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Calderon was born in a Spanish town outside Madrid called Alcobendas, and he has been living in the United States since 2008. [9] [4]Calderon criticized lawmakers for failing to enact sensible gun laws as well as screenings to keep mentally ill people from being able to buy "military grade weapons", [8] and he criticized the National Rifle Association (NRA) [6] and their spokesperson Dana ...
The Governor of Puerto Rico, Luis Muñoz Marín, revoked Albizu's pardon, and had the political leader returned to La Princesa prison, from which he had been released only six months before. He was accused of sedition , violation of Puerto Rico Law 53 of 1948 (otherwise known as the "Gag Law") and the attempted violent overthrow of the U.S ...
Constructed in 1521, Casa Blanca served as the initial fortification for the San Juan islet and was intended to be the residence of Juan Ponce de León and his family. However, de León passed away during an expedition to Florida without ever residing in the house. Subsequently, it sheltered his descendants until the mid-18th century.
White's Mill was established at Casa Blanca in 1861 to turn the Pima's grain into flour. [10] At the beginning of the American Civil War, Ammi White began stockpiling flour and other food for the California Column at the mill, which became the target of a raid by the Arizona Rangers a Confederate Army detachment sent to occupy southern Arizona.
Because Casa Blanca was already established as a stopping point, Wade established Wade City adjacent to it, platting streets and setting aside land for stores and churches. In 1893, the post office was reactivated. In 1896, Casa Blanca-Wade City had a combined estimated population of 150, a Methodist church, a general store, a gin, and a ...
The first official White House guide, published in 1962, suggested a link between Hoban's design for the South Portico and Château de Rastignac, a neoclassical country house in La Bachellerie in the Dordogne region of France.
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La Casa Blanca (Spanish for 'white house'), also known as the Efrén Bernier Residence, [1] is a Spanish creole-style historic residence building located at 17 José I. Quintón Street in Coamo Pueblo (downtown Coamo), the historical and administrative center of the Puerto Rican municipality of Coamo. The house dates to 1865 with further ...