Thomas George Pratt (February 18, 1804November 9, 1869) was a lawyer and politician from Annapolis, Maryland. He was the 27th governor of Maryland from 1845 to 1848 and a U.S. senator from 1850 to 1857.

Early life and career
Pratt was born in Georgetown, Maryland (now a part of Washington, D.C.), completed preparatory studies, and attended Georgetown University.  He is believed to have attended the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) at some point, but this has yet to be proven.  He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, in 1823.  Pratt married and had five children with Adeline MacKubin Kent, daughter of Maryland governor Joseph Kent, on September 1, 1835.

Pratt served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1832 to 1835, and as a presidential elector on the Whig ticket for William Henry Harrison in 1836.  He was appointed president of the Governor's Council in 1836, serving until the position was abolished the following year.  Pratt was elected a member of the Maryland State Senate, the first directly elected senator from Prince George's County, Maryland, and served from 1838 to 1843.  In 1844, Pratt was nominated as a candidate for governor representing the Whig party.  He campaigned with the promise of resolving the serious state debt, and defeated his opponent, James Carroll, by a margin of a mere 548 votes.

Governor of Maryland
Pratt immediately announced several long-term objectives, namely the immediate payment of the serious debt of the state.  To raise state funds, Pratt put into effect direct taxes on the population by the government, an unpopular decision at the time, which nevertheless repopulated the state's treasury and allowed the repayment of the debt.

The most serious problems of Pratt's administration came with relations to the northern neighbor state of Pennsylvania, which refused to comply with the Fugitive Slave Law.  In 1847, when Maryland requested the return of several escaped slaves, Pennsylvania's governor bluntly refused, and, with the support of his attorney-general, went as far as to declare certain acts issued by the Maryland General Assembly to be unconstitutional.  Two more incidents of this nature occurred during Pratt's tenure as governor, one involving the death of a slaveholder who was ambushed in Pennsylvania by abolitionists as he and his party returned to Maryland with their re-captured slaves.  It was during this time that Pratt began to move away from the Whig party and more towards the Democratic Party.

In terms of transportation, Pratt favored the extension of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad into Ohio, rather than supporting canals.  Pratt also strongly encouraged peaceful and speedy resolution over the dispute between Great Britain and the United States regarding the Oregon Territory, stating that "no part of the Union would, in the event of war, be more exposed than Maryland".

U.S. Senator and later life
Pratt's term as governor expired in 1848, and he briefly returned to practicing law in Annapolis, Maryland.  The state legislature, however, nominated him in 1850 to assume the U.S. Senate seat left vacated by Reverdy Johnson, who had resigned to become Attorney General of the United States in the cabinet of President Zachary Taylor, and which had been temporarily filled by David Stewart. Pratt was reelected in 1851 and served from January 12, 1850, to March 3, 1857.  As senator, Pratt supported Democrat James Buchanan in the 1856 presidential election, following the dissolution of the Whig party.  The Silver Gray or Old Line faction of the Whigs, and the American Party, however, supported former President Millard Fillmore, who won in Maryland, and the American candidate, Anthony Kennedy, succeeded Pratt as senator.

When the American Civil War began, Pratt was eyed suspiciously by Maryland authorities, as he was staunchly pro-slavery, but mostly pro-South, and even gave a son to the Confederate Army.  In 1863, Pratt tried to vote in the November election.  He was not allowed to vote because he would not take a loyalty oath.  Pratt and his secretary Col. Nicholson were arrested because of the refusal on November 21, 1863.  He was imprisoned at Fort Monroe, but was later released.  He moved to Baltimore, Maryland, in 1864, resuming the practice of law.  The same year, Pratt served as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention.
In 1866, he attended the National Union Convention in Philadelphia.  Pratt was one of the attorneys for Jefferson Davis during his trial at Fortress Monroe.  He was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1867, and died in Baltimore in 1869.  He is interred in St. Anne's Cemetery of Annapolis.

Notes

References
Frank F. White, Jr. The Governors of Maryland 1777-1970 (Annapolis:  The Hall of Records Commission, 1970), 129-133.

Further reading
 Jean H. Baker (1977), Ambivalent Americans:  The Know-Nothing Party in Maryland, Baltimore:  Johns Hopkins.

