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The route was built on top of several older highways, most notably the National Road and the Victory Highway. The National Road was created in 1806 by an act of Congress to serve as the first federally funded highway construction project.
originally posted by: carewemust
Maxine Waters just said that she has been pouring over Trump organization bank records that were received in March.
Says she has not come up with anything yet but she's going to keep digging. Maxine Waters sounds too stupid to understand complex transactions.
a cricket club founded in 1787 and based since 1814 at Lord's cricket ground
In 1788, the MCC took responsibility for the Laws of Cricket... the copyright is still owned by MCC.
This gentlemen's club, which was multi-purpose, had a social meeting place at the Star and Garter on Pall Mall. It was the same club that was responsible for drafting the Laws of Cricket at various times, most notably in 1744 and 1774, and this lawgiving responsibility was soon to be vested in the MCC as the final repose of these cricketing gentlemen. ...its leading lights were George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea (1752–1826) and the Hon. Colonel Charles Lennox (1764–1819), who later became 4th Duke of Richmond
The Noble Order of the Garter is the highest heraldic order that the British monarch can bestow. ... the emblem is in the form of a star... 'Stars and garters' was used as a generic name for the trappings of high office
served with the 87th Foot at the time of the American Revolutionary War from its formation in 1779 to its disbanding in 1783
became the 4th Duke of Richmond on 29 December 1806... In April 1807 he became Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.... He participated in the Napoleonic Wars and in 1815 he was in command of a reserve force in Brussels, which was protecting that city in case Napoleon won the Battle of Waterloo. On 15 June, the night before the Battle of Quatre Bras, his wife held a ball for his fellow officers... it was immortalised by Thackeray in Vanity Fair and by Byron in Childe Harold.
List of Governors General of Canada
In 1818 he was appointed Governor General of British North America.
the duke had been bitten by a dog; stronger contemporary evidence... supports the view that he received the rabies infection from a fox.
The night before his death, he slept at the "Masonic Arms
On 27 May 1789, while a colonel in the Duke of York's regiment, he was involved in a duel with Frederick, Duke of York edit:2nd son of George III)... effectively an accusation of failing to respond to an insult in the way that a gentleman should... Richmond shortly after exchanged his company for the commission of a lieutenant-colonel in the 35th Regiment of Foot
arriving at Boston in April 1775 for service in the American Revolutionary War. It suffered tremendous casualties at the Battle of Bunker Hill in June 1775: of the Light Infantry, all officers and non-commissioned officers were killed ... The regiment suffered the hardships of the Siege of Boston in spring 1776 before sailing to New York and taking part in the Battle of Long Island in July 1776 and the Battle of Harlem Heights in September 1776. The commanding officer of the regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Robert Carr, was killed at the Battle of White Plains in October 1776 and, under fresh command, the regiment fought again at the Battle of Fort Washington in November 1776. It saw action in the Philadelphia campaign during much of 1777... sailed for the West Indies in July 1778. It took part in the Capture of St. Lucia in December 1778 and then returned to England in September 1785.
The Tribuna was the first nucleus of the Uffizi Gallery: it is a space conceived and realized to display to the public artworks considered the most precious of the Medici collection.
characterized by the octagonal plan and the high walls. Walls terminate with a double drum and a lantern. These elements – with their windows – ensure that the Tribune has a natural enlightenment
The Tribune – in its composition – represents several meanings. First of all, a clear reference to the four elements: the lantern for the air; the red velvets on the walls for the fire; the – now lost – frescoed plinth with elements from water; the marble mosaic of the pavement, for the earth. However there is also a twine of hidden meanings, not so simple to understand. It is important to remember that Francesco I dabbled in alchemy
We're supposed to believe that Mueller looked the other way at evidence of money laundering?
Judge unseals FBI's FD-302 of the interview with Peter Strzok regarding Strzok's White House interview with Michael Flynn. This confirms @themarketswork's theory that the Flynn sentencing memo was sourced from a 302 interview with Strzok.
originally posted by: EndtheMadnessNow
Also depicted in the Jason Bourne movies; oh wait those were just movies.
originally posted by: carewemust
Nancy Pelosi hinted this morning that she's hoping for an assassination attempt or two.
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"Intervention" is the same word used by John McCain to describe what happened to President John F Kennedy.