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[Front]:This sculpture was presented to the University of Notre Dame on September 19, 1997 by his former players, the Leahy Family, ND Alumni and his many admirers.
[Reverse]:Frank Leahy coached at Notre Dame a total of 11 years (1941 - 1943, 1946 - 1953…
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Sacramento City CemeteryThe GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC Memorial Plot was originally located in the New Helvetia Cemetery at the corner of 31st and J Streets, a plot donated to the Sumner Post No.3 by the owner and proprietor John Wesley Reeves. It was duly …
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State Senator 1862Governor 1871United States Senator 1873
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Dedicated toGneral Albert Maver WinnFounder of the Fraternal Order ofThe Native Sons of the Golden WestandTo the California PioneersRededicated and RestoredSeptember 1969-April 1977-July 2004
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At forty minutes past nine, on the evening of the 15th of February 1898, the United States Battleship Maine was ripped by a sudden and devastating explosion, demolishing the entire forward section and sending the ship to the bottom of Havana Harbor. After 2…
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Considered the youngest ever to serve, Clem ran away from home at the age of 9 yrs. and 10 mos. to join the Union Army. At Snodgrass Hill, as a drummer boy in Co. "C" 22nd Michigan Volunteer Infantry, he won the sobriquet "The Drummer Boy of Chickamauga," a…
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Native of Edgefield Born 1902County Supt. of Education 1929-1933State Senator 1933-1938Circuit Judge 1938-1946U.S. Army - World War II 1942-1946Governor of South Carolina 1947-1951United States Senate 1954-Chairman - Senate Judiciary Comm. 1984-President Pr…
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John S. Rarey (1827-66) of Groveport gained international fame in the mid 19th century for his humane methods of horse training, which involved talking to the horse and using a gentle, but firm, touch.
Rarey's horsemanship attracted people worldwide who…
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A Viking Son of Norway who fulfilled California's motto:
"BRING ME MEN TO MATCH MY MOUNTAINS"For twenty winters from 1858 to 1878 he was the lifeline between Utah Territory across the Sierras, and the new state of California. On skies he carried mail, m…
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The Army sent from Santa Fe to occupy California was met and defeated by the Mexicans at San Pasquale. The American forces were driven upon a butte in the desert, on which there was no water and there surrounded by the Mexican forces Edward F. Beale and Kit…