He presented General of the Army Douglas MacArthur the Sylvanus Thayer Award in 1962, which was the occasion of MacArthur's famous Duty, Honor, Country speech to the United States Military Academy Corps of Cadets in 1962.

General Sylvanus Thayer, the " Father of West Point " was also born in Braintree in the section of town now known as Braintree Highlands.

* General Sylvanus Thayer Birthplace

Following General May's death, the remaining Maya officials initiated contacts with Washington through the archaeologist and American spy, ( Harris, Sadler 2003 ), Sylvanus Morley, ( Sullivan 1992 ).

* Sylvanus Percival Vivian ( 1880 – 1958 ), 7th Registrar General of England and Wales ( 1921 – 1945 )

Colonel and Brevet Brigadier General Sylvanus Thayer ( June 9, 1785 – September 7, 1872 ) also known as " the Father of West Point " was an early superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point and an early advocate of engineering education in the United States.

It was named after the General and Governor John Milton Thayer.

In 1859, following complaints of Pawnee depredations against settlers in the Elkhorn River valley, a combined force of Nebraska Territorial Militia under the command of General John Milton Thayer and 2nd U. S. Army Dragoons under Lieutenant Beverly Holcombe Robertson prepared to attack a Pawnee village.

One of the 149 rooms at the Thayer Hotel at West Point has been dedicated to General McAuliffe.

Thayer, however, never gave the valedictory address at Dartmouth, having been granted an appointment to West Point by President Thomas Jefferson at the behest of General Pierce.

As a result of Thayer's enduring legacy at the United States Military Academy, in 1869 a notable meeting took place in Braintree between Thayer and the celebrated West Point graduate and Civil War hero Brigadier General Robert Anderson.

The areas in Arkansas were designated the District of the Frontier in the Department of Arkansas and placed under the command of General John Milton Thayer.

* General John Thayer ( January 6, 1864-February 1865 ) part of the Dept.

His mother Patricia Thayer ( née Cunningham ) was a classically trained violinist and singer and father James Thayer was a businessman, community leader and retired Brigadier General in the US Army.

The event was the kick-off of the two-year $ 6. 5 million capital campaign to raise funds in support of the new Oregon Military Museum that will be named in honor of Thayer's father, Brigadier General James B. Thayer Sr. Other notable Oregonians attending the event included Honorary Co-Chairs, Oregon Governors Victor G. Atiyeh ( 1979-1987 ), Ted Kulongoski ( 2003-2011 ), as well as Peter Jacobsen, Bill Schonely and Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Robert D. Maxwell.

* Birthplace of Seán Sherlock ( Labour Party TD ) for Cork East Constituency, elected to Dáil Éireann 2007 General Election.

Birthplace of General Benjamin Lincoln in Hingham, Massachusetts, known as the General Benjamin Lincoln House.

At General Power's seat in the balcony there is also a gold phone.

What I want is to have this evidence come before Congress and if the Attorney General does not report it, as I am very sure he won't, as he has refused to do anything of the kind, I then wish that a committee of seven Representatives be appointed with power to take the evidence.

Remembering the step-by-step fate of Danzig and the West German misgivings about `` salami '' tactics, it is to be hoped that the dispatch of General Clay to West Berlin as President Kennedy's representative will mark a stiffening of response not only to future indignities and aggressions but also to some that have passed.

But if any realism and feeling for truth remain in the General Assembly, it is time for men of courage to measure the magnitude of the failure and urge some new approach.

In other words, the Secretary General is to be a nonpartisan, international servant, not a political, national one.

-- Your July 26 editorial regarding the position of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy on prospective tax relief for DuPont stockholders is based on an erroneous statement of fact.

A Member of the United Nations which is in arrears in the payment of its financial contributions to the Organization shall have no vote in the General Assembly if the amount of its arrears equals or exceeds the amount of the contributions due from it for the preceding two full years ''.

According to the official interpretation of the Charter, a member cannot be penalized by not having the right to vote in the General Assembly for nonpayment of financial obligations to the `` special '' United Nations' budgets, and of course cannot be expelled from the Organization ( which you suggested in your editorial ), due to the fact that there is no provision in the Charter for expulsion.

The appointment of U Thant of Burma as the U.N.'s Acting Secretary General -- at this writing, the choice appears to be certain -- offers further proof that in politics it is more important to have no influential enemies than to have influential friends.

if such person is deceased or is under a legal disability, payment shall be made to his legal representative: Provided, That if the total award is not over $500 and there is no qualified executor or administrator, payment may be made to the person or persons found by the Comptroller General of the United States to be entitled thereto, without the necessity of compliance with the requirements of law with respect to the administration of estates ; ;

in the case of a partnership or corporation, the existence of which has been terminated and on behalf of which an award is made, payment shall be made, except as provided in paragraphs ( 3 ) and ( 4 ), to the person or persons found by the Comptroller General of the United States to be entitled thereto ; ;

Whenever the Secretary of the Treasury, or the Comptroller General of the United States, as the case may be, shall find that any person is entitled to any such payment, after such payment shall have been received by such person, it shall be an absolute bar to recovery by any other person against the United States, its officers, agents, or employees with respect to such payment.

