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Pershing Riflemen
Pershing may refer to: Military * John J. Pershing (1860–1948), U.S. General of the Armies ** MGM-31 Pershing, U.S. ballistic missile system ** Pershing II Weapon System, U.S. ballistic missile ** M26 Pershing, U.S. tank ** Pershing boot, a type of boot used by U.S. soldiers in World War I ** Pershing Rifles, U.S. college military fraternal organization founded 1894 Companies * Pershing, an Italian yachtbuilding company, part of the Ferretti Group as of 2004 * Pershing LLC, a financial brokerage and custodian, and a subsidiary of the Bank of New York Mellon * Pershing Square Capital Management, a US hedge fund Places ;France * Stade Pershing (Pershing Stadium), a stadium in Vincennes, France ;United States * Pershing, Oklahoma * Pershing, Wisconsin, a town * Pershing County, Nevada * Pershing Center, an arena in Lincoln, Nebraska * Pershing Park, a small park in Washington, D.C. * Pershing Road (Hudson County), a road along the face of the Hudson Palisades * Pershing Township ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John J
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died ), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (died ), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope John ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pershing Park
The National World War I Memorial is a national memorial commemorating the service rendered by members of the United States Armed Forces in World War I. The 2015 National Defense Authorization Act authorized the World War I Centennial Commission to build the memorial in Pershing Park, located at 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. The park, which has existed since 1981, also contains the '' John J. Pershing General of the Armies'' commemorative work. In January 2016, the design commission selected the submission "The Weight of Sacrifice", by a team consisting of Joseph Weishaar, Sabin Howard, Phoebe Lickwar, and GWWO Architects, as the winning design, which was completed in September 2024. In 2016, David Rubin Land Collective replaced Forge as landscape architects for the project. Growing pressure to preserve M. Paul Friedberg’s design for Pershing Park while acknowledging the extent of the park as the national memorial required a balanced approach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pershing Middle School (San Diego)
San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) is a public school district based in San Diego San Diego ( , ) is a city on the Pacific coast of Southern California, adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a population of over 1.4 million, it is the List of United States cities by population, eighth-most populous city in t ..., California. Founded in 1854, it is the second largest school district in California. The district includes 121 elementary schools, 24 middle schools, 21 high schools, and 2 atypical schools. District San Diego Unified School District is the second largest school district in California and the largest in San Diego County. The district covers most of San Diego with the exception of San Ysidro, which is served by San Ysidro Elementary School District and Sweetwater Union High School District. School board The district is governed by a seven-member elected board of education; five adults and two preferential-voting Student Board Members. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pershing High School
John J. Pershing High School is a four-year public high school in Detroit, Michigan. It is in Conant Gardens in proximity to the residential areasConant Gardens produced talent " ''''. June 20, 2001. Retrieved on November 6, 2012. "The Conant Gardens neighborhood near Pershing High School never .. Conant Gardens is bounded by East Seven Mile, East Nev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General Pershing (motor Ship)
''General Pershing'' was a wooden auxiliary vessel, a five masted bald-headed schooner. Built in 1918, Olympia Washington, General Pershing was powered with two 350 hp Sumner surface ignition engines. Operational history ''General Pershing'' was originally built for use in the Atlantic trade by Norwegian interests and in 1921 was sold to the P.E. Harris Company of Seattle Washington for transporting salmon from Alaska canneries to the Atlantic and Gulf Coast markets via the Panama Canal. On July 11, 1921, ''General Pershing'' struck the Endymion Rock, Turks Islands and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. References Commercial fishing in Alaska United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ... Merchant ships of the United States 1918 ships Ships b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pershing (doughnut)
A Persian, Persian roll or Pershing is a fried sweet roll or doughnut with a spiral shape similar to a cinnamon bun. It may be covered with a sugar Glaze (cooking technique), glaze, Icing (food), iced or frosted, or sprinkled with sugar or cinnamon sugar. The roll is especially popular around Thunder Bay, Ontario. Despite its name, the name is unrelated to the Persian Empire. Regional variations In Thunder Bay, Ontario, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, it is said to have originated at Bennett's Bakery in Port Arthur, Ontario, Port Arthur, where it is served with a sweet, pink icing made of either raspberry, raspberries or strawberry, strawberries. Traditional lore is that the Persian was named for U.S. general John J. Pershing, John "Blackjack" Pershing but the exact date of its inception and circumstances of its creation are no longer known, giving rise to competing claims and stories. Its recipe remains a secret, with long-running debates on whether the icing contains raspberries or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pershing (album)
