieftain on the reverse. Only 10,000 were struck for the public, making the coin rare and valuable.

In 1927, thelegislature of theTerritory of Hawaii passed a resolution calling on theU.S. government to produce a commemorative coin for the 150th anniversary of Cook's arrival in Hawaii. Treasury SecretaryAndrew Mellon thought the occasion important enough that, unusually for him, he did not oppose such an issue. The bill for the Hawaii half dollar passed throughCongress without opposition or amendment, and became the Act of March 7, 1928 with the signature of PresidentCalvin Coolidge. (Full article...)
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The2000 Sugar Bowl was the designatedBowl Championship Series (BCS)National Championship Game for the1999 NCAA Division I-A football season and was played on January 4, 2000, at theLouisiana Superdome inNew Orleans, Louisiana, United States. TheFlorida State Seminoles, representing theAtlantic Coast Conference, defeated theVirginia Tech Hokies, representing theBig East Conference, by a score of 46–29. With the win, Florida State clinched the 1999 BCS nationalchampionship, the team's second national championship in its history.

An estimated total of 79,280 people attended the game in person, while approximately 18.4 million US viewers watched the game onABC television. The resulting 17.5 television rating was the third-largest ever recorded for a BCS college football game. Tickets were in high demand for the game, with tens of thousands of fans from both teams attending, many usingscalped tickets to gain entry. (Full article...)
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Marines take cover behind anM4 Sherman tank while clearing Japanese forces in northern Saipan, 8 July 1944.

TheBattle of Saipan was anamphibious assault launched by theUnited States against theEmpire of Japan during thePacific campaign ofWorld War II between 15 June and 9 July 1944. The initial invasion triggered theBattle of the Philippine Sea, which effectively destroyed Japanesecarrier-based airpower, and the battle resulted in the American capture of the island. Its occupation put the major cities of theJapanese home islands within the range ofB-29 bombers, making them vulnerable tostrategic bombing by theUnited States Army Air Forces. It also precipitated the resignation ofHideki Tōjō, theprime minister of Japan.

Saipan was the first objective inOperation Forager, the campaign to occupy theMariana Islands that got underway at the same time theAllies were invading France inOperation Overlord. After a two-day naval bombardment, the U.S.2nd Marine Division,4th Marine Division, and the Army's27th Infantry Division, commanded by Lieutenant GeneralHolland Smith, landed on the island and defeated the43rd Infantry Division of theImperial Japanese Army, commanded by Lieutenant GeneralYoshitsugu Saitō. Organized resistance ended when at least 3,000 Japanese soldiers died in a massgyokusai attack, and afterward about 1,000 civilians committed suicide. (Full article...)
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1887 illustration of Union ships bombarding the Confederate positions at Grand Gulf

TheBattle of Grand Gulf was fought on April 29, 1863, during theAmerican Civil War.Union Army forces commanded byMajor General Ulysses S. Grant had failed several times to bypass or capture theConfederate-held city ofVicksburg, Mississippi, during theVicksburg campaign. Grant decided to move his army south of Vicksburg, cross theMississippi River, and then advance on the city. AConfederate Army division underBrigadier General John S. Bowen prepared defenses—Forts Wade and Cobun—atGrand Gulf, Mississippi, south of Vicksburg. To clear the way for a Union crossing, sevenUnion Navy ironclad warships from theMississippi Squadron commanded byAdmiral David Dixon Porter bombarded the Confederate defenses at Grand Gulf on April 29. Union fire silenced Fort Wade and killed its commander, but the overall Confederate position held. Grant decided to cross the river elsewhere.

