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Vaughn (surname), list of notable people with the surname; As a given name. Vaughn Bodē (1941–1975), underground comics writer; Vaughn Duggins (born 1987), American basketball player; Vaughn Flora (1945–2022), American politician; Vaughn Meader (1936–2004), American comedian and impressionist; Vaughn Monroe (1911–1973), American singer
George S. E. Vaughn (sometimes spelled George Vaughan or George E. Vaughn) (c. 1823 – August 26, 1899) was a convicted Confederate spy during the American Civil War who claimed to have been pardoned by Abraham Lincoln an hour before Lincoln's assassination, in the President's last official act.
Vaughan and Vaughn are surnames, originally Welsh, though also used as a form of the Irish surname McMahon. [1] Vaughan derives from the Welsh word bychan , meaning "small", and so corresponds to the English name Little and the Breton cognate Bihan .
The only event of consequence during Vernon's administration was the Wooden Gun Rebellion, which, according to John Shaffer's proclamation, was an illegal drill by members of the Nauvoo Legion in November 1870.
A key concept for the study of history and public life in most societies regardless of topic, historical significance makes judgements about what is important to be remembered about the past and why, through its reflections on historical aspects to contemporary culture and society [14] including historical reputations, events, issues, [15] monuments, [16] and what is chosen to be emphasized in ...
General Vaughan may refer to: Alfred Jefferson Vaughan Jr. (1830–1899), Confederate States Army brigadier general Harry H. Vaughan (1893–1981), U.S. Army Reserve major general
“We are the most northern state in the Union,” Vaughan said, “yet what is an ordinary star for all other states becomes the North Star for us.” [9] Maine Historical Society Bicentennial Education Fellow, Brittany Cook, stated in a 2020 virtual hub, that the new state of Maine turned to a man named Vaughan to design the state seal, and ...
A People's History of the United States; Cyclopaedia of Political Science, Political Economy, and the Political History of the United States; Land of Promise: An Economic History of the United States; The History of the United States of America 1801–1817; Oxford History of the United States; The Penguin History of the United States of America ...