Sentences with phrase «revolutionary war hero»

The city was incorporated in 1785 as Tennessee's first incorporated city, and named for General George Rogers Clark, frontier fighter and Revolutionary War hero, and brother of William Clark of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

It is also the location of Salona, the former home of Light - Horse Harry Lee, the Revolutionary War hero.

Clarksville is the fifth largest city in Tennessee and is named after General George Rogers Clark, a revolutionary war hero and older brother of William Clark from the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Some tourist attractions in New Rochelle, New York include Columbia Island, Execution Rocks Lighthouse, Huckleberry Island, Leland Castle and Thomas Paine Historical Site, home to the American Revolutionary war hero.

Named for the Revolutionary War hero Andrew Pickens, Fort Pickens was completed in 1834 as one of many military bases to fortify Pensacola Harbor.

Named for Revolutionary War hero Francis Marion (the «Swamp Fox»), the Francis Marion Hotel became an instant landmark in Charleston the moment it opened in 1924.

Founded in 1978, the town was named after Revolutionary War hero General Rogers Clark.

Revolutionary War hero Paul Revere warned the colonist of an advancing attack by the British army.

Sixth, seventh, and eighth graders at Capt. Nathan Hale School in Coventry, Connecticut — a school named after the town's most famous veteran, American Revolutionary War hero Nathan Hale — compiled, through research and interviews, short biographies of all 612 servicemen and plan to publish them in a book by this Veterans Day.

A resurrected Revolutionary War hero, a double - ax - wielding horseman (headless), ghost trees, Colonial witches, horned beasts, ancient priests, a sassy female cop and at least one Starbucks joke?

She's referring to one of the film's more startling and delightful episodes, when the president tells an off - color joke involving the Revolutionary War hero, George Washington and an outhouse.

Monumental City Tour: Mount Vernon began as a country estate for Revolutionary War hero John Eager Howard and grew to be the place to live for Baltimore's rich and famous in the mid-nineteenth century.

Hundreds marched dressed in red colors and the native costumes of Poland, to the monument in Poughkeepsie's Pulaski Park, to celebrate Pulaski Day, in honor of Revolutionary War hero Casimir Pulaski, known as «father of the American cavalry.»

The parade celebrates Polish - American pride, conceived to honor General Casimir Pulaski, a Polish aristocrat and American Revolutionary War hero.

This Revolutionary War hero's name is one that was loved in the 1980s and 90s!

When an illness forced General John Stark, the state's most distinguished Revolutionary War hero, to decline an invitation to the 32nd anniversary reunion of an important battle, he instead sent a written toast to his wartime comrades.

My wife, Deborah, and I were sitting at a table with Dr. Jonathan Wright and his wife, Holly, and we listened patiently to the talk of the Revolutionary War heroes — a few speakers bedecked in 18th - century military garb — knowing that at some point we would be presented with an award for «Excellence in Integrative Medicine.»

The press materials become curiously vague when addressing the historical model for Benjamin Martin, saying only that the character is an «amalgam» of several Revolutionary War heroes.

Hudson River Valley: Artistic Legacy & Splendid Estates May 13 - 18, 2018 Admire the celebrated landscapes, spectacular gardens, splendid mansions, and historic homes of Revolutionary War heroes, former presidents, famous artists, and Gilded - Age financiers in the Hudson River Valley.

Often associated with Revolutionary War heroes or Connecticut statesmen, historic house museums promoted patriotism and respect for government institutions.

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Consider a baby name inspired by military heroes from the Revolutionary War to present times.

Here are names inspired by military heroes from the Revolutionary War to present times.

It is no coincidence that Lazare Carnot, the member of the Committee of Public Safety who was the architect of the French victory in the Revolutionary wars, was one of de Gaulle's heroes.

The name is in honor of Israel Putnam, who was a hero in the French and Indian War and a general in the American Revolutionary War.

This tells the fictional tale of Benjamin Martin (Gibson, Chicken Run), a former war hero with a sordid past who is reluctant to take up the cause of his brethren in fighting the British during the Revolutionary Wwar hero with a sordid past who is reluctant to take up the cause of his brethren in fighting the British during the Revolutionary WarWar.

Even with noble goals though, revolutionaries can change from being heroes to being oppressors themselves as the cost of war is more potent than we often imagine.

Variation: Create a mural using pictures of heroes from a specific time period or event; for example, heroes of the 1900s, heroes of the Revolutionary War.

His latest, Bunker Hill — which our reviewer calls «a marvelous book that recaps the highlights of the birth of our nation, while adding new insights into our history» — turns the spotlight onto some of the lesser - known heroes of the Revolutionary War.

As the birthplace of revolutionary hero José Morelos de Pavon, the town played a strategic role during the War of Independence.