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ALG232635 St. George in a niche with a relief of St. George slaying the dragon below (marble) (see also 55431 & 87899) by Donatello, (c.1386-1466)
marble
Alinari
Italian, out of copyright
GAR Grave Marker
Sidney Aumack
Co. A.
29th
N.J. INF.
The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was a fraternal organization composed of veterans of the Union Army, US Navy, Marines and Revenue Cutter Service who served in the American Civil War. Founded in 1866 in Decatur, Illinois, it was dissolved in 1956 when its last member died. Linking men through their experience of the war, the GAR became among the first organized advocacy groups in American politics, supporting voting rights for black veterans, lobbying the US Congress to establish veterans' pensions, and supporting Republican political candidates. Its peak membership, at more than 490,000, was in 1890, a high point of Civil War commemorative ceremonies. It was succeeded by the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW), composed of male descendants of Union veterans.
The American Civil War was a dramatic and traumatic event, throwing together soldiers from very diverse backgrounds and communities. After the cessation of the war, when the United States began to rebuild itself, many of these veterans wished to keep in contact with each other, using their shared experiences as a basis for fellowship. In 1866, Benjamin F. Stephenson established the Grand Army of the Republic in Decatur, Illinois, specifying that membership would be open to all honorably discharged soldiers who had fought on the side of the Union.
Old First United Methodist Church
197 Locust Avenue
West Long Branch, NJ 07764
Founded in 1809 and is the oldest functioning church in Monmouth County.
The corner-stone was laid May 16, 1809, at 11 o'clock, according to the statement of Mrs. Theodore Woolley, whose mother was born on that day, and related to her this fact. The services lasted from 11 o'clock in the morning until 6 in the evening.
The Negro Hill Massacre c. 1780 Mechanicsville
In or about the year 1780 there occurred in the present Borough of West Long Branch an event, which has been called the Negro Hill Massacre. It occurred on what is now the location of the present Old First Methodist Church Cemetery. During the Revolutionary War the English government offered freedom to all slaves who would run away and join their forces and help put down the "Rebels" as the Patriots were then called. Several local runaway slaves joined a party of Refugees or Loyalists, which were located at Sandy Hook, which was in British control at that time. From there they were sent out on small raiding parties to plunder and collect information on the Patriots and there intended movements in the area. In these forays the many lawless acts they committed was enough to cause the locals a thirst for revenge. In what the thought would be one of there usual raids they passed through lower Sea Bright and Long Branch and then through Tinton Fall's they took a circuitous route, then came out near where the present Old First Methodist Church now stands, not knowing that all this time they had been followed by a group of "Local Militia". They halted for a rest, little dreaming what would be in store for them. They were taken so much by surprise they had no chance for defense, and the whole party were soon bayoneted to death except Sam, a run away slave from the Woolley Plantation who was left for dead. A local living near by found Sam and still seeing life in him, returned him to the Woolley Plantation where he was nursed back to health and lived nearly 40 years after the event. He carried the grave marks of 11 bayonet wounds on his hands and breasts the rest of his life.
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Pierre Mol's mural Brown Bear Lane (later Little Essex Street) in 1901, based on an old photograph, makes an evocative gateway to The Rocks. See also his other work: Gloucester Street looking towards the city from this point in 1901.
This bust of George Washington is on display in the visitor’s center at Ferry Farm, which was President Washington’s Boyhood home. The bust was commissioned by the Sons of the American Revolution in 1920. The bust was designed and cast in 1929 by Paul Wayland Bartlett, who was one of America’s most renowned sculptors. The bust is on display in the small museum located in the Visitor’s Center at Ferry Farm.
George Takei at the Phoenix Comicon in Phoenix, Arizona.
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George Takei at the Phoenix Comicon in Phoenix, Arizona.
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George Watsky performing at VidCon 2012 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.
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George Glenn, son of Wash Glenn, was born into slavery in March 1850 and raised on the ranch of local cattleman Robert B. "Bob" Johnson. he was trained in ranching activities and as a trail cook. Following emancipation, Glenn chose to stay on the Johnson Ranch as a cowhand.