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A file archiver is a computer program that puts several files together, and makes one large file from the parts. Sometimes file archivers use data compression, but often they don't. When doing a backup of data onto magnetic tape, all the data needs to be written together, so an archive file is used.

An example of an archiver is the command 'tar' which is avilable in many Linux and Unix systems. As tar only combines flies, it is usually used together with 'gzip'.

Programs such as 7zip (or zip) will also compress the output, so it takes less space.

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Terence Michael Alderman (born 12 June 1956) is a former Australian international cricketer who played primarily as a right-arm fast-medium bowler.

He began his first-class cricket career in 1974 with Western Australia in the Sheffield Shield and came to international prominence when he was chosen for the Australian national team to tour England in 1981. He was a poor batsman, passing fifty just once in his career and averaging barely eight in first-class cricket. He had three seasons in English county cricket, with Kent County Cricket Club in 1984 and 1986 and with Gloucestershire County Cricket Club in 1988.

In the 1981 Ashes series he took 42 Test wickets, including nine on debut, the biggest haul in a series since Jim Laker's 46 in 1956 and the fourth-highest total of all time. Alderman's 42 wickets is the record for the most wickets taken in a series without taking 10 wickets in a match. He was named as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in the Almanack's 1982 edition.

He was unable to play for over a year after a shoulder injury sustained on 13 November 1982, when he tackled an English-supporting ground invader at the WACA Ground in Perth.

Alderman took part in an unofficial Australian tour of South Africa in 1985–86 and 1986–87, when that country was banned from Test cricket as a Commonwealth anti-apartheid sanction. As a result, he received a 3-year ban from international cricket which disqualified him from playing in the 1985 Ashes series in England.

Following his suspension, Alderman returned to the Australian side and resumed his success against England, taking 41 wickets in the 1989 Ashes series and another 16 in the 1990–91 series, his final Ashes appearance. He rarely enjoyed similar success against other countries. His final Test series was against the West Indies in 1990–91, where he ended his career with 170 Test wickets.

Early life
Alderman was born at Subiaco, Western Australia, the fourth of five children. His father, William, represented Western Australia in Australian Rules Football and opened the batting and bowling for Western Australia Colts without ever playing first-class cricket.

Alderman studied at Aquinas College in Perth, playing both football and cricket. He bowled in his high school team's first eleven from his third year at high school onwards and was coached by Bert Rigg during his last two years. Alderman represented Western Australia at a schoolboys' carnival in Melbourne in 1972-73 and was chosen in the Australian schoolboys team to play a governors eleven.

Cricket career
In 1973-74 Alderman played for WA Colts in Melbourne and Adelaide. He took six wickets in a game in Melbourne. He made his first-class debut in 1974/75. In his first game, a Gillette Cup match, Ian Chappell took 24 runs off his second over. He was twelfth man for two Sheffield Shield games against South Australia and Victoria before being picked against New South Wales in Sydney. He took 5/63 but pulled a hamstring and had to return home. In total he took 18 first-class wickets that summer at an average of 28.

The following summer he took 17 wickets at 26 and in 1976/77 he only took 8 wickets at 17. During World Series Cricket, Alderman took 28 wickets at 21 during the 1977/78 summer. The following season he took 26 wickets at 18.69, but was overlooked for national selection.

Alderman had his best season in 1979/80 taking 42 wickets at 28.09 before going to play for Watsonians in Scotland in the northern summer of 1980. In 1980-81 he took 32 wickets at 26, a performance which earned him selection on the 1981 Ashes tour.

1981 Ashes
Alderman had a superb Ashes series.

He was picked in the first test and took 4/68 and 5/62, helping bowl Australia to victory. He found things harder going in the second, with 1-79 and 1-42, a game that ended in a draw. In the third test Alderman took 3/59 in the first innings; England followed on, and Alderman helped reduce England to 7–135 with 4 wickets and two catches. Ian Botham counter-attacked and Alderman's final figures were 6/135 - Australia collapsed chasing and lost the game.

In the fourth test Alderman bowled beautifully for figures of 5/42 and 3/65 but Australia's batsman collapsed again and lost the game. Australia lost the fifth test, Alderman taking 4/88 and 5/109. In the sixth drawn test Alderman took 3/84 and 2/60. He had taken 42 wickets in the test series at 51 first class wickets on tour at 20.86.

