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He was born in Somerset, England, in March 1861, emigrated with his parents to the United States when he was a young boy, and was brought up on Long Island Sound. [1] In 1890, he founded The Rudder, "A monthly journal devoted to aquatic sport and trade," which he edited until April 1916. [2]
The Men Who Built America (also known as The Innovators: The Men Who Built America in some international markets) is an eight-hour, four-part miniseries docudrama which was originally broadcast on the History Channel in autumn 2012, and on the History Channel UK in fall 2013.
John Earl Rudder (October 4, 1924 – July 9, 2006 [4]) became the first black Marine officer commissioned in the regular United States Marine Corps, in 1948 [5] (though Frederick C. Branch became an officer in the Marine Corps Reserve in 1946). He was born in Paducah, Kentucky.
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He was a delegate to the First Continental Congress and the Second Continental Congress from Maryland from 1774 to 1779. [2] He was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence in 1776. [2] He was a member of the Maryland Senate from 1776 to 1777, and from 1778 to 1780. [2] He was a judge of the Maryland General Court in 1778. [2]
Opinion: Making America 'great again' requires returning to the values of the 'Greatest Generation.' How we the people can Make America Great Again: by learning from our 'Greatest Generation' Skip ...
[124] [y] On 1 August, Columbus and his men arrived at a landmass near the mouth of South America's Orinoco river, in the region of modern-day Venezuela. Columbus recognized from the topography that it must be the continent's mainland, but while describing it as an otro mundo ('other world'), [ 125 ] retained the belief that it was Asia—and ...
In mythology the rudder, which the goddess can steer, represents control of the changeable fortunes of life. Plato used the metaphor of turning the Ship of State with a rudder. In the Biblical book of James, the author compares the tongue with a ship's rudder which, though physically small, makes great boasts. [18]