In the spring of 1870, Glenn accompanied Johnson on a cattle drive to Abilene, Texas. There, Johnson became ill and died, his body was placed in a metallic casket and temporarily buried in July 1870. Following the sale of the cattle, Glenn disinterred Johnson's body to drive it home in a wagon. Following the six-week trip, Johnson was reinterred next to his wife in the Columbus Cemetery.
Glenn never made the trip to Abilene again. In 1872, he wed Lucy Conner. The couple established a homestead in Glidden and had at least one child. Glenn maintained a lifelong friendship with John Edward Folts, Texas ranger, cattleman and nephew of Bob Johnson.
Glenn was recognized for his bravery in traveling nearly 800 miles by wagon to bring his employer home. One of few African American members of the old trail drivers of Western America, Glenn was honored at the group's 1924 and 1926 reunions for his valor. An attendee at the 1924 reunion in San Antonio, noted Texas author and folklorist J. Frank Dobie interviewed Glenn, preserving the first-hand story of his famous trip for future generations.
In 1931, at the age of 80, Glenn died of pneumonia at his home in Glidden. John Edward Folts once said of Glenn, "Of such stuff were the old trail drivers, white and black, made..." and today Glenn is remembered for his bravery and loyalty, an example of the hard-working trail drivers of the late nineteenth century. (2003) (Marker No. 13177)
St George, the patron saint of Eisenach is one of the stat attractions of the market square in the form of a gilded market fountain designed by Hans Leonardt in 1549. Here he overlooks the Stadtschloss.
French postcard by Editions P.I., Paris, nr. 19. Photo: Studio Carlet Ainé.
Suave singing star Georges Guétary (1915-1997) performed on the London and Broadway stages, but the light tenor achieved his greatest renown in France, where he had a musical career of nearly 60 years. To international cinema audiences he is best known as Gene Kelly's rival for the affections of Leslie Caron in An American in Paris.
Georges Guetary was born Lambros Worlou, to Greek parents in 1915 in Alexandria, Egypt. His uncle was the classical pianist Tasso Janopoulo, who was an accompanist to such violinists as Fritz Kreisler, Jascha Heifetz, Yehudi Menuhin and Nathan Milstein. Through his influence Lambros went to Paris in 1934 and studied music and voice. Humming a sung in the office of a concert organizer while on an errand for his teacher, he was asked to audition, he recounted in his memoirs, and left with a one-night singing contract. He became the singer in the orchestra of Jo Bouillon. Not long after making this first stage appearance in 1937, his career took off when he was discovered by Henri Varna, director of the Casino de Paris and became there the singing partner of the music hall queen Mistinguett. The following year he made his first film appearance in the musical Quand le cœur chante/When the Heart Sings (1938, Bernard Roland). In 1942 he changed his Greek name because German occupiers in wartime France were sending enemy nationals to concentration camps. When he worked in Toulouse as a Maitre d’Hotel he met the accordeonist Fredo Gardoni who engaged him as a singer and let him make his first record. Another important meeting was the one with Basque composer Francis Lopez in 1943. Lopez created the chansons Caballero and Robin des Bois for him, which became huge successes. During the liberation everybody was singing his song, A Honolulu (1945), also written by Lopez. That same year Georges Guétary also appeared in the film Le Cavalier noir/The Black Cavalier (1945, Gilles Grangier) in which he again interpreted many songs by Francis Lopez: Cavalier, Avec l'amour, La plus belle, and especially Chic à Chiquito, another enormous success. His next film, Les Aventures de Casanova/Loves of Casanova (1946, Jean Boyer), was another smash hit.
