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John Joseph "Jack" Sheehan [1] (born August 23, 1940) is a retired United States Marine Corps general. His final active duty commands, culminating 35 years of service in the Marine Corps, were as the Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic (SACLANT) for NATO and as Commander-in-Chief for the U.S. Atlantic Command (CINCUSACOM) (1994–1997).
The Sample-McDougald House (also known as the Sample Estate or Pinehaven) is a 4,700 square feet (440 m 2) historic home in Pompano Beach, Florida, built in 1916.It is currently located at 450 Northeast 10th Street, but was originally built on Dixie Highway and moved to its present location by the Sample-McDougald House Preservation Society in 2001. [2]
Tequesta Indians lived in the area. [12]The city's name is derived from the Florida pompano (Trachinotus carolinus), a fish found off the Atlantic coast. [13]There had been scattered settlers in the area since at least the mid-1880s, but the first documented permanent residents of the Pompano area were George Butler and Frank Sheen and their families, who arrived in 1896 as railway employees. [3]
Harrah's Pompano Beach, formerly Isle Casino Racing Pompano Park and Pompano Park, is a casino and former standardbred harness racing track in Pompano Beach, Florida, owned and operated by Caesars Entertainment. Pompano Park opened in 1964. [1]
GMC (formerly the General Motors Truck Company (1911–1943), or the GMC Truck & Coach Division (1943–1998)) is a division of American automotive manufacturer General Motors (GM) for trucks and utility vehicles.
[1] the land for the cemetery was donated by Paul Hunter, Sr., a local businessman, to accommodate the interment of black Americans in Pompano Beach. It is the final resting place of Esther Rolle (1920–1998), actress famous for the 1970s sitcom Good Times and her sister Estelle Evans (1906–1985), from the 1962 movie To Kill a Mockingbird .