Alderman was picked as one of Wisden's five cricketers of the year.

1981-82
Alderman kept in the Australian side the following summer. In the first test against Pakistan he took 4/36 and 2/43, helping Australia win. The going was harder in the second test, with 2/74 and 0/37. In the third test Alderman went for 0/62.

Alderman played in two tests against the West Indies. He took 2/54 and 2/23 in the first match, but is probably best remembered for his batting in the first innings - he joined Kim Hughes when the score was 9/155 and stuck around for 43 more runs which proved crucial (Alderman made 10). He suffered in the second test, taking 0/73 and 1/46. Alderman did not play in the third test, which the West Indies won.

He took 37 first class wickets that summer at 16.94.

Alderman toured New Zealand in 1982 taking 12 wickets at 30 and was picked for the 1982 tour of Pakistan. Australia went with a two-spin attack for the first two tests and Alderman was left out. He returned for the third test despite barely bowling during the tour, taking 2/144 in an Australian defeat. He only took four first class wickets on tour at 65.

1982-83: Injury
Alderman was injured in the first test of the 1982/83 Ashes. He had taken 1/84 in the first innings when there was a pitch invasion. Alderman was hit in the back of the head by a member of the crowd, Gary Donnison. Alderman recalled, "he ran off, and I could see that there were no police in the vicinity so I attempted to apprehend him." Alderman charged at Donnison and tackled him to the ground but fell on his shoulder and injured himself. "I can't remember a lot of how I fell ... but I was immediately aware I was injured ... it was very painful indeed," Alderman said. "At the time I thought it would just pop back in - little did I know that it would be a year before I could bowl in a competitive match again," he said. "I had to learn to swim a mile a day for eight months. What is tough in sport, is that if you have a physical injury or problem, no one wants to know you. In a way, when I came back, it was like starting another career."

He took 18 first class wickets that summer at 19.61.

Alderman was unable to force his way back into the Australian side over the 1983/84 summer. However 30 first class wickets at 25.26 saw him picked for the West Indies.

Return to Test cricket
Alderman was selected for the tour of the West Indies in 1984. He took 1/64 and 0/43 in the first test. In the second test he took 2/91 but had some success with the bat, scoring 21 in Australia's second innings and taking part in a 61-run partnership with Alan Border. In the third test Alderman took 1/152 and 0/18. He was dropped for the final two tests.  Alderman took 15 first class wickets on tour at 43.6. After the tour he played his first season of county cricket in England with Kent County Cricket Club.

Alderman made his way back into the Australian side for the first test against the West Indies during 1984/85. He took 6/128 but the West Indies won by an innings. He took 3/107 in the second test, which ended with Kim Hughes' resignation as Australian captain. After going wicketless in the third Test he was dropped for the final two Tests of the series.

Alderman took 44 wickets at 28.34 that summer. He was picked to tour England in 1985 but lost his spot when it was revealed he had signed to play in South Africa. Alderman says he was motivated by financial conditions after being left off the contract list of Australian players in 1984. "The board was; not thinking of me for the future.! I was 28 and I had a family to think of, The opportunity to go to South Africa and to get a nest egg came up. It pointed out to me the lack of security you have when you play this, game. 'It's so fickle: one minute you are up,'the next you are down."

Playing in South Africa, 1985/86–1986/87
In South Africa Alderman took 23 wickets at 21.21 in 1985/86. He played for Kent again in 1986 and took 98 wickets at 19.20. In 1986/87 he took 18 wickets at 32.77. Alderman later admitted his trips to South Africa had been disappointing bowling-wise and he set himself the goal of getting back in the Australian team by the 1989 Ashes.

Return to Australia
Alderman returned to domestic cricket in Australia in 1987/88, taking 39 wickets at 24.20. He played for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club in England in 1988, taking 75 wickets at 22.81.

Alderman was available for international selection from the 1988/89 season onwards. He was overlooked for the first two Tests but back for the third, taking 4/68 and 3/78. Alderman took 48 first class wickets in 1988/89 at 20.93 and was selected for the 1989 Ashes in England.