The next day, Union forces crossed the river atBruinsburg, Mississippi. A Union victory in theBattle of Port Gibson on May 1 secured the beachhead and forced the abandonment of the position at Grand Gulf, which became a Union supply point. Grant's command moved inland, and after defeating Confederate forces in theBattle of Champion Hill on May 16, began theSiege of Vicksburg two days later. Vicksburg surrendered on July 4, marking a major Confederate defeat and a turning point in the war. The Grand Gulf battlefield is preserved inGrand Gulf Military State Park, which was listed on theNational Register of Historic Places in 1972. (Full article...)
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The home plate entrance

Riders Field, formerly known asDr Pepper/Seven Up Ballpark andDr Pepper Ballpark, is abaseball park inFrisco, Texas, United States. The home of theDouble-A Frisco RoughRiders of theTexas League, it opened on April 3, 2003, and can seat up to 10,216 people. Though primarily a venue forMinor League Baseball games, the facility also hosts high school and college baseball tournaments, and other public and private events throughout the year. It has been the site of three Texas League All-Star Games.

Since its opening, Riders Field has won awards and garnered praise for its unique design, feel, and numerous amenities. In his design, park architectDavid M. Schwarz desired the creation of a village-like "park within a (ball)park". The stadium received the 2003Texas Construction Award for Best Architectural Design. (Full article...)
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George Andrew Davis Jr. (December 1, 1920 – February 10, 1952) was a highly decoratedfighter pilot andflying ace of theUnited States Army Air Forces inWorld War II, and later of theUnited States Air Force during theKorean War. He waskilled in action during a combat mission innorthwestern Korea, in an area nicknamed "MiG Alley". For his actions during the Korean War, Davis was posthumously awarded theMedal of Honor and promoted frommajor tolieutenant colonel.

Born inDublin, Texas, Davis joined theUnited States Army Air Corps in early 1942. He was sent to thePacific Theater after pilot training and flew in theNew Guinea andPhilippine campaigns, scoring seven victories overJapanese aircraft. He quickly gained a reputation as a skilled pilot and accurate gunner whose "daredevil" flying style contrasted with his reserved personality. (Full article...)
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Jasper Forest at Petrified Forest NP

Petrified Forest National Park is anational park of the United States inNavajo andApache counties in northeasternArizona. Named for its large deposits ofpetrified wood, the park covers about 346 square miles (900 square kilometers), encompassing semi-desert shrubsteppe as well as highly eroded and colorfulbadlands. The park's headquarters is about 26 miles (42 km) east ofHolbrook alongInterstate 40 (I-40), which parallels theBNSF Railway'sSouthern Transcon, thePuerco River, and historicU.S. Route 66, all crossing the park roughly east–west. The site, the northern part of which extends into thePainted Desert, was declared anational monument in 1906 and a national park in 1962. The park received 644,922 recreational visitors in 2018.

Averaging about 5,400 feet (1,600 m) in elevation, the park has a dry windy climate with temperatures that vary from summer highs of about 100 °F (38 °C) to winter lows well below freezing. More than 400 species of plants, dominated by grasses such asbunchgrass, blue grama, andsacaton, are found in the park. Fauna include larger animals such aspronghorns,coyotes, andbobcats; many smaller animals, such asdeer mice, snakes, lizards, and seven kinds ofamphibians; and more than 200 species of birds, some of which are permanent residents and many of which aremigratory. About one third of the park is designatedwilderness—50,260 acres (79 sq mi; 203 km²). (Full article...)
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The Felix M. Warburg House in 2019

TheFelix M. Warburg House is amansion at 1109Fifth Avenue on theUpper East Side ofManhattan inNew York City. The house was built from 1907 to 1908 for the German-American Jewish financierFelix M. Warburg and his family. After Warburg's death in 1937, his widow sold the mansion to a real estate developer. When plans to replace the mansion with luxury apartments fell through, ownership of the housereverted to the Warburgs, who then donated it in 1944 to theJewish Theological Seminary of America. In 1947, the Seminary opened theJewish Museum of New York in the mansion. The house was named aNew York City designated landmark in 1981 and was added to theNational Register of Historic Places in 1982.

The mansion was designed in theChâteauesque style byC. P. H. Gilbert and retains its originalfacade, characterized byFrench Gothic details around the windows and on theroof line. In 1993,Kevin Roche constructed an annex to the house in Gilbert's style built with stone from the same quarry that supplied the original mansion, replacing an extension built in 1963. The interior of the Warburg House, wholly occupied by the Jewish Museum, has a total floor space of 82,000 square feet (7,600 m²). Critical reviews of the original house's architecture have generally been positive, while the extensions, from 1963 and 1993, have had mixed receptions. (Full article...)
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Thehistory of American football can be traced to early versions ofrugby football andassociation football. Both games have their origin in multiple varieties offootball played in the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century, in which afootball is kicked at agoal or kicked over a line, which in turn were based on the varieties ofEnglish public school football games descending from medieval ball games.

