In September 1822 two companies of infantry arrived at the mouth of the St. Peter's River, the head of navigation on the Mississippi, and began construction of Fort St. Anthony which, upon completion, was renamed in honor of its commander, Colonel Josiah Snelling.

Had it done so, the blot on its escutcheon would have remained indelible, nor could the Harvard Divinity School assemble today to honor Parker's insurgence other than by getting down on its collective knees and crying `` peccavi ''.

In the third verse ( see above ), the author scolds the materialistic and self-serving robber barons of her day, and urges America to live up to its noble ideals and to honor, with both word and deed, the memory of those who died for their country.

Since this picture was first developed by Ernst Stueckelberg, and acquired its modern form in Feynman's work, it is called the Feynman-Stueckelberg interpretation of antiparticles to honor both scientists.

According to the Boston Globe ( as reported on May 18, 2010 ), the town has renamed its amphitheater in the artist's honor, and is looking to develop an Al Capp Museum.

Libya did not honor the withdrawal accord, and its forces continued to occupy the northern third of Chad.

Camp David received its present name from Dwight D. Eisenhower, in honor of his father and grandson, both named David.

Despite this, a museum exhibit opened in his honor, in which its owner claims it to be the country's smallest Presidential Library.

Despite its status as part of an occupied city, East Berlin was claimed as the capital of East Germany, as the Soviets did not honor the distinction of a free city for their sector.

This new sauce was an instant success, and was gratefully named in honor of its creators.

* Since the 1950s, the United States Atomic Energy Commission has named its highest honor, the Fermi Award, after him.

However, in reality, according to the United States Flag Code, all state flags are displayed at the same height as the American flag when on separate poles, with the American flag in a position of honor ( to its own right ).

In 1904, the Royal Society awarded Cantor its Sylvester Medal, the highest honor it can confer for work in mathematics.

Only a few weeks before his death, the government of France awarded him its highest honor, the Grand-Croix de la Legion d ' Honneur.

* Since its 1824 renaming in his honor, the capital city of the West African country of Liberia has been named Monrovia.

In May 2008, Voight paid a solidarity visit to Israel in honor of its 60th birthday.

With no doubts, the honor of the chairmanship in the authoritative international organizations symbolizes the success of social, economic and political achievements of Kazakhstan during the 18 years of its independence.

The new Foreign Minister assured the Soviet Ambassador that Japan would honor the neutrality agreement, even though Germany was urging its Japanese ally to attack the Russians from the east.

Manga for male readers sub-divides according to the age of its intended readership: boys up to 18 years old ( shōnen manga ) and young men 18-to 30-years old ( seinen manga ); as well as by content, including action-adventure often involving male heroes, slapstick humor, themes of honor, and sometimes explicit sexuality.

He was to kill the bull to show honor to Poseidon but decided to keep it instead because of its beauty.

During that period, Nauru faced the seizure of its assets if the country failed to honor its debt payments.

In May 1999, Washington State University bestowed its highest honor, the Regents ' Distinguished Alumnus Award, upon him.

We know about his buildings in honor of St Felix from literary and archaeological evidence, especially from his long letter to Sulpicius Severus describing the arrangement of the building and its decoration.

This award, named in honor of AARP's founder, Dr. Ethel Percy Andrus, is presented biennially to distinguished individuals who have generated positive social change in the world, and whose work and achievements reflect AARP's vision of bringing lifetimes of experience and leadership to serve all generations.

Both the Patriarchate of Addis Ababa and all Ethiopia, and the Patriarchate of Asmara and all Eritrea do acknowledge the supremacy of honor and dignity of the Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria on the basis that both Patriarchates were established by the Throne of Alexandria and that they have their roots in the Apostolic Church of Alexandria, and acknowledge that Saint Mark the Apostle is the founder of their Churches through the heritage and Apostolic evangelization of the Fathers of Alexandria.

The Enzo was Ferrari's fastest model at the time, and was introduced and named in honor of the company's founder, Enzo Ferrari ( Although it was to be called the F60, continuing on from the F40 and F50, but Ferrari was so pleased with it, they called it the Enzo instead ).

This vase suggests he was descended partly from Apollo ( thus partly divine, shades of Achilles ), whom he worshiped as a God, gave private parties in his honor together with Minerva, Roman Goddess of War, from the founder of Rome, and his connection to his uncle Julius Caesar, for whom as a young man he gave a remarkable funeral oratory, and who adopted him on his father's death, when he was only four.

In 2007, the head of the Russian institute stated the team were considering two names for the new element: flyorium in honor of Georgy Flyorov, the founder of the research laboratory in Dubna ; and moskovium, in recognition of the Moskovskaya Oblast where Dubna is located.

It is named in honor of the Steelers ' founder, Arthur J. Rooney Sr ..

The two best-known of the Camenae were Carmentis ( or Carmenta ), who had her own flamen and in whose honor the Carmentalia was held, and Egeria, the divine consort of Numa Pompilius, the second king of Rome considered the founder of Roman law and religion.

He stayed in the Gilberto Concepción de Gracia encampment — baptized in honor of the PIP founder — for 362 consecutive days, enduring both camp devastations due to storms and declining health dur to a new diagnosis of prostate cancer.

Originally named Strawbridge by founder Cyrus W. “ Charley ” Wilson, the name was later changed in honor of railroad Engineer Joseph P. Sanderson.

The legislature of the Republic of Texas authorized Leon County in 1846 from part of Robertson County, and named it in honor of Martín De León, the founder of Victoria, Texas.

At the town's incorporation in 1653, it was named Portsmouth in honor of the colony's founder, John Mason.

The name Chi Sigma was retained rather than a Native American name in honor of Sam Bogan, founder of the earlier organization.

Georgia's founder and colonial governor, James Oglethorpe, renamed the island " Amelia Island " in honor of Princess Amelia ( 1710 – 1786 ), King George II's daughter, although the island was still a Spanish possession.

A settlement was founded in 1872 about a mile south of present-day Alvan, along the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad railroad, and was called Gilbert in honor of the founder, Alvan Gilbert.

It originally was named Wild Horse but the Union Pacific Railroad changed the name to honor Virgil Gay Bogue, a civil engineer working for the railroad and the founder of the city.

Some claim the new name was selected to honor the Apostle Paul, but it was most probably selected in honor of St. Paul of the Cross, founder of the Passionists, who had just then established a home in Osage Mission.

It is named in honor of the cities founder Orsemus Hills Bentley.

Supporters of Lancaster's founder, John Prescott ( 1604 – 1681 ), wished to name the new settlement Prescottville, but the Massachusetts General Court considered such a request from a common freeman presumptuous, given that at that time, not even a governor had held the honor of naming a town after himself.

The town was founded in 1881, and was originally called “ Mioe ”, in honor of the wife of town founder, Henry Deyarmond.

The town's charter was granted in 1749 by Colonial Governor Benning Wentworth, and in 1768 his nephew, Governor John Wentworth, named it in honor of New Hampshire's founder, Captain John Mason.

Originally called " Milltown " by its founder ( for the saw mill he located on the falls of the Boquet River, located in the center of the town ), it was renamed " Willsborough " ( subsequently shortened to " Willsboro ") shortly after the Revolutionary War, in honor of the founder.

The unincorporated village was called Depot, New Webster, and Webster Station until the state legislature had its name officially changed to Dillsboro when the village was incorporated as a town in 1889 to honor William Allen Dills, the town's founder.

" Nearby in downtown Wilmington is the historic General Denver Hotel, which is named in honor of General James W. Denver, founder of the city of Denver, Colorado.