1989 Ashes
Alderman toured for Australia in 1989. In the first test he took 5/107 and 5/44, helping Australia to a big win. In the second he took 3/60 and 6/128. In the third he went for 3/61; the fourth, 0/49 and 5/66; the fifth 5/69 and 2/32; the sixth 5-66 and 2-30.

He took 70 first class wickets on tour at 15.64.

Final Test years
In Australia, Alderman took 3/73 and 1/59 against New Zealand in November 1989 and 3/81 against Sri Lanka in the first Test in December. He took 2/71 and 0/38 in the second Test. Against Pakistan in January 1990 he took 3/30 and 5/105 in the first Test. He took 34 first class wickets over the 1989/90 summer at 23.05.

He toured New Zealand in 1990 taking 4/46 and 0/27 in the only Test played on the tour. Alderman kept his place in the Australian side to play England in the 1990/91 Ashes. He took 2/44 and 6/47 in the first Test; 2/86 and 0/19 in the second; 3/62 and 0/29 in the third; he did not play in the fourth but took 0/66 and 3/75 in the fifth. He took 31 first class wickets at 28.38 that summer and was picked to tour the West Indies.

Alderman's final Test was on the tour of the West Indies in 1991 when he took nine wickets at 38.44 on the tour, playing in just one of the Test matches, taking one wicket in the match.

Final years of cricket
In 1991/92 Alderman took 29 wickets at 31.82 but was overlooked for national selection. His last first-class season was in 1992/93. He took 20 wickets at 36.35.

Awards
In 2000, Alderman was awarded the Australian Sports Medal for being the all-time leading wicket taker for Western Australia.

Family and personal life
Alderman's sister Denise Emerson is married to former Test umpire Ross Emerson and herself played seven Tests for the Australian women's cricket team.

Alderman is an alumnus of Aquinas College, Perth.

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Guided by Voices (often called GBV) is an American indie band. Guided by Voices is very famous for making many albums. They were active between 1986 and 2004. The band reunited in 2010 but broke up again in 2014. In 2016 they reunited for a second time.

The band had many members who only stayed for a while. Robert Pollard is the most important member. Before becoming a full-time musical artist, he was a teacher at an elementary school. While he was teaching, he created lots of music for the band. Robert is a solo artist today. He is a great fan of rock music. His music, and the music of Guided by Voices, is inspired by the famous British band The Beatles and different music styles like post-British Invasion garage rock, psychedelic, prog-rock, as well as punk and post-punk.

Studio albums
 Devil Between My Toes (1987)
 album (1987)
 Devil Between My Toes
 Self-Inflicted Aerial Nostalgia (1989)
 Same Place The Fly Got Smashed (1990)
 Propeller (1992)
 Vampire on Titus (1993)
 Bee Thousand (1994)
 Alien Lanes (1995)
 Under the Bushes, Under the Stars (1996)
 Tonics & Twisted Chasers (1996)
 Mag Earwhig! (1997)
 Do the Collapse (1999)
 Isolation Drills (2001)
 Universal Truths and Cycles (2002)
 Earthquake Glue (2003)
 Half Smiles of the Decomposed (2004)
 Let's Go Eat the Factory (2012)
 Class Clown Spots a UFO (2012)
 The Bears for Lunch (2012)
 English Little League (2013)
 Motivational Jumpsuit (2014)
 Cool Planet (2014)
 Please Be Honest (2016)
 August by Cake (2017)
 How Do You Spell Heaven (2017)
 Space Gun (2018)
 Zeppelin Over China (2019)
  Warp and Woof (2019)
 Sweating the Plague (2019)
 Surrender Your Poppy Field (2020)
 Mirrored Aztec (2020)
 Styles We Paid For (2021)

Guided by Voices Day
In 2004, during the band's last concert tour before breaking up, many cities around the United States picked a day to be "Guided by Voices Day" in that city. Some of them are:
 Houston, Texas – October 1
 Newport, Kentucky – October 22
 Bloomington, Indiana – October 25
 Austin, Texas – November 5
 Dallas, Texas – November 6
 San Diego, California – November 11
 Los Angeles, California – November 12
 New York, New York – December 5
 Chicago, Illinois – December 30

