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• Directory:Alaska
  ...was attacked and held by the Tlingit Indians. The Russians use a combined naval-military operation to force the natives out. Later, in 1805, the Tlingit In * Alaska's geographic center is 60 miles northwest of Mount McKinley.
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• Directory:Huntington Beach, California
  The downtown district includes an active art center, a colorful shopping district, youth hostel, and the International Surfing ...ning, Oak View, Main Street, and Graham. The library has significant local historical materials and has a special [[genealogy|genealogical]] reference collection
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• Directory:Ohio
  ...e mounds are preserved in state parks and in the Hopewell Culture National Historical Park (see National Parks and Monuments, table). Before the arrival of Europ ...son on the Sandusky. The area was further secured by Oliver Hazard Perry's naval victory on Lake Erie near Put-in-Bay, Ohio, and William Henry Harrison's vi
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• Directory:Alabama
  One of the principal naval battles of the war was won by Admiral D. G. Farragut in Mobile Bay in Augus * Alabama's geographic center is located in Chilton a community located 12 miles southwest of Clanton.
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• Directory:Millard Fillmore
  ...everance, Frank H. | title = Millard Fillmore Papers | publisher = Buffalo Historical Society | year = 1907 }}</ref> It would become one of western [[New York]] ...e= |work=American President, An Online Reference Resource|publisher=Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia}}</ref> Utah now contains a city
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• Directory:George H. W. Bush
  ...3]], just three days before his 19th birthday, which made him the youngest naval aviator to that date.<ref name="navy"/> ...ttp://www.maam.org/flightsim/news/tbm_history.htm|title=History’s Youngest Naval Aviator: George H. W. Bush|publisher=Mid-Atlantic Air Museum|accessdate=200
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• Directory:Dwight D. Eisenhower
  ...bio.html "Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower"], Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Center, accessed [[August 7]], [[2007]]</ref> He was the first U.S. President born |publisher = Eisenhower Presidential Center
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• Directory:John F. Kennedy
  ...uing political repercussions. Today, Kennedy continues to rank highly in [[Historical rankings of United States Presidents|public opinion ratings]] of former U.S ...t Scout to become President.<ref> {{cite web|url=http://www.jfklibrary.org/Historical+Resources/Archives/Reference+Desk/John+F.+Kennedy+Miscellaneous+Information
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• Directory:James K. Polk
  ...ved on [[2007-10-14]].</ref> Scholars have ranked him 8th to 12th on the [[Historical rankings of United States Presidents|list of greatest presidents]] for his * Eisenhower, John S. D. "The Election of James K. Polk, 1844." ''Tennessee Historical Quarterly''. 53.2 (1994): 74-87. ISSN 0040-3261.
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• Directory:Gerald Ford
  ...versity of Michigan]] as an undergraduate, Ford played [[center (football)|center]] and [[linebacker]] for the school’s football team and helped the [[Mich ...sident, Dies at 93 |work =[[New York Times]] |publisher = Naval Historical Center |accessdate = 2007-10-19}}</ref>
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• Directory:William McKinley
  ...l |title=William McKinley: 1892 – 1896 |publisher=''Ohio Governors'', Ohio Historical Society |accessdate=2008-03-07}}</ref> ...ii because he wanted to [[Americanization|Americanize]] it and establish a naval base, but he was unable to get the two-thirds vote. One notable observer of
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• Directory:John Adams
  ...ant family of politicians, diplomats and historians, and in recent years [[Historical rankings of United States Presidents|his achievements have received greater ...t of [[Quincy, Massachusetts]] in 1792 and is now part of [[Adams National Historical Park]]. His father, a farmer and a [[Deacon]], also named John (1690-1761),
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• Directory:Warren G. Harding
  ...e also led the way to world [[Navy|Naval]] disarmament at the [[Washington Naval Conference]] of 1921&ndash;22. By many, Harding is [[Historical rankings of United States Presidents|ranked as one of the least successful
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• Directory:Jimmy Carter
  | alma_mater = [[United States Naval Academy]] <br/> [[Georgia Southwestern College]] <br/> [[Georgia Institute ===Naval career===
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• Directory:Lyndon B. Johnson
  ...and House Speaker Sam Rayburn. Johnson was immediately appointed to the [[Naval Affairs Committee]]. He worked for rural electrification and other improvem ...d into the peacetime "business as usual" inefficiencies that permeated the naval war and demanded that admirals shape up and get the job done. However, John
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• Directory:Franklin D. Roosevelt
  ...tland]]. In 1918, he visited [[UK|Britain]] and France to inspect American naval facilities; during this visit he met [[Winston Churchill]] for the first ti ...rings]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], where he founded a hydrotherapy center for the treatment of polio patients which still operates as the [[Roosevelt
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• Directory:George Washington
  ...ymen." Washington has been consistently ranked by scholars as one of the [[Historical rankings of United States Presidents|greatest U.S. Presidents]]. ...& Biographical Sketches of the United States Army's Senior Officer: 1983, CENTER OF MILITARY HISTORY; UNITED STATES ARMY; WASHINGTON, D.C.: ISBN 0–16–07
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• Directory:Martin Van Buren
  ...many states. Van Buren's platform included supporting the expansion of the naval system. His declarations during the campaign were vague regarding the tarif ...mericanHistoricalAssociationForTheYear1918Ii Annual Report Of The American Historical Association For The Year 1918]'', Volume II, John C. Fitzpatrick, ed.
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• Directory:Herbert Hoover
  ...l Leonora Gwalia Historical Museum]</ref> His house in [[Gwalia]] is now a historical tourist attraction. Hoover is profiled as a mining pioneer in the Kalgoorli ...secretary of commerce for civil aviation, is shown with Secretary Hoover (center) and assistant secretary of commerce Walter Drake.]]
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• Directory:Woodrow Wilson
  ...{cite web | title = Thomas Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921) | publisher = Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia | date = 2005-01-14 | url = [[Image:Pu-prospect-house.JPG|200px|thumb|Prospect House, located in the center of [[Princeton University|Princeton]]'s campus, was Wilson's residence duri
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