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His will required that the heirs of his female relatives change their last name to Lynch in order to inherit a share of his family estate. [6] At the time of his death, Thomas Lynch Jr. owned three plantations and held more than 250 enslaved African Americans, who were valued as personal property and part of the estate.
Name Original chapter Notability References Gene Honda: ill / University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: Public address announcer for the Chicago White Sox (1985–present), Chicago Blackhawks (2001–present), DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball (1998–present), and other sporting events [1] Frank McCabe: marq / Marquette University
1805: Red Jacket's speech defending Native American religion. [3] 1823: President James Monroe's State of the Union Address to Congress in which he first stated the Monroe Doctrine. 1837: The American Scholar speech given by Ralph Waldo Emerson to the Phi Beta Kappa Society at the First Parish in Cambridge in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
North Carolina’s Armando Bacot tops the list of 2022’s most influential people in Triangle sports. Also on the list: the fastest of the fast, new champions and departing legends.
The following year Triangle hired Miriam Fond, the first female director in the club's history. Triangle finally found a permanent home for its fall productions when The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas opened at the Triangle Broadmead Theatre in November 1984. In the 1980s, the club began to present produce revues of the best of Triangle early ...
speech, depicted in an 1876 lithograph by Currier and Ives and now housed in the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. "Give me liberty or give me death!" is a quotation attributed to American politician and orator Patrick Henry from a speech he made to the Second Virginia Convention on March 23, 1775, at St. John's Church in Richmond ...
A Latvian American and raised in the United States, after Latvia regained its independence in 1991, Kalniņš renounced his U.S. citizenship to become Latvia's ambassador in Washington in 1993. After his term as ambassador ended, he moved to Latvia to pursue a political career there, eventually becoming a member of the Saeima (parliament).
Thomas Heyward Jr. (July 28, 1746 – March 6, 1809) was an American Founding Father, lawyer, jurist, and politician. [1] Heyward was active politically during the Revolutionary Era . As a member of the Continental Congress representing South Carolina, he signed the Declaration of Independence and Articles of Confederation .