Competitors came to receive higher percentage of General Motors business in later years, but it is `` likely '' that this trend stemmed `` at least in part '' from the needs of General Motors outstripping Du Pont's capacity.

Moreover, the hearing officer's report is but intradepartmental, is directed to the Attorney General and, of course, is not the recommendation of the Department.

It is not essentially different from a memorandum of an attorney in the Department of Justice, of which the Attorney General receives many, and to which he may give his approval or rejection.

Mr. Smith, like the present Secretary General, is a lawyer ; ;

Among the more familiar plans for dual-channel advancement is that of General Electric.

Old Order, acted and atonally sung by Grunnfeu Arapacis, the lovely Serbantian import, then entered and delivered the well-known invocation to the god Phineoppus, whereupon the stage is quite unexpectedly visited by a company of wandering Gorshek priests, symbolizing Love, Lust, Prudence and General Motors, respectively.

Should Congress authorize the Attorney General to file suit to accomplish admission of a child to a school to which he is denied entrance??

There followed the historic appropriations and budget fight, in which the General Assembly decided to tackle executive powers.

The European powers then determined to intervene, and authorized the landing in Beirut of a body of French troops under General Beaufort d ' Hautpoul, whose inscription can still be seen on the historic rock at the mouth of Nahr al-Kalb.

* General Uzi Narkiss – A historic radio interview with General Uzi Narkiss taken on June 7 – one day after the Six-Day War, describing the battle for Jerusalem

* The " Terry Fox Fountain of Hope " was installed in 1982 on the historic grounds of Rideau Hall, the official residence of the Governor General of Canada ;

For many years, the section where the early United Nations General Assembly once met was reverted back to its historic role as an ice skating rink, but in 2009 the skating rink was moved to a new recreation center across the park.

File: Battle of Talladega Historic Marker. JPG | A historic marker commemorating General Andrew Jackson's victory over the Red Sticks at the Battle of Talladega during the Creek War.

This plan, an integral part of the county General Plan, emphasized a continuation of the low density development of the Del Rio area, with balanced uses based upon the historic residential, agricultural and open space precedent land uses.

Permanent historic occupation of the islands began in 1839, when the United States Army, led by General Zachary Taylor, established " Fort No. 4 ", which served as a depot and included a hospital, on Depot Key ( later known as Atsena Otie Key ) during the Second Seminole War.

Much of Allegan's historic architecture dates to an odd Civil War era windfall received by Union Army General Benjamin Dudley Pritchard.

The city is home to the Minnetonka Yacht Club and the historic Cottagewood General Store.

The city retains several historic sites in addition to the Marine Mill, such as the General Store, built in 1870 ; the Stone House Museum, built in 1872 ; the Village Hall, built in 1888 ; the Lutheran Church ; and the Fire Hall.

Within the community of Marilla in the town, located on Two Rod Road is one of the towns oldest stores, The historic Marilla General Store.

Pickens General Store, which sells local Amish-made goods and non electric products, is located in the historic Pickens Hall.

J. E. Priddy's General Store, a local historic landmark dating from the late 19th century, is still in business selling goods old and new.

" 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.

Wilmerding's most notable historic structure is the Westinghouse Air Brake Company General Office Building ( 1889 – 1890, rebuilt 1896 ), designed by Frederick J. Osterling and now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The city has been called an " architectural museum ," because the downtown features numerous well-preserved historic structures, such as the 1741 Golden Plough Tavern, the 1751 General Horatio Gates House, the 1766 York Meetinghouse, the 1863 Billmeyer House, the 1888 York Central Market, and the 1907 Moorish Revival Temple Beth Israel.

The town is located three miles west of the restored historic village of Appomattox Court House ( a. k. a. Clover Hill ), the site of Confederate General Robert E. Lee's surrender to Union General Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865, essentially ending the American Civil War.

With the ascension of the House of Bourbon to the Spanish throne, the historic Aragonese viceroyalties were replaced by new Captaincies General.

An AAM-accredited historic house museum, the Mansion interprets the colonial era, the period when General George Washington occupied it during the American Revolutionary War, and the early 19th century in New York.

While the Bible is the basis of faith of the Church of Scotland, and the Westminster Confession of Faith is the subordinate standard, a request was presented to a General Assembly of the Church of Scotland for a statement explaining the historic Christian faith in jargon-free non-theological language.

He was one of the historic leaders of the Spanish Socialist Workers ' Party ( PSOE ) and of the Workers ' General Union ( UGT ).