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Located approximately 4.5 miles (7.2 km) south of downtown Newark and 9 miles (14 km) west-southwest of Manhattan, it is a major gateway to destinations in Europe, South America, Asia, and Oceania. It is jointly owned by the two cities, and the airport itself is leased to its operator, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey . [ 4 ]
Joint Base Myer–Henderson Hall is a joint base of the United States Armed Forces, located across multiple sites in the National Capital Region. It is jointly made up of Fort Myer (in Arlington), Fort McNair (in Washington, D.C.), and Henderson Hall (in Arlington). It is the local residue of the Base Realignment and Closure, 2005 process.
The 6th Port worked the ports of French Morocco, French Algeria, Italy and France, and was responsible for the movement of troops and supplies, loading and unloading the ships, and looking after 50,000 troops. [3] [4] In 1945, the unit was awarded the Meritorious Service Plaque for superior performance in control and execution of its port ...
Myers Hall may refer to: Myers Hall (University of Georgia), a college dormitory; Myers Hall (Springfield, Ohio), listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Ohio; Myers Hall (Indiana University), a college building displaying public art in Bloomington, Indiana; Myers Hall (Carleton College), a dormitory located in Northfield ...
Most of the land occupied by Henderson Hall was originally owned by the Custis family and later the Syphax family. [1] [2] Maria Carter Syphax, the matriarch of the Syphax family, was rumored to be the mulatto daughter of George Washington Parke Custis, grandson of Martha Washington and founder of the Arlington Estate on the banks of the Potomac River (later the home of Robert E. Lee). [3]
The Myers Quad is the space within the four halls of the community, bound by Myers Hall to the west, Mary Lyndon to the south, Soule to the east (across Sanford Drive), and Rutherford to the north. Soule Hall is all-female, while the other halls are co-educational. Myers Hall is the primary hall for the Honors Program at UGA. Rutherford Hall ...
Quarters 1 at Fort Myer is a historic house on the grounds of Joint Base Myer–Henderson Hall in Arlington, Virginia.Built in 1899, it has been the residence of Chiefs of Staff of the U.S. Army since 1910, notably including George C. Marshall, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Douglas MacArthur. [4]
In 1974, construction began on an experimental People Mover to move people between the terminal and a parking lot 0.7 miles (1.1 km) away. It was completed in December 1975. The People Mover consisted of a 7' wide roadway and two 30' long cars. [14] [15] It cost US$4.5 million to construct and was anticipated to cost $250,000 annually to ...