Other websites
 Official website
 Robert Pollard's Official Website
 Guided by Voices Database: large lists of albums and songs
 Postal Blowfish: Guided by Voices Fan eMailing List
 Disarm The Settlers: Guided by Voices Message Board
 TobinSprout.net
 Doug Gillard's official website
 Guided by Robert Pollard: large fan site
 Guided by Voices story from Allmusic.com

Listening
 Official Multimedia Page at Guided by Voices website  (MP3s and other goodies)
 Largeheartedboy.com GBV Radio
 GbV music page  at Matador Records
 Epitonic.com: Guided by Voices
 Assorted Guided by Voices Reviews

Seeing
 Official Video Page at Guided by Voices website

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Votaw is an unincorporated community in northwestern Hardin County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Beaumont–Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The community was named for Clark M. Votaw, assistant land commissioner of the Kirby Lumber Company and vice president of the Santa Fe Townsite Company, which laid out the town lots.

The West Hardin County Consolidated Independent School District serves area students.

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Herbie the skateboarding duck (-83) was the subject of an item first broadcast on the Midlands Today insert to the BBC news magazine programme Nationwide on 24 May 1978.

Herbie, an Aylesbury duck, was bought by Jacky and Paddy Randall of Croydon for their children Mikala and Colin. The film, presented by reporter Alan Towers, includes footage of Herbie waddling along the street, joining the family at breakfast and attacking the Randalls' terrier. Part of the film is a four-second shot of Herbie apparently skateboarding by himself on Colin's board. This image seemingly captured the public imagination, and the BBC received many requests for it to be shown again, which it frequently was.

The clip also appeared on other TV stations around the world, many of which also produced their own variations on the theme. There was also renewed interest in the clip in 1983 after the death of Herbie was announced and it has been repeated many times since on other TV programmes.

As a result of the item's popularity, the term "skateboarding duck" has come to signify a particular sort of quirky and essentially frivolous news story, often used to fill time at the end of a broadcast.

The item came to define Nationwide in the public mind, and the programme's final item was a sung eulogy to the skateboarding duck, with a surprising twist.

See also
 List of individual birds

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Anita Katherine Blair (born November 15, 1950) was one of the co-founders of the Independent Women's Forum (and at one time its president) and served as United States Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Total Force Transformation and Military Personnel Policy) from 2001 to 2006 and as acting Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) in 2008.

Biography

Blair was educated at Catholic schools; the University of Michigan (B.A. in Classical Greek, 1971); and the University of Virginia School of Law (J.D., 1981).

In 1981, Blair established a law practice in Washington, D. C., focused on commercial law and litigation.

In 1991, amid the Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination controversy, Blair joined an ad hoc group called "Women for Judge Thomas."  Blair and two other women involved in this organization, Rosalie (Ricky) Gaull Silberman and Barbara Olson, subsequently co-founded the Independent Women's Forum (IWF) in 1992, serving as the organization's first General Counsel and as executive vice-president.  She later served as the organization's president.  The IWF advocates equity feminism, as opposed to gender feminism (i.e. supporting gender roles, though opposing patriarchy).  The IWF's slogan is "All Issues are Women's Issues," and the group speaks out on all manner of political issues, usually from the perspective of Conservatism in the United States.  The IWF's mission statement says its goal is to build "greater respect for limited government, equality under the law, property rights, free markets, strong families, and a powerful and effective national defense and foreign policy."  Blair also maintained an active law practice throughout the 1990s and was active in the Virginia State Bar, serving on the Board of Governors of the Virginia State Bar Section on Antitrust, Franchise and Trade Regulation Law, which she chaired in 1998–1999.

Blair authored amicus briefs in several high-profile United States constitutional law cases before the Supreme Court of the United States, most notably United States v. Virginia.  In U.S. v. Virginia, the IWF argued in favor of a plaintiff who challenged the male-only policy of the Virginia Military Institute.  Blair was at the time a member of the Board of Visitors of the Virginia Military Institute, having been appointed by Governor of Virginia George Allen.  In the wake of U.S. v. Virginia, the Virginia Military Institute appointed Blair to chair its Assimilation Review Task Force to oversee the admission of women to VMI.  Governor Jim Gilmore re-appointed Blair to the Board of Visitors in 1999.

In 1998, Blair was appointed to the Congressional Commission on Military Training and Gender-Related Issues, a commission focusing on the issue of women in the military, and looking at topics such as rules on adultery, fraternization and sexual conduct in the military, as well as the effectiveness of military basic training.

