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Minute-Man (Jack Weston) is a superhero appearing in comics published Fawcett Comics and later DC Comics. ... In American Comic Book Chronicles: 1940-1944, ...
The Minute Man by Daniel Chester French, erected in 1875 in Concord, Massachusetts, depicting a typical Minuteman. The Minuteman model for militia mobilization married with a very professional, small standing army was the primary model for the United States' land forces up until 1916 with the establishment of the National Guard. [24]
Minute-Man, a comic book superhero appearing in Fawcett Comics and DC Comics; The Minutemen (100 Bullets), fictional characters in the 100 Bullets comic series; Before Watchmen: Minutemen, a comic book series by Darwyn Cooke
French was born on April 20, 1850, in Exeter, New Hampshire, the son of Anne Richardson (1811–1856), daughter of William Merchant Richardson (1774–1838), chief justice of New Hampshire, and of Henry Flagg French (1813–1885), a lawyer, judge, Assistant U.S. Treasury Secretary, and author of a book that described the French drain. [1]
The six main characters of the 1986 comic book limited series Watchmen (from left to right): Ozymandias, the second Silk Spectre, Doctor Manhattan, the Comedian (kneeling), the second Nite Owl, and Rorschach. Watchmen is a twelve-issue comic book limited series created by Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, and John Higgins, published by DC Comics in ...
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In 1875, on the centennial of the Battle of Concord, a statue called The Minute Man was placed on the approximate site of Isaac Davis's death. The statue was the first public work of sculptor Daniel Chester French, best known for his 1920 statue, "Abraham Lincoln", in the Lincoln Memorial.