American football resulted from several major divergences from association football and rugby football. Most notably the rule changes were instituted byWalter Camp, aYale University athlete and coach who is considered to be the "Father of American Football". Among these important changes were the introduction of thehike spot, ofdown-and-distance rules, and of the legalization offorward pass andblocking. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, gameplay developments by college coaches such asEddie Cochems,Amos Alonzo Stagg,Parke H. Davis,Knute Rockne, andGlenn "Pop" Warner helped take advantage of the newly introducedforward pass. The popularity ofcollege football grew as it became the dominant version of the sport in the United States for the first half of the 20th century.Bowl games, a college football tradition, attracted a national audience for college teams. Boosted by fiercerivalries and colorful traditions, college football still holds widespread appeal in the United States (Full article...)
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TheLouisiana Purchase Exposition gold dollar is acommemorative coin issue dated 1903. Struck in two varieties, the coins were designed byUnited States Bureau of the Mint Chief EngraverCharles E. Barber. The pieces were issued to commemorate theLouisiana Purchase Exposition held in 1904 in St. Louis; one variety depicted former presidentThomas Jefferson, and the other, therecently assassinated presidentWilliam McKinley. Although not thefirst American commemorative coins, they were the first in gold.

Promoters of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, originally scheduled to open in 1903, sought a commemorative coin for fundraising purposes. Congress authorized an issue in 1902, and exposition authorities, including numismatic promoterFarran Zerbe, sought to have the coin issued with two designs, to aid sales. The price for each variety was $3, the same cost whether sold as a coin, or mounted in jewelry or on a spoon. (Full article...)
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U.S. Route 491 (US 491) is a north–southU.S. Highway serving theFour Corners region of the United States. It was created in 2003 as a renumbering ofU.S. Route 666 (US 666). With the US 666 designation, the road was nicknamed the "Devil's Highway" because of the significance of the number666 to manyChristian denominations as theNumber of the Beast. ThisSatanic connotation, combined with a high fatality rate along the New Mexico portion, convinced some people the highway was cursed. The problem was compounded by persistentsign theft. These factors led to two efforts to renumber the highway, first by officials inArizona, then by those inNew Mexico. There have been safety improvement projects since the renumbering, and fatality rates have subsequently decreased.

The highway, now a spur route ofUS 91 via its connection toUS 191, runs throughNew Mexico,Colorado andUtah, as well as the tribal nations of theNavajo Nation andUte Mountain Ute Tribe. The highway passes by two mountains considered sacred by Native Americans:Ute Mountain and an extinct volcanic core namedShiprock. Other features along the route includeMesa Verde National Park andDove Creek, Colorado, the self-proclaimed pinto-bean capital of the world. (Full article...)
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MacArthur in 1945

Douglas MacArthur (26 January 1880 – 5 April 1964) was an American general who served as a top commander duringWorld War II and theKorean War, achieving the rank ofGeneral of the Army. He served with distinction inWorld War I; aschief of staff of the United States Army from 1930 to 1935; as Supreme Commander,Southwest Pacific Area, from 1942 to 1945; asSupreme Commander for the Allied Powers overseeing theoccupation of Japan from 1945 to 1951; and as head of theUnited Nations Command in the Korean War from 1950 to 1951. MacArthur was nominated for theMedal of Honor three times, and awarded it for his WWII service in the Philippines. He is one of only five people to hold the rank of General of the Army, and the only person to hold the rank ofField Marshal in thePhilippine Army.

