Alton Augustus Adams, Sr. (November 4, 1889 – November 23, 1987) was an American who is remembered primarily as the first black bandmaster in the United...
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English Civil War. It also has connections with Sweet Fanny Adams and Jane Austen. The Alton Hoard of Iron Age coins and jewellery found in the vicinity...
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Fanny Adams (30 April 1859 – 24 August 1867) was an eight-year-old English girl who was murdered by a solicitor's clerk, Frederick Baker, in Alton, Hampshire...
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Alton (/ˈɔːltən/ AWL-tən, UK also /ˈɒltən/ OL-tən) is a given name. Notable people with the name include: Alton Adams (1889–1987), first African-American...
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The song was composed by Sam Williams and U.S. Virgin Island native Alton Adams in the 1920s. It served as an unofficial regional anthem of the U.S....
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The Alton Railroad (reporting mark A) was the final name of a railroad linking Chicago to Alton, Illinois; St. Louis, Missouri; and Kansas City, Missouri...
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Alton Johnson Adams Jr. (born October 20, 1979) is an American football coach and former player who is currently the co-offensive coordinator for the...
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Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue model; born and raised on St. Thomas Alton Adams (1889–1987), musician, first black bandmaster in the United States Navy...
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1001/jama.1918.02600500065022. ISSN 0098-7484. Adams, Alton A. (2008). The Memoirs of Alton Augustus Adams, Sr.: First Black Bandmaster of the United States...
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"La Borinqueña" Félix Astol Artés Manuel Fernández Juncos 1977 United States Virgin Islands "Virgin Islands March" Sam Williams and Alton Adams 1963...
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the Virgin Islands, located in Charlotte Amalie, was founded in 1962. Alton Adams − Lyrics writer of the Virgin Islands National Anthem and first band...
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Oblast Unknown United States Virgin Islands "Virgin Islands March" 1963 Alton Adams Sam Williams "Virgin Islands March" United States Upper Austria "Hoamatgsang [de]"...
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Alfred Lee Loomis, American physicist and philanthropist (d. 1975) 1889 – Alton Adams, American composer and bandleader (d. 1987) 1890 – Klabund, German author...
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(1883–1931) Mark Adamo (born 1962) Alton Adams (1889–1987) H. Leslie Adams (born 1932) John Adams (born 1947) John Luther Adams (born 1953) Samuel Adler (born...
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1888 1969 Hungarian-American Emiliana de Zubeldia 1888 1987 Spanish Alton Adams 1889 1987 American Aksel Agerby 1889 1942 Danish Harald Agersnap 1889...
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Perry, 79, American swimmer, attraction promoter and swimming coach. Alton Adams, 98, American bandmaster in the U.S. Navy. Joseph Beer, 79, Polish-French...
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Hands". The U.S. Navy appropriates the St. Thomas Juvenile Band, led by Alton Adams; this is the first black band and bandmaster in the Navy. The Original...
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Adams Branch is a 4.64 mi (7.47 km) tributary of Richardson Creek in south-central North Carolina that rises in Union County near Alton, North Carolina...
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Alton Brooks Parker (May 14, 1852 – May 10, 1926) was an American judge. He was the Democratic nominee in the 1904 United States presidential election...
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(1883–1931) Mark Adamo (born 1962) Alton Adams (1889–1987) John Adams (born 1947) John Luther Adams (born 1953) H. Leslie Adams (born 1932) Samuel Adler (born...
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Elijah Parish Lovejoy (category People from Alton, Illinois)
attacks, Lovejoy decided to move across the river to Alton in Illinois, a free state. However, Alton was also tied to the Mississippi River economy, easily...
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1952), 1972 Olympic Gold Medalist (139 lbs.) boxer; born on St. Croix. Alton Adams (1889–1987), musician, first black bandmaster in the United States Navy;...
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Lloyd Doggett (redirect from Lloyd Alton Doggett)
Lloyd Alton Doggett II (born October 6, 1946) is an American lawyer and politician who is a U.S. representative from Texas. A member of the Democratic...
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Alton Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Square in Alton, Hampshire, England. The structure, which is the meeting place of Alton Town Council...
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Mary Agnes Cowan McAdams (April 29, 1869 – September 7, 1950) was an American politician from Illinois most notable for being one of the first Democratic...
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including John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert R. Livingston, and Roger Sherman, with authoring the Declaration. Adams, a leading proponent...
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1908 – U.S. Representative Theodore Bell of California 1912 – Chief Judge Alton B. Parker of New York 1916 – Governor Martin Glynn of New York 1920 – DNC...
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a chain of limestone bluffs in Madison County, Illinois, at present-day Alton, Illinois. The original Piasa illustration no longer exists; a newer 20th-century...
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Minor Watson (category People from Alton, Illinois)
Northwestern Military Academy in Delafield, Wisconsin, and Shurtleff College in Alton, Illinois. He said that, as a member of Sigma Phi at Shurtleff, he was encouraged...
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The Harvey Girls (category Films based on works by Samuel Hopkins Adams)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It is based on the 1942 novel of the same name by Samuel Hopkins Adams, about Fred Harvey's Harvey House waitresses. Directed by George Sidney...
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