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The Minute Man[note 1] is an 1874 sculpture by Daniel Chester French in Minute Man National Historical Park, Concord, Massachusetts. It was created between 1871 and 1874 after extensive research, and was originally intended to be made of stone. The medium was switched to bronze and it was cast from ten Civil War-era cannons appropriated by ...
LGM-30 Minuteman. Minuteman III launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on 9 February 2023. The LGM-30 Minuteman is an American land-based intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in service with the Air Force Global Strike Command. As of 2024, the LGM-30G (Version 3) [note 1] is the only land-based ICBM in service in the United ...
Minutemen were members of the organized New England colonial militia companies trained in weaponry, tactics, and military strategies during the American Revolutionary War. They were known for being ready at a minute's notice, hence the name. [1] Minutemen provided a highly mobile, rapidly deployed force that enabled the colonies to respond ...
LGM-30 Minuteman chronology. This is a chronology of the LGM-30 Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), acquisition and operational. First research activity that lead to the U.S. development of intercontinental ballistic missiles began in 1956. Specific research and development (R&D) on the Minuteman missile began in 1958.
A launch control center (LCC), in the United States, is the main control facility for intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). A launch control center monitors and controls missile launch facilities. From a launch control center, the missile combat crew can monitor the complex, launch the missile, or relax in the living quarters (depending ...
John Parker was born in Lexington, Massachusetts Bay to Josiah Parker and Anna Stone. He was a descendant of Deacon Thomas Parker, founder of Reading, Massachusetts. [1] John Parker was also the grandfather of reformer and abolitionist Theodore Parker. [2] John Parker's experience as a soldier in the French and Indian War (Seven Years' War), at ...
Minute Man National Historical Park commemorates the opening battle in the American Revolutionary War. It also includes the Wayside, home in turn to three noted American authors. The National Historical Park is under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service and protects 970 acres (392.5 ha) in and around the Massachusetts towns of ...
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