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Saying "I Do" in England versus America
Saying "I Do" in England versus America The U.S. and England share many wedding traditions making their differences all the more interesting. by Jennie Wood …America's 25 Worst Highway Bottlenecks, 2012
Each year, the Daily Beast compiles a list of the country's worst bottlenecks using data supplied by INRIX, a traffic tracking and analyzing company. Their Traffic Index collects data from 100…Susanna Wilkerson Dickinson Biography
Susanna Wilkerson Dickinson Susannahsurvivor of the AlamoBorn: circa 1814Birthplace: possibly Williamson County, Tenn. Dickinson grew up poor and illiterate. When she was 15, she married…Mackintosh, Sir James
(Encyclopedia) Mackintosh, Sir James, 1765–1832, British writer and public servant, b. Scotland. He was trained as a physician, but after settling (1788) in London he became a writer and lawyer. His…Bustamante, Anastasio
(Encyclopedia) Bustamante, AnastasioBustamante, Anastasioänästäˈsyō b&oomacr;stämänˈtā [key], 1780–1853, Mexican general and president (1830–32, 1837–41). He served in the royalist army against…Arciniegas, Germán
(Encyclopedia) Arciniegas, GermánArciniegas, Germánhĕrmänˈ ärsēnyāˈgäs [key], 1900–1999, Colombian historian and diplomat. A leading Latin American intellectual, he gained prominence as a journalist…The True George Washington: Farmer and Proprietor: Other Properties
Other PropertiesFortunately for the farmer, the Mount Vernon estate was but a small part of his property. His father had left him a plantation of two hundred and eighty acres on the…Robert MORRIS, Congress, PA (1734-1806)
Senate Years of Service: 1789-1795 Party: Pro-Administration MORRIS Robert , a Delegate and a Senator from Pennsylvania; born in Liverpool, England, January 20, 1734; immigrated to the United…Landmarks of New York City
by Mark D. Hughes photos by Carol M. Highsmith The City of New York is the largest city in the United States, and home to many of the country's most famous and…Brewer's: Ca Ira
(it will go). Called emphatically Le Carillon National of the French Revolution (1790). It went to the tune of the Carillon National, which Marie Antoinette was for ever strumming on her harpsichord…