In 1947 Georges Guetary achieved acclaim on the London stage, when he was imported from Paris by the impresario C. B. Cochran to star with Lizbeth Webb in the operetta Bless the Bride at the Adelphi Theater. He played the role of a handsome French actor who elopes with a young English girl on the day she was to marry someone else. The bride is parted from her husband by the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 and believes him killed, but the lovers are reunited in time for the final curtain. Praise for his performance led to offers from Broadway. In 1950, he made his debut at the 46th Street Theater, starring with Nanette Fabray in Arms and the Girl, a musical set in the days of the American Revolution. Critic Brooks Atkinson wrote in The New York Times: “The part of her foreign-born suitor is played by Georges Guetary, who can act a character and sing a song with gusto, and make stage love in the Continental style, which has obvious advantages.” This success paved the road to Hollywood, where he appeared in his best known film, An American in Paris (1951, Vincente Minnelli), built around the music of George Gershwin. Guétary was the focus of attention in a spectacular scene in which he strutted up and down a majestic staircase singing I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise while flanked by willowy and scantily (but flamboyantly) clad showgirls; and he shared the spotlight with Gene Kelly in a rousing rendition of ‘S Wonderful.
In 1950 Georges Guétary returned to France and became a French citizen. In 1955, he married Jeanine Guyon, then the only female producer in French television. He starred in two enormously successful operettas by Francis Lopez, Pour Don Carlos (420 performances at the Théâtre du Châtelet) and La Route fleurie/The Flowered Road (four years at the ABC theatre) with comedian Bourvil and Annie Cordy. Guétary starred in several more stage operettas, including Pacifico (1958), La Polka des lampions (1962), and Monsieur Carnaval (1965), with music by Charles Aznavour. In 1981, Francis Lopez again asked Georges Guétary for a new operetta, Aventure à Monte-Carlo, which had a honourable succes. After this the two created more operettas like L'Amour à Tahiti (1983), Carnaval aux Caraïbes (1985) and Le Roi du Pacifique (1986), but they couldn’t repeat their successes of the 1950’s. Among Guétary’s most popular recordings were Bambino, Papa Aime Maman and La Samba Bresilienne. He appeared in French, Spanish and German films, including Pluma al viento/Plume au vent/Feather in the Wind (1952, Louis Cuny, Ramon Torrado), Le Baron Tzigane/The Gypsy Baron (1954, Arthur Maria Rabenalt) - an adaptation of the Strauss operetta Der Zigeunerbaron, and Le chemin du paradis/The Road To Paradise (1955, Hans Wolff, Willi Forst) an alternate language version of Die Drei von der Tankstelle (1955), a remake of the 1930 hit musical. Guétary also sang and danced on television and gave some 40 gala performances a year until his retirement on the Riviera in 1995. Georges Guétary, who lived in Cannes, died of a heart attack in 1997 in Mougins on the French Riviera. He was 82, and is survived by his wife and two children, director Hélène Guétary and actor François Guétary.
Sources: Lawrence van Gelder (The New York Times), Jean-Claude Fournier (perso.orange.fr), Wikipedia and IMDb.
I have written about the creation of this unique and beautiful display on my blog www.peterberthoud.co.uk/2012/02/most-interesting-underpan...
"The George Washington Bridge over the Hudson is the most beautiful bridge in the world. Made of cables and steel beams, it gleams in the sky like a reversed arch. It is blessed. It is the only seat of grace in the disordered city. It is painted an aluminum color and, between water and sky, you see nothing but the bent cord supported by two steel towers. " Le Corbusier
George Takei speaking at the 2025 San Diego Comic Con International, for "An Afternoon with George Takei", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California.
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Established in 1649 as Port Royal by the French, St. George's is the capital and cultural center of Grenada. It was seized by British forces in 1762 and confirmed by the 1763 Treaty of Paris. During the American Revolution, the city and island were retaken by French forces under D'Estaing and de Bouillé when they ignored the harbor defenses of 1705 Fort George (foreground, left), and instead landed North of the city, marched overland and seized Hospital Hill overlooking the city (background left). Out maneuvered, the British garrison surrendered. After Grenada was returned to the British following the 1783 Treaty of Paris, the government built three new forts inland, including Fort Frederick on the crest of the hill in the middle, all facing the interior to prevent such a flanking maneuver from happening again.
In the midground is the Carenage, the main harbor of St. George's.
