Washington Monument State Park is a public recreation area located approximately one mile (1.6 km) southeast of Boonsboro, Maryland. The park preserves the Washington Monument, a tower honoring George Washington. The monument sits along the Appalachian Trail. The park is managed by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources.
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Eagle Peak is a mountain in the U.S. state of Alaska, located in Chugach State Park in Anchorage Municipality. Elevation 6,955 ft (2,120 m) Coordinates 61°10′01″N 149°16′01″W The peak is named after the Eagle River. The peak is visible from Anchorage on clear days.
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Howard Eliot Wolpe was a seven-term United States Representative from Michigan and the Clinton Administration’s Presidential Special Envoy to the African Great Lakes Region, where he led the US delegation to the Arusha and Lusaka peace talks aimed at ending civil wars in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He rejoined the State
Javier Treviño (born December 11, 1960 in Monterrey, Mexico), was appointed Mexico Deputy Secretary of Education by President Enrique Peña Nieto on November 20, 2014. He was elected Member of Mexican Federal Congress (Diputado Federal) in 2012.Javier Treviño Javier Treviño combines a solid and successful business-government experience along his nine-year career of high-level corporate experience and
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria, is a federal state in Germany’s south-east. With a surface size of 70,550.19 square kilometers (27,239.58 square miles), Bavaria is the biggest German state by land area, accounting for nearly one-fifth of Germany’s total land area. Munich (the state capital), Nuremberg, and Augsburg are the major cities in
Gundula Janowitz is an Austrian lyric soprano singer of operas, oratorios, lieder, and concerts. She is one of the most renowned opera singers of the 20th century and was pre-eminent in the 1960s and 1970s. Born 2 August 1937 (age 84)Berlin, Germany Nationality Austrian Occupation Soprano singer Years active 1959–1997 Organisation Vienna State Opera Title Kammersängerin Awards Austrian Decoration for Science
A state legislature in the United States is the lawmaking body of a U.S. state. It exercises legislative authority within the framework of the U.S. Constitution and the individual state constitution. State legislatures enact statutes, pass budgets, levy taxes, regulate commerce within state borders, and oversee executive agencies. They are foundational components of American federalism,
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George Elmer Pataki is a former New York governor who served as the state’s 53rd governor from 1995 to 2006. Pataki, an attorney by trade, was elected mayor of his hometown of Peekskill, New York, and thereafter to the State Assembly and the State Senate. Pataki campaigned for Governor of New York in 1994, ousting
Government is the structured system through which authority is exercised over a political community, typically a state. It establishes laws, enforces order, provides public services, and represents the collective interests of a population. At its core, government is an institutional framework for making and implementing binding decisions within a defined territory. Government is both a
The Rochester and Sodus Bay Railway was an electric interurban railway that connected Rochester to the Lake Ontario shoreline at Sodus Point. In 1902, the Rochester Railway Company leased the route, which was ultimately incorporated into New York State Railways in 1909. Ridership declined in the 1920s, and the railway east of Glen Haven was
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