Moore also contributed to the renovation of the house used as headquarters during 1861 – 1862 by Major General Thomas J.

Major renovation projects have been undertaken in recent years to improve the condition and external presentation of the Old Town.

Major investments in renovation of the city's monuments, building new hotels ( including high-standard ones ), improvement in promotion, as well as launching new cultural and scientific events and facilities, give very good prospects for Toruń's tourism.

Major renovation and construction followed in the 1990s at a cost of US $ 200 million.

Major improvements were made in 2000 to Grose Park as part of a $ 660, 000 renovation with about 60 % of the funding coming from the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund.

Major roads have undergone massive streetscaping projects, Bayshore Town Center has undergone a multi-million dollar renovation, and the Glendale Business Park continues to welcome high tech clients.

The stadium has hosted the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball since 1997, following a multimillion-dollar renovation to retrofit the stadium for baseball by removing the temporary stands that had made up nearly half the stadium and building the outfield stands and other attractions behind them.

Major construction included renovation of the DePaul Center in 1993 and acquisition of the Blackstone Theatre, rechristened the Merle Reskin, in 1992.

Major changes made during the renovation include:

In July 2009, the Portland city council approved a $ 31 million renovation to make it ready for the 2011 Major League Soccer season, by reconfiguring the stadium primarily for soccer and football.

The renovation met Major League Soccer standards, introduced new amenities and a new playing surface, and shifted the playing surface west and north, and added space on the east and south sides, with new seating areas.

In September 2008, the Medical Center celebrated the public opening of Phase I of its first major renovation known as the Major Modernization Project.

The renovation included the main stadium, the Major League Fields and the Minor League Complex on site.

Major renovation of the stadium were finished in 2001 for the hosting of Sukma Games in 2002.

Major repair was carried out in 1924, under the leadership of architect Arnstein Arneberg, who later conducted extensive renovation of the Hamar Cathedral.

The Americans lost forty-four men, among them Major Joseph Morris of Morgan's regiment, an officer who was regarded with high esteem and affection, not only by his commander, but by Washington and Lafayette as well.

In his absence, the rifle regiment was under the command of Major Thomas Posey, another able Virginian.

It was Baker, working through Provost Marshal Enoch Crowder and Major Hugh S. ( `` Old Ironpants '' ) Johnson, who arranged for a secret printing by the million of selective service blanks -- again before the Act was passed -- until corridors in the Government Printing Office were full and the basement of the Washington Post Office was stacked to the ceiling.

There was a little blood on the hem of her dress, for the assassin had slashed Miss Harris's companion, Major Rathbone, with a knife.

The terms are fairly safe to use on this side of the ocean, but before you start spouting them to your date, it might be best to find out if he was a member of Major Pockmanster's Delhi Regiment, since resentment toward the natives was reportedly very high in that outfit.

Brevet Major General George Armstrong Custer was the regiment's first permanent commander and, like such generals as George S. Patton and Terry De La Mesa Allen in their rise to military prominence, Custer was a believer in blood and guts warfare.

The commander of Fort Sumter, South Carolina, Major Robert Anderson sent a request for provisions to Washington, and the execution of Lincoln's order to meet that request was seen by the secessionists as an act of war.

President Lincoln rejected two geographically limited emancipation attempts by Major General John C. Frémont in August 1861 and by Major General David Hunter in May 1862, on the grounds that it was not within their power, and it would upset the border states loyal to the Union.

` Alexander Mackenzie `, the Royal Military College of Canada March for bagpipes, was composed in his honour by Pipe Major Don M. Carrigan, who was the College Pipe Major 1973 to 1985.

The Pipe Major of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards was summoned to Edinburgh Castle and chastised for demeaning the bagpipes.

Chapman was the second player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game, the first being Doc Powers in 1909.

Vipsania Agrippina or most commonly known as Agrippina Major or Agrippina the Elder ( Major Latin for the elder, Classical Latin:, 14 BC – 17 October 33 ) was a distinguished and prominent Roman woman of the first century AD.

Vipsania Marcella was Agrippa ’ s second child from his second marriage to Augustus ’ first niece and the paternal cousin of Julia the Elder, Claudia Marcella Major.

Through his mother Antonia Major, Domitius was a great nephew of Augustus, first cousin to Claudius, and second cousin to Agrippina and Caligula.

Antonia Major was the elder sister to Antonia Minor, and the first daughter of Octavia Minor and Mark Antony.

In the fall of 1993, Jerry Colangelo, majority owner of the Phoenix Suns, the area's NBA franchise, announced he was assembling an ownership group, " Arizona Baseball, Inc .," to apply for a Major League Baseball expansion team.