St. George's, Grenada
Etching print of George Washington from a painting done in 1772 by Charles Willson Peale. This etching was produced by G. P. Putnam & Company about 1855. The print also says that the original is in the possession of G. W. P. Custis Esq. Washington was 40 years old when the painting was made. He is wearing his colonel's uniform of the Virginia Regiment from the French and Indian War.
Spanish postcard. Photo: M.G.M.
Dashing American actor George Hamilton (1939) was one of the last contracted Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer stars. He won a Golden Globe for his film debut in Crime and Punishment U.S.A. (1959). Although he has a substantial body of work in film and television, he is most famous for his debonair style, perpetual suntan and jet-setting playboy image.
George Stevens Hamilton was born in Memphis, TN, in 1939. He was the son of Anne Lucille (Stevens) Potter Hamilton Hunt Spaulding and her husband (of four), George William "Spike" Hamilton, a touring bandleader. George's older half-brother, William Potter, became an interior decorator for Eva Gabor Interiors in Palm Springs. Moving extensively as a youth due to his father's work, young George got a taste of acting in plays while attending Palm Beach High School. With his exceedingly handsome looks and attractive personality, he took a bold chance and moved to Los Angeles in the late 1950s. MGM saw in George a budding talent with photogenic appeal. After some guest appearances on TV, he made his film debut as the lead in Crime & Punishment, USA (Denis Sanders, 1959), an offbeat, updated adaptation of the Fyodor Dostoevsky novel. While the film was not overwhelmingly successful, George's heartthrob appeal was obvious. He was awarded a Golden Globe for Most Promising Newcomer and was nominated for Best Foreign Actor by the British Film Academy (BAFTA). This led to a series of films, including the memorable Southern melodrama Home from the Hill (Vincente Minnelli, 1960), which starred Robert Mitchum and Eleanor Parker and featured another handsome, up-and-coming George (George Peppard). In Angel Baby (Paul Wendkos, 1961), he played an impressionable lad who meets up with evangelist Mercedes McCambridge. In Light in the Piazza (Guy Green, 1962), he portrayed an Italian playboy who falls madly for American tourist Yvette Mimieux to the ever-growing concern of her mother, Olivia de Havilland. He also appeared in such dreary no-brainers as All the Fine Young Cannibals (Michael Anderson, 1960) with Robert Wagner, Where the Boys Are (1960), with Dolores Hart, and Looking for Love (1964). George acted in several biopics - as playwright Moss Hart in Act One (Dore Schary, 1963), as ill-fated country star Hank Williams in Your Cheatin' Heart (Gene Nelson, 1964), and as the famed daredevil Evel Knievel (Marvin J. Chomsky, 1971), a film which he also produced. The rest of the 1960s and 1970s, he rested on his fun-loving, idle-rich charm that bore a close resemblance to his off-camera image in the society pages.
As the 1960s began to unfold, George Hamilton started making headlines more as a handsome escort to the rich, the powerful and the beautiful than as an acclaimed actor -- none more so than his 1966 squiring of President Lyndon B. Johnson's daughter Lynda Bird Johnson. He was also once engaged to actress Susan Kohner, a former co-star. Below-average films such as Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding! (1967) and The Power (1968) effectively ended his initially strong ascent to film stardom. Hamilton went into television in 1969, supporting Lana Turner in the all-star series Harold Robbins' The Survivors (1969–70). From the 1970s on, George tended to be tux-prone on standard film and TV comedy and drama, whether as a martini-swirling opportunist, villain or lover. He had a supporting role in The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (Richard C. Sarafian, 1973), starring Burt Reynolds. He produced and appeared in Medusa (Gordon Hessler, 1973). He starred in the TV movie The Dead Don't Die (Curtis Harrington, 1975) and had a supporting role in Once Is Not Enough (Guy Green, 1975) with Kirk Douglas. A wonderful comeback for him came in the form of the disco-era Dracula spoof Love at First Bite (Stan Dragoti, 1979), which he executive-produced. Nominated for a Golden Globe as the campy neck-biter displaced and having to fend off the harsh realities of New York living, he continued on the parody road successfully with Zorro: The Gay Blade (Peter Medak, 1981) in the Mel Brooks tradition. This renewed popularity led to a one-year stint on Dynasty during the 1985-1986 season and a string of