MacArthur, a son of Medal of Honor recipientArthur MacArthur Jr., graduatedfirst in his class from theU.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1903. During the 1914U.S. occupation of Veracruz, he conducted areconnaissance mission for which he was nominated for the Medal of Honor. In 1917, he was promoted from major to colonel and became chief of staff of the42nd (Rainbow) Division. On theWestern Front during World War I, he rose to the rank of brigadier general, was again nominated for a Medal of Honor, and was awarded theDistinguished Service Cross twice and theSilver Star seven times. From 1919 to 1922, MacArthur served asSuperintendent of the U.S. Military Academy. His next posting was in the Philippines, where in 1924 he was instrumental in quelling thePhilippine Scout Mutiny. In 1925, MacArthur became the Army's youngest major general at the age of 45, and in 1930 was appointed Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army. He was involved in the controversial expulsion of theBonus Army protesters in Washington, D.C., in 1932, and organized theCivilian Conservation Corps. In 1935, MacArthur was appointedMilitary Advisor to the Commonwealth of the Philippines. He retired from the Army in 1937, but continued as an advisor and as a Field Marshal in the Philippine Army from 1936. (Full article...)
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TheAnbar campaign consisted of fighting between theUnited States military, together withIraqi security forces, andSunni insurgents in the westernIraqi governorate ofAl Anbar. TheIraq War lasted from 2003 to 2011, but the majority of the fighting andcounterinsurgency campaign in Anbar took place between April 2004 and September 2007. Although the fighting initially featured heavyurban warfare primarily between insurgents andU.S. Marines, insurgents in later years focused on ambushing the American and Iraqi security forces withimprovised explosive devices (IEDs), large scale attacks on combat outposts, and car bombings. Almost 9,000 Iraqis and 1,335 Americans were killed in the campaign, many in the Euphrates River Valley and theSunni Triangle around the cities ofFallujah andRamadi.

Al Anbar, the onlySunni-dominated province in Iraq, saw little fighting in the initialinvasion. Following the fall ofBaghdad it was occupied by theU.S. Army's82nd Airborne Division. Violence began on 28 April 2003 when 17 Iraqiswere killed in Fallujah by U.S. soldiers during ananti-American demonstration. In early 2004 the U.S. Army relinquished command of the governorate to the Marines. By April 2004 the governorate was in full-scale revolt. Savage fighting occurred in both Fallujah and Ramadi by the end of 2004, including theSecond Battle of Fallujah. Violence escalated throughout 2005 and 2006 as the two sides struggled to secure the WesternEuphrates River Valley. During this time,Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) became the governorate's main Sunni insurgent group and turned the provincial capital of Ramadi into its stronghold. The Marine Corps issuedan intelligence report in late 2006 declaring that the governorate would be lost without a significant additional commitment of troops. (Full article...)
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Freedom for the Thought That We Hate: A Biography of the First Amendment is a 2007 non-fiction book by journalistAnthony Lewis aboutfreedom of speech,freedom of the press,freedom of thought, and theFirst Amendment to the United States Constitution. The book starts by quoting the First Amendment, which prohibits the U.S. Congress from creating legislation which limits free speech or freedom of the press. Lewis traces the evolution of civil liberties in the U.S. through key historical events. He provides an overview of important free speechcase law, includingU.S. Supreme Court opinions inSchenck v. United States (1919),Whitney v. California (1927),United States v. Schwimmer (1929),New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964), andNew York Times Co. v. United States (1971).

The title of the book is drawn from thedissenting opinion bySupreme Court Associate Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. inUnited States v. Schwimmer. Holmes wrote that "if there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other, it is the principle of free thought—not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought that we hate." Lewis warns the reader against the potential for government to take advantage of periods of fear and upheaval in apost-9/11 society to suppress freedom of speech and criticism by citizens. (Full article...)
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Intersection of Routes11 and277 in the center of town

Stephens City (/ˈstiːvənz/STEE-vənz) is anincorporated town in the southern part ofFrederick County, Virginia, United States, with a population of 2,016 at the time of the2020 census, and an estimated population of 2,096 in 2022. Founded byPeter Stephens in the 1730s, the colonial town was chartered and named for Lewis Stephens (Peter's only son) in October 1758. It was originally settled by GermanProtestants fromHeidelberg.

