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Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: O For Ane An' Twenty, Tam
by Robert Burns My Tocher's The JewelThou Fair ElizaO For Ane An' Twenty, Tam Chorus.—An' O for ane an' twenty, Tam! And hey, sweet ane an' twenty, Tam! I'll learn my kin a…ZaSu Pitts Biography
ZaSu PittsactressBorn: 1/3/1894Birthplace: Parsons, Kan. The name “ZaSu”" was created because her two aunts, Eliza and Susan, each wanted the baby named after them. Pitts started working as…Freedmen's Bureau
(Encyclopedia) Freedmen's Bureau, in U.S. history, a federal agency, formed to aid and protect the newly freed blacks in the South after the Civil War. Established by an act of Mar. 3, 1865, under…Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig
(Encyclopedia) Mies van der Rohe, LudwigMies van der Rohe, Ludwigl&oomacr;tˈvĭkh mēˈĕs vän dĕr rōˈə [key], 1886–1969, German-American architect. A pioneer of modern architecture and one of its…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: A Bard's Epitaph
by Robert Burns Song-Farewell To ElizaEpitaph For Robert Aiken, Esq.A Bard's Epitaph Is there a whim-inspired fool, Owre fast for thought, owre hot for rule, Owre blate to…Jesse Chisholm Biography
Jesse Chisholmfounder of the Chisholm TrailBorn: circa 1806Birthplace: Cherokee Nation, eastern Tennessee Born to a father of Scottish ancestry and a Cherokee mother, Chisholm went to live…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Elegy On The Late Miss Burnet Of Monboddo
by Robert Burns On The Birth Of A Posthumous ChildElegy On The Late Miss Burnet Of Monboddo Life ne'er exulted in so rich a prize, As Burnet, lovely from her native skies;…Reconstruction
(Encyclopedia) Reconstruction, 1865–77, in U.S. history, the period of readjustment following the Civil War. At the end of the Civil War, the defeated South was a ruined land. The physical…George, Lake
(Encyclopedia) George, Lake, glacial lake, 33 mi (53 km) long and 1 to 3 mi (1.6–5 km) wide, in the foothills of the Adirondack Mts., NE N.Y.; it drains NE via rapids and waterfalls into Lake…Garland, Augustus Hill
(Encyclopedia) Garland, Augustus Hill, 1832–99, American lawyer and politician, b. Tipton co., Tenn. He became a prominent lawyer in Arkansas and during the Civil War served in the Confederate House…Trending
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