fun, self-mocking commercials, particularly his Ritz Cracker and (Toasted!) Wheat Thins appearances that often spoofed his overly tanned appearance. He broke through the reality show ranks by hosting The Family (2003), which starred numerous members of a traditional Italianate family vying for a $1,000,000 prize, and participated in the second season of Dancing with the Stars (2005), where his charm and usual impeccable tailoring scored higher than his limberness. He played flamboyant publisher William Randolph Hearst in the Mini-series Rough Riders (John Milius, 1997), and the best-looking Santa Claus ever in A Very Cool Christmas (2004). In 1989, he started a line of skin-care products and a chain of tanning salons. Into the millennium, he starred with Joe Mantegna and Danny Aiello as as three celebrity tenors in Spanish-British-Italian comedy Off Key (Manuel Gómez Pereira, 2001). He also appeared in the Woody Allen comedy Hollywood Ending (2002), and the satire The L.A. Riot Spectacular (Marc Klasfeld, 2005). The comedy-drama My One and Only (Richard Loncraine, 2009), starring Renée Zellweger, is loosely based on George Hamilton's early life on the road with his mother and brother. The film is based on anecdotes that Hamilton had told to producer Robert Kosberg and Merv Griffin. On TV, Hamilton enhanced several programs, including Nash Bridges, Pushing Daisies, and Hot in Cleveland. He also had a recurring role on the series American Housewife (2016). In the cinema, he could be seen in the political drama The Congressman (Robert Mrazek, 2016) with Treat Williams, the family dramedy Silver Skies (Rosemary Rodriguez, 2016), and the romantic comedy Swiped (Ann Deborah Fishman, 2018). Beginning in the summer of 2016, Hamilton appeared in TV commercials as the 'Extra Crispy' sun-tanned version of KFC's Colonel Harland Sanders. He later played the Colonel on an episode of General Hospital. George managed one brief marriage to actress/TV personality Alana Stewart from 1972 to 1975 (she later married and divorced rock singer Rod Stewart), the pair have a son, actor Ashley Hamilton, born in 1974. Another son, George Thomas Hamilton, born in 2000, came from his involvement with Kimberly Blackford. George Hamilton was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in 2009
Sources: Gary Brumburgh (IMDb), Wikipedia and IMDb.
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Author George Lamming, as photographed by Carl Van Vechten in 1955.
Image courtesy of Marquette University Archives. Image No.: MUA_KJP_00617front
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George Roper, alias Brian Murphy aboard his motorcycle combination. In this case a 1934 Brough Special, 1100cc. This bike is actually still on the road..
George Foreman speaking at the 2016 FreedomFest at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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The actor who stars in Alexander Payne's "The Descendants" was interviewed on September 4, 2011 during a tribute at the Telluride Film Festival, which awarded him the Silver Medallion.
George Washington was the 1st President of the United States and a signer of the United States Congress. He made his name though as the Commander and Major General of the Revolutionary War,
In 1775, as the war wwas breaking out, Washington showed up in miitary attire at the Continental Congree and announced he was ready for the war. Washington, who was from Virginia and served during the French and Indian War, was given command of the whole Continental Army. Washington did not ask for this position, but was nominated by future President John Adams. Since Washington had the most formal training, and was well known, he was given this command.
Throughout the war, Washington had many jobs. He did not have a good war record during the war, but he won the battles that mattered. He was given the job of hiring and training Generals for the war. He also drew the plans for battle. He didnt focus on single battles, but a bigger war. He promoted generals like Nathaniel Greene and brought in Frederick Von Steuben and the Marquis de Lafayette. Even though Washington lost most battles he was in, he drw up the plans that would win the 2 biggest battles of the war, Saratoga and Yorktown. The men he promoted helped Washington corner the British at Yorktown and won the War. This would raise Washington to the hearts of all of his fellow Americans and pave the way for the rest of his life.
This bed and utility chest belonged to General George Washington. He used these items wherever he went during the war. They are located at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Mi.