Stephens City is the second-oldest municipality in theShenandoah Valley after nearbyWinchester, which is about 5 mi (8 km) to the north. "Crossroads", the firstfree black community in the Valley in the pre-Civil War years, was founded east of town in the 1850s. Crossroads remained until the beginning of the Civil War when the freed African Americans either escaped or were recaptured. Stephens City was saved from intentional burning in 1864 byUnion Major Joseph K. Stearns. The town has gone through several name changes in its history, starting as "Stephensburg", then "Newtown", and finally winding up as "Stephens City", though it nearly became "Pantops".Interstate 81 andU.S. Route 11 pass close to and through the town, respectively. (Full article...)
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Bush in 1938

Vannevar Bush (/væˈniːvɑːr/van-NEE-var; March 11, 1890 – June 28, 1974) was an Americanengineer,inventor and science administrator, who duringWorld War II headed the U.S.Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD), through which almost all wartime militaryR&D was carried out, including important developments inradar and the initiation and early administration of theManhattan Project. He emphasized the importance of scientific research to national security and economic well-being, and was chiefly responsible for the movement that led to the creation of theNational Science Foundation.

Bush joined the Department of Electrical Engineering atMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1919, and founded the company that becameRaytheon in 1922. Bush became vice president of MIT and dean of theMIT School of Engineering in 1932, and president of theCarnegie Institution of Washington in 1938. (Full article...)

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Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. (/ˈroʊzəvɛlt/; October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), also known asT.R., and to the public (but never to friends and intimates) asTeddy, was the twenty-sixthPresident of the United States, and a leader of theRepublican Party and of theProgressive Movement. He became President of the United States at the age of 42. He served in many roles includingGovernor of New York, historian, naturalist, explorer, author, and soldier. Roosevelt is most famous for his personality: his energy, his vast range of interests and achievements, his model of masculinity, and his "cowboy" persona. Roosevelt prided himself on being a rough and tumbled man. This was partly because as a child he suffered from sever asthma. As he outgrew his ailments he took on masculine challenges such as boxing, wrestling, and of course, his favorite pastime, hunting. His last name, often mispronounced, is, per Roosevelt, "pronounced as if it were spelled "Rosavelt"— in three syllables, the first syllable as "Rose."

AsAssistant Secretary of the Navy, Roosevelt prepared for and advocated war with Spain in 1898. He organized and helped command the1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, theRough Riders, during theSpanish–American War. Returning to New York as a war hero, he was elected Republican governor in 1899. He was a professional historian, a lawyer, a naturalist and explorer of theAmazon basin; his 35 books include works on outdoor life, natural history, the American frontier, political history, naval history, and his autobiography.

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Franklin Pierce
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Franklin Pierce (November 23, 1804 – October 8, 1869) was the 14thpresident of the United States (1853–1857), a northernDemocrat who saw theabolitionist movement as a fundamental threat to the unity of the nation. He alienated anti-slavery groups by supporting and signing theKansas–Nebraska Act and enforcing theFugitive Slave Act, yet these efforts failed to stem conflict between North and South. The South eventuallyseceded and theAmerican Civil War began in 1861. Historians and scholarsgenerally rank Pierce as one of the worst and least memorable U.S. presidents.
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Thehalf eagle is aUnited States coin that was produced for circulation from 1795 to 1929 and in commemorative and bullion coins since the 1980s. Composed almost entirely of gold, it has a face value of fivedollars. It was the first gold coin to be minted by the United States, its production being authorized by theCoinage Act of 1792. The design and composition of the half eagle changed many times over the years, but this version was designed by John Reich and produced from 1813 to 1834. The obverse design depicts a round-capped portrait ofLiberty facing to the left, and the reverse depicts a modified eagle. This type differs from its predecessor by Liberty having a larger head and a reduced bustline.

