On this day in 1944, after advancing island by island across the
Pacific Ocean, U.S. General Douglas MacArthur wades ashore
onto the Philippine island of Leyte, fulfilling his promise to
return to the area he was forced to flee in 1942.
A statue in the Philippines commemorating the promised
return of American commander Douglas MacArthur.
Douglas MacArthur (1880 – 1964)
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) – Starting Monday, July 7, drivers can
expect some road closures as construction work begins to
restore the Thompson Elk statue.
Road closures will be on SW Main Street between SW 3rd and
SW 4th Avenues and is expected to last through the winter of
2025, according to the Portland Water Bureau.
Westbound traffic from the Hawthorne Bridge will follow traffic
signs and flaggers around the closure area. Detour routes will
change as work progresses.
The Regional Arts and Culture Council removed the bronze elk
statue from its perch and salvaged the remaining undamaged
stonework in July 2020, after fires set in its base posed a risk
of toppling the structure.
Thompson Fountain and County Court House in 1906.
The fountain with its statue was donated to the city of Portland in
1900 for display in Downtown Portland‘s Plaza Blocks.
July 3, 1863: On the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg,
Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s last attempt at breaking
the Union line ended in disastrous failure, bringing the most
decisive battle of the American Civil War to an end.
In less than an hour, more than 7,000 Confederate troops
had been killed or wounded.
Robert E. Lee by Pompeo Coppini – University of Texas
at Austin, Austin, Texas.
Thirteen years after American settlers founded the city
named for him, Chief Seattle died in a nearby village of
his people.
Born sometime around 1790, Seattle (Seathl) was a chief
of the Duwamish and Suquamish tribes who lived around
the Pacific Coast bay that is today called Puget Sound.
He was the son of a Suquamish father and a Duwamish
mother, a lineage that allowed him to gain influence in
both tribes.
Jesuit missionaries introduced Chief Seattle to Catholicism,
and he became a devout believer. He died in 1866 at the
approximate age of 77.
James Wehn’s Chief Sealth statue near the Space Needle.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Johnny Cash now stands among the most
famous politicians, trailblazers and activists of American history
as he became the first professional musician to be honored with
a statue in the U.S. Capitol.
Congressional leaders from both parties and members of the Cash
family were among the several hundred guests who gathered
Tuesday for the unveiling of the statue.
They shared their memories of a man who grew up on an Arkansas cotton farm and turned a love of music into a decades-long career
that gave voice to the struggles and triumphs of everyday
Americans.
Kevin Kresse poses with his Johnny Cash statue.
