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5 days ago · This is the flag that inspired Francis Scott Key to write “The Star Spangled Banner” during the War of 1812, withstanding a 25-hour barrage of bombing from British soldiers. The nickname, “Old Glory” comes from a shipmaster in Salem Massachusetts in 1831 by the name of William Driver.
4 days ago · Read full article. Baltimore Sun. Old Glory DC rugby player Martin Vaca embraces his Tourette syndrome: ‘It’s a part of me’ ... Old Glory DC at Seattle. Friday, 10:30 p.m. TV: Monumental ...
2 days ago · George Smith Patton Jr. was born on November 11, 1885, [1] [2] in the Los Angeles suburb of San Gabriel, California, to George Smith Patton Sr. and his wife, Ruth Wilson, the daughter of Benjamin Davis Wilson, the second Mayor of Los Angeles. The wealthy Patton family resided at Lake Vineyard, built by Benjamin Wilson, on 128 acres (52 ha) in ...
2 days ago · Early life. Gloria Estefan (née Fajardo García) was born Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García in Havana, Cuba on September 1, 1957 [1] to parents José Fajardo (1933–1980) [11] and Gloria García (1930–2017). [12] Estefan's maternal grandparents were Spanish immigrants. Her maternal grandfather, Leonardo García, emigrated to Cuba from ...
4 days ago · THEY WERE SO YOUNG. Memorial Day and the old folks come. And stand in the sun feeling sad and dumb. The boys in the ground—there are so many, They’re eighteen, nineteen, maybe twenty—. They just moved out of a boy’s bedroom. And went to war, now they lie in a tomb.
4 days ago · 300 (film) 300. (film) 300 is a 2006 American epic historical action film [4] [5] based on the 1998 comic book series of the same name by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley. Co-written and directed by Zack Snyder, with Miller serving as executive producer and consultant, the film is, like its source material, a fictionalized retelling of the Battle ...
4 days ago · Answer: flags. A vexillum was a military standard used by Roman troops. 2. The original American flag has thirteen stars in a circle. The stars, which represent colonies, are in a circle so no colony would be the "first colony". Answer: True. George Washington said this should be so. 3.
