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• Directory:U.S. Department of Defense/Week In Photos October 14, 2007
  == Standing Guard == U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Joe Parson, of the 3rd Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 2n
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• Philadelphia Convention
  ...''gerrymander'') made a noteworthy remark, by which he compared a standing army to an erect penis -- "an excellent assurance of domestic tranquility, but a
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• Directory:Vietnam/Vietnam Historical Background
  Vietnam—and regular People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN) forces from the North unified China and the Soviet Union—ultimately defeated the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, which
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• Directory:Rwanda
  ...19th cent.) and Kigeri IV (reigned 1853–95). Kigeri established a standing army, equipped with guns purchased from traders from the E African coast, and pr ...the country in 1996; by 1997, there was a growing war between the Rwandan army and Hutu guerrilla bands.
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• Directory:William Henry Harrison
  ..."Mad Anthony" Wayne]], from whom he learned how to successfully command an army on the [[American frontier]]. Harrison participated in Wayne's decisive vic Harrison resigned from the Army in 1798 to become Secretary of the [[Northwest Territory]], and acted as [[
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• Directory:Minnesota
  ...in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. Much of the region was explored by U.S. Army Lt. Zebulon M. Pike before the northern strip of Minnesota bordering Canada ...on Army. Minnesota eventually provides 24,000 men for service in the Union Army for fighting in the Civil War or the Indian Outbreak. During this time, the
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• Directory:Maryland
  ...nomy by 1730. In 1767 the demarcation of the Mason-Dixon Line ended a long-standing boundary dispute with Pennsylvania. ...Sept. 12, they attacked Baltimore and fired on Fort McHenry. The American army defended the city and drove them out of Maryland. This battle inspired the
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• Directory:George Washington
  | order2=[[Continental Army|Commander-in-Chief <br /> of the Continental Army]] ...ding General of the United States Army|Senior Officer of the United States Army]]</small>
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• Directory:James Madison
  ..."a real modern European type of government with a bureaucracy, a standing army, and a powerful independent executive".<ref>Wood, 2006a, p. 165.</ref> ...He then began to support a national bank, a stronger navy, and a standing army. However, other historians, led by Lance Banning and [[Gordon S. Wood]], se
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• Directory:Rhode Island
  ...Rhode Island militia under Nathanael Greene joined (1775) the Continental Army at Cambridge, and on May 4, 1776, the province renounced its allegiance to * Standing 11 feet tall and 278 feet above ground the Independent Man is a gold-covere
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• Directory:John Adams
  ...s, 58-60</ref> that one of the soldiers, Captain [[Thomas Preston (British army officer)|Thomas Preston]] gave Adams a symbolic "single [[Guinea (British c ...e Washington]] of Virginia as commander-in-chief of the [[Continental Army|army]] then assembled around Boston. His influence in Congress was great, and al
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• Directory:Franklin Pierce
  ...nated the 1st Brigade in the newly created 3rd Division and joined Scott's army in time for the [[Battle of Contreras]]. During the battle he was seriously ...rty|free soiler]] being held down by [[James Buchanan]] and [[Lewis Cass]] standing on the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] platform marked "[[K
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• Worst of Wikipedia/History of western Eurasia
  ...ar]] ([[88_BCE|88 BCE]]-[[84_BCE|84 BCE]]) he overran Anatolia and sent an army to invade Greece which was defeated by [[Lucius_Cornelius_Sulla|Sulla]] in ...ings were confirmed when things got out of hand. In [[378|378]] the Roman army was defeated at the [[Battle_of_Adrianople|Battle of Adrianople]] and Valen
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• Directory:Ulysses S. Grant
  |branch= [[United States Army]] |rank= [[General]] of the Army of the United States[[Image:Us army general insignia 1866.png|80px]]
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• Directory:North Carolina
  ...Island, where they found the houses built by Ralph Lane's expedition still standing. Two significant events occurred shortly after the colonist's arrival: two ...ng the war. General Joseph Johnston surrendered the last major Confederate Army to General William Sherman near Durham on April 26, 1865.
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• Directory:Pakistan
  ...handed over responsibility for governing to the commander in chief of the army, General Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan, who became President and Chief Martial L ...red martial law, and suspended portions of the 1973 Constitution. Chief of Army Staff Gen. Muhammad Zia ul-Haq became Chief Martial Law Administrator and p
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• Directory:American Journals and the Strategic Bombing of Germany
  ...ed the trial and abandonment, both by the Germans and the British, of long-standing notions about strategic air power. ...nd the OVERLORD landing and COBRA breakout were made much easier. With the army's success on the ground, the Eighth returned to its bombing missions over G
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• Directory:Woodrow Wilson
  ...church. The father also briefly served as a chaplain to the [[Confederate Army]]. Wilson’s father was one of the founders of the Southern [[Presbyterian ...s divided up, as it were, into forty-seven signatories, in each of which a Standing Committee is the court baron and its chairman lord proprietor. These petty
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• Directory:Grover Cleveland
  ...he [[Conscription Act of 1863]], requiring able-bodied men to serve in the army if called upon, or else to hire a substitute.<ref name=graff14/> Cleveland ...ited, simple, sturdy attorney of Buffalo that four years later he would be standing in [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] and taking the oath as President of the
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• Directory:Abraham Lincoln
  ...ild turkeys approached the new log-cabin, and A.[braham] with a rifle gun, standing inside, shot through a crack and killed one of them.' Then came another se ...e removal of General [[George B. McClellan]] as commander of the Union's [[Army of the Potomac]].<ref> ''Images of America: Altoona'', by Sr. Anne Francis
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