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The Double V campaign, initiated by the Pittsburgh Courier from February 1942, was a drive to promote the fight for democracy in overseas campaigns and at the home front in the United States for African Americans during World War II. The idea of the Double V originated from a letter written by James G. Thompson on January 31, 1942.
Judge James G. Thompson and Mr. James Archer Potts both owned large ranches at the future site of Pottsboro, before its inception. [5]Pottsboro was established in 1876 by James A. Potts, a pioneer settler who donated land for a town and a right-of-way so the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad would extend its tracks westward from Denison to his settlement.
Double V Scout Ranch: Catalina Council: Tucson: Active [4] Located on 360-acre six miles southwest of Tucson, near Tucson Mountain Park's Cat Mountain. The ranch was acquired on a long-term lease from the Bureau of Land Management in 1969. Heard Scout Pueblo: Grand Canyon Council: Phoenix: Active [5] Located near 20th Street and Baseline Road ...
James G. Thompson (December 18, 1926 – May 13, 2021) was a Canadian businessman, philanthropist, and sportsman. He was best known for designing and building the Miss Supertest hydroplanes. Thompson was born in London, Ontario, to "Colonel" J. Gordon Thompson and Essie McCreery. The couple also had two daughters named Catherine and Essie.
R-C Scout Ranch is available to Boy Scout Troops and Cub Scout Packs for camping, and offers cabins for winter camping. [ 24 ] The Heard Scout Pueblo is located near 20th Street and Baseline Road in Phoenix, Arizona .The Heard Scout Pueblo hosts the Grand Canyon Council Cub Scout Day Camp every summer, and offers camping opportunities for Cub ...
Brothers Allen Thompson (October 1, 1847 – February 27, 1906) and James Granville Thompson (December 25, 1849 – May 23, 1921) were Union Army soldiers during the American Civil War and recipients of the highest decoration of the United States military, the Medal of Honor. They are one of only a few pairs of brothers to have received the medal.
Life Sketches of Government Officers and Members of the Legislature of the State of New York in 1875 by W. H. McElroy and Alexander McBride (pg. 102ff) [e-book]; The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough, Stephen C. Hutchins and Edgar Albert Werner (1870; pg. 545 and 553)
The San Bernardino Ranch was established between 1822 and 1855. [20] On 2–3 December 1846, The Mormon Battalion passed through the San Bernardino Ranch. There they rested and recuperated near the ruins of the abandoned ranch house. [21] In 1886, John Horton Slaughter was elected sheriff of Cochise County. He would rather arrest a man than ...