* In 2002, Edwina Currie revealed that she had had an affair, beginning in 1984, with John Major before he became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

At the beginning of the 2010 Major League Baseball season only one ( Jim Caple of ESPN. com, although he later recanted his pick before the NLCS, saying the Philadelphia Phillies would beat the Giants and advance to the World Series ) out of literally dozens of baseball writers and pundits picked the Giants to even reach the World Series, with most not expecting the Giants to even make the playoffs.

Hand salutes similar to those used in the military are rendered by the Drum Major of a marching band or drum corps just prior to beginning their performance ( after the show announcer asks if the group is ready ), as well as following completion of the performance, both rendered to the audience.

The first game in the National League of Professional Baseball Clubs — on Saturday, April 22, 1876 ( at the Jefferson Street Grounds, Philadelphia ) — is often pointed to as the beginning of Major League Baseball.

The term may be used broadly to include professional black teams outside the leagues and it may be used narrowly for the seven relatively successful leagues beginning in 1920 that are sometimes termed " Negro Major Leagues ".

In the beginning of his sophomore year Jackson replaced Rick Monday ( who was the first player ever drafted in the Major League Baseball Draft ) at center field.

At the beginning of the 2007 Major League Baseball season, Ryan Freel took over center field for the Reds, and Griffey Jr. was moved to right field.

The Major appears at the beginning of the Walk to encourage the boys and start them on their way, and then occasionally thereafter.

Major excavations beginning with C. A. Ralegh Radford's work in the 1930s on and around the site of the 12th century castle have revealed that Tintagel headland was the site of a high status Celtic monastery ( according to Ralegh Radford ) or a princely fortress / trading settlement dating to the 5th and 6th centuries ( according to later excavators ), in the period immediately following the withdrawal of the Romans from Britain.

Walter Clement Pipp ( February 17, 1893 – January 11, 1965 ) was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball, now best remembered as the man who lost his starting role to Lou Gehrig at the beginning of Gehrig's streak of 2, 130 consecutive games.

He played shortstop for six different teams in his twelve-year career in Major League Baseball, beginning his rookie year on May 11, 1929 with the New York Yankees.

Although U. S. Army Major Jefferson Van Horne is believed to have passed near the area in 1849 on his way to take command of what would later become Fort Bliss, the town is instead named for Lt. James Judson Van Horn who commanded an army garrison at the Van Horn Wells beginning in 1859.

Herriman still produced syndicate work as well, such as Major Ozone's Fresh Air Crusade for the World Color Printing Company beginning 2 January 1904.

Command Sergeant Major William J. Gainey, USA, was selected to serve as the first Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ( SEAC ) beginning 1 Oct 2005.

Major popular events and sport activities occur throughout the year, beginning on January 1, with the Procession of Bom Jesus dos Navegantes greeting the New Year.

Major League Baseball recognises this event as the beginning of " all-time history ".

He covered four Major League Baseball teams, beginning with a long tenure calling the games of the St. Louis Cardinals, then the Oakland Athletics ( for one year ) and the Chicago White Sox ( for eleven years ), before ending his career as the announcer for the Chicago Cubs.

Initially, only one Gold Glove per position was awarded to the top fielder at each position in Major League Baseball ; however, separate awards were given for the National and American Leagues beginning in 1958.

Major works include a chronicle of Thietmar of Merseburg from the beginning of the 11th century, who described a temple in the city of Riedegost ( Radegast ) where the great deity Zuarasic ( Svarožič ) was worshipped.

The initial meeting had been arranged with the British SIS beginning of September 1939 by a known German political refugee named Dr. Franz Fischer exiled in the Netherlands, but who unbeknown to the British SIS, was working covertly for the Gestapo and then Sturmbannführer ( Major ) Walter Schellenberg of the Foreign Intelligence ( Counter-Espionage ) section of the Sicherheitsdienst ( SD ).

Major Loop institutions include: the Community Music School, owned by Washington University in St. Louis ; the Craft Alliance, noted for its pottery studios and classes ; the Riverfront Times ; Vintage Vinyl ; The Pageant Concert Nightclub ; Tivoli Theater ; Cicero's Italian Restaurant & Entertainment Venue ; Fitz's Restaurant and Bottling Company ; Star Clipper, the Eisner Award-winning comic book store ; Brandt's Cafe and Red Carpet Lounge ; Headz n Threadz clothing shop ; the Melting Pot fondue restaurant ; and Blueberry Hill, a pub and restaurant that served as the engine for the revival of the Loop beginning in the 1970s.

Major ships of the French Navy at the beginning of the German attack in May 1940:

In December 1956, Major League owners considered a proposal by Cleveland general manager and minority-owner Hank Greenberg to implement limited interleague play beginning in 1958.

In 1939 at the beginning of the Second World War the College's records were moved to Thornbury Castle in Gloucestershire, the home of Major Algar Howard ( the Norroy King of Arms ).

Major Dendy will assume the role of Chief of the Texas Rangers beginning in September of 2012.