In 2001, President of the United States George W. Bush appointed Blair as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Military Personnel Policy); she was sworn in on August 15, 2001, and held that office until July 2006.  As Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Military Personnel Policy), Blair oversaw the United States Navy's recruiting and retention; training and education; active duty strength and compensation; character, leadership development, and equal opportunity; health affairs; counter drug programs; family support; and morale, welfare, and recreation.

In February 2005, Blair became Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Total Force Transformation), giving her responsibility for the United States Department of the Navy's human capital transformation agenda and modernization of the management of the Department's total force of active duty, reserve, civilian and contractor personnel.

On September 18, 2007, President of the United States George W. Bush nominated Blair as Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs).  Blair was never confirmed by the United States Senate, but on January 8, 2008, she assumed the duties of acting Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs), while retaining her post as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Total Force Transformation).  Harvey C. Barnum, Jr. replaced Blair as acting Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) in January 2009.

Blair is a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration (United States).

References

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 Profile from the Department of the Navy

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The Bayside Historic District encompasses the historic core of a former religious summer camp meeting community in Northport, Maine, USA. It includes the original grounds of the Northport Wesleyan Grove Camp Meeting, established in 1848, with most of surviving architecture built between about 1870 and 1920. It is the largest surviving such area in the state, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. It is now the heart of the Bayside village, a secular seaside summer resort community.

Description and history
The Northport Camp Meeting has its origins in the 1848 purchase of land on the shore of Penobscot Bay, which was transferred to a formal organization in 1850, made up of 23 Methodist churches in Knox and Waldo Counties. The early years of the camp meeting are poorly documented; it is during this time that some of the features of the grounds, including Auditorium Park, were laid out. Accommodations in those years was in boarding houses and tents, none of which have survived. In 1873, the organization was formally chartered by the state, and it acquired more land, with an eye toward developing more permanent infrastructure, including cottages for attendees. By 1878, more than 100 cottages had been built on the association's grounds, a road network laid out, and sewerage services provided. The camp meeting declined in popularity in the 1920s and 1930s and was dissolved in 1937.

The district is centered on the waterfront of Penobscot Bay and extends inland as far as George Street. It is bounded at the northwest by Clinton Street and North Avenue, and on the southeast by Sea Street. Most of the buildings in the district are small single story or 1-1/2 story wood frame cottages, many with vernacular Gothic Revival styling. Typical features include bargeboard on the gables, board-and-batten siding, and decorative sawn details on porches and other trim elements. An 1885 store and bakery stand on Clinton Avenue, and the Bayside Inn on Bay Street (c. 1900-20) is the only surviving hotel building from the period. Auditorium Park, the traditional centerpiece of the camp meeting community, is where its auditorium stood until it was demolished in 1936, and has been retained as a public park, along with several other smaller parks.

See also
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Wesleyan Grove Campmeeting Association Records

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Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (Bernhard Carl Alexander Hermann Heinrich Wilhelm Oscar Friedrich Franz Peter; 18 April 1878 – 1 October 1900) was a member of the Grand Ducal House of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and a Lieutenant in the Prussian Army. He bore the titles "Prince of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Duke of Saxony" with the style "Highness".

Birth and family
Prince Bernhard was born in Weimar the second son of Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and his wife Princess Pauline of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. He was the younger brother of the last Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, William Ernest. His grandparents on his father's side were the reigning Grand Duke Charles Alexander and his wife Princess Sophie of the Netherlands, through whom he was in the line of succession to the Dutch throne.

Suitor to Dutch Queen Wilhelmina
Closely related to the Dutch Royal Family from a young age Prince Bernhard was seen as the ideal husband to the young Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands and was brought up to look upon himself as her future consort, with her mother Queen Emma a proponent of the match. Although an engagement was reported to be close on numerous occasions the young Queen was not a fan of the match describing her cousin Prince Bernhard as "not handsome" and "not sensible".

When Queen Wilhelmina did not return Prince Bernhard's affection he was reported to have become depressed, dying at the age of 22 in Weimar. His sudden death was reported to be the result of tuberculosis although there were rumors he may have committed suicide. Shortly after his death Queen Wilhelmina's engagement was announced to Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

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