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The bridge is a prestressed concrete bridge based on joists, intended for pedestrians and cyclists. The bridge is to relieve the Esplanade Bridge, which runs along it, and has only very narrow sidewalks. It was built for the 50th anniversary of the independence of Singapore (1965).
Historical research supporting the recognition demonstrated the importance of the Airfield not only to Valley Stream, but also to the history of aviation and the legends of aviation who flew there. [4] A similar marker noting the founding of the Ninety-Nines was placed at the same location on November 2, 1979, the 50th anniversary of the event ...
When the valley was flooded in 1965, the village and its buildings—including the post office, the school, and a chapel with cemetery—were all lost. Twelve houses and farms were submerged, and 48 people of the 67 who lived in the valley lost their homes. [6] In all, some 800 acres (3.2 km 2; 320 ha) of land were submerged. A new reservoir ...
After a number of smaller Gettysburg reunions, including the 1906 Philadelphia Brigade-Pickett's Division reunion during which Brigadier General Lewis Armistead's captured sword was returned to the South, [10] in April 1908 General Henry S. Huidekoper of Philadelphia suggested a 1913 50th anniversary reunion to Pennsylvania Governor Edwin Sydney Stuart.
The United States Semiquincentennial, [a] also called the Bisesquicentennial, the Sestercentennial or the Quarter Millennial, will be the 250th anniversary of the United States Declaration of Independence. Festivities will mark various events leading up to the Declaration's anniversary on Independence Day, July 4, 2026.
The Eternal Light Peace Memorial is a 1938 Gettysburg Battlefield monument dedicated on July 3, 1938, commemorating the 1913 Gettysburg reunion for the 50th anniversary of the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg on July 3, 1913.
Celebrating the 40th anniversary of Frank Zappa’s SoCal anthem “Valley Girl,” Moon Zappa talks to Yahoo Entertainment about how she ended up collaborating on the song with her famous father ...
President Calvin Coolidge's Address at the Celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - speech text, at The American Presidency Project Sesqui-Centennial Exposition March by John Philip Sousa, performed by Sousa's Band, audio, 3m14s, at Internet Archive