Jim Limber (also known as Jim Limber Davis, possibly born James Henry Brooks) was an American orphaned boy of mixed white and black descent who lived with the family of Confederate president Jefferson Davis from February 1864 until the family was captured by Union forces in May 1865. Children of…
On November 6, 1861, Jefferson Davis is elected president of the Confederate States of America. He ran without opposition, and the election simply confirmed the decision that had been made by the Confederate Congress earlier in the year. While VA Secretary Robert Wilkie once praised the Confederate president as “exceptional,”…
In a family where getting married usually comes in one’s early 20s, Jana Duggar has defied the odds. She’s a proud single woman despite being the eldest girl in the family and hasn’t been afraid to share her empowering views on how she doesn’t need a man to make her…
First Cabinet. An article courtesy of the Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia. Click for more. According to biographer Dumas Malone, Thomas Jefferson, on assuming the presidency in March 1801, “made a special point of harmony” in appointing the members of his first cabinet.1. Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States,…
Jane Lynch, who has been nominated several times and won a 2010 Primetime Emmy as Glee’s Sue Sylvester, began her career with Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre and Second City companies. Jane Lynch. Her portrayal of Sue Sylvester in Glee has won numerous awards, including the Primetime Emmy Award, Golden Globe Award,…
During World War II, however, the alliance was limited by the great distances between the Axis powers; for the most part, Japan and Germany fought separate wars, and eventually surrendered separately. – It Happened Here (1966), a British film directed by Kevin Brownlow. – Philadelphia Experiment II (1993) – Fatherland…
The Japanese feudal system, like that of Europe, depended on bonds of personal loyalty. It also was based on land ownership since both were agricultural-based societies reliant on farming. In Europe, with the influence of Roman law, the noble-peasant relationship was seen as mutual and contractual. Why did Japanese feudalism…
While filming season two, Jared Padalecki (Sam Winchester) broke his wrist while performing one of the stunts on the show. Did Dean break his leg on Supernatural? On the Oct. 7 episode of “Supernatural,” Jensen Ackles wears a hospital gown. Oh, sorry. How did Sam break his wrist in Season…
Over the years, he served as a support figure during the childhood of Tony Stark until Jarvis eventually passed away, resulting in the young Stark paying tribute to his elder butler by naming his A.I. So depending on your definition you could say that Jarvis died when Vision was born,…
In addition to the Jason Heyward Baseball Academy, Vedrana Heyward will launch Girls on the Diamond, a program to help young women discover a passion and develop the skills to grow into powerful women. Since signing with Chicago in December of 2015, Heyward has grown as a staple within the…