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Defended black girls from white home invaders. Many black homes burned to discourage citizens from coming forward: Chilton Jennings: 28: African-American: Gilmer: Upshur County: Texas: 1919: Assaulted a white women, Mrs. Virgie Haggard He was arrested and a mob of about 1,000 white people stormed the jail and broke down the door with sledgehammers.
Freeport High School is a public secondary school located in Freeport, Illinois, United States. Demographics [ edit ] In the 2014–2015 school year, Freeport High School had a population of 55.2% white students, followed by 23.7% black students, 10.7% students of two or more races, 8.7% Hispanic students, and 1.6% of students grouped as "other ...
A United States Navy Douglas R6D-1 Liftmaster, BuNo 131612, c/n 43715, of Air Transport Squadron 3 (VR-3), assigned to the Military Air Transport Service, hits a cliff on Pali Kea Peak in the Waianae Range on Oahu, 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, United States, at 02:03, killing all 57 passengers and nine crew, making it the worst heavier-than-air disaster in U.S ...
Lena, Illinois. Location of Lena in Stephenson County, Illinois. / 42.37861°N 89.82639°W / 42.37861; -89.82639. Lena is a village in Stephenson County, Illinois. The population was 2,772 at the 2020 census. [2] Lena was platted in 1853, and named after a place mentioned in a poem by Ossian.
FBI surveillance photograph of the Lucchese crime family members Vic Amuso, Anthony Casso and Frank Lastorino. Frank "Big Frank" Lastorino (April 9, 1939 – November 5, 2022) [121] was a soldier, caporegime and consigliere of the Lucchese family. Lastorino was formally inducted into the crime family in 1987. [122]
Children. 7, including Andrew J. McKenna Jr. Andrew James McKenna Sr. (September 17, 1929 – February 7, 2023) was an American businessman and chairman emeritus of McDonald's from 2016 until his death, having been chairman from 2004 to 2016, and a director from 1991. [1]
Freeport, Illinois 61032, United States. Circulation. 4,140 daily. 4,893 Sunday (as of 2018) [1] [2] OCLC number. 11087856. Website. journalstandard.com. The Journal Standard is an American daily newspaper published Monday through Saturday in Freeport, Illinois, by Gannett for readers in Carroll, Jo Daviess, Ogle and Stephenson counties.
The 115th Illinois Infantry was organized at Camp Butler and mustered in for three years service on September 13, 1862, under the command of Colonel Jesse Hale Moore . The regiment was attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of Kentucky, Department of the Ohio, to February 1862. 2nd Brigade, Baird's 3rd Division, Army of the Kentucky ...