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Howell Cobb (September 7, 1815 – October 9, 1868) was an American politician and five-term member of theUnited States House of Representatives who served asSpeaker of the House from 1849 to 1851. He also served as the 40thgovernor of Georgia from 1851 to 1853, and asSecretary of the Treasury under PresidentJames Buchanan from 1857 to 1860. Cobb is probably best known as one of the founders of theConfederacy, having served as president of theProvisional Congress of the Confederate States. Thisline engraving of Cobb was produced around 1902 by theDepartment of the Treasury'sBureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) as part of aBEP presentation album of the first 42 secretaries of the treasury.
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Ansel Adams
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Ansel Adams (February 20, 1902 – April 22, 1984) was an American landscape photographer and environmentalist, known for his black-and-white images of theAmerican West. As a child, he visitedYosemite National Park with his family and was given his first camera. He was later tasked by theUnited States Department of the Interior to take photographs of national parks. For this work, and for his persistent advocacy, which helped expand the National Park system, he was awarded thePresidential Medal of Freedom in 1980.
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Vivian Malone enteringFoster Auditorium on June 11, 1963, to register for classes at theUniversity of Alabama through a crowd that includes photographers,National Guard members, and Deputy U.S. Attorney GeneralNicholas Katzenbach. During theStand in the Schoolhouse Door,George Wallace, theDemocratic Governor of Alabama, stood at the door of the auditorium to try to block the entry of two black students, Malone andJames Hood. Intended by Wallace as a symbolic attempt to keep his inaugural promise of "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever", the stand ended when PresidentJohn F. Kennedy federalized theAlabama National Guard and Guard GeneralHenry Graham commanded Wallace to step aside.
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Liliʻuokalani (September 2, 1838 – November 11, 1917) was the onlyqueen regnant and the last sovereign monarch of theHawaiian Kingdom. She ascended to the throne on January 29, 1891, nine days after the death of her brotherKing Kalākaua. During her reign, she attempted to drafta new constitution in 1893 that would restore the power of the monarchy and the voting rights of the economically disenfranchised. Threatened by her attempts to abrogate the 1887Bayonet Constitution, pro-American elements in Hawaiioverthrew the monarchy on January 17, 1893. She was placed under house arrest, was forced to abdicate the Hawaiian throne and lived the rest of her life as a private citizen. This photograph of Liliʻuokalani was signed by the queen herself and addressed toJosephus Daniels,United States Secretary of the Navy.
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Aneditorial cartoon from theNew York Herald depicting (left to right)Uncle Sam,George Washington, andTheodore Roosevelt on a pier welcoming theGreat White Fleet back into port. Roosevelt had ordered the fleet, which consisted of 16battleships and various escort ships, to circumnavigate the globe as a demonstration of growing American military power andblue-water navy capability.
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James K. Polk (1795–1849) was the11th president of the United States, serving from 1845 to 1849. He previously served as the 13thspeaker of the House of Representatives and asgovernor of Tennessee. A protege ofAndrew Jackson, Polk was a member of theDemocratic Party and an advocate ofJacksonian democracy andmanifest destiny. During his presidency, the United States expanded significantly with theannexation of Texas, theOregon Treaty, and the conclusion of theMexican–American War.
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Attempting to blockracial integration at theUniversity of Alabama,Governor George Wallace (left) stands defiantly at the door on June 11, 1963, in an incident known as theStand in the Schoolhouse Door. Wallace moved aside after being ordered to do so by PresidentJohn F. Kennedy; years later, he became aborn-again Christian and recanted his segregationist views.
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William Grant Still (1895–1978) was an Americancomposer of nearly 200 works, including fivesymphonies and nineoperas. Often referred to as the "Dean of Afro-American Composers", Still was the first American composer to have an opera produced by theNew York City Opera. His first symphony, entitledAfro-American Symphony, was until 1950 the most widely performed symphony composed by an American. Born in Mississippi, he grew up inLittle Rock, Arkansas, attendedWilberforce University andOberlin Conservatory of Music, and was a student ofGeorge Whitefield Chadwick and laterEdgard Varèse. Still was the first African American to conduct a major American symphonyorchestra and the first to have an opera performed on national television. Due to his close association and collaboration with prominent African-American literary and cultural figures, he is considered to be part of theHarlem Renaissance movement.

