The flags of the U.S. states,territories,and the District of Columbia exhibit a variety of regional influences and local histories,as well as different styles and design principles. Modern U.S. state flags date from the turn of the 20th century,when states considered distinctive symbols for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago,Illinois. Most U.S. state flags were designed and adopted between 1893 and World War I.
Frederick Huntington Gillett was an American politician who served as the 42nd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1921 to 1925 and as a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts from 1925 to 1931. A Republican,Gillett first began his career in politics when he served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1890 to 1891,and would go on to serve in the House from 1893 to 1925. In 1924,he became the oldest individual elected to a first term in the U.S. Senate,a record that he would hold until Peter Welch's victory in the 2022 United States Senate election in Vermont 98 years later.
State Highway 18 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Texas maintained by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) that runs from Fort Stockton in western Texas to the New Mexico state line between Kermit and Jal,New Mexico. This route was designated in 1958 over the northern half of what was previously SH 82.
Persifor Frazer Smith was an American military officer. He served as an officer in the Louisiana State militia and as Louisiana State adjutant general. He led two regiments of Louisiana and Pennsylvania volunteers during the Second Seminole War. He served as a colonel in the United States Army during the Mexican–American War,was brevetted to major general,and became known as the "hero of Contreras". He commanded the Pacific Division from 1848 to 1849 including as the 6th Military governor of California from February to April 1849. He commanded the Department of Texas from 1850 to 1856 and the Department of the West from 1856 to 1858 during the Bleeding Kansas conflict. In 1858,he was appointed commander of the Department of Utah with orders to quell the Mormon Rebellion,but died at Fort Leavenworth before he could take command.
The Oklahoma National Guard,a division of the Oklahoma Military Department,is the component of the United States National Guard in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It comprises both Army (OKARNG) and Air (OKANG) National Guard components. The Governor of Oklahoma is Commander-in-Chief of the Oklahoma National Guard when not on federal active duty. The state's highest-ranking military commander,the Adjutant General of Oklahoma (TAG),serves as the military head of the Guard and is second only to the Governor. The TAG is served by Assistant Adjutants General,all brigadier generals,from the OKARNG and OKANG. The two components each have a senior noncommissioned officer,State Command Sergeant Major for Army and State Command Chief Master Sergeant for Air. The TAG is also served by his Director of the Joint Staff or Chief of Staff,who has direct oversight of the state's full-time National Guard military personnel and civilian employees.
State Highway 33 is a route that runs from U.S. Highways 60 and 83 south of Canadian and travels east to the Oklahoma state line,where it becomes State Highway 33.
Augustus Peabody Gardner was an American military officer and Republican Party politician from Massachusetts. He represented the North Shore region in the Massachusetts Senate and United States House of Representatives in the early 20th century. Through his marriage to Constance Lodge,Gardner was the son-in-law of Henry Cabot Lodge.
Byron Giles Rogers was an American lawyer,politician,and World War I veteran from Colorado. From 1951 to 1971,he served ten consecutive terms in the U.S. House of Representatives.
John Martin Vorys was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.
Everette Burgess Howard was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.
Brigadier-General Charles Ogston was a British Army staff officer.
Brigadier General William Denman Croft,was a British Army officer. He served as a brigadier general in the British Army in the First World War,and afterwards in India. He was one of seven British officers to be awarded the Distinguished Service Order four times in the First World War. He was Home Guard commander in Cornwall during the Second World War.
Lieutenant General Carl Axel Fredrik Ivar Holmquist was a senior Swedish Army officer and sports official. He was president of the International Ski Federation from 1924 to 1934 and served as Chief of the Swedish Army during World War II.
Edward Griffith Dodson was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who was Clerk of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1934 to 1962,and author of much-used biographical compilations of Virginia public officials.
Chariton is an unincorporated community in northeast Putnam County,in the U.S. state of Missouri.
Fyodor Vasilyevich Kostyayev was a military officer in the Russian Imperial Army and following the October Revolution in the Red Army.
Ernest Hinds was a career officer in the United States Army. A veteran of the Spanish–American War,Philippine–American War,and World War I,he attained the rank of major general and was notable for his service as Chief of Artillery for the American Expeditionary Forces during the First World War and his post war command of the 2nd Division and United States Army Field Artillery School.
Charles F. Barrett was an American journalist,soldier,and politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma who served as the 4th and 6th Adjutant General of Oklahoma between 1919-1923 and 1925–1939. He led National Guard response to the Tulsa race massacre.
Napoleon Bonaparte Maxey was an American politician who served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1914 to 1916 and on the Oklahoma Supreme Court Commission from 1923 to 1925.
Johann Baptist Fuchs was a German professional military officer who served in the Royal Bavarian Army during the First World War,and also was a member of the post-war Freikorps. He became a senior state police official in Bavaria and participated in Adolf Hitler's Beer Hall Putsch. He joined the Nazi Party and its paramilitary unit,the Sturmabteilung (SA),holding several high-level staff positions and rising to the rank of SA-Obergruppenführer.
