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Presidents Woodrow Wilson, John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, and Donald Trump did not have patriot ancestors. [5] President Joe Biden, then a United States Senator, was awarded a Gold Good Citizenship Medal by The Delaware Society of the Sons of the American Revolution in 1999. [6]
Pages in category "Members of the Sons of the American Revolution" The following 161 pages are in this category, out of 161 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
George Cabot, one of John Cabot's grandsons. John Cabot (born 1680 Isle of Jersey) [1] and his son, Joseph Cabot (born 1720 in Salem), [4] became highly successful merchants, operating a fleet of privateers carrying opium, [5] rum, and slaves. [6] Shipping during the eighteenth century was the lifeblood of most of Boston's first families.
The Sons of the American Revolution (SAR), formally the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (NSSAR), is a federally chartered patriotic organization.The National Society, a nonprofit corporation headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, [8] was formed in New York City on April 30, 1889. [9]
Pages in category "Presidents General of the Sons of the American Revolution" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Fr. Giovanni Antonio Carbonariis emerges as a key player in Ruddock's account of John Cabot's voyages. While she never published a full account, she claimed that he was the explorer's most important backer in England, having arranged for Cabot to get a loan from Italian bankers in London for an expedition after the Venetian arrived in London in ...
The captain of the Matthew was an Italian explorer named Giovanni Caboto who is better known as John Cabot. [1] After a voyage which had got no further than Iceland, Cabot left again with only one vessel, the Matthew, a small ship (50 tons), but fast and able. The crew consisted of only 18 men.
John Cabot (Italian: Giovanni Caboto [dʒoˈvanni kaˈbɔːto]; c. 1450 – c. 1499) [2] was an Italian [2] [3] navigator and explorer.His 1497 voyage to the coast of North America under the commission of Henry VII, King of England is the earliest known European exploration of coastal North America since the Norse visits to Vinland in the eleventh century.