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Whereas Van Meter befriended Dillinger, he and Pierpont openly despised each other, largely because of Van Meter's clowning antics and demeanor. On July 28, 1925, Van Meter's repeated joking and violation of the Indiana Reformatory rules earned him a transfer to the state prison at Michigan City .
The liberation of the apostle Peter is an event described in chapter 12 of the Acts of the Apostles, in which the apostle Peter is rescued from prison by an angel. Although described in a short textual passage, the tale has given rise to theological discussions and has been the subject of a number of artworks.
The Robert William Andrew Feller Farmstead is a federally designated historic site a couple miles northeast of Van Meter in Dallas County, Iowa, United States. It is the boyhood home of Major League Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Feller. [2] The historic district is 1.2 acres (0.49 ha).
The Liberation Trilogy is a monument achievement." [21] As a result of his time with Gen. Petraeus and the 101st Airborne, Atkinson also wrote In the Company of Soldiers: A Chronicle of Combat, which The New York Times Book Review called "intimate, vivid, and well-informed", and which Newsweek cited as one of the ten best books of 2004.
Solomon Lee Van Meter Jr. was born as Joseph Atkins Van Meter in a cabin behind where his family's country residence, Shenandoah Hall, stands today (38.069369,-84.440274) on Bryan Station Pike in Fayette County, KY. His parents were Solomon Lee Van Meter and Evaline Trent "Evie" Swoope. He was the second of five siblings, and two half-siblings.
Van Meter, VanMeter, Van Metre, Van Mater and Van Matre are American surnames derived from the Dutch surname Van Meteren. Most are descendants of Jan Joosten van Meteren (1626–1704) who in 1662 settled in Wiltwijck, New Netherlands, now Kingston, New York. [1] [2] [3] The surname is a toponym, meaning "from Meteren" in Gelderland, the ...
Joe Herman shakes hands with Allan Adams during the Van Meter City Council meeting on Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. Herman will take over as mayor from Adams on Jan. 1, 2024.
The scene depicts the liberation of Peter, an episode from Acts 12:3–19 in which Peter was put into prison in Jerusalem by King Herod, but the night before his trial an angel awoke him while he lay between two guards and "a light shone in the cell". Both the angel and Peter have saintly haloes; the angel has golden hair.