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Christopher Columbus (/ k ə ˈ l ʌ m b ə s /; between 25 August and 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506) was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa who completed four Spanish-based voyages across the Atlantic Ocean sponsored by the Catholic Monarchs, opening the way for the widespread European exploration and European colonization of the Americas.
A campaign advertisement for the 1927 Chicago mayoral election supporting William Hale Thompson bearing the phrase "America First". As a slogan in American political discourse, "America First" originated from the nativist American Party in the 1850s. [10] The motto has been used by both Democratic and Republican politicians in the United States.
At first, Roosevelt positioned the U.S. as the "Arsenal of Democracy", pledging full-scale financial and munitions support for the Allies and Lend-Lease agreements – but no military personnel. Japan tried to neutralize America's power in the Pacific by attacking Pearl Harbor in 1941, but instead it catalyzed American support to enter the war.
America First Credit Union (AFCU) is a federally chartered credit union headquartered in Riverdale, Utah, United States. As of January 2020, [update] America First was the sixth largest credit union in the United States in terms of total membership and eighth largest credit union in assets in the U.S. [1] [2]
1086101 [4] Website. www .columbus .gov. Columbus ( / kəˈlʌmbəs /, kə-LUM-bəs) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Ohio. With a 2020 census population of 905,748, [10] it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest after Chicago, and the third-most populous U.S. state ...
Columbus, the capital city of Ohio, was founded on the east bank of the Scioto River in 1812. The city was founded as its capitol, beside the town of Franklinton, since incorporated into Columbus. The city's early history was gradual, as residents dealt with flooding and cholera epidemics, and the city had few direct connections to other cities.
The LeVeque Tower is a 47-story skyscraper in Downtown Columbus, Ohio. At 555 feet 5 inches (169.29 m) it was the tallest building in the city from its completion in 1927 to 1974, and remains the second-tallest today. Designed by C. Howard Crane, the 353,768-square-foot (32,866.1 m 2) Art Deco skyscraper was opened as the American Insurance ...
On March 1, 1803, Ohio was admitted to the union as the 17th state. Settlement of Ohio was chiefly by migrants from New England, New York and Pennsylvania. Southerners settled along the southern part of the territory, arriving by travel along the Ohio River from the Upper South.