''Pershing'' is the second full-length studio album from American indie pop band Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin. It was released through Polyvinyl Records on April 8, 2008. Background and production The album's name refers to John J. Pershing Middle School in Springfield, Missouri, which Philip Dickey attended. The track "HEERS" references thHeers Buildingwhich is also located in Springfield, Missouri. The album's production is more refined than the lo-fi ''Broom'', but retains the doubled vocals, moving bass lines, and clean guitar lines played by electric and acoustic guitars from the former album. The album is dedicated to the bands' lifelong friend, Alex Bethurem, a Chicago area indie music fan (originally from Springfield, MO), who took his own life. A pre-order edition of the album featured exclusive original artwork and three bonus tracks. The first two are demo acoustic songs: an early draft of ''The Beach Song'', ''I Didn't Mean it''; and ''Stain'', a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louise Pershing
Louise Pershing (May 24, 1904 – October 14, 1986) was an American painter, sculptor, and designer. She was a founder of the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts. Pershing lived in the Shadyside neighborhood of Pittsburgh, and spent her summers in Provincetown, Massachusetts. She also went by the names Louise Pershing Murdoch, and Louise Pershing Berlin. Career Louise Pershing was born on May 24, 1904, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She graduated from the Knox School for Girls in Cooperstown, New York. She continued her studies at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; followed by the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University), and the University of Pittsburgh The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) is a Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The university is composed of seventeen undergraduate and graduate schools and colle .... She worked under Hans Hofman, and while at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Army
The United States Army (USA) is the primary Land warfare, land service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution.Article II, section 2, clause 1 of the United States Constitution (1789).See alsTitle 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001 It operates under the authority, direction, and control of the United States Secretary of Defense, United States secretary of defense. It is one of the six armed forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. The Army is the most senior branch in order of precedence amongst the armed services. It has its roots in the Continental Army, formed on 14 June 1775 to fight against the British for independence during the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783). After the Revolutionary War, the Congress of the Confederation created the United States Army on 3 June 1784 to replace the disbanded Continental Army.Library of CongressJournals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrzej Kolikowski
Andrzej Kolikowski (19 January 1954 – 5 December 1999), nicknamed ''Pershing'', was a mafia boss and a close associate of the Pruszków mafia in Poland. Pershing was arguably the best-known Polish gangster of the 1990s. He was assassinated by his enemies while on vacation in Zakopane. Kolikowski was born in Ożarów Mazowiecki. He was first arrested by the police at the age of 17. When he graduated from a car service school, he started working for a local cable factory. In 1980s he first went to West Germany, from where he started smuggling dollars, cars and other goods unavailable in communist-controlled Poland. There he also met his later accomplices: Jeremiasz Barański (''Baranina'') and Nikodem Skotarczak (''Nikoś''). He invested the money in an illegal casino opened in Warsaw in late 1980s. In 1989, Kolikowski formed a group of roughly 100 people supporting his business. Among the best-known of its members were Mirosław Danielak (nicknamed ''Malizna''), Leszek Dani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pershing Township (other)
Pershing Township may refer to one of the following places within the United States: * Pershing Township, Jackson County, Indiana * Pershing Township, Burt County, Nebraska {{geodis Township name disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pershing Road (Hudson County)
Pershing Road is a road located entirely in Weehawken, New Jersey that travels for on the Hudson Palisades between Boulevard East and Weehawken Port Imperial, and carries the designation Hudson County Route 682. At County Route 505 (Boulevard East), the road meets 48th Street (County Route 684), one of the very few two-way streets in the urban grid of North Hudson, which travels west to Bergenline Avenue and Kennedy Boulevard. It is named for World War I hero John J. Pershing. Earlier names have included Clifton Road, named for the estate on whose land it was located, and Hillside Road, which would speak to its location. Pershing Road, like the Hackensack Plank Road and the Paterson Plank Road, provides access between the Hudson River waterfront and the top of the cliffs and ascends parallel to the face of the escarpment. Between 1892 and 1949, street cars, initially operated by the North Hudson Railway Company, and later the Public Service Railway lines 9-Coytes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