This picture of Still was taken byCarl Van Vechten in 1949; the photograph is in the collection of theLibrary of Congress in Washington, D.C.
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A fanciful 1892lithograph of theSalem witch trials. Thetrials, which took place between February 1692 and May 1693 incolonial Massachusetts, involved people accused ofwitchcraft, and have been used as a cautionary tale about the dangers of religiousextremism, false accusations, lapses indue process, and governmental intrusion on individualliberties.
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TheUtah Territory was aU.S. territory in theWestern United States that existed from its creation on September 9, 1850, to its admission to the Union on January 4, 1896 as theState of Utah. This picture shows the Utah Territory's historical coat of arms, as illustrated by American engraver Henry Mitchell inState Arms of the Union, published in 1876 byLouis Prang. Theescutcheon depicts a beehive, representing the state's industrious and hard-working inhabitants, andsego lilies symbolizing peace.
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Themushroom cloud from theIvy Mike nuclear test, one of two tests conducted as part ofOperation Ivy at thePacific Proving Grounds onElugelab in theMarshall Islands. Mike was the first successful full-scale test of a multi-megaton thermonuclear weapon, and it left an underwater crater 6,240 ft (1,900 m) wide and 164 ft (50 m) deep where the island had been.
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A pile ofAmerican bison skulls, waiting to be ground forfertilizer; a man stands atop the pile, with another in front of it. Bison, long a staple ofPlains Indian tribal culture, were aggressivelyhunted by European settlers in the United States, nearly leading to the extinction of the species.
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Philip Francis Thomas (12 September 1810 – 2 October 1890) was an American lawyer and politician. He served in theMaryland House of Delegates and was the28th governor of Maryland from 1848 to 1851. In 1860, he was appointed as the 23rdUnited States secretary of the treasury, in PresidentJames Buchanan's administration. He held the post for only one month, resigning after he failed to obtain a loan to pay the interest on the bonded public debt. After unsuccessfully standing for election to theUnited States Senate in 1878, he returned to the Maryland House of Delegates and later resumed the practice of law.
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Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was anAmerican poet,short-story writer,editor andliterary critic, and is considered part of the AmericanRomantic Movement. Best known for his tales ofmystery and themacabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of thedetective-fiction genre. He is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre ofscience fiction. He was the first well-known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career.

Poe and his works influenced literature in the United States and around the world, as well as in specialized fields, such ascosmology andcryptography. Poe and his work appear throughout popular culture in literature, music, films, and television. A number of his homes are dedicated museums today.

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Downtown Cleveland Skyline, taken from the Superior Viaduct

Cleveland is the second most populouscity in theU.S. state ofOhio and the 53rd most populous city in the nation. It was founded in 1796 near the mouth of theCuyahoga River, and became amanufacturing center owing to its location at the head of numerouscanals andrailroad lines. With the decline ofheavy manufacturing, Cleveland's businesses have diversified into theservice economy, including the financial services,insurance, andhealthcare sectors. Cleveland is also noted for its association withrock music; the city is home to theRock and Roll Hall of Fame.

As of the2000 census, the city proper had a total population of 478,403 and is the center ofGreater Cleveland, the largestmetropolitan area in Ohio.

In studies conducted byThe Economist in 2005, Cleveland andPittsburgh were ranked as the mostlivable cities in the United States, and the city was ranked as the best city for business meetings in the continental U.S. The city faces continuing challenges, in particular from concentratedpoverty in some neighborhoods and difficulties in the funding and delivery of high-qualitypublic education.

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Our democracy must be not only the envy of the world but the engine of our own renewal. There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.

—Bill Clinton,First inaugural address, Washington, D.C. (January 20, 1993)

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1849 - In New York City,James Knox Polk becomes the first President of the United States to have his photograph taken.
1854 -Texas linked bytelegraph with the rest of the United States, with the completion of a connection betweenNew Orleans andMarshall, Texas.
1859 -Oregon (seal pictured) admitted as the 33rd U.S. state.
1876 -Alexander Graham Bell applies for apatent for thetelephone, as doesElisha Gray.

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Thecuisine of New York City consists of manycuisines that have been imported by immigrant communities. Almost all ethnic cuisines are present in New York. (Full article...)

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