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The Dixie Flag Manufacturing Company, based in San Antonio, Texas, is a prominent U.S. flag manufacturer. [1] The company was founded in 1858. [2] In June 2015, following the events of the Charleston church shooting, the company announced that it would no longer sell Confederate flags. [3] [4]
Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
This category includes Louisville-based businesses that either closed down entirely, merged into another business, or in some cases, renamed. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
Ella Park Lawrence (May 13, 1857 – March 17, 1924) was an avid advocate for, and is still known today as the “mother” of the Illinois State Flag.She was the Regent of the Rebecca Park chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), State Regent of the DAR organizations in Illinois, as well as a known leader and philanthropist of her community, Galesburg, Illinois.
The Dixie Flyer was an automobile built in Louisville, Kentucky from 1916 until 1923. Dixie Flyers were marketed under the slogan of "The Logical Car." [1] They may be classified as Brass Era cars or vintage cars. The origins of the company can be traced back to 1878, when the Kentucky Wagon Manufacturing Company was established.
This building was designed by Henry Whitestone, a prominent Louisville architect whose firm exists today as Luckett & Farley, who also still possess the original drawings. Lithgow lost both the building and his business in the Panic of 1873 , but he regained his fortune with a new firm, Lithgow Manufacturing Co.
In 1964, Dixie Portland Flour Mills purchased Eckhart Milling Company. [12] In 1990, Archer Daniels Midland purchased the plant for $14 million. [ 13 ] In 2017, Archer Daniels Midland announced that it intended to build a new plant in Mendota, Illinois and close their plant in Chicago.
William Clark, co-leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, grew up in Louisville and considered it his home Richard Frymire , Kentucky State Representative (1962–1964), State Senator (1966–1968), Adjutant General (1971–1977)