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Federalist No. 29
No 28 No 30 Concerning the Militia From the Daily Advertiser.Thursday, January 10, 1788Hamilton To the People of the State of New York: THE power of regulating the…Rogers, Lindsay
(Encyclopedia) Rogers, Lindsay, 1891–1970, American political scientist, b. Baltimore, grad. Johns Hopkins (B.A., 1912; Ph.D., 1915). He was (1914–15) a fellow in political science at Johns Hopkins…Daniel Scofield EARHART, Congress, OH (1907-1976)
EARHART Daniel Scofield , a Representative from Ohio; born in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, May, 28 1907; attended the public schools, and the College of Engineering of Ohio State University at…Frederick Augustus MUHLENBERG, Congress, PA (1887-1980)
MUHLENBERG Frederick Augustus , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Reading, Berks County, Pa., September 25, 1887; attended the public schools; graduated from Gettysburg (Pa.) College, M…Gaines, Edmund Pendleton
(Encyclopedia) Gaines, Edmund Pendleton, 1777–1849, U.S. army officer, b. Culpeper co., Va.; brother of George Strother Gaines. He spent his boyhood in Tennessee and at the age of 22 joined the U.S.…Stilwell, Joseph Warren
(Encyclopedia) Stilwell, Joseph Warren, 1883–1946, American general, b. Palatka, Fla. Commissioned in the army in 1904, he fought in World War I and later served for 13 years in China. In Feb., 1942…Pratt, Richard Henry
(Encyclopedia) Pratt, Richard Henry, 1840–1924, American soldier and educator, b. Rushford, N.Y. He served in the Union army during the Civil War and then in the Indian wars in the West, where he…Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst
(Encyclopedia) Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, U.S. military base, central N.J., SE of Trenton; est. 1917 as Camp Dix and named for U.S. statesman John A. Dix. In 1939 it was made a permanent…Battle of the Bulge
(Encyclopedia) Battle of the Bulge, popular name in World War II for the German counterattack in the Ardennes, Dec., 1944–Jan., 1945. More than a million men fought in what is also known as the…Lowest Average Annual Precipitation Extremes
ContinentPlace Lowest avg. (in.) Elevation (ft)Years of recordWorld (South America)Arica, Chile0.039559AfricaWadi Halfa, Sudan<0.1041039AntarcticaAmundsen-Scott South Pole Station0.8019,…