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In 1994, The Quiet American, an 800-page authorized biography of Wackenhut by John Minahan, was published. [6] George Wackenhut was known as a hard-line right-winger. He built up dossiers on Americans suspected of being Communists or left-leaning "subversives and sympathizers" and sold the information to interested parties.
G4S Secure Solutions (USA) is an American/British-based security services company, and a subsidiary of G4S plc.It was founded as The Wackenhut Corporation in 1954, in Coral Gables, Florida, by George Wackenhut and three partners (all former FBI agents).
Wackenhut is a German language surname. [1] Notable people with the name include: George Wackenhut (1919–2004), American private detective and investigator; Mario Hamuy Wackenhut (born 1960), Chilean astronomer
FGS linked hundreds of U.S.-based genealogy societies and their members. FGS merged with the National Genealogical Society on 1 October 2020. [2] Prior to the merger, FGS published Forum magazine, filled with articles pertaining to society management and genealogical news. Additionally, FGS also published a series of "Society Strategy Papers ...
A family history society or genealogical society is a society, often charitable or not-for-profit, that allows member genealogists and family historians to profit from shared knowledge. Large societies often own libraries, sponsor research seminars and foreign trips, and publish journals.
Samuel Washington, George Washington's younger brother, was buried in an unmarked grave at the cemetery at his Harewood estate (an interior view is pictured above) near Charles Town, West Virginia.
The Washington family is an American family of English origins that was part of both the British landed gentry and the American gentry.It was prominent in colonial America and rose to great economic and political eminence especially in the Colony of Virginia as part of the planter class, owning several highly valued plantations, mostly making their money in tobacco farming.
For half a century, the economy in Connell, Washington, was hotter than oil. Up until last fall, this plant processed 300 million pounds of potatoes into french fries every year.