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midsummer day and midsummer night
(Encyclopedia) midsummer day and midsummer night, names given to the feast of the nativity of St. John the Baptist (June 24) and the preceding night (St. John's Eve, June 23). Because midsummer is…Juneteenth
(Encyclopedia) Juneteenth or Emancipation Day, June 19th, holiday celebrating the end of slavery in the United States. It began in Texas when news of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation (effective…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: June 18, 1805
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark June 17, 1805June 19, 1805June 18, 1805 Tuesday June 18th 1805. This morning I employed all hands in drawing the perogue on shore in a thick…Boreman, Arthur Ingram
(Encyclopedia) Boreman, Arthur Ingram, 1823–96, first governor of West Virginia (1863–69), b. Waynesburg, Pa. A member (1855–61) of the Virginia house of delegates, Boreman opposed secession and…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Lewis, June 19, 1805
Day 727 Day 729 Lewis, June 19, 1805 Wednesday June 19th 1805. This morning I sent over several men for the meat which was killed yesterday, a few hours after they returned with it, the…Robertson, Sir William Robert
(Encyclopedia) Robertson, Sir William Robert, 1860–1933, British field marshal. He enlisted in the army in 1877 and became an officer in 1888. He was in the intelligence department in India (1892–96…Anderson, John Bayard
(Encyclopedia) Anderson, John Bayard, 1922–2017, U.S. politician, b. Rockford, Ill., grad. Univ. of Illinois (B.A. 1939, J.D. 1946), Harvard law school (LL.M. 1949). After serving in the army (1943–…bluestocking
(Encyclopedia) bluestocking, derisive term originally applied to certain 18th-century women with pronounced literary interests. During the 1750s, Elizabeth Vesey held evening parties, at which the…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Lewis, June 28, 1805
Day 744 Day 746 Lewis, June 28, 1805 Friday June 28th 1805. Set Drewyer to shaving the Elk skins, Fields to make the cross stays for the boat, Frazier and Whitehouse continue their…Pétion de Villeneuve, Jérôme
(Encyclopedia) Pétion de Villeneuve, JérômePétion de Villeneuve, Jérômezhārōmˈ pātyôNˈ də vēlnövˈ [key], 1756–94, French revolutionary. A leader of the Jacobins, Pétion sat in the Constituent…Trending
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