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Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Ferdinand von Steuben (/ ˈ s tj uː b ən / STEW-bən or / s tj uː ˈ b ɛ n / stew-BEN, [1] German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm fɔn ˈʃtɔʏbn̩]; born Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin Louis von Steuben; September 17, 1730 – November 28, 1794), also referred to as Baron von Steuben, was a German-born American army officer who played a leading ...
Steuben assisted with the Southern Campaign and Siege of Yorktown, after which the American forces were successful in winning the war. Steuben was given land and later retired in New York, where he died in 1794. In the late 1890s, plans were made to erect statues in Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C., honoring foreign heroes.
The "Republican" Building was built in 1871 at the southwest corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and 13th Street NW. It was demolished after a fire in 1916. It was demolished after a fire in 1916. The National Republican (1860–1888) was an American, English-language daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C.
WEARE, N.H. -A man from Weare is getting attention from across the country because of what family members said about him after he died. The obituary in tribute of Charles Wheeler is full of humor ...
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The German-American Steuben Parade is an annual parade traditionally held in cities across the United States on Von Steuben Day. The New York City parade is held every third Saturday in September. It was founded in 1957 by immigrants from Germany who, part of the most significant self-reported immigrant ancestral group in the United States ...
Landing of Columbus: Constantino Brumidi Christopher Columbus is depicted arriving in the Americas in the first of four scenes of the Spanish conquest. Columbus disembarks off a plank from the Santa María. His crew, armed with weapons, stays aboard; one crew member has a spyglass. Native Americans are portrayed greeting Columbus.
Charles Boehm wrote an unconventional obituary for his late 74-year-old dad Among Robert's quirks was his collection of harmonicas "to prompt his beloved dogs to howl continuously at odd hours of ...