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Wilbur Cannon is a member of one of the early families who settled Johnson County. He had this two-story, brick Italianate house built in 1884 in an area west of the Iowa River known as West Lucas. It was home to farmsteads and country estates that were located within a mile or two of the downtown area.
West Point is home to Iowa's Largest Sweet Corn Festival. The first festival was in August 1958. There are nearly 25,000 visitors during the four-day event and over 17 tons of sweet corn. The festival includes free sweet corn and stage entertainment, arts and crafts, bingo, 5K and 10K run, queen crowning, tractor pull, city parade, and teen ...
West Point Township covers an area of 36.11 square miles (93.5 km 2) and contains two incorporated settlements: Allison and Bristow. According to the USGS , it contains one cemetery, Jungling. References
The Marion Commercial Historic District is a nationally recognized historic district located in Marion, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. [ 1 ] At the time of its nomination it consisted of 41 resources, which included 29 contributing buildings , one contributing site , one contributing ...
It is the oldest chapel at West Point, having originally been built in 1836. [1] The chapel was originally located in the cadet area near present-day Bartlett Hall, but was disassembled brick-by-brick and moved to the West Point Cemetery when the current Cadet Chapel opened in 1910.
A 21-gun salute was used during the funeral of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak in February 2020. [9] A 21 gun salute was used after President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi was sworn in on 8 June 2014. [10] A final 21-gun salute was also fired to honor King Farouk prior to his embarking on the yacht Mahrousa that brought him to exile in Italy in ...
West Point Township is a township in Lee County, Iowa. [1] History. West Point Township was organized in 1841. [2] References
Carl K. Linge died in 1963 and his son, David E. Linge (the second generation) became president. David E. Linge had been working with his father for a number of years. David founded The Cedar Memorial Funeral Home Company in 1965 creating the first combination operation in the state of Iowa with a funeral home on the cemetery grounds.